The armchair monday morning hit pieces just keep on coming. Peter King, while way above LaCanfora's mental weight class, is no Adam Shefter.
In the linked hit-piece on Jimmy Haslam, he did unthinkable things to logic. This article was a Picasso...and no that's not a compliment. (Not picking on Picasso btw. He was really good til he found out dumbasses would pay him big money for painting horrific messes).
Peter makes a valid point on the quarterbacks Sashi Brown passed up, but includes Dak Prescott, who 31 other NFL teams passed up at least twice. In point of fact, he was Dallas's "consolation prize" after some Michigan QB was picked.
He assumes that Hue Jackson was lobbying for DeShaun Watson, but more credible sources say Hue was hoping for Malik Hooker.
In his own article, Peter says Dorsey, like Brown (with Hue's approval), rated DeShone Kizer as the fourth best quarterback in his draft. Others rated him higher, and many said he had the highest cieling of all.
He quotes Dorsey as pointing out how young and raw Kizer is, and how he looked good vs Green Bay.
King goes on to imply that Dorsey has inherited a roster which is "full of holes".
WHAT holes? Find me a hole!!! I'm sick of this look at the roster for yourself ok? Which tf NFL team has Pro Bowlers at every fkng position?
Peppers, Coleman Njoku etc are busts already? Tretter, Zeitler, Collins etc all turned into bumbs when they switched uniforms?
I remember what I wrote when Sashi let Terrelle Pryor go and signed Kenny Bowe instead, but I doubt that Peter does.
I didn't like it, but I saw how Britt had done well with his own series of crappy quarterbacks, and noted that Pryor did have separation issues of his own, so I accepted the logic.
In his hit-piece, Peter cites that as a big screwup, but Terrelle Pryor has fallen off the map in Washington as well! Talk about monday morning cherry-picking gimme a break!
Peter thinks Kirk Cousins or Dabold would be smart to avoid the Browns, even with Dorsey in charge.
That's sheer genius! Avoid this offensive line, Duke Johnson, Njoku/DeValve, Coleman, and Gordon...I mean what can you do with that pile of garbage right?
King says he really respects Dorsey, but implicitly predicts his doom. I happen to know that King is a Hue Fisher fan as well, so...uh...what!?
Peter King is the Marvin Lewis of sportswriters.
Dorsey wasted no time making himself look good. The previous regime didn't get "Hue Jackson" players, or "real" players.
Go down the list (I'm sick of repeating myself). 3/5ths of the offensive line, most of the defensive line, all but one linebacker...and just go over these players IN CONTEXT (ie rookie, second year player etc) and find the "fakes".
Is Njoku a fake? Well if he is, so is OJ Howard ok? Would Dorsey have given up on Goff after his rookie season, and stood by Jeff Fisher? Is Coleman supposed to be making a return trip to the Pro Bowl? Is Ogbah a mirage? McCourtey? Boddy-Calhoun? Shon Coleman?
What the hell is this guy talking about? That kind of hyperbole might be what got him fired in KC! Like I said, Dorsey will end up retaining almost every Brown draft pick he inherits, the coaches will end up playing most of them a lot, and that core of talent will start winning as they mature!
Yes, you are what your record says you are, but Bill Parcells was talking about performance and execution, and was including himself.
Can you be talented and not play well? YES. Unless you're Kenny Bowe, it's usually because you're inexperienced, and screwing up! Parcells won Superbowls with VETERANS.
While this disengenuous, self-serving crap out of Dorsey irks me, he's still really good at his job, and probably an upgrade over Sashi. So I can put up with it.
Thank you Dan Labbe for responding to this crap.
Dorsey is right about needing a guy who, in the fourth quarter says "I'm the guy today", and delivers a decisive play, or leads a decisive drive.
It's true that that guy has not been here in 2017,
But even Dan seems to minimize Duke Johnson, Corey Coleman, Josh Gordon, or a returning Njoku. All of these guys can take over a game.
Every investor knows this: Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Dorsey knows that the majority of the players on this roster are going to make predictable "jumps" as they enter their second and third seasons, and is shamelessly framing it so that he can take credit for what Sashi Brown left him...knowing a bunch of you will fall for it.
Dan and I know better.
When the Browns start winning, you need to separate the Brown players from the Dorsey players. If you do that, you'll probably see that they both did great jobs, but only one of them had any class.
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