49ers report By David Zizmor December 1, 2009     SANTA CLARA--The game against the Jacksonville Jaguars was an interesting game for the 49ers where we finally saw them roll out that spread offense. Let's be clear here this isn't the classic spread offense you see down at the University of Florida with Urban Meyer or what you used to see at the University of Utah or you even see with the New England Patriots or the New Orleans Saints. This isn't a set where the quarterback is always in the shot gun and there's five receivers out on either side of the line. This is really kind of spread light. I don't know what the 49ers call it but that's what I'm going to call it. This is really more of a three receiver set which is a little different from the classic two receiver set with a couple of guys in the back field typically what we were seeing from the 49ers in this game was maybe what you would see from 49er quarterback Alex Smith behind center or you would see him in shot gun. You would see running back Frank Gore in the back field, you would see two wide receivers plus receiver Vernon Davis. Sometimes you would even see a third wide receiver. So you would probably see receiver Michael Crabtree, Josh Morgan, and Issac Bruce or Jason Hill plus Davis at one end of the line and Gore in the back field, you won't see a full back. What this does it just spreads out the offense and as head coach Mike Singletary has been saying this kind of offense where you have the receivers out on the field would actually make a lot more sense for the 49ers because they have the talent at those positions now to run that kind of offense. If you’re the 49ers you want to get your best players on the field and that's what the 49ers are doing and that's the adjustment they've made. They have finally evaluated the talent and said hey our best players happened to be a whole bunch of these wide receivers and we have to get them on the field as much as possible. As a result you saw the 49ers passing a lot more in this game then they were running it. The balance of the offense went through the passing game and you really didn't see a lot of rushing. The 49ers only had 52 yards rushing and they only averaged two yards a carry so they rushed about 20 times whereas they have 41 passes. The passing wasn't fantastic but Smith was pretty good out there he was 21-41 for 232 yards and that's two thirds of his passes. He has a couple of touchdowns and has a pass rating of 96.8% but more importantly the 49ers weren't turning the ball over. That's because with this offense they were playing kind of ball control. The 49ers did a lot of short easy passes but quick passes and they would mix in a couple of deep passes to keep the defense off balance and it worked. Jacksonville is not one of the top defenses in the league these days. They weren't the stiffest test for this 49ers offense but you want to see the 49ers offense start to get its C legs and that what the 49ers were kind of doing here. Seahawks in Seattle for 49ers on Sunday: The 49ers are traveling up to Seattle which is a tough place to win but it's not quite as tough when the Seahawks are playing as lousy as they are so the 49ers have a good chance in this one they've already beaten the Seahawks once and Seattle hasn't improved over the course of the season. The 49ers are looking to stealing one on the road it's a tough place to win but it's possible. The 49ers look like they’re the better team in this matchup between them and the Seahawks. David Zizmor covers 49ers football with Tony the Tiger and Morris Phillips for Sportstalk Radio

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