On which planet was our quarterbacks' ineffectiveness due to lack of protection by the offensive line? That's one of those dumbass catch-alls, right? That way, you can pretend that your hee-row under center didn't really suck!
They both usually had time. Even the now-famous "right side" did ok with Womack at RT.
I'm not going to argue. Any coach will tell you this.
The line isn't perfect. I heard Holmgren list O-line as one of the needs. Well, we now have young first-rounders at the two critical positions. Steinbach--who's getting up there--is not a mauler. He's a superior athlete better suited to a zone-blocking system.
Womack is the right type, but is aging, and there are better guards/right tackles. Pashos is a bulldozer but not quick, and will turn 30. The line as-is will be pretty good--especially run-blocking. But 2011? And who replaces the venerable ones when they get dinged?
Some of you hear Mr. President mention offensive line and start hallucinating DA or Bray-dee (sigh) under siege. What he meant was that great is better than good, young is better than old, and deep is better than shallow.
He wants the best offensive line in the NFL. OK. But the current line is pretty good.
Mr. Pluto--with sincere respect:
1: A reciever needs to run good patterns and catch the ball. Now, a lineman needs to learn all sorts of dirty tricks--DB's too. A QB has to learn a whole lot. But a reciever or a running back needs a mentor like he needs a hole in the head. The Browns don't need a veteran WR.
2: The only way trading Wimbley makes sense is if the Browns are overloaded with OLB's. Which they ARE.
Holmgren said what he said about not using a high pick on a QB. He might be lying. If he intends to, for example, go after Colt Mccoy, he doesn't want somebody jumping ahead of him in the second round to nab him. He might also like Tony Pike, who could be targetted.
However, assuming he told the truth, what he also said was that in order to take a QB in the second round, he'd have to have another second round pick (so he could still get a DB or WR or something).
Well, he has three third and four fifth-rround picks. He has Rogers. For that matter, he has Jackson...nobody is exempt. In Wimbley, he traded one very damn good all-around linebacker for a low third round pick. In this draft, picks are everything--this draft is historicly deep, and he wants to exploit it to the max.
So he could easily get one or more additional second round picks.
I assume he wants to preserve the thirds if he can, since you can get starting offensive linemen and stuff with those--immediate impact players--whereas the lower picks are projects and risks.
But what about trading number seven down? NONONO we gotta get Berry!!! Well, I sure hope that some other GM's feel that way, since there is another safety who Mike Mayock and others like even better than Berry!
Maybe one of those guys who think that one position-player's being 4% better than another is worth losing a second round pick will cough it up to get Berry instead of almost-Berry!
What about Tebow? Gil Brandt insists that he'll be great in maybe three years. In point of fact, he told about how with a group of personnel guys from various teams, he went to the blackboard to answer questions. After saying what he would do, he told them what they called that play in his college system. Then he told one of the scouts what they called it in his team's system. Then did the same with another scout.
They all were astonished--Tebow is a major-league football brain. He probably won't have a problem reading through progressions or learning to diagnose coverages, etc. He'd have to prove that he can think FAST too, but he's got the rest of it mentally (and psychologicly).
Those who think he'd revert to his too-slow delivery etc. under pressure don't understand how muscle memory works. How do you think boxers are made? They tied Marciano's ankles together with a string. They slap you when you drop your hands (stings more that way). Through repetition, you ingrain good habits. And you don't revert when you get hit. Compared to any boxer, Tebow's road is cake.
I don't know about his accuracy or touch, but I do know that he has thrown some spectacular passes. You can't just go by that, however. He might not do that consistantly.
I don't know. Holmgren does like him, and knows about this stuff better than me. Everybody says he'll need at least two seasons on the bench, but I don't know. I mean, look how in the space of weeks he altered his whole delivery!
Will he be diligent? Does he have the brains? Has he demonstrated accuracy, touch, and strength? All yesses. Would Holmgren draft him?
But I personally suspect he might have his eye on McCoy, whose accuracy is consistant and proven, and whose dad is a coach.
However then there's Kafka, that Michigan State guy, and even the
West VA guy who should be around later. Project guys. Holmgren bats about .400 with those guys--which is better than anybody else (so shut up).
Self-correction:
Jim Miller (ex-Stooler/Buffalo QB) said that a West Coast system does need a burner. It's built into every play that if the free safety is too shallow or poorly positioned, the speed guy goes vertical. This is one reason it's hard to stop--defenses can't afford to squeeze down on all the short routes.
I stand corrected. And so do you.
The guys on the Browns sites must have joined Terry and be reading my blog. I mean, they're now writing about Peyton Hillis being the thunder to Harrison's lightening. But of course they're overboard, giving the guy half the carries and stuff.
Again I have to ask--what does the Ghost have to do?
I look foreward to it. In a pass-happy league, one team can play smash-mouth.
A little illucidationalizing on that: The Ghost is not a mouth-smasher, but he still wears you out chasing him, see? I still like James Davis, by the way, who's a lot harder to take down than his size says he is; who I repeat reminds me a LOT of Earnest Byner.
But now Hillis...man, there's our Jerome Bettis. SHUT UP, YODA! Jeez I'm so sick of you guys trying to be sage and wise and moderating and slowing down everything. I said he's our Bettis and I meant it. He's that big and he's remarkably elusive and shifty for a monster, just like Bettis.
Check the old games on Bettis. Very rarely did he go right over somebody. He got ankle-tackled, jumped from behind, and took most of his hits from the side. You see him coming and you break down (and maybe close your eyes because you figure this is gonna sting a little) and then he goes and cuts to your left or right...
You HAVE to sink your hips and plant, and then when he cuts you simply can't get any power into a diving hit. That niftiness was made Bettis so awesome, and Hillis is just like that.
AND, Hillis is an excellent, excellent reciever!
Oh, I just can't wait. "Uh-oh--it's the Browns next."
"Don't worry! Stop the run, and they're dead!"
"Uh...ok, but...how?"
Ahh-hahahahahahahahaha!
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