Oh, I see now, ALL THAT VIDEO EVIDENCE IS FAKE NEWS.
Because the handshake he's talking about is actually after the coin toss.
This is a hilarious waste of everyone's time.
I still think the Browns can be good.
39 years of being a Browns fan says otherwise. ;(
The key to stopping the run is to have the worst pass defense in the league. Just look at the Eagles!!
garion333 wrote:I still think the Browns can be good.
39 years of being a Browns fan says otherwise. ;(
I've only been in Ohio for 6 years. And LeBron made me believe the curse is over.
I remember questioning the Browns' run defense before the season, and that doubt sure looks warranted at this point.
Adding Sheldon Richardson obviously did not magically fix the run defense. The team gives up 5.2 yards per attempt to opposing runners, tied for 3rd worst in the league. The linebacker position was bad even before Christian Kirksey went down to injury (though Kirksey hasn't been good lately himself).
Also, remember, they traded away their run-stuffing strong safety, Jabrill Peppers, and it shows. His replacement, Jermaine Whitehead, has the second lowest run defense grade at PFF among all safeties.
Add in the fact that Olivier Vernon has one of the worst run defense grades among edge defenders (and isn't faring much better in the pass rush), and things just aren't great on that side of the ball.
The secondary isn't doing well either with both Greedy Williams and Denzel Ward out, but Ward was playing badly before going down. (Williams, however, was doing great in those first couple of games)
They need better LBs. That's the long and short of it. They can get away with lesser talent at run D at safety but can't hide that their LBs suck other than Shobert who seems to be an up and down player.
Sam Darnold is cleared to play on Sunday.
I hope he truly is and this isn't "Luke Falk is almost as bad as Nathan Peterman so let's pull the plug now" and he's actually in the clear for rupturing organs. Mono takes a long ass time to truly clear out the system.
So Dan Snyder, famous around these parts for doing this:
...has a thing where most players aren't allowed to look him in the eye.
That's funny, but Lavar calling the team basically a team of mercenaries is fascinating and completely spot on. The culture sucks, owner sucks, and the rest follows.
Also, Juszczyk is worth every penny in this offense.
We're about to find out how important he is as he's out 4-6 weeks with an MCL sprain.
When he said he wouldn't start Haskins and leaked that drunk/high video of himself, I assume he was writing his own ticket.
Brees turned out to be a star. The point is that we don't know anything about what Mayfield is going to become yet. Being 100% confident he's a star after a game against the Ravens is as dumb as being 100% confident he's garbage after a terrible game against the 49ers.
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) October 8, 2019
Over their first 18 starts, Rex Grossman had a passer rating of 75.3 and Drew Brees had a passer rating of 75.2. https://t.co/FKK9qpqyWY
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) October 8, 2019
Guys, it's time to bring Rex Grossman back. He was secretly a good QB! He'd be better than this list:
Brees would be the best of the bunch … because Peyton Manning had a passer rating of 72.8 over his first 18 starts. And then Eli, McNabb, Bledsoe, Cunningham, Alex Smith, Steve Young, John Elway, Phil Simms, and Terry Bradshaw were all below Peyton. https://t.co/hYGGoL8ACr
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) October 8, 2019
I like the point Barnwell is trying to make, that maybe folks should give these guys a little more time before declaring them busts. Even Trubisky. Heck, Josh Allen (the only true NY one) has managed to stop running on every play.
At the same time, comparing their passer ratings to Elway and Bradshaw doesn't make any sense.
Julian Edleman saw another side of Bill Belichick.
Sherman says "my bad" to Baker on Pat McAfee's show.
Crabtree shouldn't hold his breath for getting one, too.
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Looking at the roster from Brees' rookie year, it was LT and nothing else. The next year (so the last two games of his first 18) he also had rookie Antonio Gates.
Mayfield was given two of the best receivers currently in the league but seems to have gotten worse (it's possible he hasn't, that's just my perception as somebody that hasn't actually seen much of the Browns this year). That said I agree that people should be more patient when it comes to completely writing players off.
So bye week was too early. Could use it to heal mid season.
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Looking at the roster from Brees' rookie year, it was LT and nothing else. The next year (so the last two games of his first 18) he also had rookie Antonio Gates.
Mayfield was given two of the best receivers currently in the league but seems to have gotten worse (it's possible he hasn't, that's just my perception as somebody that hasn't actually seen much of the Browns this year). That said I agree that people should be more patient when it comes to completely writing players off.
He was always due to have some regression after last season because he completed so many lucky ass passes last year that he's simply not this year.
Outside of the 49ers game he hasn't been that bad. He just hasn't been all that good either. Numerous plays he's doing it to himself.
Greg Robinson at LT has been average. The right side of their line is a disaster. And Baker is running from phantom pressure or not seeing other pressure.
It's simple math that way. Teams don't have to blitz to generate much pressure and put a bazillion guys into coverage.
It's all fixable. Just, perhaps, not entirely this season. Any team that can generate as much pressure as the 49ers could solely from the D-line is going to be a problem.
What's the solution? Probably more Nick Chubb, really. I don't think there were quite as many coaching errors as the first couple of games, so hopefully that's settling down.
Kareem Hunt (gag) will give them some added versatility they lost when they traded Duke Johnson.
They're decidedly average with some nice upside if they start to play a bit better.
Oh, and they're the second most penalized team. That sh*t adds up.
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