Kansas City Chiefs left tackle Eric Fisher had a great start to the 2019 NFL season in Jacksonville in Week 1. He’d suffer an injury in practice ahead of Week 2 that would take him out for nine weeks. His eventual return would come in Week 11 against the Los Angeles Chargers in Mexico City.
Recently, Anthony Treash of Pro Football Focus sought to name one bounce-back candidate for each NFL team. He chose Fisher as someone who could turn the page on the 2019 season and have a much better 2020 season. Here is what Treash had to say about Fisher:
“There really aren’t any glaring bounce-back candidates on the reigning Super Bowl champions’ roster, but one could make a case that Fisher belongs in the category. In Week 2 of the 2019 season, he played just four snaps before coming out of the game due to injury and subsequently missed the next eight games. He made his return in Week 11 against the Chargers and had the lowest-graded game of his career (29.5). From there on out, he posted his lowest regular-season PFF grade since his rookie campaign and the lowest PFF WAR of his career. Fisher already got a head start on his bounce-back in the postseason as he produced an 80.5 PFF grade in the Chiefs’ three playoff games.“
Fisher finished the 2019 season with a 64.5 PFF grade, which is markedly lower than the 80.5 PFF grade that he recorded throughout the playoffs. Fisher was the top-graded tackle in the NFL from Week 11 (his return from injury) through Super Bowl LIV with an 83.2 overall grade. That all suggests to me that Fisher was still getting right in his return from injury and could be due for a better regular-season showing in 2020, assuming he stays healthy.
Chiefs Wire spoke to Eric Fisher back in July about a number of different topics, including his dominant performance down the stretch in 2019.
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