I’m a/ you Roux. From a logical standpoint Staley makes so much sense. Former failed HC who is a disciple of the Fangio scheme. Likely won’t get poached for another HC job for a while.
However the research I did suggest he may not teach his scheme as well as Fangio does, and the spacing in his pass coverage concepts tends to put the secondary in bad leverage positions.
Or maybe the coaches he hired did t do a good job, and the Dline didn’t get enough b gap pressure to make the scheme come alive
Supposedly this was why his Chargers defense failed so much on 3rd downs.
I read where he mostly helped the 49ers Defense w/ their 3rd down packages so that may be a good place to start.
How good or bad were the 49ers on 3rd last year?