You sheep who knelt for the National Anthem are useful idiots.
Before you protest an issue, do a modicum of independent research and attempt critical thinking. Because, you know--you look like an idiot when you protest a manufactured, fictional "problem" because marxist puppeteers want us all fighting eachother.
Hook, line, sinker. Try protesting this: "Don't snitch". Babies sleeping in bathtubs to avoid stray bullets. Parents teaching kids that cops are their enemies. LYING. Being a TOOL. Protest that.
Clowns.
And anybody who thinks Briean Boddy-Calhoun did a damn thing wrong is biased as hell too. This is more of the same kind of see what you want to see instead of what's there stupidity. He was off-balance and he went for the thigh. He had to stop him.
Beckham himself isn't among the crybabies. Ed McCaffery and everybody else on NFL Radio said that it was not only legal, but unavoidable. Briean might as well be a...COP.
Everybody is having tantrums over bullcrap. Everybody living in Fantasy Land. Sheep.
But I digress: The defense looks terrific!
The Browns just released Gramps Bryant. Big surprise.
Brandon Thompson is a good player!
Hate to see Tank Carder go down like that, but note to Andrea Hangst:
1: Joe Schobert had already passed Tank up. He's an upgrade.
2: Why do you think the Browns want to get rid of Dominique Alexander or Olugbode? I mean, what's this "vedderunn" crap? They need a veteran so they can get rid of more young talent right?
How many veteran linebackers do we need besides Kirksey and Collins? Schobert and Alexander are second year players. How many years til you get your PHD in linebacking?
Jeez vedderrunn this vedderunn that let the young guys hang around and become veterans ok? And you know what else? A lot of veterans suck!
This just in: The Ohio Supreme Court Justice must have been partying to call the sheep/tools who knelt "draft dodgers", but I grok. For many veterans (and dead police officers' families), you can't wring the blood out of that flag.
But he "misses the message" as well: Let's talk about the real issue: It's all fake bullcrap. NEXT!
Wow Shon Coleman was almost perfect vs the Giants first team defense (per PFF)! Very promising!
McCourty is clearly all the way back too--I see why they wanted to keep him at cornerback.
Rodney Nassibfield got a really high grade too, but I'm not sure how many snaps he got with the ones, and nobody blocked him on his sack. Still, encouraging.
Olivier Vernon ate Greco's lunch. He won't do that to Bitonio.
Schobert? Too obvious. Gregg is indeed finding ways to get him on the field. He plays his best players, and Schobert is one of them.
Corey Coleman is looking good, and didn't get hurt!
I didn't see grades on Roderick Johnson, who started at left tackle, but apparently he's become pretty decent when he's not up against Myles Garrett.
That's part of it, though, isn't it? He'd better learn fast!
No Crowell, so Duke did most of the running. He was just okay, but the Giants are tough.
Osweiler only semi-sucked ok? Kessler was actually better. He got rid of the ball immediately. The problem is it was always to the closest receiver, even on third and long.
Sometimes you have to go short and hope your guy can get it past the sticks, but you're supposed to look deeper first. It looked to me like Cody knew where he was going before the snap, and that's not always good.
Kizer came back down to Earth somewhat, but didn't suck. Hue indeed modified the offense to help him out, and that's a sign of things to come.
As I write this, Hue hasn't picked his game 3 starter yet, but I'm not sure it's Kizer. He held the ball too long too often, and regressed mechanicly. When he overthrew Njoku, I can't say he stepped too far forward, but I do know that that's what makes balls "sail", and that this was a bad habit he brought here with him.
Hue doesn't want him to start repeating this stuff, and that becomes a lot more likely under real pressure in real games.
It's a tough call, since frankly Kizer is already the better quarterback. Despite this, if it's Osweiler, I wouldn't be too shocked.
...Ok it's Kizer.
Well he's not exactly being "thrown to the wolves". Shon Coleman's encouraging performance promises no significant weak spots in one hellacious offensive line.
Ed McCaffrey on NFL Radio questioned this line based on the Giants game. Well Ed, no Joe Thomas or Joel Bitonio. Didn't notice those minor details, huh?
Anyway they'll run a lot, and what you saw of this defense monday night was no mirage. The 2004 Steelers comparison comes back to light:
The rookie Big Ben didn't have to carry his team. He handed off a lot, and was seldom more than a few points behind. He had good field position. His offense was brutally physical.
Jackson will use the pistol, read-option, and rollouts more to let Kizer do what Kizer does best (that's different: Ben was no such athlete. Cowher couldn't do this for him).
Ok stop. I did not just say the 2017 Browns will win the Superbowl like the old Steelers team did. The Division was weaker back then. The 2017 Browns can't bulldoze any of the other three teams offensively, and can only dominate the Ravens defensively.
The more experienced, "settled" veteran teams will tend to win the close games. The 2017 Browns aren't as well situated as that Steeler team was.
What I do say is that the 2017 Browns will be respectable.
I just hope Kizer has his foundation set up. I hope he can maintain his polished form, and start throwing with anticipation.
I also hope Osweiler does great with the twos, so maybe they can get a draft pick for him, because (shhh...Hogan...)
Late notes: Grossi thinks Peppers will start at free safety. I thought that was silly before, but then Kindred pulled into first in that race. If Gregg says Kindred can do it, then Peppers can do it. I stand corrected Bub.
If you want to know who Brandon Thompson is, check out Trevon Coley. Thompson is a tad bigger, and even stronger. Crappy scouting reports aside, he's 6'2", but has extra-LONG arms, demonstrated really good athleticism at his combine, and beat up on everybody he faced at his Senior Bowl.
Like the also mal-scouted Coley, he can play any inside position. Collapses pockets sheds and stuffs holds his ground penetrates (in short makes messes).
He's a third round pick who some projected into the first round. The Bengals are overloaded at defensive tackle, and Thompson suffered an acl tear last season.
Wow six defensive tackles now. I don't know who will win (or survive) this Royal Rumble, but they are gonna be scary, man!
Oh! Oh! And Thompson is a VEDDERRUNN!!!
AH! Pat Kirwan has weighed in on Kizer/Osweiler:
He calls this a brilliant move, because Hue is putting Kizer on the spot in the dress-rehearsal game to see how he'll handle the pressure. Pat calls this a "test", and part of his development.
He's right! Pat says if Kizer stinks up the joint, they'll go right back to Osweiler and put Kizer back in Doctor Jacksonstein's laboratory.
And Kizer could fall on his face! And it might not have to be Osweiler if he does! Kessler will get the bulk of the backup reps, so let's take another look at him. You can't be too quick to write a second or even third year player off, especially when he played well in a terrible situation as a rookie.
Pat talked a lot about what happened to Kizer in his senior season, and it really was alarming. He thinks Hue himself isn't so sure the kid is really as good as he's looked, and figures this game will tell him whether or not he can handle it at this point.
My inner-fan expects Kizer to do okay, but my inner-analyst doesn't know. Well...
Like I said, Hue will adapt his offense to him. His ability make plays with his legs restricts how defenses can come after him. The running game should come out of mothballs for this one. He played a lot of snaps vs the Giants starters--without Thomas or Crowell--and didn't fall apart.
He just overthrew Njoku by about two feet and held the ball too much. Pat is getting stuff like this all out of proportion.
We'll see. If he does maintain his new mechanics and his judgement in this game, it will help "cement" them in, and Hue can relax (a little)...and we can really look forward to the Kizer era.
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