Michael Silver tweets on Fish & Goff

[Merlin]

Most of the camp reports said Wentz didn't look so crash hot either and that Sam was way ahead of him. It's all crap. One week in practice with the starters and suddenly Wentz looks like a competent starting qb.

There are a lot of parallels with them, in that Wentz didn't look great but he did gun the ball down the field with authority. Goff did the same in practice, and was droppin dimes like that endzone corner route he throws so beautifully.

Gotta give the Eagles credit that they saw the downfield throwing ability and decided to make room for him. They could have easily done like Fish would have and promoted the backup until Wentz knew the offense better, but they moved the kid up and adjusted everything to him and it worked out. Now all they have to do is weather the storm as he has the off game and dumb decisions from time to time while he learns.

 

[Athos]

Fishers 15 minutes of fame ended long ago
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Fisher? Fame? Ever?

 

[nighttrain]

'99. i yard short
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[ram007]

It is not Fishers mo to trade away draft picks. Yes Fisher wanted Goff in February, March, April per Silver. Reading between the lines, Silver doesn't say or indicate, Fisher was ready to separate himself from all the draft picks given away to get Goff. In short, management might have said the price is worth paying for overriding Fishers concerns. Also, Jim Thomas from St.Louis Dispatch (whatever you think of him he has some connections to Rams), thinks Fisher lost clout last year and he doesn't have the same say he had before.

Fisher would like to bring on rookies slowly. If he had full say, Goff would not play for 5-6 games at a minimum. Then he will dress him as backup and may be have a start or two. But know everything appears to have been accelerated.

I smell smoke coming from Rams indicating something is cooking.....

 

[ReddingRam]

The biggest issue with Goff has been the verbiage . the WC Off. is so damn wordy .. .and every OC tries to "rename" things to make it "his own. The Coryell/Zampese Offense was so much simpler using the digits. Formation/protection/routes ... simple. Not al the !@@#$ Right/!@&^%( - Z !@#%&/ &@#*!! bullshit that the WC verbiage calls for. It's a damn tongue twister

 

[Merlin]

The biggest issue with Goff has been the verbiage . the WC Off. is so damn wordy .. .and every OC tries to "rename" things to make it "his own. The Coryell/Zampese Offense was so much simpler using the digits. Formation/protection/routes ... simple. Not al the !@@#$ Right/!@&^%( - Z !@#%&/ &@#*!! bullcrap that the WC verbiage calls for. It's a damn tongue twister

Yeah I have a natural dislike of the WCO because I picture the smug @$$ whiners being guided to championship after championship with their sophisticated offense while so many Rams teams that had almost everything languished.

And now we're bungling it. Just sucks man. Here's hoping it all just clicks like an effin atomic bomb in this game.

 

[jrry32]

It is not Fishers mo to trade away draft picks. Yes Fisher wanted Goff in February, March, April per Silver. Reading between the lines, Silver doesn't say or indicate, Fisher was ready to separate himself from all the draft picks given away to get Goff. In short, management might have said the price is worth paying for overriding Fishers concerns. Also, Jim Thomas from St.Louis Dispatch (whatever you think of him he has some connections to Rams), thinks Fisher lost clout last year and he doesn't have the same say he had before.

Fisher would like to bring on rookies slowly. If he had full say, Goff would not play for 5-6 games at a minimum. Then he will dress him as backup and may be have a start or two. But know everything appears to have been accelerated.

I smell smoke coming from Rams indicating something is cooking.....

Frankly, I don't see what you're seeing. Silver specifically responded to the rumors to call BS. If Fisher didn't want to trade up for Goff, that would make the rumors true. No reason for Silver to respond.

The Rams had to trade away picks to get Goff. Silver confirming that Fisher wanted him the entire time (even before the trade) directly contradicts any rumor that Fisher didn't want Goff and didn't want to trade up for Goff. No need to read between the lines.

It is not Fisher's MO to trade away draft picks? We traded away draft picks for Tavon Austin, LaMarcus Joyner, Mark Barron, and Case Keenum prior to the Goff trade.