December 04, 2016 12:16PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 7,313
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In fact I predicted this extension and the pre-draft day trade up for the QB PRIOR to the Goff trade.
I posted on here several times that Goff essentially bought Fisher/Snead two more, and maybe three years. That was the only near guaranteed way to save Fisher and Snead's jobs.
It was a perfect storm of circumstances.
Right or wrong, the football decision makers thought they were a good QB away from being a perennial contender. They knew they needed someone better than Keenum to lead the team in the future.
Kroenke needed a splash as he moved the team.
It didn't hurt that future drafts at the QB position looked VERY thin.
I believe Kroenke, Demoff, Fisher, and Snead all decided together that now was the time to go all in for a QB no matter the cost.
The problem is, Fisher would complain that trading all of those resources for a QB would be unfair to him in his last season. Those picks could have went to improve the team in his last year but couldn't in an all-in move. And the fact remains that it's rare for rookie QB's to win in their first season. (This was pre-Prescott remember.)
I stated then, that Fisher would sell Kroenke on giving him a fair shot to compete with his new QB. So at the moment of trade up, Kroenke was signing off on Fisher having more time.
With the new QB, the product they would be selling until the new stadium would be (renewed) hope.
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