John Dorsey’s offseason to-do list: Eric Fisher

Cons:

Performance: While the 2015 campaign showed some promise for the future, overall it’s hard to say that Fisher has been anything other than disappointing thus far. While there are some mitigating factors (rookie season, new position, untimely injuries), that’s still not a ringing endorsement of re-signing a player.

And while we may have been told that it would take some time, there is no denying that his performance has not lived up to the expectations of a first overall pick.  This can be overlooked with a strong season in 2016, but that is something that has yet to happen where as his past performance can already be quantified.

Injury History: Branden Albert, Geoff Schwartz, Jon Asamoah, Rodney Hudson, and Jeff Allen. All talented offensive linemen that John Dorsey has let walk.  All talented offensive linemen that have had some kind of injury issue in the past.  And, with the exception of Allen who has not yet played a season after being let go, all talented offensive linemen who have continued to have injury issues after being let go by the Chiefs.

Moral of the story?  John Dorsey doesn’t give big contracts to offensive linemen who have had injury issues.  Sure, Hudson didn’t have a ton of issues, but he still had a big one, was let go, and had more issues.  This really points to John Dorsey doing his homework on the health history of his linemen (a part of trainer Rick Burkholder’s job that largely gets overlooked).  This may be the biggest ding on Eric Fisher as he has suffered through numerous injury issues since coming to the league.

In fact, he has yet to spend an entire season on the field free from injury.  That’s not good, and doesn’t offer a ringing endorsement of the likelihood of a new contract.  While he needs a strong season this year, perhaps even more importantly, he needs a healthy season on the books.

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