Is Jeff Fisher on the Hot Seat For Los Angeles Rams Heading Into Week 7?

After back-to-back losses, should Jeff Fisher be worried about his job with the Los Angeles Rams?

When rumors heated up at the beginning of the season regarding a possible contract extension for Jeff Fisher, there were plenty of furious Los Angeles Rams fans when considering the team has only finished with seven wins in three of the last four seasons.

Normally, a head coach that has failed to record a winning record entering his fifth season with a team would seem like the last candidate to continue the job, but the Rams seem confident enough that Fisher is their man for the long run. After finishing 7-9 in 2015 with one of the league’s top defenses, it was clear the offense was holding Los Angeles back from reaching the next level, but after Sunday’s loss  to the Detroit Lions, that’s obviously not the problem.

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One week after a heartbreaking home loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Rams came up on the losing end once again in Week 6 after falling 31-28 to the Lions on the road. Not even a career day from Case Keenum (27 of 32 for 321 yards with four total touchdowns) was good enough for Los Angeles in this one as two-straight losses dropped them to 3-3 on the season.

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With the team traveling to London this week to take on the New York Giants, it’s hard not to wonder how much is Fisher to blame for what’s happened to this team over the last two weeks.

It’s one thing to use all of the injuries on the defensive side of the football as an excuse, but how can Fisher explain some of his actions that ended up playing an impact on the final score of each game? Not only was Fisher responsible for the terrible decision to go for a fake punt deep in their own territory when only trailing the Bills by fourth late in the fourth quarter, but he passed on a field goal before halftime against the Lions by going for the touchdown instead.

And if that passed field goal wasn’t already frustrating to deal with at the time, keep in mind Los Angeles lost that game by three points to Detroit.

The Rams may have been major underdogs in the NFC West at the beginning of the season, but this team could have been sitting at 4-2 or 5-1 heading into Week 7 with better coaching. Los Angeles may have seen Fisher as their best option for the future at the beginning of the season, but if he continues to mess things up as head coach, his hot seat is only going to continue heating up over the next few weeks.