1: Color man Tony Boselli (probable HOF Left Tackle) couldn't believe that Freddie Kitchens kept ALL his starters on the field, long after the Jets had no chance to come back.
You saw Nick Chubb go to the tent with a possible concussion, right? So did Tony. That's when he asked why tf he was still in the game at all.
Then Nick comes out of the tent (whew!) and goes right back into the game! Tony about lost his mind.
Me too.
Unlike Tony, I can see how Baker Mayfield and OBJ might need more reps, as Baker has been missing and hesitating too much. But not a running back---that's idiotic. Freddie? I am right and you are wrong.
The chemistry/reps theory is shaky too. Is this more important than keeping your best skill players healthy and rested on a short week with the Rams looming?
By the way I really like Boselli as an announcer. He's no diplomat.
Possibly Freddie is? Maybe he felt like pulling his stars would be insulting to the Jets?
And Freddie? Wouldn't it be a good idea to get your backups some reps in a real game? Duh?
2: More Freddie-bashing: Phil Simms wonders why Baker Mayfield is in the shotgun all the time.
Phil says that in 2018 (post-Haley) Baker was under center a lot, and the Browns used play action more.
Simms also asked why tf Mayfield is standing there yammering and pointing all the time, using up the whole play-clock.
Phil thinks that Monken and Freddie have overcomplicated everything. I paraphrase, but Simms said "Sometimes you just need to line up and run the damn play".
Phil didn't go into any more depth on this, but luckily you have me:
This is the "Monken effect". This accounts for all the offensive changes that Phil Simms finds offensive.
Freddie Kitchens needs to stop being all civilized and gentlemanly and stuff and take his offense back right tf now.
I thank another blunt force analyst for telling me what's wrong here.
Todd Monken is an excellent OC, but Kitchens is either just plain better, or else has a better handle on how to max out the players he has.
Freddie, this is your offense, and you need to go back to what you did in 2018 and cut the fancy frilly crap (in Phil Simms' opinion).
As an intelligent analyst, I am getting the general impression that Freddie Kitchens might be too open to other opinions, and willing to delegate.
I'm kind of an expert on this. The most effective bosses are willing to delegate, and open to input from their underlings. They are not egocentric.
But that can get out of hand. If Phil Simms is correct, Freddie has allowed Monken to degrade his offense; ceded too much control to a guy he respects the hell out of and who, in reality, had a better resume than he himself did.
Freddie Kitchens is more aware than anybody else about his lack of experience, you see? He rose to the challenge big-time in 2018 as an Offensive Coordinator, and probably surprised even himself.
Then he finds himself a Head Coach. Wow.
Freddie is NOT a control-freak or egomaniac, and might well be in something like a state of shock here, see?
So when Dorsey hired Todd Monken, who engineered one of the most prolific offenses in the NFL in Tampa Bay, Freddie was relieved, you see?
"Cool! I got Monken and Wilks! I can do press conferences and all that other bs and still call plays on game day and let these guys handle the schemes and stuff. Dorsey has got me covered, and I can learn from these guys and grow into this job."
-snap-snap- still with me here? Freddie Kitchens should be discovering that he is a better OC than Todd Monken.
Freddie needs to buy into himself right tf now and reclaim control of his offense, or he'll get himself fired.
And he is better than Monken! FREDDIE TAKE YOUR OFFENSE BACK!!!
Njoku broke his wrist, and, for whatever reason, Seth DeValve is gone, so that's it for the TE/WR hybrids on this roster.
This is possibly another aspect of the "Monken Effect":
In fairness, Todd Monken made the most of a Tampa Bay offense that he was stuck with, so no sentient analyst should label him based on what he did there, however:
He ran 3 and 4-wides a lot, and his Tight Ends were mainly blockers (when they were on the field at all).
Again: I'm not bashing Todd Monken.
Anyhoo, sans Rodney DeValvefield, Njoku's absence fundamentally transforms the Browns' whole offense.
...sorta, since the 2019 offense was Monkonian in the first place; 3-wide, one back...I could get real boring here but am sparing you...
In order to beat the Rams in Cleveland on sunday night, in
1: Run (duh) amap. But also: I think that EVERY big run by a Browns RB has come off zone-blocking HINT H I N T and G-power (etc) has produced stuffs, ok?
2: (Thanks Phil Simms) Mayfield under center more (sets up play-action) should work better, even with that freak Arnold coming up the gut...in
3: INDEED Baker "trusting" the system and his receivers and throwing the ball to a spot on-time (instead of maybe holding out for OBJ to shake loose deep)
3a: Mayfield ignoring names and just throwing to whoever is the most open the deepest (even if he isn't OBJ, see?)
4: With all due respect to Todd Monken, Freddie Kitchens needs to run this offense from bottom to top. Vs a Superbowl defense, Freddie needs to recognize that he is better than Monken, and do what he did in 2018.
5: In general, dink and dunk more. Remember Lindy Infante? Ok most of you don't, but in general, this means can't-miss 5-8 (actual) yard passes to running backs...
Lindy called these "long handoffs": Defenses can't assign people to cover running backs. All they can do is blitze, to try to keep that RB in to block...
But the Browns screwed that up with Greg Pruitt, Earnest Byner, and others.
Nick Chubb (much like Kareem Hunt) can do that. And Baker Mayfield (much like Brian Sipe/Bernie Kosar) can deliver (if he can overcome his bloodthirsty manic greed).
Don't get me wrong in re Baker Mayfield: He's not mentally impaired, and will adapt quickly.
...now then: Mack Wilson over Kirksey is probably an upgrade.
No offense to Dan Justik, but nobody on the current roster will "replace" David Njoku.
The offensive scheme will be tweaked, since obviously no Tight End on the roster can do what Njoku can as a receiver...obviously...duh...now that we got rid of that DeValve bumb, anyway...
It now looks like Rashard Higgins will be back, so Baker is eyeball deep in receivers...
I'm sick of this. Njoku wasn't integral in the first place. Mayfield doesn'f need big targets....nevermind okbye
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