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PaulButcher59
…poor eye for offensive talent… far too conservative on the offensive side of the ball... hired a conservative OC… Fisher never evolved…
…terrible feel for offensive personnel…too many poor offensive free agent signings and offensive draft picks…Stayed married to Bradford way too long…
The seven reasons you list above are why Fisher failed on offense. It wasn’t because he didn’t prioritize the OL. He focused plenty on offensive personnel especially the OL. His moves just sucked for the reasons you stated above.
In 2012, he signed the top center available in free agency to a contract. In 2013, he signed the top LT. Two high profile moves in two years show a priority to improve the OL. The 2017 Whitworth signing is no different than the Fisher strategy.
It wasn’t a lack of prioritizing the OL that did them in; it was simply that the strategy failed.