Jeff Fisher waited two years to get this off his chest.
With a surprise 17-13 road victory over the Cardinals on Sunday, the coach of the "always 8-8" Rams used his postgame locker room speech to hit back over remarks counterpart Bruce Arians made following a 2014 victory over Fisher.
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"I told them, 'This was (the Cardinals') Christmas present," Fisher revealed to NFL.com. "We see them after Christmas (when the Rams host the Cardinals on January 1 at the L.A. Coliseum). This was their Christmas present. We just gave it to them early, OK?’
"Go back and see all the s— Bruce said against us a couple of years ago."
Fisher is referring to a December 2014 Thursday night meeting against Arians and the Cardinals in St. Louis.
Arizona had lost starting quarterback Carson Palmer for the season with a torn ACL. Already picked to lose, backup Drew Stanton was carted off the field during the game and replaced by third stringer Ryan Lindley, yet the Cardinals still came away with a 12-6 win.
"I love it when nobody says you have a chance to win. There is an 11-3 team and a team that is always 8-8," Arians said after. "You figure it out."
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Really, Fisher should have taken it as a compliment. The Rams followed their 6-10 finish that year with a 7-9 campaign in 2015 that included a win at University of Phoenix Stadium. But this must have felt like a more opportune moment.
After all, the victory has buried the reigning NFC West champs at 1-3, while Los Angeles sits tied atop the division at 3-1.
