In some ways Fisher has failed to keep up with the ever-evolving NFL. His handling of Goff is one of those ways. When you see so many young QBs capable of playing right away, especially those drafted at or near the top of the draft, you have to question why it's our guy who's incapable. Goff was thrown to the wolves at Cal in his freshman year- his team lost game after game, yet he proved himself mentally and physically able to handle it all. In LA he'll play on a team with a run-first mentality (and a dominant RB leading the way), and a defense that at times is dominant. We're not asking him to throw the ball 40 times behind a garbage o-line with no hope of winning even 3 games here.
But this is what Fisher does. Young players are having impacts at the NFL level quicker than ever, and even though so many young QBs are starting right away as coaches believe that the best way to learn is on the field, Fisher decided to never really give Goff a chance at that day 1 starting job. Goff rarely got chances with the 1st team offense, and when he struggled, Fisher threw him under the bus with statements like Mannion now being the number 2 QB. QBs like Newton, Winston, Ryan, Stafford and some others had up and down preseasons like Goff, but all their coaches put them on the field, and showed that they had faith in those guys. If Goff has the ability the Rams apparently believe he has given the fact that he was just the #1 pick, they should have the faith to put him on the field. And with their style of play, that doesn't mean mailing in the first half or quarter of the season (this team beat Seattle in Seattle last season with Keenum throwing the ball 23 times for 103 yards!).
Hopefully in a few weeks this will all be water under the bridge as Goff gets to start sooner rather than later, but regardless, Fisher needs to go. It actually worries me that this team has enough talent to win in spite of him, allowing him to keep staying on as head coach.
