Dumbass Browns Punditry Corrections, Rodney Njokufield, Hyperbole, and Stuff.

 Bill Barnwell is a guy you wish was the GM of a Division rival, as he thinks trading David Njoku straight up for a third round 2019 backup Safety would be a good idea.

Josh Brown covers my response pretty well, but I want to add this:

Njoku is under contract through 2021 in a 2/3 Tight End Offense. Barnwell et al might consider him worth no more than an untested Safety, but Andrew Berry and other sentient beings can't agree.

David Njoku caught 5 of 5 passes playing 11% of the Offensive snaps since returning from injury, and is by far THE most athletic big-play TE on this roster. He's as freaky as any Tight End in the NFL as a weapon.

Even if the Browns were in "desperate need" at Safety, is this unproven sophomore 3rd round guy better than Rodney Redwinefield and Ronnie Harrisonfield?

Barnwell does this a lot, especially with the Browns: Trade a proven player with no cieling for...nothing...just because.

In point of fact, David Njoku might well be much more active vs the Steelers this sunday...

As the "third receiver", see? The 6'4", 240 lb receiver who Haden and company can't afford to pay attention to with the LSU brothers on the field?

The Steelers are built to stuff the run and blitze (often with 6 or even 5 guys in coverage).

The Steelers obviously want to stuff the run first, and force Comrade Mayfield to try to carry the load.

They'll stunt/blitze inside to evade chips and attack Mayfield where he's weakest (while ideally blowing up handoffs).

Mayfield has been almost half as bad as Aaron Rodgers vs pressure this season!

Anyway, I'm cautiously confident that Comrade Stefanski also sees this coming, and will tweak his Offense/game plan to exploit it.

In-line Tight Ends with nobody to chip either pick up an edge-blitzer or run a deeper pattern (generally vs zone coverage).

Slot (or outside) receivers (in this scheme) block or go out for passes...

Sigh ok you comprehend the difference between in-line blocks and blocks in space (run blocks upfield), right?

...Nevermind (my battery is running out): Long story short: the Steelers can put a lid on Hooper or Bryant, but not on Njoku.

Not while focussing on run-stuffage and inside pressure.

...pearls before G okbye