| 1 | St. Louis Rams quarterback Nick Foles throws during training camp at the NFL football team's practice facility Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in St. Louis. |
| 2 | (AP) -- The St. Louis Rams quickly decided Nick Foles was their quarterback of the future, signing him to a two-year contract extension. |
| 3 | Coach Jeff Fisher broke the news during post-practice remarks Friday at Lindenwood University, grinning at the end of a lengthy answer summing up a scrimmage Friday night that drew about 4,000 fans. |
| 4 | ''Oh yeah, it's a good deal,'' Fisher said. |
| 5 | ''It's a good deal. |
| 6 | It's a good deal for us, good deal for him. |
| 7 | He wants to be here and we want him here right now. |
| 8 | The deal begins next season and calls for $24 million in salary over two years with about $14 million guaranteed, according to reports. |
| 9 | He had been scheduled to make $1.5 million this season. |
| 10 | The 26-year-old Foles seemed a lot more matter-of-fact when he stepped in front of the Rams backdrop minutes later. |
| 11 | He said getting traded for Sam Bradford in the offseason was a lot more surprising than getting the extension, and added that had he entered the season without a new deal it wouldn't have affected him. |
| 12 | ''Either way, I would have been me,'' Foles said. |
| 13 | ''I play for my teammates, I play for the people that support us, and my family. |
| 14 | Of course, now the Rams want to see a lot more. |
| 15 | They're trying to end a decade-long string of losing seasons heading into Fisher's fourth year. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | Austin Davis, who's competing with Case Keenum for the backup job, shared starting duties with Shawn Hill last season. |
| 18 | Together, those two had 20 touchdown passes and 16 interceptions. |
| 19 | 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. |
| 20 | And, at the very least, Foles has some job security. |
| 21 | ''Yeah, I think If I was him I'd have a lot of peace of mind right now,'' the coach said. |
| 22 | Foles, a former third-round pick out of Arizona, has always known that's part of the deal. |
| 23 | ''When you are a quarterback, you are one of the guys that everyone is going to look to automatically,'' Foles said. |
| 24 | ''But there's many leaders on this team that do a great job. |
| 25 | ''That's how you build a culture of a winning franchise. |
| 26 | 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. |
| 27 | 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. |
| 28 | Last year, Foles made eight starts and threw for 13 TDs with 10 interceptions. |
| 29 | ''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. |
| 30 | ''He gets the game, he understands it and he's got tremendous leadership qualities. |
| 31 | Foles said earlier in camp that he left contract talks in care of his agent, David Dunn. |
| 32 | ''I want to be all-in, I don't want to have to worry about contract issues or anything,'' Foles said. |