‘I chose to do this’: Jeff Fisher out to make Michigan Panthers, new USFL a hit

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The Detroit News

DETROIT — Jeff Fisher has a lot of memories of playing and coaching football in Michigan. He has memories of the Thanksgiving Day games, even if he never played in one against Detroit. He remembers the old Pontiac Silverdome, where there were some great Bears-Lions clashes when he was a player in Chicago. He remembers coaching against Barry Sanders, “that little running back that used to run around and make everybody miss, year after year.” And then there was 2011 when, with Fisher between NFL head coaching jobs, he spent a significant amount of time in Detroit, attending several games and pra…

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