https://www.profootballfocus.com/blo...rettiest-play/

The last part of this play that differs from the one the 49ers are expecting is the route of Dennis Pitta, lined up as the TE to the right of the formation. Pitta gains depth into the end zone, but instead of breaking to the right and heading to the back pylon of the end zone as the high option, he simply turns that way before settling down in the back of the end zone.

The fake, and San Francisco’s recognition of the play they think is being run, causes the defense to simply run out of position and beat itself. The Ravens simply show them something they expect to see and then sit back while the 49ers take themselves out of the play and away from the intended target. It actually ends up being a one-man read, but the 49ers are fooled so completely that they can’t even come close to stopping it.


Just more proof of what Caldwell has added to the offense, having Pitta settle in the small gap created when Bowman and the DB break on where they think the ball is going.