Critical Thoughts

1:  I've watched some more tapes of McCoy and Weeden, and...
Ok-ok Colt's ball wobbles and floats.  I don't care about the spiral cutting through the wind and all that stuff.  Montana, Young, Garcia played in Candlestick Park.  Nelson, Ryan, Sipe, and the post-injury Kosar played in Cleveland.

What is valid is that the tight spiral is easier to catch!  I feel pretty dumb for not realizing it before.  If you're a reciever trying to grab a ball, it's got to help a lot when you know exactly how to do it.  If the nose is wobbling, then you have to try to adjust to that.

You don't catch a football around it's middle.  You place your hands in front of it's nose, so that it goes through them and the fat middle goes where it belongs.  If the nose hits one of your palms, or the ball is tilted up or down...well?

This doesn't excuse all those drops last season.  A pro reciever needs to catch anything he touches, period.  However, I now agree that Weeden's ball will be more catchable.  I was wrong.

2: I wish they'd quit talking about getting Taylor back this season.  He's libel to re-injure it, or tear the other one like Jackson did.  Don't rush a guy back in the instant he appears okay, especially when it's very unlikely the Browns will contend this season.  Give him EXTRA time, and make sure.


3: Why on Earth would you dump a young guy with a cheap salary and keep an old guy with a starter's salary?  I know, Rich Gannaon talked about how Wallace wouldn't need any practice reps, as Colt would, to be ready to step into a game.  But that's the only reason you'd do that.

Keep McCoy, and when he fills in and proves he can kick butt, you can trade him for something GOOD.  Or, just be glad he was there.  Wobbly ball or no, he will be a very good West Coast quarterback.

Weeden looks real good right now, but we really can't know about him yet.  If they dump McCoy and I get to see Seneca Wallace replacing Weeden instead, I'll be calling for somebody's head my own self.