Bad Browns Analysis

Robert Reidell of the Bleacher Report wrote a pretty assumption-laden article entitled "Five Free Agents Who Won't Be Signing With the Browns".

First on the list is Brian Hoyer.  You see, Hoyer said that the text-gate thing might influence his decision.  This means that he'll leave the team because the GM texted a coach.

Maybe not, but he'll leave because he was insulted.  They've said that they don't know if the starting quarterback is in the building.  How much can the guy take?  It was so utterly disrespectful of DeFelipo not to anoint him the starter after his outstanding late-season performance!

Jeeez!  Brian Hoyer wants to get PAID, and will sieze on every chance to gain leverage.  So will the Browns!  Even if they'd made up their minds to give Hoyer another shot already, they wouldn't say so!

And Brian understands this--it's business.  He knows damn well he sucked later on, too, and so do all the other General Managers!

Hoyer is more likely to sign with the Browns than anywhere else (assuming they make a decent offer).  No other team will see him as more than a bandaid or a backup.  Few other teams can offer him a real opportunity to start.

He's not going to leave over some text messages either-- some of you people need to get a life.

Next is Buster Skrine.  The reason?  He said he was going to test free agency.  To this writer, that means he's already made up his mind to leave.

No, Robert.  It means he wants to solicit some offers so he can make more money.  And this is standard procedure for almost every free agent.

Julius Thomas check.  Peyton Manning duh.  Jeremy Maclin check.  Philly probably keeps him.  Suh check.  He probably wants a proven contender, and I don't want him here anyhow.

Look, this man should be in prison.  I saw him trying to break Jake Delhomme's neck after the whistle blew in a preseason game.  He had an arm around his helmet and was trying to twist his head off as the two sat on the ground.

Quit confusing toughness with psycopathy.  You don't have to be vicious or dirty to be tough.  Let the Steelers have him.

But I digress:

As bad as this article was, it reminds me of some problems Ray Farmer will have.  Few front-line free agent wide recievers will want to come to a team on which the GM has texted coaches  HAHAHA!

No, but seriously, the quarterback issue is a problem.  Farmer can bid with any other team, but a wide reciever will be reluctant to sign on with a team on which the quarterback is ?  Further, the Browns intend to run the ball a lot.

They could have better luck with a tight end, though.  A tight end is a quarterback's best friend, and any quarterback will check to him when they're in trouble.  Jordan Cameron did what he did here with every quarterback.  Tight end is different.

Defensive players won't mind playing in a Mike Pettine defense.  Offensive linemen and yes, quarterbacks will consider offers.  They have the three smurfs, a running game, and are certain to somehow get a bigger reciever or two during the offseason.

For the quarterback, it's the same reasons as Hoyers:  A Sanchez or whoever else would see a chance to start again.

For good Browns analysis, Terry Pluto does it all the time.  He points out that the same LaCanfora who wrote the gossip-laden hit piece on the Browns vs. Shanahan wrote one a year ago bashing the hell out of Shanahan.

NOW all of a sudden he's the hero.  Rhona LaCanfora may never find anything good about the Browns.  Which is fine.  If he did, I couldn't believe that either.

Terry's conclusions on the matter are pretty much identical to mine, which is how I know he's a genius.

YOU STAND CORRECTED.