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Originally Posted by saphojunkie
No one is here trying to say that Fisher is actually playing like a first overall pick. Or that he is playing like a $4 million right tackle.
But we aren't on page 28 of the "What if Jeff Allen sucks LG?" thread. Or the "What if Jon Asamoah sucks at RG?" thread. And both of those dudes are just as big of concerns on the field. Contractually, no, they aren't as big of commitments, but the only thing that matters is the team's success. Not the allocation of assets. If we spent 95% of our assets on the secondary and go 19-0, what the **** do I care? If we perfectly allocate it based on advanced metrics and miss the playoffs, again, what the **** do I care?
Results matter. That is all. Results. Everything else is idle debate.
Fisher is a lightning rod for criticism because of his draft spot, and that is irrational. Shit, I'd way rather have Fisher at right tackle from 1.1 than Donald Stephenson at backup tackle from 3.74, because that pick could have been Russell Wilson. Should have been Russell Wilson.
But of course, the only thing anyone will talk about is Fisher and it's silly. It's silly after three games. It was even more ridiculous on August 2nd, which is when this reeruned thread was started.
We will see how the year plays out. If he doesn't improve throughout the course of the season, then yeah... we might have a serious problem. As it stands now, Fisher hasn't cost this team a win, so I'm not freaking out.
He hasn't cost Jamaal Charles getting injured. In fact, Jamaal scored our only offensive touchdown behind Fisher. So, no. I'm not panicking yet.
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I agree. Look, Fisher wasn't an ideal pick and I'd rather they picked someone else. But he's here now. I don't want to evaluate him on whether he's worth the #1 pick because he never will be. And no rookie should be judged by whether they are fulfilling their current contract. They should be evaluated on whether they have the upside to fulfill their entire contract, which Fisher certainly can.
I really don't care if he struggles this year and picks it up next year, which he could very likely do.