"Jeff Fisher's teams have the reputation of playing physical, tough football. The offense has been cast as something from the football stone age, with a procession of running backs hammering away at the defense for hard-fought yards and leaving a trail of blood on the return to the huddle.

The bruising nature of the Fisher offense has been so exaggerated that I almost expect the Rams to switch to leather helmets for 2012. But I am here to tell you that there's no need for a change in equipment.

Yes, there is a role for the quarterback in the Fisher plan. And the QB is actually allowed to throw the football down the field in an attempt to score touchdowns.

Some of what Fisher likes to do is, indeed, old-fashioned when compared to the recent high-scoring trend that's turning NFL games into sessions of "Madden 12" on the Xbox. Fisher does like to run the football and control the game. He does believe in having competitive, somewhat unruly men doing the blocking up front. He would like to see his guys punish opponents. He does not object to seeing opponents limping away in pain."