@Mortal1 I get what you're saying with that, but a better tackle handles the outside without help and the guard can focus on who's in front. That's been the problem, McKivitz always needs help, whether it be Kittle or Burford. Case and point, our left guard ain't much to write home about but since Trent can handle his guy and doesn't ALWAYS need help, the guard doesn't have to focus so much on help vs assignments. That makes Burford or Feliciano's job that much harder. He's trying to take up for McKivitz but truth is Burford or Feliciano would have done the same because the tackle kicked out WAYYY wide leaving the guard in a 2 on 1 situation. If that was the playcall then that's Shanahans fault but typically we keep Kittle in or chip him on those types of plays. When I saw it live(granted I haven't rewatched it) I said immediately that McKivitz fukked up and created a gap and basically clogged the passing lane so even if Jones didn't come free Purdy would have had to scramble right to find somebody.
That's just what I saw in real time, I could be 100% wrong but I refuse to rewatch that play right now to see.