Nick Chubb is working on becoming even more of a beast.
Some fans don't get that Chubb is as good as or better than Kareem Hunt as a pure runner--that's part of their Stockholm Syndrome.
Hunt was an instant dual-threat with KC, but by the end of his own rookie season, Chubb had proven to be an aerial threat himself.
Whenever Hunt comes back off his suspension, don't expect him to elbow this stud out of his way.
Peter Smith offers up four EDGE guys (three Defensive Ends) in this draft class who he thinks may be underrated.
Pete seems to have focused on real football players who are effective vs the run...guys who aren't flashy, but are good.
Most of these guys should be available in the second round or later.
I hesitated to include this Doug Lesmerisis article, because it felt too "fluffy", but there are useful Freddie Kitchens quotes in it, and it made me think:
Confidence (yawn). Freddie is looking for confident players. He tries to give players confidence zzzzz....zzzzz what? Oh...yeah:
But Doug himself said something about Kitchens not talking about finding good "system fits", and Kitchens talked about not undermining his players' confidence, and this made me think:
Why did everybody stop dropping passes the very day Freddie took over the offense? A more Mayfield-freindly scheme obviously helped this and the offensive line, but only five sacks?
Freddie Kitchens might be special as a leader and motivator:
I've written before about the instant improvement of the whole offense the very instant Freddie took it over.
It wasn't all about the common freaking sense adapting the scheme to the available talent.
There were fewer penalties, pressures, drops--and some highlight-reel big plays.
I seriously think there's more to Freddie Kitchens than just common sense and brains. He makes his players.....confident.
Or something...
Kitchens says he doesn't need a big name wide receiver (duh). He got kinda off-track and abstract after that (possibly on purpose, for counter-intelligence purposes), but you who read this know what he meant, because I've been telling you since game 15 in 2018.
The aforementioned article mentioned that the Browns are trying to re-sign Brashad Perriman.
Martin McConnell stresses the retention of Rashard Higgins instead.
I don't disagree with Martin by any means, but he hits the "chemistry" with Baker Mayfield too hard.
Baker Mayfield isn't Sam Darnold, or Josh Allen. He's already established chemistry with Callaway, Perriman, Duke etc as well.
Sigh...sigh listen carefully: Baker Mayfield is like Bernie Kosar mentally. He sees the whole field. He checks down from one to four in about two seconds after the snap and goes back to the top of his list again.
You keep labeling Mayfield "inexperienced", but he doesn't fit in that box.
Rashard Higgins is an underrated playmaker and a very reliable receiver, but to Mayfield, he's just that. Baker Mayfield needs no crutches DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
Freddie Kitchens, per Andrew Gribble, talked about "plans for" Brashad Perriman.
Perriman was a first round draft pick due to his freaky size/speed combination; he definitely projected as a number one X-receiver.
Higgins has a higher floor than Perriman, but not nearly as high a cieling.
I have to go back to that hard-to-pin down "Kitchens confidence" (and probably Mayfield) effect:
Brashad had ZERO drops, and made several big plays for the Browns. Like fellow "bust" first round pick Greg Robinson, he shined in Cleveland with Kitchens and Mayfield.
Nick Snook overviewed the top 100 Free agents, looking for those who he thinks could help the Browns.
(First, I must correct myself: Ndamukan Suh is 32 (not 30). Forget everything I said about him).
Cornerback Pierre Desir (drafted by the Browns) is interesting to me (and to Steve Wilks). Desir is big, tall, and excels in off-man and zone.
Nick didn't get the memos from Kitchens, Mayfield, Perriman, Callaway, or me, so he tried to fill the gaping hole at wide receiver.
He found a bunch of guys who aren't good enough to make the current roster, but accidentlly named Chargers WR Terrell Williams.
...Williams is 6'4" and a true X. But Dorsey won't overpay for a player HE DOESN'T N E E D, so I doubt he will sign this guy.
Nick named a bunch of cornerbacks other than Desir, but most of them...well Nick has Stockholm Syndrome worse than most of us:
In Terrence Mitchell and Denzel Ward, the Browns have two excellent man corners, and TJ Carrie is no slouch (better in off-man and zone). Rodney Boddy-Calhounfield had one bad year, so apparently he's a bumb now?
I won't inflict the link on you, but some guy with a good resume tried to figure out John Dorsey's priorities in the 2019 Draft.
He asked hypothetical questions like "does he take the 7th-best passrusher over the 2nd best offensive tackle?"
Actually, this article wasn't that bad overall, but this whole offensive tackle obsession flunked it.
Nobody (including Daniel Jeremiah) gets this!
Before I even get to the Cleveland Browns, the left tackle position has become less critical in general.
Rules changes and adaptations from college defenses have favored West Coast and spread offenses. Two-tight end offenses are becoming almost common, and defenses are looking for Arnold (or Sapp) type defensive TACKLES to counter them.
Quarterbacks like Brees, Rodgers, Mayfield, Wilson, Watson, Mahomes etc are moving in as the Mannings, Big Ben, Flacco etc fade out.
Get rid of the ball quick. Nail the spot. Move a little. It's obvious.
Zing! Right over their heads!
That's even before I get to this specific (Browns) team:
Skipping Monken for now, Freddie Kitchens' 2018 offense used two tight ends and 2-3 running backs partly to chip edge-rushers, and partly to give Mayfield easy and early targets (along with overpowering run-blocking).
In general, the only time you saw Baker Mayfield hold the ball more than around 3.2 seconds, he was moving. Err...like you know, away from that blind side edge-rusher (knock-knock?), OR right up behind his guards and center while those fiercom edge-rushers got ridden in big arcs behind him...
Ah crap you don't need to be Jake Burns for this. Just re-run a couple Browns games, and you'll see it.
You people need to maybe look at the Patriots and Colts with their big tall quarterbacks:
Who is their Julio Jones? When do they stand there for five or six seconds waiting for their receivers to get open 40-plus yards downfield?
The Browns need another Joe Thomas (and by the way, good luck with that)? In 2019?
You people...
Okbye
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