Rowe in the box
San Francisco’s offense hums as TE George Kittle is able to get going. The Dolphins can’t allow it. They’ll need to get plenty of Eric Rowe in the box in order to get attached on Kittle in coverage quickly if they’re going to avoid another monster game from the best tight end in football. The challenge here is that Rowe will now need to be a big presence in the run, too. Rowe must identify run fits quickly and get into his gap to prevent San Francisco from popping open runs and gashing the defense.
It’s an unenviable spot, but Rowe will be essential to keeping San Francisco’s defense bottled up.