Hey Tony!

I don't know how somebody can look right at one thing, and see something else.  Tony Grossi seems to have that ability.

He once again bemoans the offense's lack of athletes with "size, speed, and explosion".

This was in an article on Calvin Johns---I mean, Terrelle Pryor, who Tony (and I) think would be a big help.

Why are microbes like Benjamin, Gabriel, Hawkins and Wynn on the roster?  Because they are fast and explosive.  What is it, Tony?  If you're not big, you can't be fast or explosive?

What about Duke Johnson?  Not as big as Adrian Peterson doesn't count for you either, Tony?

Maybe it was just an off day for Tony.  Maybe what he meant was that the offense needs more big AND fast players or something.  I just had a terrible thought.  Tony, you don't vote, do you?

But Tony is right about Terrelle Pryor.  Since Josh Gordon, the Browns don't have anybody like him, and they need to keep him no matter what.  Period.

Manziel's arm issues are truly frightening.  I remember Tim Couch.  Not having Johnny play for the rest of preseason is a good idea.

Tim Couch is regarded by dumb people as a bust, but in reality, he had it all.  In his rookie season. with an expansion team full of holes, and under Chris Palmer, he performed admirably.

This was despite the fact that Chris Palmer refused to run anything but a pocket-passing, under center, drop-back offense in order to ease the athletic shotgun quarterback in.  Couch's adaptation to the pro game was remarkable.  Who knows what he might have done had his head coach not been a blockhead?

It was Couch's chronic tendonitis that ruined him.  In a recent interview, he said he tried to alter his throwing motion to take the stress off it.  I hadn't known that. 

What I did know was that this condition deprived him of strength and accuracy, and the chain reaction wrecked his shoulder next.

I truly hope that Manziel doesn't share this curse.  Maybe if Tim Couch had had a chance to take a couple games off and rest it, he might have been ok.  Chris Palmer knew better, I guess.  Hindsight is 20/20 (and confirms I knew better).

I hope to see Terrelle Pryor and Duke Johnson play Tampa Bay.  I also hope to see Malcolm Johnson.  Guys like these are why Joe Haden and Dwayne Bowe anticipate a high-powered offense.

In this article by Paul Meyers (Yardbarker) Paul gets all sciency with the PFF stuff to analyze the preseason so far.

That's not really very telling, since the first two games were vanilla and winning was secondary, but I just like this guy's objective analysis, along with his permabasher-maddening conclusions (I won't spoil it).

The offense is built around the offensive line, which looks to enter it's second season with the same starters.  That's very important.  Most coaches will tell you that a group of journeymen who remain together for a long time can become very good.  The Browns offensive line has legit pro bowl type talent at three positions--at least.

With that offensive line, an average quarterback and running backs can succeed.

Well, they're not average here.  The Buffalo Bills "exposed" nothing about Josh McCown everybody didn't already know.  If he doesn't have time, he looks bad.  Duh.

But the Bills have an exceptional passrush, and this won't happen often in real games.  

We've seen what EJ Bibbs can do.  Wait til you see Malcom Johnson.  I still say Crowell is something special, and that we will see this again when the lights go on.

But Duke Johnson is extra-special.  The injured guys stepping on the field will make big changes in this offense, and that's what Bowe and Haden are talking about.

Joe makes his living covering wide receivers, and Bowe is a wide receiver, and the two of them must look at eachother and grin when they hear Mike Pettine sounding like Pryor might get cut if he can't play, or pundits talk about how long and arduous the ex-quarterback's journey to wide receiverhood will be.

It could indeed take awhile before the coaches and quarterbacks can trust him to make all the right moves on each play, but not long at all for him to be used effectively as a receiver.

I'm sure Dwayne or Joe would tell you "It's not that hard, man!  Lighten up on that!"

Here's another secret: A super-fast big tall guy can make mistakes and get away with it.  It's the smurfs, who can't jump or dive as far, and don't have oven-mitt hands, who have to be perfect.

New guys on this offense: EJ Bibbs, the two Johnsons, Bowe, Hartline, and McCown so far.  That's a LOT of people is this sinking in yet?  There are only eleven, and five of them are stud offensive linemen.  I just named six are you getting any of this?

And like Joe and Dwayne say, there's a whole lot of speed here. Grossi can't seem to fathom this, but Joe Haden sure does, because they burn him and his compadres in practice every day.

And now here comes Terelle Pryor.  Goody!