Update: Saunders Signs Deal with Rams to be OC

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Originally Posted by freddyg12

Seems you're assuming that not opening up the playbook cost him his job. There could've been any no. of reasons they wanted to replace him. JLC said that when asked in camp how the players were adjusting to the system, Al responded that the problem wasn't the players.

Who knows exactly why they wanted to replace AS, but I think we have to at least be fair to him & realize that this O wasn't entirely his, it was a hybrid Gibbs/Saunders O & him not opening up the playbook might've been on direct orders from his boss, who in his second stint here was very (too) cautious.

Add to that, Saunders was teaching a young qb & the right side of the line was 2nd/3rd string quality most of the year, which was evident vs. the hawks.

It could very well be that Saunders was hamstrung by Gibbs. If that's the case (hindsight is always 20/20), perhaps Saunders should have stuck up more for Campbell (who supposedly wasn't the problem) before opening the offense up when Collins took over.

Snyder and Cerrato obviously see something we all don't see...take that as you will...I would have liked to see Saunders stick around for the long haul and watch Campbell run his offense to perfection. However, we won't and I wish Saunders luck in landing the Rams job and trying to turn that carnival sideshow of an offense back around.