Los Angeles Rams

Rams sign QB Foles to two-year extension reportedly worth $24 million

Published Aug. 7, 2015 9:16 p.m. ET

Mike Garafolo

"Either way, I would have been me," Foles said. "I play for my teammates, I play for the people that support us, and my family. That would never change the way I play the game."

Of course, now the Rams want to see a lot more. They're trying to end a decade-long string of losing seasons heading into Fisher's fourth year.

The Rams were 6-10 last year and ended 2014 having played 25 consecutive games without Bradford, twice sidelined with season-ending left knee injuries. Austin Davis, who's competing with Case Keenum for the backup job, shared starting duties with Shawn Hill last season.

Together, those two had 20 touchdown passes and 16 interceptions.

Foles was acquired from the Eagles after Bradford declined to take a big pay cut in the final year of a five-year deal worth nearly $80 million signed as the first overall pick of the 2010 draft, and Bradford will make $12.9 million this season for Philadelphia.

And, at the very least, Foles has some job security.

"Yeah, I think If I was him, I'd have a lot of peace of mind right now," the coach said. "But you also know it's his baby now, this is his team, so we've got to go win games."

Foles, a former third-round pick out of Arizona, has always known that's part of the deal.

"When you are a quarterback, you are one of the guys that everyone is going to look to automatically," Foles said. "But there's many leaders on this team that do a great job.

"That's how you build a culture of a winning franchise. So I can't do it alone."

The parties have been talking since the start of training camp and got the deal done without seeing Foles, who missed the last half of last season with a broken collarbone, in a game situation.

The Rams envision the player who had 27 touchdown passes and just two interceptions in a breakout 2013, the third-lowest interception percentage in NFL history, then was the 2014 Pro Bowl MVP.

"It's what he's done on the field early in his career thus far in the league and what he's done for us since he's got here," Fisher said. "He gets the game, he understands it and he's got tremendous leadership qualities.

"He can settle in and now the players can rally around them and he can rally them and we'll go on and win a lot of games."