Despite being on the cusp of another losing season, Jeff Fisher’s job is not in jeopardy; at least for the next two years anyway.
Fisher entered the 2016 season in the final year of his existing deal and questions loomed over the possibility of his contract being extended. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Sunday that the Los Angeles Rams signed Fisher to a two-year extension through 2018.
The deal was agreed upon in preseason and signed at some point in the season.
Rams COO Kevin Demoff defended Fisher’s performance this year.
Everybody will want to judge Jeff through the prism of just the record, but that’s totally unfair when you look at the set of circumstances he was handed this year. It was different than any team in the NFL. We moved halfway across the country, then had OTAs in Oxnard. Training camp was in Irvine, now we’re in Thousand Oaks. We moved coaches and players and families. To provide leadership and consistency, he’s done a model job.
Fisher has failed to lead a team to a winning season since 2008 and has only six seasons in a 22-year coaching career where he amassed more than eight victories. Last week, Rams legend Eric Dickerson was very vocal in his sentiments that Fisher be fired.