In 20 seasons as an NFL head coach Jeff Fisher said he could not recall firing a coach in the middle of a season. And then came Monday.
With the Rams in the midst of a five-game losing streak, the offense getting worse by the week, and his own job seemingly in jeopardy, Fisher fired offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti.
“I’ve become a very good friend of Frank’s over the years, and I’m very fond of Frank,” Fisher said at his regular Monday media session. “He’s a great man. But it was, in my estimation, time to move in a different direction.