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It has been a sad lot of seasons since the Dolphins or St. Louis Rams have won a game as important as the one in which they are now competing. That is why both teams are shopping for a new coach in the first place. And it is why both see the incomplete rèsumè of Jeff Fisher like hungry diners eyeing a platter of filet mignon and lobster.
Fisher in 16 full seasons with the Tennessee Titans lost the only Super Bowl he got to, but he is by consensus the 2012 prize among available NFL coaches, and that is enough for two sagging, desperate franchises.
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