Here's what I DON'T like about how the Falcons are defending the read option. A great majority of the time the ball is going to Gore and not ONCE in those times did the Falcons hit Kaepernick. That is just SOOOO dumb. EVERY chance you get to hit the QB on an option play you have to hit him. The player assigned to the QB should be dropping the QB every time they run that play
The other thing the Falcons should be doing is switching off the option responsibilities Every now and then they should have a DB rotate up on the QB contain and crush the RB with the DE. Every HS coach knows this without thinking. I'm disappointed that nether defensive strategy has made it down from HS to the NFL
BTW- the NFL CANNOT allow a PF when someone just slaps a QB in the head while following through trying to block the pass. Kaepernick didn't even know he was hit. It might be the letter of the rule, but SOME common sense has to prevail