Gotta disagree on this part, 69.

“ Say what you want about Gurley, but defenses had to game plan for him when he was on our roster. None of our RBs nor the current OL have earned that respect. Thus they will continue to look to derail Goff and the passing game first. Solution? more 12 personnel and running the ball on passing downs to keep defenses honest.”

Other teams were watching the Gurley decline in late ‘18 and increasingly felt that it was less and less necessary to gameplan for the ailing Gurley.

By ‘19 it was the worst kept secret in the NFL as Gurley sank to the bottom third or fourth of all RB’s in the league.

Frankly, it shouldn’t take all that much for Akers/Hendy to exceed the RB threat level of the ‘19 Gurley.