Dave Kolonich was uncharacteristically illogical in his hit-piece on Joe Banner and the organization on general. Most irksome in this article was his assertion that Banner is a miser for not having spent up to the salary cap.
He intimates that the front office doesn't like any of the players they inherited from Tom Heckert and company, including Alex Mack and...I can't believe he said this...Josh Gordon.
Dave is normally just an excellent X's and O's guy, and I'm almost certain that he understands the Turner offense and Gordon's critical role in it.
I've come to respect Dave a lot over the years, and just have to assume he stopped at the tavern and got surrounded by a lynch mob of the out of work NFL GM's and Head Coaches that Cleveland is full of.
I've been pretty surprised by Joe Banner's honesty since he's been here. He's not a politician, and as an analyst I now actually listen to what he says:
He says you don't spend money unless it's an upgrade. You don't get older guys until you're contending. You extend and re-sign current players before you look elsewhere. He's saving some money in order to keep guys like Alex Mack.
Peter Smith, after a reactionary article of his own, came back to reality strong with a great article about how this one trade doesn't equal a roster "blow-up".
I kind of think Peter is reading my blog and not giving me credit.
Anyway, he's still unreasonable on the quarterbacks. He says none of the guys on the current roster "can play". Peter feels that Campbell and Hoyer suck too bad to even be backups.
Well that's wrong, but I'm tired of restating it. He's absolutely right in re-stating what I said about Trent Richardson, or any one running back, being a very important part of this offense, and the franchise quarterback being priority one.
There may be several of these in the upcoming draft, but also several other teams competing for them, so the extra first round pick, even if it's in the twenties as I think it will be, may be needed.
But for right now, I'm looking foreward to seeing what Brian Hoyer can do. Unlike Peter, I'm willing to give him a chance to show what he's learned from Tom and Bill in the four years he's been in the NFL.
Unlike Peter, I can't definitively label Hoyer as a loser until I see it. I remember when the Browns signed Kelly Holcomb to back up Tim Couch. It was a yawner. Holcomb was a "carreer backup" for Peyton Manning who had barely played, and played badly when he did.
I'm positive that Peter Smith would have said Holcomb "can't play".
I truly hope that Minnesota is as smart as most of the fans here in Cleveland and lets the great first round cornerback Zavier Rhodes cover Josh Gordon without help.
I mean, he was a first round pick, and Gordon was merely a second round pick, so that should be no problem!
But it's too bad that the Browns traded their third overall running back before this game, since McGahee was drafted lower and the other guys were undrafted, meaning the Browns don't have any running backs any more, and shouldn't bother trying to run at all.
You people.
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