Ok. I've never called out Fisher but I'm going to have to vent here.
How many times, over how many years can his team flatter to deceive? How many times can we look legit one week and like the worst team in the league the next. We do just enough with that Jekyll and Hyde shit to get to 7-9, 7-8-1 or 8-8 if we're really lucky - but that seems to have been Fisher's MO all his career. We perform against the teams no one expects us to compete against, then screw up against the most dysfunctional team in football. And the worst thing is - we know its going to happen. We all talked all week about how this was a "trap game" and we had to overcome that potential trap. Every time - we fail. Then towards the end of the season we put together just enough wins to make it look ok, and next year we'll put all the pieces together and go to the playoffs.
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results. Well that's what we're doing as fans whilst Fisher is our HC.
Maybe we'll win against the Steelers next week and guys will call me out on this post for saying I'm speaking too soon - its 1-1 in a league of parity and we'll be ok - but if we beat the Steelers 50-0 net week I am not going to celebrate at all. Because I'll be waiting for the week after and the next game to see if we're the same old Rams again, or whether we will FINALLY learn and start to put together momentum and wins. If we don't then great. Bruce Arians was right. We're an 8-8 team who are always talked of as the "dark horse" but never actually get over the hump.
Fishers seat should be hot - not warm - but hot. But of course it won't be because we all know deep down that Kroenke has mentally checked out on this team. As long as they don't suck too bad that fans start protesting or buying merchandise he's happy to float at 8-8 until he gets to move his team out of his home state to L.A. like we all know he wants to do, (sorry mods I know we're not meant to talk about that - and I'm not trying to start a flame war - I'm just venting).