Last season, everybody was all over Mangini for bringing in a bunch on Jets and some depth-players instead of blowing his entire budget for years to come on one or two geezer name-players.
Everybody just ass umed (and you should never ass ume, because when you ass ume, you make an ass of yourself)--that these guys were all intended to start, rather than Parcells "hold-the-fort" guys at bargain-basement prices.
Well, I just read that the Browns haven't pursued Chester Taylor. DUH. Nor did they try to pay Julius Peppers 12.5 million bucks. You guys just want to grab everybody you ever heard of, don't you?
Behind the scenes they might well have tried for Cromartie, despite his ole-tackling skills, but Rob's bro had all the leverage.
Bidding on DE Banning from the Ratbirds...very intersting there! I like that, especially since you never heard of him! He's pretty damn good!
Thomas Jones? I bet they ARE chasing HIM, but you know--the Browns, due to their record and QB situation, might not have a chance unless overpaying can trump his desire to get to the Superbowl. Some of you will blame Heckert for that. Like he wan't trying hard enough or something.
Look--the Browns HAVE a small, fast, pass-catching, game-breaking running back. They don't want to burn him out, so they want people to platoon and to play with him in a two-back, and that's a big guy.
Plus, it's NOT a priority! There is nothing wrong with James Davis! Davis is a lot like Earnest Byner. If they don't sign anybody better, or even draft anybody better, they just need to upgrade the depth behind those two.
That's simply because they probably intend to have a two-back base, which conventionally means three active running backs and (sometimes) two fullbacks on game day. The third back isn't there to collect splinters, either--all of them are used during the game,and they should be different from eachother.
When Mikey said "D E P T H at running back" he meant that for the season he'd really need at least five who could play. Three obstensibly active, and a couple more on-deck for injuries.
Much is made about Mangini's reluctance to declare Harrison "the man". Well, evidently he had a problem with Harrison's work ethic, and wants to make sure Harrison understands tha the will not be allowed to skate. I personally think he's kinda nuts expecting Harrison to block guys that outweigh him by 60 lbs. and have about 12" in real reach on him, but he's the Coach.
Further, the intent seems to be to platoon heavily anyway in order to mess up defenses and preserve the backs, so even though Harrison probably gets the most touches, it's not accurate to call him "the man".
Quit making a big deal out of trivia. Leave that to the pros. I was trained to make mountains out of mole-hills! If the mole-hills don't fit, you must...uh...just quit.
I'm pretty disappointed if all they get out of Williams is a low round pick, but when Detroit knows you don't want that salary on your books, they've got all the leverage. I just hope it's a 4th-rounder or multiples.
Okbye.
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