Pat Kirwan picked the Browns today. I know that was hard for him.
The new coaching staff has shown uncommon sense...along with the fan base.
Continuing with Hoyer seems like a no-brainer, but as we know, many coaches (or meddlesome owners or gms) would have forced the new guy in no matter what.
Some commentators have said "You have to start that first round pick right away". Here I don't care who said this: that's idiocy. Manziel was picked LOW in the first round and is paid on the rookie scale.
Nor is picking a quarterback high necessarily repudiation of the current starter. Manziel was a value pick and a calculated risk. Pettine said there would be competition, and there was. Hoyer won.
Andrew Hawkins had been buried on the Bengals wr-rich roster, and we thought what we now had in him was a really good slot receiver. We got more. He has been playing the x-slot; the top slot on the outside, and succeeding. Just imagine now when Gordon returns!
Jordon Cameron has been hurt, but should return healed and ready.
Starting Ben Tate also makes sense. He won't miss a blitze pickup, and is a polished reciever. The new guys have kicked butt in his absence, but Tate did nothing to lose his place.
There's also the fact that rookie running backs hit a wall late in the season. Taking carries off them now will help with that.
As for the atrocity which has been this defense, it simply can't continue to suck. Pettine is too good, and there is a boatload of talent here. Several of these guys
are first and second year players who should be better by the game.
I have to watch the game on sirius radio again. Thank god for Jim Donovan.
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