OC update: Cross EVERYBODY off the list...

Seriously. The Rams currently have NO outside candidate left on their offensive coordinator wish list. The Colts turned out not to be a-holes just jerking the Rams' chain, they signed Rod Chudzinski to a multi-year deal to serve as their assistant head coach. Meanwhile, ex-Bills OC Nathaniel Hackett, who did interview with the Rams, was so impressed by the opportunity to OC here that he jumped... on the Jacksonville QB coaching job. That's probably about all we need to know about what kind of "opportunity" the rest of the league thinks the Rams' job is.

If he wasn't there already, these developments should have been more than enough to vault insiders favorite, Rams TEs coach Rob Boras, to the top of the OC list.

Fisher might have had a chance to hire former Oklahoma OC Josh Heupel (fired January 6), who's close friends with Sam Bradford, but he got an OC job at Utah State last week. I would have thought seriously about at least making Heupel the QB coach/Bradford whisperer and bumping Frank Cignetti up to OC.

I'm not sure there's a sensible name outside the organization otherwise: Fisher isn't going to sign Charlie Weis (fired by KU) or June Jones (fired by SMU).

Well, there's Mike Martz. What would be the main criticism of hiring Martz? He'll get Bradford killed? How much do you think that is going to take? I'm only a little drunk to think signing Martz as OC, with Ryan Fitzpatrick backing Bradford up (and becoming the starter by week 2) is starting to sound pretty good.

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