Rams head coach Jeff Fisher made a power play move a couple days prior to the Super Bowl. Defensive coordinator of one year Tim Walton was fired and was replaced by Gregg Williams.
Williams was the man Jeff Fisher wanted to run this defense the whole time. Tim Walton just wasn’t a right fit for the Rams. They played too soft. It looked like Walton didn’t know his personnel.
The one thing I hear in his defense: The secondary is young and they needed to be protected. True. Funny, that in Janoris Jenkins’ rookie season he scored four defensive touchdowns. Trumaine Johnson as a rookie took Bradley Fletcher’s job and never relinquished it.
You are going to get beat in football. That happens. They’re young – that’s been established. It just sounds like an excuse.
Bringing back Williams could be nothing but great for the Rams. This defense is already brimming with confidence, and it doesn’t get better than being coached from the defensive side of the ball by someone who has been in two Super Bowls.
Williams, known for his aggressive play-calling, will fit well in the rugged NFC West. And Fisher wants to trust someone to call plays. They used a collective approach with Fisher in his first two seasons. Now the job belongs to one man.
Locally there was plenty of interest in this Super Bowl because the Seahawks have 19 players on their roster that are undrafted. And the St. Louis Rams are in year three of a rebuilding period. Year three was when the Seahawks took off after posting back-to-back 7-9 records in 2010 and 2011. Then they had the breakthrough season 2012 with an 11-5 record.
Now they are champions.
