It's official. Mangini is NOT telling the Vikes who will start at QB
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You guys kill me with your Assumptions about mangini....hE HAS DONE NOTHING DIFFERENT FROM DAY 1, HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH HIS WORD AND DEED. hE ISN'T GONNA TELL ANYONE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT GIVE ANYONE A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE...pERIOD! aS SOMEONE SAID IT ONLY HURTS THE FANS THAT need TO KNOW! OOPS...just looked up and saw the caps....sorry golf...lol
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We have waited all offseason to know who the starting QB is going to be what is one more week? People need to just chill out.
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@shepwrite said:
In the competition for who gets the leak... I like the OBR. They have a few solid player connections (or claim to) and they'll get the inside word. I'm thinking PFT then steals that story.The news will come from the agent of one of the QBs, and they won't be dialing up some "insider" at an internet message board.
Expect one of the national guys like Jay Glazer, Adam Schefter, or Peter King to break it.
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@shepwrite said:
In the competition for who gets the leak... I like the OBR. They have a few solid player connections (or claim to) and they'll get the inside word. I'm thinking PFT then steals that story.The news will come from the agent of one of the QBs, and they won't be dialing up some "insider" at an internet message board.
Expect one of the national guys like Jay Glazer, Adam Schefter, or Peter King to break it.
The news will come from the agent of one of the QBs, and they won't be dialing up some "insider" at an internet message board.
Expect one of the national guys like Jay Glazer, Adam Schefter, or Peter King to break it.
As much as it hurts to say this, GULP, but I a....ggg...rreeee with Lumnutz. Ouch, that did hurt.
THE OBR and guys like that are not going to get any "inside" scoop over the major networks. They may say they have one, but it's just to get people to their site.
NFL Network, ESPN, will know before or at the same time as anyone else.
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Even if it only gives the browns a very slight advantage why not wait for a public announcement? I do believe they are significantly different and it would affect your strategy of where to play linebackers and safeties. You might play man on man with the running backs if Quinn were starting but take your chances with looser running back coverage if DA plays.
Even if it simply makes the vikings work some extra hours it could be worth a point, might as well use every possible advantage you might have
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People aren't pissed because they think it hurts things and this crap about the team needing to know the starter is.
People are pissed because they want to know and the suspense is killing them.
That's all this is.
People aren't pissed because they think it hurts things and this crap about the team needing to know the starter is.
People are pissed because they want to know and the suspense is killing them.
That's all this is.
Wow! What a talent ... to know what everyone else is thinking ... all the time. That must be quite the burden.
I don't give a rats ass who the starter is as long as they win games for us. The suspense for me is having to wait to see if our head coach knows what he is actually doing or if his mind games are just screwing with our team.
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Quote---First, that he's already pretty much accepted that whoever starts this year won't be starting next year, and that this year is just about getting the system in place so that the guy he drafts in 2010 will be able to jump right in.
Couldn't agree more. Mangini figures he's gonna be here at least 2-3 years so this year is a gimme since no one expects anything.
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Your coach not letting the opponent know who the QB is going to be is a lame game plan but it is not really the issue.
Mangini is a better coach than you had previously, but his decision to wait so long to name a starting QB is a bad decision. The starting QB should have been getting all the reps with the first team weeks ago. All of them. It was stupid to have the QB competition go on for so long. Now whatever QB you place in there will have to gain the support of the teammates that might have wanted the other QB, they will not have any time to gel as an offense except in game situations, and the first moment the QB has any problems there will be a QB controversy.
Bad decision Mangini.
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business plan:
The whole DA/Quinn "competition" was to try and make DA look as though he had some trade value. Even this week.....to make him seem that he is starter material......to get back some of the stock that dropped off faster then Nortel last year. Unfortunately it didn't work.
game decision:
Time's up......stop playing mommy and announce Quinn already. Show some balls Mangini.....don't be another Crennel. If DA cries then so be it......he blew it with team Crennel. Put Quinn in with the first team all week so he knows his company.......the business plan failed.
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business plan:
The whole DA/Quinn "competition" was to try and make DA look as though he had some trade value. Even this week.....to make him seem that he is starter material......to get back some of the stock that dropped off faster then Nortel last year. Unfortunately it didn't work.
game decision:
Time's up......stop playing mommy and announce Quinn already. Show some balls Mangini.....don't be another Crennel. If DA cries then so be it......he blew it with team Crennel. Put Quinn in with the first team all week so he knows his company.......the business plan failed.
business plan:
The whole DA/Quinn "competition" was to try and make DA look as though he had some trade value. Even this week.....to make him seem that he is starter material......to get back some of the stock that dropped off faster then Nortel last year. Unfortunately it didn't work.
game decision:
Time's up......stop playing mommy and announce Quinn already. Show some balls Mangini.....don't be another Crennel. If DA cries then so be it......he blew it with team Crennel. Put Quinn in with the first team all week so he knows his company.......the business plan failed.
It was a good plan that should have ended weeks ago. All he ended up doing was giving the first team offense less time together as a unit.
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If the Browns win Sunday, this was a great plan. If they lose, it was stupid and the wrong thing to do. End of story. Winning is all that matters.
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Your coach not letting the opponent know who the QB is going to be is a lame game plan but it is not really the issue.
Mangini is a better coach than you had previously, but his decision to wait so long to name a starting QB is a bad decision. The starting QB should have been getting all the reps with the first team weeks ago. All of them. It was stupid to have the QB competition go on for so long. Now whatever QB you place in there will have to gain the support of the teammates that might have wanted the other QB, they will not have any time to gel as an offense except in game situations, and the first moment the QB has any problems there will be a QB controversy.
Bad decision Mangini.
Your coach not letting the opponent know who the QB is going to be is a lame game plan but it is not really the issue.
Mangini is a better coach than you had previously, but his decision to wait so long to name a starting QB is a bad decision. The starting QB should have been getting all the reps with the first team weeks ago. All of them. It was stupid to have the QB competition go on for so long. Now whatever QB you place in there will have to gain the support of the teammates that might have wanted the other QB, they will not have any time to gel as an offense except in game situations, and the first moment the QB has any problems there will be a QB controversy.
Bad decision Mangini.
Wholly crap, the end of days is here. I agree with FOS.
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Fact: It's harder for a team to prepare for 2 QB's rather than 1 QB.
Fact: It's better to have a starter work with the first team all preseason
The question is which approach has a better chance of producing a win. Clearly Mangini feels its QB hide-and-seek. We'll see on Sunday. I hope he's correct. As many here have said, this is all just beer talk until Sunday where we see if we get a win or not.
Another possibility is Quinn and the O look good, but the D can't stop Favre and Peterson.
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Your coach not letting the opponent know who the QB is going to be is a lame game plan but it is not really the issue.
Mangini is a better coach than you had previously, but his decision to wait so long to name a starting QB is a bad decision. The starting QB should have been getting all the reps with the first team weeks ago. All of them. It was stupid to have the QB competition go on for so long. Now whatever QB you place in there will have to gain the support of the teammates that might have wanted the other QB, they will not have any time to gel as an offense except in game situations, and the first moment the QB has any problems there will be a QB controversy.
Bad decision Mangini.
Your coach not letting the opponent know who the QB is going to be is a lame game plan but it is not really the issue.
Mangini is a better coach than you had previously, but his decision to wait so long to name a starting QB is a bad decision. The starting QB should have been getting all the reps with the first team weeks ago. All of them. It was stupid to have the QB competition go on for so long. Now whatever QB you place in there will have to gain the support of the teammates that might have wanted the other QB, they will not have any time to gel as an offense except in game situations, and the first moment the QB has any problems there will be a QB controversy.
Bad decision Mangini.
+1
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DTBH, I am sitting comfortably without getting the "official word.". Know that.
My point is this gamesmanship is, well, gay and embarrassing as a Browns fan. Nothing more, nothing less.
mz. said:
My point is this gamesmanship is, well, gay and embarrassing as a Browns fan. Nothing more, nothing less.You're welcome to stick to that.
I think it's funny BS, and like everyone else, you want your stomach settled and for it to be official like everone else does that Brady Quinn is starting.
Besides... as Browns fans, our embarressment meter desensitized a long, long time ago.
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Schefter in a tweet to Wingo:
Mangini & browns will announce starting QB on Oct 6th.
At least someones getting a kick out of our pain.
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Fact: It's harder for a team to prepare for 2 QB's rather than 1 QB.
Fact: It's better to have a starter work with the first team all preseason
The question is which approach has a better chance of producing a win. Clearly Mangini feels its QB hide-and-seek. We'll see on Sunday. I hope he's correct. As many here have said, this is all just beer talk until Sunday where we see if we get a win or not.
Another possibility is Quinn and the O look good, but the D can't stop Favre and Peterson.
Fact: It's harder for a team to prepare for 2 QB's rather than 1 QB.
Fact: It's better to have a starter work with the first team all preseason
The question is which approach has a better chance of producing a win. Clearly Mangini feels its QB hide-and-seek. We'll see on Sunday. I hope he's correct. As many here have said, this is all just beer talk until Sunday where we see if we get a win or not.
I would throw in one more consideration: the fact that splitting the reps for as long as possible might have an impact on the QB's play past week one. If one game is enough to bring the QB up to speed with his receivers in game-time, great. If not--especially if the team loses--he'll have put the starter behind schedule in exchange for about a half's worth of an advantage against the defense.
Dennis
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mz. said:
My point is this gamesmanship is, well, gay and embarrassing as a Browns fan. Nothing more, nothing less.You're welcome to stick to that.
I think it's funny BS, and like everyone else, you want your stomach settled and for it to be official like everone else does that Brady Quinn is starting.
Besides... as Browns fans, our embarressment meter desensitized a long, long time ago.
You're welcome to stick to that.
I think it's funny BS, and like everyone else, you want your stomach settled and for it to be official like everone else does that Brady Quinn is starting.
Besides... as Browns fans, our embarressment meter desensitized a long, long time ago.
I think I know what I mean better than you do. That comes with this being my brain in here.
For the millionth time, it isn't the Quinn starting statement. We both know Quinn is the starter. It's the embarrassment that comes from the lame gamesmanship. Not sure how many more times I have to say this, DTBH..............
And as the embarrassment that comes with being a Browns fan, screw that. I feel no embarrassment overall, just recently. I remember the 80's.
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