Quote:Even in those seasons, you never got the sense that the Rams didn't come to play really; and they've beat good teams like Seattle repeatedly. I think the last time we beat a team with a winning record was the Colts in 2012

 

I agree that the Rams have been competitive under Jeff Fisher and have clearly beaten some good teams.   Especially,  in the NFC West head to head games,  as you illustrated in part with the wins over Seattle.

 

Also,  there's no question that at this point in time,  Jeff Fisher is a much more accomplished Head Coach than Gus Bradley and that Fisher has been in a difficult situation in St  Louis with owner Stan Kroenke alienating the Rams fans in the region with his actions all pointing to him wanting to move the team to suburban Los Angeles ( Inglewood. ).

 

On the other side of the coin,  the Rams have had tremendous draft resources because of the RGIII draft resource trade with the Redskins.   Yet,  at least up until this current season,  Jeff Fisher has yet to have even a .500 season with the Rams.

 

 As for Gus Bradley,   the jury is out.   When Bradley became the Jags HC,  the team had amongst the least amount of talent of any teams this century.   In some respects it was even a worse situation than the post 2008 0-16 Lions because at least Calvin Johnson was on that team and there was a potential Franchise QB in the 2009 Draft (  Matthew Stafford ).  

 

 One concern with Bradley is he's already on his 2nd Offensive Coordinator.  

 

 There's no question the Jags need to show tangible progress this season.   If/ when the team gets some of it's key injured players back,   expectations should understandably be higher.  But it probably won't be until next season that the Jags might be a legit playoff contender when D. Fowler is back and S.D. Marks is a year further away from the major knee injury.    Not to mention,  another off-season of upgrades via FA and the Draft.  With a very favorable cap situation.

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