{"id":23858,"date":"2017-07-16T16:53:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T20:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=23858"},"modified":"2017-07-16T16:53:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T20:53:28","slug":"do-not-sleep-on-carlos-hyde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/07\/16\/do-not-sleep-on-carlos-hyde\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Sleep on Carlos Hyde"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entering his fourth season in the NFL, Carlos Hyde<\/a><\/strong> has been through a lot. Hyde was a second-round draft pick made by Jim Harbaugh<\/a><\/strong> in what turned into Harbaugh’s lame duck year. Hyde\u2019s rookie year featured rumors, fights and the slow deterioration of a team. A part of that deterioration was running back Frank Gore<\/a><\/strong>, who fled to Indianapolis in Hyde’s first offseason. Hyde replaced Gore under new head coach Jim Tomsula. Tomsula stayed one season, followed by Chip Kelly for one year, and now Kyle Shanahan was hired as his fourth coach in as many years. On top of the coaching carousel, Hyde has missed 12 games in the past two seasons and has only 20 starts.<\/p>\n

Do Not Sleep on Carlos Hyde<\/h2>\n

A new head coach, the drafting of Joe Williams<\/a> in the fourth round and Hyde being an unrestricted free agent does not bode well for his long-term future in San Francisco. Still, Hyde should get a chance to earn a job in San Francisco or somewhere else in 2017. He is going to get the brunt of the carries for the 49ers, at least to start the season. With how his play looked in the 2016 season Hyde should be able to win the job for the rest of the year and has the chance to excel in a new offense in 2017.<\/p>\n

Poor Playcalling<\/h3>\n

The first thing that has to be done when looking at Carlos Hyde\u2019s past is understanding the offense he was playing in. His first offensive coordinator as a starter is currently a tight ends coach for the Broncos. The other, Curtis Modkins, was just a name under the play calling of Chip Kelly. The Ringer presented an article that lays out<\/a> why Chip Kelly\u2019s offense was able to be figured out so quickly by defensive coordinators. Essentially, Kelly was not very creative in his run scheme. He knew that in the NFL the quarterback was not going to be a running threat. Still, he kept calling read options that presented the quarterback with no reads or options, it was just a slow developing hand off. Kelly thought that if he could move fast before the snap that defenses would not catch on, but plays became very predictable. Add in that the 49ers had one of the weakest offensive line units in the NFL, and all players had their eyes on Hyde, and a few had already beaten their lineman and were making their way toward him by the time he touched the ball.<\/p>\n

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In the photo above, eight\u00a0players have eyes on Hyde, one of his offensive linemen is on the ground and another two are losing as a double team by the time Hyde finally possesses the ball.<\/p>\n

This led to 113 of his 217 carries going for three yards or less. Of those 113, 89 could be chalked up to the line collapsing in front of him, a slow developing hand off, or a blitz being called to where the ball was going. Of the other 24, three were touchdown runs of three yards or less, and 21 could be blamed on Hyde’s execution. In\u00a0the 89 carries like the play below, he put up 92 yards.<\/p>\n