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I think where we disagree is here:
I have no inside info on the forcing of a QB on anyone. I honestly don't really care. I do care that he picked the wrong QB for what he was trying to accomplish (at least in my humble opinion)
2nd thing - Goff's impossible situation? Why wasn't Wentz in an impossible situation? Pro style offense vs. Bear Raid? yup. And I mentioned it. On top of that, Fisher never gave the reigns to Goff from the get go. It may have helped getting first team reps. What didn't help was Fisher relegating Goff to 3rd team, then slowly moving him up.
Foles being a misfire and Bradford's series of injuries were totally out of Fisher's control and everyone suffered for it. Goff, to a degree, could have been better last year.
He said Kroenke ordered a QB and Fisher picked the QB.
The rumors floated all over the place that Fisher didn't want a QB, he wanted to keep the picks. And that makes sense to me. Its plausible that Kroenke was either pushing for a QB or was actively engaged in supporting the idea if it came from Demoff and/or Snead. Obviously, this would be tied to making the BIG SPLASH in the move to LA. Of course, this is all supposition. But you can bet that if Goff turns out to be great then Kroenke will take credit for it down the road.
It is curious that Fisher would pick Goff over Wentz. On the surface, Wentz appears to be a better fit for Fisher. But we heard time and again that Goff was the pick cause he was so good in the redzone. Also for consideration is that the rumors were that Fisher really liked Mariota more than Winston. And he also was rumored to like Manziel. So there that to consider as well. So a big physical presence isn't necessary for Fisher it would seem.
Added to this is that the Rams braintrust knew they needed a QB to make the move to LA successful. As Magic Johnson said, in LA you need to win AND be exciting. That is a given, really.
Did Fisher like the idea? Who knows. But he picked Goff whether he wanted the trade or not.
None of which makes sense.
Again---two things. And no amount of just gossip level rumors can overcome this.
1. Rams needed a qb! Everyone knew it. No mystery there.
2. Fisher HAS dealt with an interfering owner type before who dictated the qb spot AND IT WAS NO MYSTERY. Fisher found all sorts of ways to let it be known he did not want that qb. So how come none of that now...IF in fact Kroenke went Adams and became a loser interfering owner type, how come we don't hear about it? For real, from participants. We heard about it with Adams. Why not now?
People need to go back and listen to the old ESPNLA broadcast where Snead is on and they ask him directly if Fisher was aboard with Goff or for that matter with picking a qb. Remember Meshawn was one of the guys spreading the gossip rumor about JF not wanting Goff. Well if you listen to that broadcast, Snead answers at length with a ton of detail AND COMPLETELY DESTROYS that kind of rumor. Just buries it. In fact correct me if I am wrong but from that point on, the ESPNLA people never tried that rumor again.
I don't believe for a second that SK is that kind of loser intefering owner type, regardless what ideas are made up about him wanting a "splash" for the market.
It makes no sense, the evidence works against it, and SK has never acted that way with any of his franchises that I have heard of.
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