SI's Peter King likes Foles for Rams' Offense
By Myles Simmons
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OXNARD, Calif. -- When you think of the most widely respected NFL reporters, Peter King of Sports Illustrated’s The MMQB is right at the top of the list.
And yesterday, the longtime football columnist had some words of praise for new Rams quarterback Nick Foles.
“I’ve always been high on Foles,” King said in an interview with stlouisrams.com. “Nick Foles is a guy who knows when to push the envelope, but he’s not one of the guys who will make the dumb throw that leads to the interception.”
While King called Foles’ first year as a starter in Philadelphia “magical” based on his 27 touchdowns to only two interceptions, the columnist added the quarterback’s demeanor has likely endeared him to head coach Jeff Fisher and general manager Les Snead.
“I think one of the reasons why Jeff Fisher, Les Snead, why they really like him a lot, is his attitude is, ‘You just tell me what the offense is, and I’m going to do it,’” King said.
King added an intriguing comparison to a Super Bowl winning quarterback.
“He reminds me a lot of Phil Simms in that regard,” King said. “When Simms played for the Giants, he wouldn’t care whether Bill Parcells told him to throw for 4,000 or whether he was going to throw for 2,500. Whatever it took. And I think that’s Foles’ attitude.”
