I think the Ram's cross up the Niners and force them to play 12 personnel. I think they put Donald on the edge opposite Young. Kobie Turner can play 3T and Brown at NT.
I think we see Shelley VanValkenburg at SAM. If Donald is on the weakside they will run away from him so they will be predictable zone running primarily to the right. Play VanValkenburg at SAM behind Young to give them strongside contain. Don't let McCaffery beat them and force Purdy to win the game for them. Purdy is good but he's still young and will make mistakes. Force the Niners out of their comfort zone.
On offense the key to winning is simple. Protect Stafford. Run enough to keep them honest but it's gonna be the passing game that will be the prime mover on offense. This is the type of game where moving the chains and the offense staying on the field will be the difference.
We will see how good or not this OL really is.
Yup. Truth time for Oline. Oh how quickly that perfect Seattle showing will be tossed out the window if we get folded up front.
I agree we need to throw the ball to win. 1. Our guys our better as pass blockers then run blockers. 2. The Niners can shut the run down when they need to. 3. We have had offensive success against them with our passing game before and they don't exactly have shut down corners. 4. Williams is one of the better pass pro RBs we have had in a while.
Can we stop their run game. Hell if I know. Sometimes they run at will on us. If we lose contain again I might lose my shit.
We are expected to lose so no pressure, as others have stated. 1-1 aint bad. Let's just be competitive and I will be happy. Plenty of time to grow and make a run if we can keep getting better.