This is of particular concern considering that the 49ers have only had good field position off of tremendous defensive play. When they are forced into kick returns of hard punt returns, the special teams rarely does anything to help the offense. This of course, only emphasized the importance of being able to drive the field.

Truth of the matter is that the 49ers only success in putting long drives together come in the two minute drills, and thus don’t take up much time. To date, the 49ers final drive against the Redskins, is really there only one that has gone the distance… They took the knee rather than put the ball in the endzone, but the drive sucked the life out of the opposition which is what the 49ers need to do more of.

It’s not that the team needs to consume over ten minutes per drive, in fact I’d rather them not do that, as it would mean too many short offensive plays. Rather the team should be looking to hold on to the ball for about six minutes, driving the length of the field and putting points on the board.