Doug Lesmerisis wrote a great column (which should sound extremely familiar to you) defending this front office. He did mention a couple players I left out, and was more diplomatic, but he was otherwise kinda me.
Doug does NOT steal from me, just to be clear. It's just a case of great minds mastering the OBVIOUS.
His main point is that if Haslam were to cave into you clowns with your torches and pitchforks, and fire this crew, the new GM will be a winner because of the talent already on this roster, and the gobs of first and second round draft picks he will I N H E R I T.
And of course you nimrods will say "See what a real football guy can do in just one offseason?"
Doug is also on the money pointing out all the caterwalling over fourth round picks as if they're first rounders. Most of you just keep raising the bar! Bill Polian (and everybody else) keeps telling you, if you "hit" on one out of three below the third round, you're doing great! And he defines "hit" as an outstanding special teamer or backup, or a journeyman starter...within three seasons.
Reality is vastly more complex than we want it to be. DEAL with it. Make yourself a "Browns that suck" list before you spazz out next time.
In other news, if you've declared Kevin Hogan "just not accurate enough to be an NFL starter" you are an ignoramus.
You can't throw out everything a guy has done based on one game. Verily, Hogan was horriflic last week, but has been deadly accurate since the middle of preseason, and was accurate throughout his college career.
And how do you construe Hue's weekly "I'll look at the film and decide wednesday" statement as leaning towards Kizer? Kizer has been just as bad as Hogan was last week, only a lot more consistently.
Hogan's decisions weren't bad; mentally he's there. For whatever reason, in this one game, he just overthrew more often, and missed in general.
I don't know who Hue will start, but trust me: DeShone Kizer is equally inaccurate, and has Hogan trumped in hesitation and bad judgement.
Therefore, Hue will start him, not use zone-blocking, start Kenny Britt, and we should fire Sashi Brown oh just bite me goober!
It's tomorrow, and nobody should be surprised that Kizer will start again. No doubt he has learned and progressed a lot during his long sabbadical, and is a much better choice than the suddenly bad Kevin Hogan.
Nah I shouldn't get snarky. Only an idiot thinks he's smarter than a Head Coach, unless he's at least an assistant coach himself. Hogan did suck badly, and Hue is known for handling quarterbacks.
So okay it's the big guy with the big arm, and conceivably his little break gets his legs back under him. Conversely, Hogan might benefit from his own quick hook.
Amidst the pollution, here's a positive article by the PD's Dan Labbe, who wrote another really insightful one about how Jabrill Peppers is being used too.
This article lists seven positive things about the Browns. Garrett check, Duke Johnson check, run defense...
Anybody else notice that? Can we give this front seven and Gregg Williams some props for once here for stifling opposing running backs?
Who are these people, and where did they come from?
Well, Williams was hired by Sashi Brown. Collins, Schobert, Garrett, Coley, Ogunjobi, and Ogbah Sashi Brown. Sashi also scraped Burgess off the street. (*I'm in Sashi defense-mode now, but the bulk of this is really Andrew Berry, who is the real talent scout here. If you want to give Berry a new title and tell yourself you've restructured, knock yourself out).
McCourty is making plays. What an understatement! Not that he could ever replace Joe Haden or anything. I mean just compare...oh...nevermind. Sashi and Sashi.
Njoku is emerging as a lethal weapon. Sashi again.
Joe Thomas is a freak of nature. Ask PFF and Numberfire. Don't ask Buzzkill Bill Polian. Also check out Haden vs McCourty while you're at it (but don't ask Polian! He said Thomas was "significently worse" and Haden was as good as ever. Bill is a "moneyball"-stalker! Smart people can be mentally ill too!).
Sashi never traded Big Joe. We all thought he would. Joe is still here, and everybody is glad. Sashi again.
We've still got all those draft picks.
Where did they come from? (Sigh) Sashi Brown (try to stay with me here!)
See my last post. Don't reorganize because your quarterback sucked. While this is the most important position, it really IS only one of 22 positions.
This front office has done a GREAT job of rebuilding a team. This team is loaded with talent and potential! It's just not so loaded with experience, especially at quarterback.
I truly hope Jimmy Haslam sticks to his guns this time. The notion of restructuring this front office (well except for maybe kinda replacing himself with Peyton Manning) is irrational.
And Hue Jackson, as you know, is driving me nuts, but no-- don't fire him either. Marty S drove me nuts too. I defended Bill Belichick to the last, and look how getting rid of him turned out for you pitchfork and torches people.
Just leave it tf alone. Just stick to the plan.
Breathe in. Breathe out. Ohmmm...Don't be a spazz.
Another hit-piece, and I must repeat:
1: When DePodesta says "WE", he means it. He's not a talent evaluator, nor is Sashi Brown. They both know their limitations. If Hue Jackson had pounded the table for Wentz or Watson, they would have made those picks. If you don't believe me, ask Hue.
2: Cody Kessler hasn't worked out. That's all. And Hue wanted him. In the THIRD round.
3: The bounty of draft picks off Wentz, which became exponential off subsequent trades, is probably unprecedented and historic.
3a: Nor is it done yet: the oldest players off that trade just entered their second NFL seasons. More are rookies. A first and a second round player have yet to even be drafted, and I'm leaving stuff out.
4: Hue Jackson wanted DeShone Kizer. All the real experts agreed on his pure talent and upside. It's a tad early to write the rookie off, especially when Hue is defending him.
This was a National Ignoramus who felt safe appealing to the local ropes, pitchforks, and torches. They think we're battery-throwing drunk barbarians ya know.
This will get worse. I must pre-emptively confiscate the words "dysfunctinal", "schism", "divide", "impose", and also the expressions "civil war", "lack of talent", and "not enough playmakers".
As always, these words and phrases will be returned to you when I think you can use them responsibly.
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