I'm curious as to weather or not Jackson would have had his offense tampered with under Fisher.
The Niners reading the routes is a huge problem. The Niner D looked like it knew exactly what was coming. The Rams better figure out exactly how this happened, and stop it right now. It's the same result as the Patriots reading the signals.
The blandness and predictability of the offense in general is also a big problem-- we looked like we were playing a preseason game with no scheme--but these are not necessarily the same thing. Even with a limited passing attack the Rams need more creativity in terms of play calling, formations, and routes. This stuff about "you're good when they know what your running but can't stop it" is complete nonsense in my opinion. No offense can succeed without some degree of deception (the indirect approach, as a famous military historian called it) and some degree of boldness. It is always essential to keep the other side off balance (see Belichek and Chip Kelly for examples.) Especially for a team with such a limited passing game.
Maybe Goff can provide some of this with his ability to make quicker throws into narrow windows and to go downfield. Of course, getting hit in the hands with the ball may surprise our receivers as much as the D.
And maybe someone can explain to me why we are ever taking our best player, Gurley, off the field on third down? This is an automatic default to a pass. No offense to Benny, he's outstanding, but Gurley is a threat to run the ball even on third and 5 or 6, and he can certainly catch the ball. I thought they pulled him on thirds last year because he missed training camp passing reps, and they were overall limiting his downs. But why now? Surely this would help our third down conversion approach?
