Rams players believe they let Jeff Fisher downAlden Gonzalez
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Jeff Fisher addressed his team one final time on Monday, shortly after learning he had been fired as the Los Angeles Rams' head coach.
At one point, Fisher apologized for letting them down.
"We really should be apologizing to him," Rams offensive lineman Jamon Brown said later. "Everybody probably didn't do what they needed to to make sure something like this wouldn't happen."
Fisher was fired the day after a 42-14 blowout loss at home to the Atlanta Falcons, a game that was haunted by five turnovers. It was the Rams' eighth loss in a span of nine games, dropping them to 4-9 and giving Fisher his 165th career loss, tying Dan Reeves for the NFL record. After the game, several players spoke up about why their struggles should not fall on the coaches. And on Monday, the prevailing sentiment was that they let Fisher down.
"He treated us the way we're supposed to be treated and in return we didn't do enough for him," Rams quarterback Jared Goff said of Jeff Fisher. "That's really what it comes down to." AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
"It's unfortunate because the losses always get put onto the head coach, but the reality is we f---ed it up," said defensive end William Hayes, who has spent eight of his nine NFL seasons playing under Fisher and called him "my football dad." "We messed up a real good situation. We didn't go out there and do what we needed to do. We were so inconsistent, and that's why he doesn't have a job."
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