IMO, both the defense and offense have the same problem; they have been figured out and are easily exploited.
Garret gets his offense shut down because his pass plays are all outside the numbers making it easy for teams to take away your biggest weapon, Dez. For whatever reason he refuses to use the middle of the field. Last night early in the game he used Dez on a crossing route that was very successful, then went back to ingoring the middle. Eventually he went to the middle with Witten, Austin and Dez and was very succesful in moving the ball. that's what I hate about Garrett, he refuses to adjust, and if something is working, he gets away from it. It's not just refusing to run the ball.
On defense, Kiffin's defense has been outdated for years. Its well documented that his defense has like 3 plays in the playbook. He is very much like Garrett in that he refuses to make changes and upgrades. In Kiffen's case, even college football teams figured him out.
It doesn't matter, Garrett's on the job training continues. I just wish Jerry would bring in a new OC and DC coordinator. This offense is stale, very stale.
