This is where I get off the train with Fisher. I've seen enough. 7 wins is his ceiling, and we need somebody else to move forward.
He has botched the QB situation badly this year, despite getting the #1 pick. He effectively put all his eggs in the Keenum-is-the-starter basket, letting Keenum swallow up almost all of the reps with the #1's in training camp and preseason games. Goff got fewer reps and those were mostly with 2nd stringers or worse. Does anyone think that didn't slow his development; didn't impact his readiness??
And for all of his faith invested in Keenum, what did Fisher, the Rams, and their fans get last night? A QB who sucked. One who could only must 130 passing yards, much of that late. One who threw the horrible INT that Jrry put in a post several pages back - clean pocket and plenty of time, and he throws it right to Ray Ray Armstrong, with 3 guys near his intended receiver.
And yes, I can acknowledge the playcalling sucked. This horizontal passing bs when the D is already crowding the LOS does nothing to persuade them to do otherwise - especially when the QB can't, or won't make them pay for it. And for a team whose offense is predicated on running the football, there sure is a dearth of play-action passing.
As much as I would want to blame the OC, the buck stops with Fisher. Year after year I hope that he will finally "get it" with regard to offense, and year after year he disappoints me. His OC hires have been uninspiring, but with all of them, he is the common denominator. And the offense looks remarkably the same irrespective of who is calling the plays. Either Fisher isn't willing to hire an OC that can improve this offense, or isn't willing to let his hired OC do what he can to achieve that goal. In either case, it's on him. I'd be wiling to bet there are at least a dozen OC's around the NFL that could take the personnel we have on hand and at least make them competent and productive enough that our D doesn't feel like it always has to carry the team on its back. Not necessarily great, and no better than average ... but much better than horribly below average which is where we are now.
I've given Fisher a lot of benefit of the doubt. I cut him even more slack having lost his starting QB two seasons in a row with ACL tears. And going into the season, I was even willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on Keenum - providing Keenum could show us some competent QB play. But enough is enough, and he has definitely been given enough time. He was the one who chose to gamble on Keenum instead of doing everything they could to get Goff ready for the season, he's the one who has to take the blame that it failed to work out so horribly. He's the one that wants this type of offensive scheme, with few passes deep or into the middle of the field, insufficient play action, and in general, a scheme that invites the defense to stack the box and doesn't make them pay when they do.
He's done a decent job pulling the Rams out of the mess Spags left us in, the roster isn't bad and has some very good players at spots. But at the end of the day, he's going to put a limit on how far we can go because he's always going to put a limit on how far our offense can go. And that's no longer acceptable, especially in a new market like LA. Time for someone new to come in.