Re: Fisher wouldn't know a good QB if he saw one

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RockRam
Fisher is to QBs and offense what Round-Up is to weeds.

I just crack up when the discussion about Fisher as an HC, or offensive talent evaluator comes up. No amount of losing (2nd losingest HC of all time), no amount of game history (lifetime sub .500), no amount of years of the Rams fielding the sorriest offenses in the league is going to be proof of Fisher's ineptitude. Even that magically his final 2 QBs who also couldn't win games start playing for different HCs and become instant winners.

But.....say the naysayers.....Oh, it's not really Fisher.

To me, whatever truth the article might have, is moot. I don't care if Fisher was given Tom Brady or Peyton Manning. The results would have been about the same as drafting Bradford or trading for Foles. Death of the QB position. Stagnant offense.

If indeed he had to be forced to trade picks for a starting QB, then it shows all the more Fisher's loss of grip on reality. Forget whoever they took; the Rams were desperate for a Franchise QB. But, if you are content with .500 seasons and moral victories, then I suppose you don't need a Franchise QB. In fact, it shows that Fisher didn't even value the importance of a Franchise QB; his glowing talk of Bradford being the reason he supposedly came to the Rams notwithstanding.

The good news is that Goff, it turns out, is awfully good and starting to look like the #1 pick. Like his HC, Goff is a learning sponge. Never gets flustered. And as his HC says, Goff translates the classroom to the field really really well.

Look. There's no one way or style to successfully play QB in the NFL. You can be a Tom Brady, Peyton Manning type; you can be a Russell Wilson or Aaron Rogers or Terry Bradshaw type. You just a) have to be unusually good at it, b) have an HC who determines to build around your style and strengths, and c) have a very good supporting cast....on both sides of the ball.