Freddie's t-shirt is "T-shirtgate"--what a joke! So some Steelers players said it ticked them off---big freakin deal they know that Rudolph did start it, as does any objective observer! Who the hell told you that NFL players are mentally impaired!?! That's what we call a "steryotype".
If the T-shirt had said "Rudolph Had it Coming", or "Free Garrett", I'd be with the snowflakes on this, but most of your reactions are a joke to us old-timers.
Put on your big boy pants, sissies!
But Doug's main point was that the solution to this problem is not to fire Freddie Kitchens...ie not to fire yet another Head Coach after one season (and start over again).
Fortunately, Jimmy Haslam is loathe to do that as, despite giving the 1-31 Hue Jackson a third year (at least at first), he still has a rep as a "meddling", impatient spazz (knock-knock: anybody home!?!)
Doug must read this Blog, as he joins me in pointing out that this "lack of discipline" narrative in re Kitchens' Browns is utter bullshit based on the first few games of his tenure with one of the youngest rosters in the NFL.
Whitehead was cut loose for social media comments, Callaway for being late and a poor work ethic, and STAR safety Damarius Randall scratched and left home for undisclosed reasons (amazing nobody has leaked that yet by the way: Freddie/John must have promised to fire blabbermouths).
...oh and for the last 4-5 games, the Browns have been one of the least penalized teams in the NFL.
Doug didn't get too deep into what should be done to fix the Browns, but he's right that the right side of the Offensive line needs an upgrade.
I can get deeper:
1: Baker Mayfield and the offense have been damn near unstoppable when running the hurry-up at not obvious times in a game, and Freddie never does it anymore.
The hurry-up locks a defensive personnel group onto the field and prevents substitutions. It also stifles the ability of a defense to adjust to the offense; it forces it to play more "vanilla", and puts it on it's heels.
It wears these defenders down.
When you run hurry-up only when coming from behind with time expiring, the defense can anticipate sideline passes, and not worry about inside runs or passes, but when you hurry up at any other time, the offense can use it's whole arsenal.
Vs the Steelers was the perfect time to use the hurry-up. That's an exceptional defense, and a mediocre offense. You don't worry about keeping that offense off the field, especially in the come-from-behind situation that the Mayfield in-game hurry-up is likely to produce D U H.
2: I'm tired of this "rolling right" Mayfield crap. ALL right-handed Quarterbacks prefer to roll right, which is why called rollouts for them are all to their right.
It's the "called" part that's missing here:
When you have a mobile quarterback who can throw on the move, rollouts are a great way to H I N T. H I N T help a shaky pass-blocking offensive line.
It tanks the edge rush from the left side by forcing that speedster to either try to go through the left tackle or circumnavigate the globe to run around him. It lets the Right tackle attack instead of defend. And (to repeat) it forces all passrushers to react and alter their trajectories after their first steps.
As long as you don't do this too often, called rollouts consistently buy your quarterback at LEAST an extra half second, and often a lot more time to scan the field.
I can't fathom why this is so rarely used by the Browns offense, especially vs this most recent opponent, which can really blow up a pocket.
3: Uncharacteristically, Freddie all but abandoned the run in the second half vs the Steelers.
With all due respect to Lesmerisis, Teller and Hubbard weren't important here, as Chubb and Hunt were both doing damage, and the Steelers defense had to be wearing down.
Just in general, you don't attack the 2019 Steelers defense by air if you can avoid it. There was no reason to get pass-happy at any point during the first 3.5 quarters of this game. This was absotively Freddie's call, and likely the biggest single reason the Browns lost. Yeah you, Freddie!
But I concur with Doug: Freddie Kitchens is learning on the job (like Bill Belichick was awhile back), and has showed some promise.
Now, a few corrections here: There are only so many ways to get the ball to OBJ, and the Browns have tried all of them, sometimes to the detriment of the offense in general.
And let's not go to lala land with this "next man up/no excuses" crap: In the real world, Damarius Randall and Chad Thomas mattered (not to mention Myles Garrett).
Greedy Williams is a rookie, and errumm...who the hell stepped in for Thomas after he got hurt? Probably a guy who wasn't on the team 2 weeks ago, and who none of us ever heard of.
Freddie Kitchens' Browns beat the Bills and dominated the Ravens and Steelers; and hung with the Patriots too.
Freddie Kitchens has earned his second year already (assuming the team doesn't collapse and finish less than 8-8).
Just as nobody with a brain labels a player a "bust" off his rookie season, they can't do that to a Head Coach (who wasn't even a coordinator for over half a season prior to his elevation to Head Coach)
As good as the Ravens are, even I can't predict that the Browns will beat them again, but the Browns should beat everybody else on their schedule.
If they don't, then I will consider thinking about possibly considering the idea of concievably firing Freddie and starting over AGAIN, but I'll probably stand with Freddie anyway (especially if the alternative is Mike McCarthy).
Stick those ropes, torches, and pitchforks where the sun don't shine in re Freddie Kitchens, and get up off him (a T-Shirt...really?)
Don't get me started here: Art Modell was Satan for having hired BILL BELICHICK (among other things), Belichick was an incompetent idiot...most of you people are IDIOTS (nođź–•offense).
1: Baker Mayfield is in his second NFL season.
2: The Browns have 2 mediocre Offensive Tackles (sans Robinson vs Pittsburgh btw) and a WORSE Right Guard.
3: Njoku has been mia, DISCIPLINE has deleted a BUNCH of key players: Whitehead and Callaway cut, Morgan Burnett on IR, Randall benched, Garrett suspended, Thomas injured too and you parrots squawk this "next man up" garbage ask the Patriots about that gdammit you cretins (no offense).
The Bengals just stomped the Jets. The Dolphins beat the Eagles. The Titans stomped the Colts, the Jagwires got stomped by the Bucs, and the Texans whupped the Patriots.
Get a grip, you people. As I've illucidated, Freddie Kitchens has apparently not read my Blog, but despite that has done over 60% of the stuff I have recommended. Obviously this makes him at least a borderline genius, and hopefully somebody will turn him onto this Blog.
Sadly, my communications with the organization remain all screwed up ("undeliverable" etc), so Freddie hasn't done the blatently obvious stuff which I (and a bunch of ex-players and coaches) have recommended.
Ok but in 2018 he used a variation of the Wishbone (3 running backs) and 3 tight ends and everything in between to max out what he had to work with, and (lately) in 2019, he (in my opinion) has overrode OC Todd Monken to max out Hunt...
If any of you had a clue, you would see that Todd Monken was running the offense until the bye, and Freddie took over after.
This might be unfair to Monken, of course, as I can't read minds, and have only how he managed his Tampa Bay players to work with, ok?
But FREDDIE I KNOW, ok? And the pony offense and stuff I think is more him than Monken.
...and the notion that Freddie is mentally impaired is grossly ignorant.
The penalties and discipline stuff is bullshit (obviously).
...Oh shit you don't get that after all this if your alleged mind was made up about
You should not be allowed to vote, or serve on a jury.
No đź–•offense.
This just in: I can't help including a link to this Irrational idiocy, just so you can see how much smarter I am than---blush-blush nevermind
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