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It is not really a new system. It is still a Jeff Fisher offense. All it is, play calling. You just switch OCs, with Fisher’s type of coach, is just being masked. Unless he has an experienced OC like Norv Turner, per say, I’ll say it again, you are just masking it with a Fisher guy, and he is running Fisher’s plays.
It is a new system. How different it is from the previous system I can’t say, but it is new.
I could be wrong but I don’t think Fisher has an offensive system that he uses wherever he goes. He has a style. And regardless if the system in place is based on a WCO, Coryell, Erhardt, etc system, the playcalling and overall strategy will reflect his style – which is to use the run to set up play action.
I’m just saying, the offense I am watching has been the same, or it looks like it to me. Terminology may be different, but I see the same plays being called. Of course that looks like in my eyes. This offensive system looked the same to me throughout all of Fisher’s tenure.
I agree with that, except I am going to say the offensive line needs to play better.
But, since this thread is about Fisher, I will give an opinion how he plays the game. His strategy is to limit possessions. Like what coaches do in basketball when there is no shot clock and they play a better team, “like the 4 corners offense”. This lets you steal games from better teams, but also makes the games close between lesser or equal opponents. The result is, you steal a game, but you also lose a game/s. It is not, playing not to lose, like it has been characterized. imo If you watch his games through this lens, maybe you will agree?
Don’t forget, as a whole, the Rams have drafted more OLinemen than any NFL franchise in the past 5 years. And we still suck.
Even the national media has been on Fisher. Stephen A. Smith has said he wished he could have a job like Fisher, where you can be so inept, aka you suck at your job. and still have all this job security.
“If you’re satisfied with 8-8 you’re a loser.”
We would be lucky to get to 8-8. For me, I don’t care if we play boring football, or exciting football, ala GSOT days. I just want winning football. I want playoff football. I want our team to be considered a Super Bowl contender.
