Game has changed drastically since early 2000s.
The passing games right now and all offensive gurus have been taking over. It used to be 2 recievers were enough now all the sudden you need 3,4,5.
That's why the rb position is so devalued it's a lot different. You play like that now you will get burned unless it's truly perfect personnel and even then. With no pass rush you could have revis back there and Deion wouldn't make a difference.
I am just going to respond once here to all the comments I got back.
One - San Francisco plays the type of defense that I want the Rams to play. They had 8 in the box a lot of the game especially on 3rd and short. Quite frequently we play 5 yards off on 3rd and short.
Two - a great defense is not one that is bottom 10 in sacks pressures and interceptions. 16 points a game is a very good defense though. I will admit this defense is definitely missing Von.
Three - I trust Kendrick with some help from a safety for over the top plays. Ramsey can be on an island for most of the game.
Four - I've always said - a mixture of soft and man to man with some changing up right before the play from time to time
Five - I think Gaines and Robinson are better run stoppers than SF DL so they can definitely play on first and possibly second down instead of a couple SF DL players. Plus it would allow the DL to be fresh throughout the game. Donald and Bosa would definitely be in the majority of the time. Wagner and Jones are comparable to SF Linebackers not much of a drop there if any. Floyd is better than Ebukam. I like Scott instead of one of the two SF safeties. I like Kendrick as a slot CB. And I am still intrigued how well Rochelle could play in more of a man to man defense. He looked good in preseason. The only real weakness I see when comparing our players to SF players is our ROLB and maybe our second safety isn't that good. I thought Fuller or Burgess was going to be really good.
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