Not Much Goin On

Tony Grossi (Hey Tony) is right about the quarterback situation.  

Making McCown the nominal starter was a smart move, but if Manziel and McCown are even close in preseason, Manziel should be the starter.  Josh McCown has no upside left, and the kid needs reps to develop.

Having said that, I think it's unlikely.  Johnny Manziel is coming from a playground offense and almost starting from scratch most ways.

Sure would be nice, though.

I read one comment from a hard core permabasher declaring that since the Browns had no quarterback, tight ends, or wide recievers, there is no point to a great offensive line.

I'm sorry but I can't just brush off that kind of mentally warped idiocy.

In addition to being a permabasher, this moron is an absolutist, which is another type of simpleton.  An absolutist believes that if you aren't a perennial Pro Bowler, you suck,  And if you haven't already made the Pro Bowl, you never will.

Housler will be at least an average move tight end, and could be a real stud now that he'll be used that way.  The other guys are blockers who can catch, except for Malcolm Johnson who (however you want to label him) is here to catch passes as well as block.

These aren't "no" tight ends, but probably at least above average as a group.

The wide recievers are solid, with home run potential in all the little guys.  Vincent Mayle and two other guys could be nice surprises, but Bowe and Hartline are solid, if unspectacular.

Like the tight ends, they do exist, and are probably a tad above average themselves.

No, I'm not being an optimist or a homer.  All these permabashers have lowered the bar so far that anything not negative is ridiculed by people who were never taught critical thinking, and think with their emotions.

The only unit on this entire team that has a significant problem is quarterback, and that's just reality.

Discussions on McCown persist, but one commenter who moved here from Tampa raised the issue, and he and Tony made a point: The offensive line in Chicago was good, and the one in Tampa was a train wreck.

This is why Josh McCown can post numbers behind this offensive line like he did in Chicago, and not in Tampa Bay why is this so hard to understand?

I'm glad Gipson is back.  Now I hope that Ray Farmer will negotiate with him in earnest to sign him long-term.  Gipson is a leader and a positive example.  He shows that it doesn't matter where you came from--on this team if you're the best you'll start.

Now they've got to prove that "play like a Brown" actually means something,

As always, here's my disclaimer: There IS such a thing as "too much", and they can't just "pay the man" whatever he asks no matter what.  The backup plan would be to franchise him next season and keep him for two years.

I really hope Gipson isn't out for the last nickel.