My favorite part of the news from Day 3 was Baker Mayfield giving his receivers both barrels for not reacting right to one of his scrambles.
This is part of what makes Tom Brady great. Brady doesn't need any Coaches to correct somebody on his offense--he does it himself.
I didn't just say "receiver" in that sentence, because Nick Chubb said that Baker gets on Offensive Linemen too.
It's great to see that Baker isn't just a "you'll do better next time" pom-pom guy, because sometimes you need a stick to offset the carrot.
It's pretty unique for a second year Quarterback to already be yelling at guys like Landry and OBJ like that, but Mayfield can do that off his 4 elite years in college and his outstanding rookie season.
But then, he's already worked with most of these guys in LA, so he's also developed a repoire with OBJ, and this group in general.
Leadership is a huge part of an NFL Quarterback's job. The whole Offense orbits around him, so he has to be more than just a player who hears stuff in his helmet and regurgitates it in the huddle.
There are all sorts of different ways to lead, because you have to be yourself first and foremost. Everybody knows a phoney when they see one.
So Peyton Manning and Brian Sipe were easy-going, Brady is an intense perfectionist, and...
Well Mayfield is just...well you see him jumping up and down watching his defense? Racing to congratulate guys? Hugging Callaway and telling him "I still got your back" after he dropped a pass? Now cussing out his receivers for screwing up too? Mostly carrot, but also some stick---and very cool, since all of it is genuine.
It was fun to hear that Freddie Kitchens tells his defense in practice where the ball is going. That might have something to do with why most of the day 3 run-plays got "stuffed".
Today was Kush day at Right Guard, but it sounds like Corbett is starting to really show up as an inside zone blocker.
No link to the article because the writer is describing "chips" off double-teams and stuff...wow...
Anyway everything Jake Burns said about Corbett's excellence in pulling applies to inside zone-blocking.
...I wrote a few posts on it. Last year I think...or in 2017. Just read all those and you'll find the one on zone-blocking eventually.
But for now, -snap-snap- the 2019 Browns are going to zone-block out the yinyang! Every RPO requires zone-blocking, Nick Chubb is a classic one-cut RB, and...
Why do I bother? Okbye.
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