Bad Browns Analysis Corrections

A writer I'll protect by not naming wrote about five story lines to watch in the Browns training camp.  It was pretty sad:

I suppose asking if there will be a quarterback competition is reflexive for a lot of these guys, but why the hell should there be?  

Tyrod Taylor might not be Tom Brady, but he's been pretty good for a long time.  And while I do expect Baker Mayfield to pass him up in time, he's played in an air-raid system, and the longer it takes to get him on the field, the better.

And Taylor looks terrific right now; maybe better than he ever was before.  What do these guys have against Tyrod Taylor?

He's got the left tackle competition between Joel Bitonio and Austin Corbett what?!?

Then, in an otherwise fairly rational discussion on how good this defense can be, he's got both Mychal Kendricks and Joe Schobert in the "not to mention" depth category!

See earlier post: Mychal Kendicks is clearly and significantly better than Chris (no offense dude--I hate saying this stuff about players I really like).  And Schobert is also better (and the Williams Field General).

He's also writing off Derrick Kindred prematurely (because at this point, he's one of the top strong safeties in the NFL), but that's common.

Tyler Hise wrote about five opposing players the Browns have to "account for", and I'm reading it now.  It starts out with Cam Newton (amen).

Next is Saints edge-rusher Cam Jordon, who usually lines up on outside the right tackle, but just for the Browns might aim at the new left tackle.

Tyler spots a tough matchup here, and he's right.  Guys like this are the biggest reason for the Darren Fells signing.  If a tackle is overmatched, Fells can save him.

Haley hopes he doesn't have to field what is effectively a six-man front, as it takes a weapon off the table...but then, there's Duke Johnson, so he can live with it.

Von Miller.  Ditto (and good call by Tyler).

Then there's Julio Jones and Antonio Brown.  Yep.  But these are two very different players, who are major pains in the asses in different ways.

Well but listen, because this will help the guys who will be served these tall orders:

The Browns offensive tackles get to practice against Myles Garrett and Ogbah.  The Browns secondary will practice against Josh Gordon, Jarvis Landry, Coleman and/or Callaway.

This doesn't neccessarily mean they can shut these enema superstars down, but at least they'll have a lot of reps in against similar players.

When two guys go against eachother a lot, where one "outclasses" the other, the weaker player obsesses over, and often finds, ways to mitigate his disadvantages.

Ask Ross Tucker, who will be the first to tell you that he was not talented at all. Ross WAS a brain, and outworked most other guys to carve out a nice carreer as a top backup and sometimes starter.

I know that Ross would tell you that he "hated" practicing against these superstuds who embarrassed him a lot, but (once he stops making fun of himself) tell you that they made him a lot better.

Ross is very honest: "Falling" correctly became one of the tools in his arsenal.  If you lose your balance and fall down the right way, the bad guy has to go around you, and you might accidentally trip him or something, see?

While I'm at this, another bad analyst said that Drango wasn't bad filling in for Big Joe at left tackle in 2017.

Yes he was, and PFF nailed him.  Drango had a lot of help from tight ends.  Without that help, he would have been humiliated so obviously that even these writers would have noticed it. (Glass houses: I was one of them til I broke down and subscribed to PFF).

Spencer Drango (another guy I like a lot dammit) is unlikely to even make the final 2018 roster.  (He'll be fine, though.  He's a solid journeyman).

MacAdoo thought five quarterbacks were better than Baker Mayfield in this draft class.  Where would he have ranked Geno Smith?  Right behind Josh Allen?  And who cares?

Who asked Mary Kay if Tyrod Taylor could hold Baker Mayfield off for another year?  Obviously he doesn't read this Blog.  Tyrod Taylor sees the writing on the wall here, and even if Dorsey were to offer him 3-plus years at 24-per (a laughable premise), he wouldn't take it.

First overall quarterbacks start, period.  Why would Dorsey pay Tyrod long-term upper echelon starting money to sit on the bench?

Why would he keep his own first overall pick on the bench?  He's get LYNCHED, wouldn't he?

Who asks these questions?