Browns' Quarterbacks are being Framed.

You didn't see what you think you saw because you weren't looking.  I didn't see what you think you saw because I was.  Or something.

Philosophical question: If a quarterback throws a catchable pass, and it is not caught, was it catchable? 

Armani Tumor on NFL Radio mentioned this:

The Redskins were running a zone defense, and the Browns recievers were ALL running through them when they were supposed to "sit down" (ie stop at a designated point, at which the pass should be arriving, see?)

Remember James Harrison knocking Mohammud Massequoi into next week?  That's right--it was zone coverage, and he kept running.  That's WHY you stop.

The quarterbacks both threw to where the reciever was supposed to stop.  It went behind them.  It was the reciever's fault.  Get it?

The very first pass to Cameron, (who has no excuse for acting like a rookie), is the best example: Nobody was near him, because it was zone coverage.  Hoyer threw the ball before he broke, to where he was supposed to STOP, and he overran that spot.  The pass was accurate.  I repeat: The pass was accurate.  Hoyer threw an accurate, well-timed pass.  Any of this sinking in?

Part of the problem is that Pettine's defense runs mostly man coverage.  The young and new recievers haven't been working against zone coverage, and they just did what they've been doing--kept running hard after their break, so they can separate.

And get this, too: When a reciever gets both hands on a ball, he is supposed to catch it DO YOU UNDERSTAND?  You can pick on the ball placement and call it a tough catch yes, but it's supposed to be caught.

Why are we lowering the standards for our wide recievers here?  Is it simply that it's easier to just blame the quarterback?  One pass to Hawkins in the end zone was perfect.  It was a burner.  It was high, so he had to jump for it.  He's 5'8", and it was designed that way.  It should have been a touchdown, but he dropped it.

Later, in the QB-bashing frenzy, this DROP was included as an example of the QB's ineffectiveness!

Hoyer only threw six passes, beginning with the one Cameron blew by not sitting down in the zone.  There were two more drops.  He threw four or five catchable passes, and because the recievers dropped them, HE sucked?  Bullshit.

That's what you would have seen if you had been looking.

Those recievers need to be taken behind the wood shed--ALL of them.  And who is their position coach, anyway?  Everybody's got Greg Littleitis!  Maybe he caught it from Scissorhands Edwards!  What is it--a bacteria?  A virus?

Listen: You can't say the quarterbacks AND the recievers sucked equally.  They didn't.  I'll bet there were over TEN drops of catchable passes--and I don't care if they were imperfect--CATCHABLE, see?  Blown routes.  They should have been reminded and drilled on recognizing and reacting to zones (it's common knowlege--this is a fundamental rule.)

It's ok I got some consolations for you: Now that I've defended the quarterbacks (yes Manziel too), I can say that the recievers are a bunch of stone-handed mow-rons and the coaching staff did a horrible job preparing them too.

See?  I can bash people too!  I just bash the RIGHT people!

Johnny continues to astound me!  On top of everything else, he knows sign language!

Defense check.  The offense ran pretty well.  

NFL Radio is making a big deal out of Gordon playing so much with the suspension looming.  Read my older blogs.  He's got a civil case against ANY suspension, and if he files it, an injunction forestalling the suspension is pro forma.

I'm the only one who told you this.  Remember it.