Cutup Friday: 2021 San Francisco 49ers Power - Down

While Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers are most commonly associated with their outside zone scheme, they will also feature gap runs every week. Power - Down is one of their most popular gap runs over the last three seasons.

Power - Down is a version of Power that can be called most commonly out of 21/22/13 personnel. The distinguishing element is the use of the front side tight end. This allows for an extra double team and better angles against Odd/5-Down fronts.

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This was the 49ers go-to gap run in 2021. They have plenty of great teach tap examples of the concept.

The videos below show approximately 20 minutes of the 2021 49ers running Power-Down.