Overreaction from last night: Cut Eric Fisher after 2018

[RealSNR]

He's got an out in his extension. We'll eat some dead cap, but we should end up saving overall.

The guy is, was, and always will be a pussy. He even looks ****ing tiny. The NFL LTs I've always seen dominate the game have been behmoths like John Alt, Orlando Pace, and Willie Roaf. Fisher looks like a goddamn TE out there. We were waiting after his first season to bulk up in the NFL strength and conditioning offseason program. Has that ever ****ing happened? Sure as hell doesn't look like it.

He's inconsistent but mostly he just plays with zero toughness. Always has. And I'd rather not force our beautiful new QB to play behind such a limp-dicked dweeb.

[TribalElder]

Dr Fisher didn't have a good game
























I know, he isn't the doctor

[Naptown Chief]

Why are you wasting time on this turd? Isn't there a CB who's thread is being neglected?

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by -King-

This is true. I think the o line is going to recover and be around average in the league, but I don't think Alex gets enough credit for getting out of sacks at times and for getting the ball out of his hands real fast negating any pass rushes
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He did that but he also ran into sacks and away from very good pockets. He did the line a solid sometimes and other times threw away their hard work.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by The Pest

His contract is guaranteed....that's why he's still on the roster. The Chiefs traded for him to see if they could fix him. They're going to try everything they can until his contract is up after this season.

Yeah, but can he steal Clark's money somewhere that isn't going to get our QB killed?

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

Exactly, I said in another thread our goal now should be to draft and build the best OL in the NFL .Milkman siad I was a moron.

I called you a moron because you have no idea how much Tom Brady does to make that OL look good in New England.

It's not just how quickly he gets the ball put.

He has incredible pocket mobility, gliding away from pressure within the pocket to buy time to make plays.

No one is better inside the pocket.

Erving might be better than Fisher at tackle and Fisher might be better than Erving at guard.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Moon

Erving might be better than Fisher at tackle and Fisher might be better than Erving at guard.

kill yourself

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

Dr Fisher didn't have a good game

Doctor of what?

Should hit that **** with a malpractice suit.

[suzzer99]

No longer in the spotlight, Eric Fisher has persevered to help the Chiefs’ explosive offense

Fisher, with little fanfare, is in the midst of producing the best season of his career. He has played well enough to be a candidate for his first Pro Bowl honor. In eight games, Fisher has been responsible for only one of the 10 sacks opposing defenses have recorded against Mahomes.

He has blocked the best pass rushers in the NFL and has given Mahomes enough time to break record after record each week. In the past month, Fisher has aided Hunt’s production with timely, athletic blocks on the perimeter. And he has committed just five penalties this season, the last one coming three weeks ago in the Chiefs’ lone loss to the Patriots.

“I’ve faced some adversity that a lot of people wouldn’t face in the league, just the expectation and some things that just happened over the years,” Fisher said. “If you put me in the position now that I was in then, I think it would be a much different scenario. There’s truth behind that. There’s a lot to learn in this league, whether it’s on the field or off the field.”

One of Fisher’s biggest benefits is that he has only had to learn one offensive playbook under Reid. He also moved to the left tackle position on a full-time basis in 2016 after the Chiefs signed Schwartz. By playing opposite of Schwartz, Fisher said he has learned from his teammate how to better perform his techniques when blocking.

In the Chiefs’ past two victories, Fisher has accomplished any task Reid has asked of him.

Fisher has become more comfortable in his role the longer he has played in a Chiefs uniform. He has watched Reid add skill player after skill player in the past six seasons. With each new teammate, Fisher has bonded with them through jokes. And Fisher has been satisfied with such an approach. It gives him the space to improve his performance in a quiet manner.

“I don’t have quit in me,” he said. “I’m going to do my job until I can’t do it anymore. That’s something I personally take pride in. I don’t care what you throw at me. I’m going to get back up and I’ll be right back there.”

And this from the comments was eye-opening:

2013 turned out to be such a horrible draft. All but a handful of 1st rounders are out of football or a back-up. A re-draft would probably have:
1. D Hopkins ( picked in the 20s)
2. Lane Johnson (4th overall)
3. L Bell (2nd round)
4. Kelce (3rd round)
5. Fisher

Arguably 2 in the top 5 - not bad.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

I know Johnson is a great player but you gotta take Kelce over him IMO. He’s jsut more of a game changer. Nobody has been able to cover that guy for like 4-5 years now.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

I know Johnson is a great player but you gotta take Kelce over him IMO. He’s jsut more of a game changer. Nobody has been able to cover that guy for like 4-5 years now.

Johnson also has some injury history of his own, a suspension for PEDs (IIRC) and has only ever been an effective RT.

I'd absolutely take Kelce over him and I think there's an argument that you take Fisher ahead of him. We simply don't know if Johnson can do the job on the left that Fisher has.

Fisher's a solid ballplayer and really has been since 2015. He's not a 1.1 in a normal draft but the 2013 draft was just a piece of shit - there's only so much can be done about that. At least we didn't take Joekel or Jordan or Cooper.

The guy they should have mentioned but didn't was taken several rounds later - David Bakhtiari. He's been a damn steady player for GB; as reliable as Johnson has been at a position with a higher degree of difficulty.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Fisher has been healthy and effective at a premium position. I'm glad we have him.

[Lzen]

Heard a national guy on the radio the other day (Gannon?) say they KC has the best 2 tackles in all of football. Wow, that's quite a statement!

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Lzen

Heard a national guy on the radio the other day (Gannon?) say they KC has the best 2 tackles in all of football. Wow, that's quite a statement!

As a duo, they very well might.

The Chiefs have bookends they can pretty much leave on an island and know they'll get the job done 90% of the time. You can't go empty as often as we do if you don't have guys you trust at LT and RT.

Think of how often we assign those guys a lock-down role and they come through. It's a luxury that few teams have.

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

As a duo, they very well might.

The Chiefs have bookends they can pretty much leave on an island and know they'll get the job done 90% of the time. You can't go empty as often as we do if you don't have guys you trust at LT and RT.

Think of how often we assign those guys a lock-down role and they come through. It's a luxury that few teams have.

Mahomes quick release and pocket awareness inflate our OLine a ton imo.