When Eric Fisher was a late scratch from the Chiefs starting lineup for their opener at Houston in September, it was widely perceived that he had come down with the J.J. Watt flu — a reluctance to go up against the menacing Texans’ defensive end.
Now, there are a many ways to try to reconcile what actually was happening with Fisher, who unquestionably was dealing with an ankle injury and arguably would have been well-advised not to play at less than the best version of himself — for his own good and that of the team.
But this being the confounding Fisher, off to a slogging start in his career magnified by being the No.