The Browns sucked. One thing that I can,t stand is the stupid announcers like Greg Brinda and the others who would take Richardson a millions times...also idiot Kenny Roda another non-football player. Plus,Roda is the one that talk against Jim Brown...Jim Brown stated we might as well put Richardson in the HOF before he play a down...I did not miss practice.. nor games...Last, we need a middle linebacker, move Deqwell, our offensive line still suck and Weeden going to get killed so hand on to Colt...we will need four quarterbacks, the young lineman are good, but the receivers can't block...those are the keys...God Bless....
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I wasn't able to either watch or listen to this game, and am getting my info from the usual sources. I will insert the standard Yoda cliches here: It's meaningless, preseason, let's not jumpblahblahblah.
Now, based on this, Weeden is a bust? Wow, that sure didn't take long!
But seriously, this is Weeden being Weeden. He's 28 and used to Pro sports. This game doesn't count and he feels secure, so he's still pushing the envelope. He's still trying to see what he can/can't get away with going deep, and by the way training his recievers.
After nearly every other quarterback valiantly (and falsely) takes the blame for every pick, I love how Weeden openly talks about miscommunication and honestly explains what went wrong. "I thought he would do this, but he did that". You notice how nobody is accusing him of throwing his teammates under the bus?
And you need to try to begin to start to comprehend this: The recievers are young as well, and they are also making mistakes DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
Colt McCoy and Thaddeus Lewis have been here in this system, and are already familiar with most of the recievers. Moreover, they're fighting for their futures, and won't take as many chances.
And I even suspect that Weeden feels that if he ends up on the bench, so be it. He's going to do it his way. I remain confident that he and his recievers will work the bugs out, and when the games really count, he'll play it safer.
I was pleased but not surprised to hear how well Colt McCoy did. I do believe that if I'm wrong about Weeden, he will start.
I was surprised with Thaddeus Lewis, although I shouldn't have been. Holmgren and Heckert know what they're doing, and held onto this kid for a reason.
In more than one article I read, Seneca Wallace was being credited with what Lewis did. In reality, Wallace was just okay, and should be the guy who gets the walking papers. McCoy is now the veteran, and Lewis the project.
MoMass insists that he was fine. I hope his removal was indeed precautionary, because if he gets one more concussion, he should be demoted. Concussions become more and more likely with each incident, and you can't have a starting WR with a glass jaw. But I'll take his word for it for now, and he is a massively underrated player.
Yes, he is.
I'm not worried about Mitchell Schwartze. He's a rookie too.
In re the o-line, is seems immaterial to the critics that the Lions sport possibly the best defensive line in the NFL. They're going to give every offensive line hell.
Apparently the defensive line was pushed around too, and that's not good. Detroit's O-line is pretty good, but not that good. However, my glass remains half-full: They started both Winn and Hughes, and somebody else I never heard of at right DE. 3/4ths of the starters and Benard didn't play, and both DT's were rookies!
I don't agree that it's urgent to sign a linebacker off waivers. Fujita will be good for running downs and depth after his suspension, Jackson didn't play, JMJ is a rookie still learning, and there are two more young no-names making a good impression (who no doubt made some rookie mistakes).
The entire team couldn't be rebuilt in three years, and they want to keep the young guys with upside.
Jordon Cameron didn't surprise me, and I hope he's okay. Everyone has Ben Watson starting no matter what, but he is getting up there in years, and that's not a foregone conclusion with me. It's not clear to me right now how well Cameron is blocking, but he's now also bigger than Watson, and if he blocks well, he could take over, or at least take reps off him to keep him fresh. (Note: I really like Watson and don't believe he's done yet).
I'm not worried about a rookie wide reciever who didn't play last season, and who has dead legs, not catching a pass. Josh Gordon isn't in football shape right now and will need some time. Nothing to see here.
I'm thrilled about Travis Benjamin. In addition to not getting carted off on a stretcher, he really kicked butt! Remember Dennis Northcutt? Faster. Remember Keenan McCardell? Faster. Remember the Ice Cube McNiel? Bigger. He got open and he caught it in a real game, and that's looking good.
I respectfully disagree with the great Terry Pluto about the Browns still needing more speed. They don't play many games on turf, Gordon has dead legs for now, there's Benjamin, Little's speed is massively underrated, Richardson has really good RB speed, and all of the tight ends, including Alex Smith, have above average or exceptional speed...with Smelley tossed in for good measure.
Jordon Norwood, if he's able to stick around, is nearly as fast as Benjamin, too. What the hell--even Massequoi clocks under 4.5!
Finally, the only defensive statistic that matters is scoring.
It is true that teams with leads on the Browns last season did try to run the clock out on the ground, which made the pass defense look better than it was. This might also have given the scoring defense an extra boost.
On the other hand, all those runs wore last year's defense down, and the pass defense consistantly stopped enemy offenses on third and longs, and even when passes were thrown in to keep them honest.
This season it looks like depth and quality at safety is upgraded, young cornerbacks are coming on strong, and there are FOUR new defensive linemen. Detroit ran them over, yeah. They might not be great against the run at all this season, either. I just think that when they get healthier and the young guys get more reps, they'll improve run defense over last season.
I conclude with this: I think the Browns won it late because our young guys were better than theirs.
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