Jeff Fisher Contract: Latest News and Rumors on Coach’s Negotiations with Rams
As Los Angeles Rams head coach Jeff Fisher enters the last season of a five-year contract, the team isn’t in any rush to move forward with extension talks.
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No ‘Present Timeline or Parameters’ for New Fisher Deal
Sunday, July 17
Vincent Bonsignore of the Los Angeles Daily News reported the buzz on Fisher’s potential new contract, which also applies to general manager Les Snead.
The raw numbers say Fisher hasn’t earned an extension at this juncture, so the rumor doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Since taking over the Rams in 2012, Fisher has failed to guide the team to the playoffs and has posted a 27-36-1 record with no winning seasons.
As is often the case with NFL head coaches, though, the lack of a clear-cut solution at quarterback has hindered Fisher’s efforts to turn the franchise around. Sam Bradford was injured too often to prove himself as a high-end starter, and his replacement, Nick Foles, flopped last year.
Snead went ahead and got Fisher a potential franchise QB by trading up for the rights to No. 1 overall draft pick Jared Goff. The California product figures to start in 2016 and may be just what the Rams need to secure a playoff berth for the first time in the Fisher era.
The team’s move back to Los Angeles, combined with Goff’s arrival, the presence of stud running back Todd Gurley and a talented defense, should lead to heightened expectations in 2016.
This could be the season in which Snead’s long-gestating reconstruction of L.A.’s roster pays huge dividends. The question is whether Fisher’s players will produce enough for him and the GM to keep their jobs.
Making matters more complicated is how tough the NFC West has been during Fisher’s tenure.
The Seattle Seahawks have made the playoffs every year since 2012, while the Arizona Cardinals have strung together three straight 10-win seasons. Although the San Francisco 49ers have struggled of late, they made it to the Super Bowl following the 2012 campaign and lost to Seattle in the conference title game the following year.
Los Angeles is wise to table contract talks until the organization can properly evaluate what to expect from Fisher’s team as Goff prepares to take the reins of the offense.
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