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Rampage2K-
It's because they knew it was going to take time with Goff... I think people see that quote by Fisher and have just ran with it...it was coachespeak nothing more.
No it wasn't even coachspeak. It's distorted by being taken out of context. He
literally did not say what people who quote him out of context claim he was saying.
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His stated goal was for Goff to start on opening day. That was Fisher's Plan A.
No.
Emphatically...that is not what he said. He said the goal is to start him week 1 but I can't say when he will be ready. Meaning they were certainly going to try to start him week 1 but they already knew that he had a long way to go and their philosophy was not to start anyone before they're ready. He emphasized that several times in the same statement.
This is all about I don't know, I can't set a time, we don't start people until they're ready, I don't know when he will be ready, he may start day 1 if he's ready but he has to be ready and we do not know when that will be.
You can't and shouldnt take isolated words out of context.
Here's the full statement IN context.
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(On not announcing that Goff is going to be the starter from Day 1 like other teams have done in the past)
FISHER: “Well everybody is different. Jameis [Winston] is different than the next quarterback.We have always had the philosophy that we are going to play them when we think they are ready.We aren’t going to subject them to fail, so whenever that is you are going to see him under center. We aren’t going to come out Day 1 and announce that he is a starter. It’s going to happen pretty soon, sooner than probably later. We have some things to do coaching wise, he’s got to learn our offense, he’s got to get to know his teammates, get in sync with his receivers. So when that happens, I don’t know, but that has always been our philosophy.”
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(On the expectations of Goff being the star of the team)
FISHER: “He may start the opener on Monday night, we don’t know, but that’s the goal. If he doesn’t, as it stands right now, [QB] Case [Keenum] will do it, and Case has won games for us. We understand the environment, believe me. He does too. We have had lengthy conversations about it. If I had concerns about Jared being able to handle this then we probably wouldn’t be talking about Jared right now. He can handle it, when he steps under center? I can’t tell you.”
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/05/2016 11:40AM by zn.