I'm pretty toasted that this is the first time I've heard about Corey Coleman's involvement in a vicious New Year's Eve assault that put one of his neighbors in the hospital, and I'm even angrier that nobody else seems to care about this.
CliffNotes:
1: Scuffle breaks out in Coleman's condo lobby. Corey was present, his brother and a friend. The other guy was by himself. This was broken up by several other people.
That's fine, but:
2: The Coleman trio FOLLOWS the guy into the parking lot and beats him down. Ruptured eardrum, unconscious, ribs, other injuries. Coleman helps drag him out of the lot.
Now, I don't know if Coleman called 911 for him, or tried to stop it, or laid a hand on the guy, or what, but right now he looks like a subhuman scumbag to me, ok?
Here's a more general statement: even chimps, apes, and wolves have more honor than these punks. They fight one-on-one. The only time they gang up on somebody is when it's an alpha male who's just so nasty he drives everybody nuts.
I'm sick of two generations of cowards. This isn't war. If you've got to fight over silly chickenshit, fight fair (and don't come back with your gang or a gun if you lose dammit what happened to America?)
Anyway, I'm with the victim, and want this resolved. Corey is innocent until proven guilty, but even if he just stood there and didn't try to stop it, he should be in jail, and sure as hell out of football.
And I hope the guy they did that too sues their asses off!
I'll leave that alone until I hear more.
Andrea Hangst has either learned a lot more about football or is one of those who steal my insights here. (The Bleacher Report was the first publication I sent this link to in my effort to get a real byline).
Anyway, she wrote a really good article on Kessler, blocking, holding the ball too long, and run-support. Anybody who reads this knows all that stuff, of course, but Andrea digs up some actual statistics.
Indeed, Cody Kessler led the NFL in time of possession. As in, he possessed the ball without throwing it longer than an offensive line could reasonably be expected to protect him.
Crowell led in yards-after-contact (I hadn't known that thanx Andrea).
Andrea's question was, can Cody Kessler take advantage of the upgraded blocking?
Unlike many goobers, Andrea actually mentions how things went to hell when Bitonio went down, but she completely skips John Greco. Greco was an excellent guard, and filled in at center.
Rango filled in okay, but not as well as either of the starters, and I can't remember who the other guy was, and doubt that he's even still on the team!
And she should have mentioned how bad Erving was at center--but can't blame her for not wanting to beat that dead horse.
What she did best was to point out that the Browns have a running back who led in yards after contact, who himself will benefit greatly from the additions of Zeitler and Tretter, and take a lot of heat off the quarterback.
She did point out Kessler's taste for pigskin, but should have assumed that he would get rid of it quicker this season, now that he has a year under his belt in the same system, and will have the two freak tight ends and Britt to aim at, and since he was quicker in college.
Still, I'm starved for intelligent analysis, and I'll take Bitonio, the running game, Kessler not getting rid of the damn ball...even if there are omissions. You get a solid B, Andrea!
Especially since you're not eager to write Kessler off, like everybody else is!
Mary Kay somehow manages to hear what she expects to hear out of Wiley and declare rookie DeShone Kizer closing in on Kessler already. Meanwhile, Pat Kirwan has Osweiler pencilled in. You know, anybody but Kessler?
Hey Cody are you reading this? I hope you read this and the rest of the stuff people are saying about you.
Like Hue doesn't like you because you don't throw long bombs (and your smarts and accuracy-especially under pressure don't matter). As if your arm wasn't better than Sipe's, Montana's, Pennington's, or Ogden's before you got stronger and stabilized your mechanics.
As if having a stronger running game and big receivers with huge catch radiae won't matter. As if you won't even be as good as you WERE as a ROOKIE...
If I were Kessler, I'd be internalizing all this crap. And I bet he's doing exactly that.
Kessler's mechanics won't break down under pressure. He can step here or there like Brady, and duck like Sipe. I'm amazed that nobody else (except PFF) gives Kessler any credit for what he's already done!
I'm sorry I can't let this go: Cody Kessler is obviously Hue Jackson's front-runner here, and Hue DOES NOT PRIORITIZE A STRONG ARM over accuracy or decision-making! He never has.
Who was his last quarterback, Mary Kay? Andy Dalton. Where tf do you get this mad bomber crap from? Yeah, as Head Coach of the Raiders, he made Jason Campbell look great, and made that dumb trade for Carson Palmer, but can't you even see what he did with Dalton?
Don't you see that Kessler is like Dalton?
Here's the REAL deal, my crickets: DeShone Kizer is a massively talented PROJECT who needs a lot of work, and should absolutely not be rushed into action before he's been "reconditioned".
Osweiler is the "old veteran" who, as I have written here myself, could be a better version of the Denver Brock in this system, under Hue Jackson.
Cody Kessler completed 5% more passes per attempt than Denver Brock, as a rookie, on a much worse team. His 80% competion percentage under pressure well...there it is...
By the way Andrea might have erred here: "Pressure" is defined as more than four passrushers, period.
Kessler is the smallest, and has the weakest arm. He's also the best quarterback on this roster at this time, period.
I'll also say this, right now (mark it on your calenders):
Cody Kessler's floor is an average (top 20) NFL starting quarterback. ...Ok a top 25 starter. Definitely top 25. Brian Hoyer. Definitely Hoyer.
His cieling is Joe Montana, or at least Brian Sipe. Hue will agree with Sashi and Paul on this: If Cody Kessler is the best quarterback, he should start (duh).
Got your hip-waders on? Ok well if Cody Kessler kicks ass (again) this season with the Browns (and even if Kizer replaces him after game 10 or so), Sashi will be inundated with phone calls.
Kessler will have two years left on his rookie contract. He'll be dirt-cheap. He'll be a young veteran starter. The offers Sashi will get could well include first round picks.
Otherwise, the Browns just keep him, and see if Kizer is ready to take his job...
Let the best man win.
Nobody else can imagine this, because everyone else has stuffed Cody Kessler in their "career backup" box, and Kizer in their "franchise quarterback" box.
I don't use boxes, and right now Cody Kessler just plain looks better than DeShone Kizer, long as well as short-term.
Understand: Kizer does have great potential, and ultimately could be the better of the two. But I've seen Kessler in real games. Kizer has a lot to prove.
You guys get that? DeShone Kizer has a lot more to prove than Cody Kessler does. Mary Kay? Mary Kay?
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