Nobody should be surprised that for the moment Cody Kessler is the top Browns quarterback. I predict that nobody will beat him out, either.
None of the other guys are as accurate, or have as quick a release. These rank much higher on Hue Jackson's heirarchy of traits than height, or even arm strength...ok? Okay, dammit?
He's the one most familiar with Hue Jackson's system, along with Coleman, DeValve, Duke, etc.
I'm sick of people pointing at his win/loss record as if it means more than his completion percentage, third down efficiency, efficiency under pressure, td/int ratio, etc etc etc., and that is deliberately ignorant.
Cody Kessler did not play defense, or miss field goals, or fail to gain six inches, or give up thirty points. He wasn't responsible for his field position---or his tactical position.
His in-depth statistics mean a s-load more than his win-loss record.
I call this deliberately ignorant because Brock Osweiler has more experience and a very GOOD win/loss record, but none of these guys are saying he should start for the Browns.
Well, I've done Kessler to death sorry:
You people are incredible. Peppers misses the first day and it's so he can avoid peeing in a cup now? Oh for crying out loud are you that desperate? I'm embarrassed for you. I cringe when I read this garbage, because I know everybody else will be rolling their eyes and shaking their heads when they read it too.
Why don't you stick with Brantley? Go dig up the kindergarten teacher who caught him peeing in the bushes why don't you? Talk about Josh Gordon's deep psychological problems and many addictions and how he's exactly like Manziel.
I feel your desperation. I'm trying to help. Just watch closely. Sooner or later, Hue Jackson will say something on some subject which is not identical to what Sashi Brown said, and you will have a smoking gun to re-introduce the "divide" civil war stuff.
Seriously, this is mud. Even guys like me have voices, out there in front of people, and around 90% of us are clueless.
Clueless is one thing, but those who get paid for it have devolved into muck-rakers and sensationalists; like athlete papparazi.
Always looking for drama. Conflict. Criminal behavior. Tragedy.
I try to stick to the facts and actual football stuff.
Jabrill drank too much water at the combine. That's all. Joe Thomas said the same thing happened to him, only they just had him do it again, and tested him clean. Nobody can figure out when or why they decided to declare a diluted sample a failed test.
God, I just despise Roger Goodell! I'm telling you, he is a classic megalomaniac, complete with a God complex. Josh Gordon isn't ruining his own carreer. Goodell is doing that to him!
Second hand levels significantly below those the US military standards,? Drinks on a plane with teammates after the season was over? Sheee I think they nailed him for drinking too much water once too do you hear the "Twilight Zone" theme here?
You're sheep, including Terry Pluto (sorry Terry). I don't think Josh Gordon has a problem! Correction: His only problem is King Roger. LOOK at this for what it IS, and screw this irrational pc crap!
Peppers and that linebacker and the other guys could have simply been retested minutes later, but instead they have a fking strike against them and are in a fking program because they drank too much fking water!
And now YOU people "He's on the molly and on the lean" "AHA! WHY wasn't his agreement in place? There can be only one explanation! He's on drugs!"
You're like bacteria. An idiotic NFL rule causes a scratch, and you jump right in there, trying to make it rot and fester.
I should have 100 times more readers than I do, because I'm the only "T-cell" I know of that goes after this LaCanfora before it can fester. And I don't care who says it (it's very hard for me to pick on Terry Pluto or Peter Smith, and Jim Miller---you broke my heart, man!).
Ok well DB Howard Wilson broke his kneecap. I can hear the staph infection jokes already, but that was then, this is now, and that hasn't happened for several years, so please let it go.
For Sashi, this aint bad, since (if I'm right) it extends his contract for another season. (I could be wrong).
Anyway, I'll let this go after this, but I need to redundanationalize one last time that Howard Wilson is not a nickel back, except vs a big/tall slot guy, and nickel back is not cornerback training wheels.
Brien Boddy-Calhoun is the Browns top nickel back, and two UFDA's will be all up in his face trying to take his job away. They are 5'9", very quick, and very fast. Peppers is here for the big slot guys.
Howard Wilson was here to compete with and back up Haden and Taylor, period.
This injury doesn't just erase him for 2017, but opens up new possibilities:
If Hans and Franz pump him up (from 185 lbs) to over 200 lbs by next season, he could be in the running for free safety.
Wilson had great production in college, but is not really a quick-twitch athlete. He's really smart, coordinated, has great instincts, and uses his 6'1" really well. He has great upside at free safety. His future as a cornerback is less certain, because he doesn't recover (make up lost ground) well, and has decent but not great speed.
I have been impressed with Andrew Berry and Sashi Brown with respect to how well they've done scooping up UDFA's and guys other teams have released.
Calhoun is one of those, and as the primary nickel back, he is, for all intents and purposes, a starter. This season, two of these guys (one claimed off waivers from Seattle, and another signed undrafted this season) will be serious contenders for the critical free safety role, which is the only real defensive need the Browns were unable to address through free agency or the draft.
If you want an example of undrafted potential, you need look no further than Isaiah Crowell, or the Seahawks Superbowl roster, or the Hall of Fame. We have a very small sample size in this department for this new regime, but I have enough to be optimistic.
I like Myles Garrett more daily. I like everything he says. Screw the Jerry Jones tape--he really seems very mature and "together" for a kid his age.
Specificly, he can't figure out how saying he wants to sack Big Ben is news. A lot of kids would get intimidated into some sort of apology by Big Ben saying how he and Clowney laughed about it, and the dumbass "Don't poke the bear" articles.
At Garrett's age, I was far less advanced. I wouldn't have apologized, but my reaction to the subsequent criticism would have been a lot less diplomatic. I would have given the Steelers enough bulletin board material to keep them for a decade.
But I was also impressed by Sashi and Hue's statements on this massive "controversey": (Distilled:) "Big deal.".
I'm so sick of political correctness, and expected more of the same, but from both the player and his bosses I heard rationality for once.
I don't care if Big Ben pretends Myles Garrett is funny, or if Clowney (his CENTER) pretends to agree. In fact, I find this predictable, arrogant, and obtuse.
Do you really believe that those Steeler offensive tackles look forward to Myles Garrett? I mean really, the Steelers are the ones who gave the Browns bulletin board material.
If I was Hue (or Gregg) I would use this:
"Listen to these guys 'sniff-chortle' yeah Clowney and me really look foreward to it'! Let's see the almost unanimous first overall pick, practicing against Joe Thomas, and they think he's funny! Hey Joe, how's he doing against you? You guys hear that? Gee I sure wish we had offensive tackles as good as the Steelers do! Here we are fooling ourselves into thinking Myles has a chance!"
Bulletin boards aside, and now that I think about it, Big Ben's response really is massively arrogant and insulting...
Ah crap. Might as well knock this out now, since I'm on the matchup:
The 2017 Stoolers aren't like the Ratbirds. They nabbed Watt's brother, got their skyscraper number two receiver (Bryant) all pumped up back from suspension, in general drafted well, and gained more than they lost in free agency. They have some emerging talent, including at tight end.
They look BETTER in 2017 than they did heading into 2016.
The Browns have improved more than the Stoolers have, so the gap should narrow somewhat, but the Stoolers have to be favored substantially in both games in 2017.
Big Ben is truly an elite quarterback who should rightfully rate with Brady, Manning, Rodgers, etc and that offense is just freaking LOADED ok?
An upset is possible, of course, but generally the Browns still lack experience, despite having comparable, if not superior overall talent.
Big Ben is better than any Browns quarterback, and the Steelers are a veteran team playing in a memorized system.
The 2017 Browns aren't ready for the 2017 Steelers, who should be top contenders for the Superbowl. I'm sorry. I don't like it either. Reality just sucks sometimes, G.
WTF let's knock Cinci out (and make you feel better):
The 2017 Browns could easily win one game, or even sweep this talented veteran team in 2017. In 2016, the Browns hurt them more than many realize by taking Hue Jackson away from them. In 2017, they took Zietler.
In 2016, the Bengals lost both their second and third wide receivers to free agency, and lost Eiffert to injury, so I'm not going to blame their offensive decline on their loss of Hue Jackson or anything.
Still, Cinci isn't as talent-laden as it was, Dalton was elite for one season more because of Hue than Sanu or Jones, and Marvin Lewis is still in charge.
The Browns should win one game, and possibly sweep them. They now have comparable overall talent, and are better-coached. They will not be intimidated into choking, and the referees are less likely to screw them.
(Oh yeah I forgot: The refs might well screw the Browns vs the Stoolers, which I forgot to list as a reason for that predicted sweep. They might screw the Browns vs the Ravens too.)
Ok glad I knocked that out.
In summary, the 2017 Browns should at least break even with the much less talented Ratbirds, get swept by the Stoolers, and at least split with the Bungles.
I HAVE SPOKEN.
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