Tyrod Taylor did Dez Bryant a solid by saying that Dez could help this team. But nobody ever follows questions like that up, like:
Like Gordon or Landry? As much as Duke at wide receiver? Why are you hating on Callaway already? Pick who you want to cut--Board or Higgins? (Answer: "Coach's decision".)
And hey, Tyrod, do you think Beast-mode would help the team? How bout Ben Watson? You'll get the same default answer: They could help the team (somehow).
So ignore Tyrod's politically correct answer, and quit asking him dumb questions.
Update: Jarvis Landry would love to have Dez here too (along with Beckham, and fill in the blank____). Players can blab this stuff without consequence. Higgins and company are standing there with sick fake smiles pasted on...Callaway wondering why these guys want to bench him. Helluva way to lead a crew.
Here's a good one for John Dorsey: Have you been diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Yet?
I finally watched the whole first Hard Knocks episode and thought it was cool. Landry's workouts are amazing! This guy is truly a self-made man. I hope the other guys start copying him. Callaway really seems to need it.
Njoku seems to play better than he practices. He had the dropsies in practice last year as well, but in actual games, I don't think he dropped more than three all season. I'm not worried about him-nor are the quarterbacks.
I'm not too concerned about Callaway's hands either. As I mentioned, that's partly because Sargeant-Major Landry is here (along with Al Saunders).
Antonio didn't have a (legit) "hands" issue in college, and doesn't appear to fear contact. He does need work there, to be sure, but it's not like Gregglittleitis or anything.
And frankly, considering how very little experience had in college, his rapid rise up the depth chart has been impressive.
He's already toasting some top-notch veteran cornerbacks (and sometimes Ward) in practice. In retrospect, we can see how he passed up Corey Coleman like he was standing still (which he probably was).
The kid is also clearly making correct reads and running disciplined routes: This means he's got his nose in the playbook and takes this job seriously.
Extrapolizationalizing this out a half-step further, it strongly indicates that when Landry (or Saunders) speak, he will listen.
Jerry Rice had the dropsies coming out of college, but got over it by doing stuff like Jarvis Landry does. Callaway has the right attitude, and the right mentor. His arrow is pointing up.
Wish I could take him in fantasy, but Gordon, Landry, and even Duke Johnson really complicate that.
Andrew Gribble mentioned that vs the Giants, Nick Chubb got 26 yards after contact. Andy is citing Numberfire or PFF here, and if you're snorting and rolling your eyes you might as well follow through and keel over, because these guys don't make this stuff up.
For whatever reason, the Giants defense perforated the Browns' offensive line (like it wasn't there) and almost beat him to every handoff.
I don't remember all of those plays, but I do recall one in which he was 2.5 yards behind the line and already had a guy on him when he took the handoff.
He couldn't get fancy, so he just kinda refused to go down, got lower, and somehow got back to the line of scrimmage (might have got a .5 yard gain, in fact!)
Well, PFF or Numberfire correctly calls that three yards after contact!
It's a valid and meaningful statistic, and if you don't believe me, you can ask any Coach.
Indeed, some of these "football guys" actually liked Nick Chubb more than Saquan Barkley in this draft because of this!
Look no further than than that Giants vs Browns' preseason game!
After Barkley ripped off that awesome big run, the Browns stuffed him. I haven't checked the stats on this, but would guess that for the game, Saquon averaged 6 or so yards per-carry, while Chubb (sorry I don't care enough to look) probably got like 1.5 yards per carry.
But to coaches, it matters how those averages are compiled. For the "football guys", they'd universally take the 3 ypc guy over the 5 ypc guy if the 3 ypc guy rarely loses yardage, and the 5 ypc guy does, more than around 30% of the time.
It's fun to pick on coaches who throw on first down, because of how an incompletion means second and ten, and even the best of them don't complete it over around two out of three times.
Well, if you have a running back who gets STUFFED half the time...are you still with me here?
FANS have lost their way in re running backs of late. Laveon Bell, David Johnson (fantasy alert draft David shhh), Duke, et al, has us amatuers (including Fantasy players) all agog, but these coaches live in reality.
A running back is still first and foremost a RUNNING back. You hand him the ball, and he runs with it. You count on him to gain at least a yard or two; at least not to LOSE yardage.
If you can't count on that much, why bother handing off at all?
Coaches need consistency in general out of all their players first and foremost. They're not gamblers. This is why wide receivers who drop passes go out the airlock no matter how talented they are, and...
Running backs who fumble or lose yardage much don't make it either.
To be clear (Black Cloud), I still expect Saquon Barkley to be great, and probably outshine Chubb (mainly because he's 233 lbs and tough/smart enough to adapt).
I point out to you that Bell and the Johnsons don't fumble or lose yardage much themselves (in fact Duke Johnson is in the top five in yards-after-contact himself).
I broke out of orbit here (sorry), but I guess the point I was trying to make was that Nick Chubb can't miss, and will be a stud once he's not getting mugged in the backfield every single time.
...and he might ultimately out-do Barkley over time.
It's like Bell vs Beast-mode. Pick a loser! (and YES, Nick Chubb is a lot like Marshawn Lynch. He's actually about 10 rocked-up lbs heavier, faster, and more explosive.)
Most of you people don't get the fact that what makes Marshawn Lynch a beast is more psychological than physical. (I might break it down for you in the future, but not right now.)
For now, I can tell you that Nick Chubb has a Beast-mode in him.
I remember hoping the Browns would draft Lynch, but then being glad they hadn't as he got arrested and suspended for this and that, and was good but unspectacular when he did play.
Then he got to the Seahawks and their zone-blocking scheme, and he just...well there it is.
Nick Chubb can do that. They already call him "old school". Don't be decieved by the fact that he speaks english and has never been arrested. When the chips are down, Nick Chubb will run people over and refuse to be taken down. Remember I said this.
Back to the coaches needing consistency part:
Remember Isaiah Crowell (and how they dumped him)?
Well, this gets sticky because Hue Fisher refused to zone-block to help the guy out at all, and I suspect personally just didn't like him, however:
Isaiah Crowell averaged nearly 5 ypc AND turned into a really good receiver. But he got kicked to the curb.
Even though it was mostly Saint Hue Palmer's fault, the biggest reason was the fact that Crow got stuffed and took losses too often.
There you go: 5 yards per carry and the hell with you because you're not consistent enough.
Try not to misunderstand me as much as you always do here:
Isaiah Crowell is not a Hall of Fame running back. Hue Palmer is not mentally impaired. My point is that that 5 ypc average didn't mean diddly here.
Meanwhile, John Dorsey "overpaid" Duke Johnson almost immediately. Yeah versatility pass-catching yadda yadda but really what sealed it was that he was close to the top "yards-after-contact" guy in the NFL.
Duke can run up the gut as well as he can run outside, and when you HAND him the ball, he almost (or maybe never) loses yardage!
The coaches can TRUST Duke Johnson!
Nick Chubb is like that. While I'm overjoyed that Hue has handed over the offensive keys to Todd Haley, I'm also glad to tell you that Nick Chubb can succeed in any scheme (ie that a blockhead like Hue can't stifle him like he stifled Crow).
Since I'm on Chubb now, I'll give you a break and stick with him:
Nick Chubb came in second to Barkley overall in the combine testing. Barkley beat Chubb by something like a tenth of a second in the 40, and was around 8 lbs heavier, so (in reality) the "talent-gap" between these two is marginal.
Barkley (rightfully) won this competition because he was also a lethal pass-catcher with all the tools (including being an inch taller) to line up at WR.
BUT between these two, a few real experts said that Chubb looked like the better NFL prospect.
If you've been reading this Blog, you remember me disagreeing, and lobbying for Barkley. (I said Barkley is smart/tough enough to buckle up and be a "hammer" when neccessary. Still think so, by the way).
But Barkley went a whole round higher than Chubb, see? Beast Mode vs Bell, get it?
Anyway a lot of the Chubb profiles were garbage. Chubb excelled as a receiver prior to his gruesome injury, and by the time he came back from it, Sony Micheal was there and established, so Nick became the "hammer".
All this is right there. You people need to check with me first, before you read the pundits (isn't this obvious?)
Nick Chubb is already an above average receiver out of the backfield. Lining up in the slot might need work, and maybe pass-protection (not sure about that), but Nick Chubb is already an NFL running back (with interest).
Referring back to Gribble's mailbox, I've never heard of defensive back Jeremiah McKinnon either (and honestly didn't notice him), but I percieve that he kicked ass vs the Giants.
There are simply too many of these guys. I never thought I'd say that in 2018. The Browns are just overloaded with cornerbacks!
Briean Boddy-Calhoun is pretty much the backup free safety now. Stop dissing him by assuming he's a cut. You people...why tf would you cut a top 3 nickel back!?!
Ah new topic Rodney Calhounfield: In only his second season, Gregg Williams used him at free safety (as well as at nickel back...okay that gets fuzzy long story stay tuned) in 2017.
I had already known that Calhoun excelled in both coverage and run-support, but in 2017 he started blitzing and blowing up run-plays in the backfield.
A bunch of you people want to flush several of these guys down the terlet because Sashi Brown picked them, but (despite this Dez Bryant insanity and his earlier idiotic statements), John Dorsey isn't mentally impaired, so he should let Gregg Williams hold onto one of his best defensive players oh good grief why am even writing this stuff?
For cryin out loud it's like I'm teaching kindergarteners! CAPTAIN OBVIOUS the kindergarten teacher!
I can't be Captain Obvious, though, because I would offend you! But don't feel alone: I think that John Dorsey might find "it would be idiotic to consider signing a 30 year-old wide receiver to a pre-specified one-year contract onto a roster on which he would be (at best) the third recei...
Nevermind: Just know that I'm already primed to join the lynch-mob this season if John Dorsey's OCD fidgeting starts destroying what he's built before game one.
Know what I'm saying? The brains and drive to BUILD something is great, but if you can't pump the brakes once you're there, you will fuck it up.
Dorsey is a great "builder", but might not be a competent "sustainer'. He was fired for a reason.
Yeah. Let's check out Dez Bryant. Why not?
Duh
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