Ramifications
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Sorry if this post is redundant, I haven't read all the threads.
With a lot of mocks showing the Rams taking LT Greg Robinson, it is time to dust off the old canard in the thread title.
1) Did he have final decision on personnel over Floyd Reese in HOU/TEN? If not, this tendency commonly attributed to Fisher may actually be a misattributed artifact of Reese's drafting tendencies?
2) He inherited future Hall of Famers Bruce Matthews and Mike Munchak, who played for nearly two decades and over a decade, respectively (EACH with ten All Pro seasons), a situation likely not only unprecedented in league history, but never to be repeated.
3) While Fisher never won a Super Bowl, and had a lot of average seasons, he had very few terrible seasons with the Oilers/Titans, where they might have been in position to take a blue chip LT. In the only three times in 16 seasons he had a top 10 pick, he (and/or Reese?) opted to fill other, more pressing needs. Twice for a QB at 1.3 (Steve McNair and Vince Young) and once for a CB a 1.6 (Adam "Pacman" Jones).
4) Most teams don't spend first round picks on interior OL (elite prospects like Cooper and Warmack are the exception that proves the rule).
5) Reportedly the Rams were prepared to take Larry Warford in the past draft if Alec Ogletree had been taken before the 1.30 pick, which would have blown up the theory right there.
With a lot of mocks showing the Rams taking LT Greg Robinson, it is time to dust off the old canard in the thread title.
1) Did he have final decision on personnel over Floyd Reese in HOU/TEN? If not, this tendency commonly attributed to Fisher may actually be a misattributed artifact of Reese's drafting tendencies?
2) He inherited future Hall of Famers Bruce Matthews and Mike Munchak, who played for nearly two decades and over a decade, respectively (EACH with ten All Pro seasons), a situation likely not only unprecedented in league history, but never to be repeated.
3) While Fisher never won a Super Bowl, and had a lot of average seasons, he had very few terrible seasons with the Oilers/Titans, where they might have been in position to take a blue chip LT. In the only three times in 16 seasons he had a top 10 pick, he (and/or Reese?) opted to fill other, more pressing needs. Twice for a QB at 1.3 (Steve McNair and Vince Young) and once for a CB a 1.6 (Adam "Pacman" Jones).
4) Most teams don't spend first round picks on interior OL (elite prospects like Cooper and Warmack are the exception that proves the rule).
5) Reportedly the Rams were prepared to take Larry Warford in the past draft if Alec Ogletree had been taken before the 1.30 pick, which would have blown up the theory right there.