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Originally Posted by Rams Fan
His first HC in the NFL was Martz.
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And?
Because Martz was in full flameout mode at that point, was he not? He'd pretty well brain-raped Marc Bulger (poor bastard probably still sees unblocked blitzers when he closes his eyes...)
I've never seen an OC who seemed to openly loathe his quarterbacks the way Martz did, especially when he bought into his own legend. The guy was just leaving those QBs exposed every snap and getting them absolutely smoked.
Hell, Martz wasn't even the Rams head coach by the time Fitzpatrick saw the field. Fitz didn't play until week 11 and by then the immortal Joe Vitt was running the show.
Then 2 years with Marvin Lewis (as Carson Palmer's backup before Palmer got hurt). Then Perry Fewell, Dick Jauron and Chan Gailey in Buffalo.
Now Gailey I'd consider a fairly bright guy, but I also think of him as a guy who is more adept at getting production out of athletic passers and Fitz was never anything resembling that guy.
Then Mike Munchak in TN, Bill O'Brien in Houston, Todd Bowles in NYJ and Dirk Koetter in TB.
Munchak and Bowles were overmatched clowns. BoB is still a mongoloid reerun and he was ESPECIALLY so in his early years at Houston. Dirk Koetter is...interesting. I don't think he's an idiot, but the Falcons got better after he left and aren't improved upon his return. At some point he developed a reputation as a premier offensive mind but...I'm not really sure why.
I mean let's be fair here, Ryan Fitzpatrick has had a murderers row of goober HCs and has only once had a team give him a contract with the idea of building a team around what he does well.
He's been dealt a lot of bad hands and has made quite a bit from them.