Mr. Scot

Frank helped, at least with concepts and things like that. That's per Brown's own words. But yeah, It's not working.

There's a huge mismatch between the offensive personnel we have and the type of attack we're trying to run.

But scoring the most points in the division. Mind you, Reich is far from blameless, but I think the issues he's responsible for are different, arguably higher level. (personnel and depth chart decisions primarily)

The story with Mingo was that he made such an incredible impression on the coaching staff here that they felt like they just had to have him. He doesn't really suit a WCO though. Downs absolutely would.

He did. Brown wrote the playbook using concepts he borrowed from Reich, McVay and his own experience. From what I've seen, the play designs haven't been anything special. I don't really get a sense of him calling plays to set up other plays or anything like that either. It's possible he's doing that but I'm not seeing it.

We were scoring more points.

Personnel usage (or misusage) is, in my mind, the number one issue we have right now.

Ickey isn't a West Coast tackle. He's a great power running tackle, but a WCO tackle needs to be more agile and less heavy-footed. If we keep this approach, I could definitely see moving him to guard and either getting a different left tackle or just trying Christensen out there again.

I'm not sure it's that simple. And to be honest, I'm really starting to question whether Thomas Brown was actually ready for an OC job.

Thielen was envisioned as an outside receiver, the switch to him playing in the slot didn't come until the season started. We know they made an offer to D'onta Foreman first. Staley even said when he got here that he really wanted to work with him. After Foreman turned it down though, I think Sanders was likely suggested by Reich and Staley since both of them had worked with him before and he'd be familiar with elements of the system. My guess is they thought he'd heal quicker. That, of course, is pretty impossible to predict but it doesn't stop people from trying.

Normally can't get much from street free agents this time of year, but power / bruiser type back is one position where you actually might be able to find a decent option on the scrap heap because they're out of vogue in the current league.

One, I don't think Sanders has been healthy all season. But beyond that, the same offensive line that isn't protecting Bryce Young is blocking for him too.

That's an offseason thing. I'm talking strictly about something to try this season. The rest is a down the road thing, and hopefully only done with the help of a consultant.

Hurst's skill set isn't the issue. He's got two: the first being that he's likely lost a step but the second being that Adam Thielen is playing the role he'd typically be playing...and doing it better. Marshall is a lost cause. Doesn't matter what we do with him. Sanders I have said before I don't think is healthy.

Hubbard can fit a power back role. Hell, It might even be better for Sanders if he's healthy (which I still question)

Similar approach, yeah. Don't necessarily think it requires a coaching change to do either.

Not talking about the offseason. Talking about something that could at least conceivably be done in season with the personnel we have. And offseason retool is a much larger project.

Not sure who you mean by "productive staffs".

And a big reason for that is that they're not being used in a way that fits their skill set. That's on Reich, and maybe Brown as well if we're being honest.

... would be a massive project, but with ten days available it could at least be worth a shot. What would I suggest? Shifting to a run heavy scheme to utilize the personnel we have on the OL in a manner that suits their skill set and hopefully minimizes the damage done to Bryce Young. There should already be at least some plays in the playbook geared to this (short yardage plays if nothing else) that could be emphasized more or even tweaked to fit different down and distance situations. Hell, there's certainly time to write new plays even. At the very least though, the game plans we've been using are not working and those have got to change. Would it accomplish anything? Don't know, but it's better than playing out the proverbial definition of insanity.

I'd say the notion of Harbaugh coming in, telling Tepper to sit down and righting the ship is a pipe dream. The more likely scenario would be a lot of screaming matches between the two of them causing a similarly dysfunctional environment to the one that hastened his departure from San Francisco.

I don't think sitting Bryce is an option. You can debate whether or not it should be, but I don't think it is. With a mini-bye this week, there would be an option to try to change the emphasis of the offense to power running since that's what our personnel are better suited for, but I don't know if that's going to happen.

I don't think blaming Campen or Jefferson is fair or wise... but I do think it's possible. Reich probably doesn't, but if things continue I could see Thomas Brown going. GM I could see only if Fitterer were known to have overruled Reich on his quarterback choices, but the story there seems to point to Tepper. Stephen Holder even mentioned that "the whole league" knows it. The questions that arise then are 1) How do you fire someone if they only did what you told them, and 2) Who would want to come here knowing we have a meddling owner?

Mentioned it elsewhere, but last season Brian Daboll made waves departing from typical NFL hiring practices bringing in guys he didn't know and had never worked with. Reich did the same in putting his staff together. Fast forward to today, and the Giants have been spiraling downward this season. So are we, though we started way sooner. I don't know that there's anything causative in that. Could just be coincidence, but it's there.

I don't know if anything happens this soon but I said elsewhere I could see James Campen getting fired. It won't be fair because the issues are larger than him, but I could easily see it happening.