McCoy Not The Answer
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Why Colt Mccoy Is Not The Answer For The Cleveland Browns
by J Gatskie Contributor Written on April 14, 2010
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Colt Mccoy was a great college quarterback. He set a NCAA record with 45 wins and was the undisputed leader of the Texas Longhorns potent spread attack. More than once, he pulled a victory away from the grasp of defeat and he has been properly celebrated for his accomplishments on the field.
In his career he threw for 13,253 yards and 112 tds with only 45 interceptions. A very good athlete who ran the 110 meter hurdles in high school, he rushed for 1589 yards and 20 touchdowns during his time at Texas.
In the past year alone he has won the Maxwell, Davey O'Brien, Chic Harley, and Johnny Unitas Awards which go to the best: overall player, best senior quarterback, coaches player of the year, and best quarterback.
By any standard, that is quite an impressive collection of awards.
Despite his accomplishments at the collegiate level, he is not viewed as a sure thing for an NFL prospect. His stature (6'1" 220) and arm strength do not measure up to other elite prospects like Sam Bradford (6'4" 236) and Jimmy Clausen (6'3" 223).
Due to concerns about his size and arms strength, some mock drafts have lesser ranked talents like Jevan Snead (6'3" 220) and Tim Tebow (6'3" 235) moving ahead of Mccoy in the selection process.
The scouting report on Colt Mccoy reads in the positive: mobile, athletic, decisive, accurate, quick release, and good leader. The negatives are: physical frame size, weak arm strength, aims ball, no experience operating under center, and stares down receiver.
The Cleveland Browns have hired Mike Holmgren as their football Czar and he has retained Gil Haskell to teach offensive coordinator Brian Daboll the west coast offense. The Browns are in a cold weather city with an open stadium.
The west coast offense emphasizes a short, horizontal passing attack to help spread the defense out. By doing this, it opens the defense up to throws of longer than 14 yards and mid to long yard rushes in the middle of the field.
This type of offense differs from traditional run oriented offenses by having receivers run precise routes on up to 65% of the plays.The quarterback's function is primarily a three or five step drop and a quick, often blind strike to one of three to five targets.
The Browns are said to be working on a hybrid offense that fuses the smashmouth football we saw with Jerome Harrison at the end of the year, with the west coast Holmgren's Seahawks used to run. If that is indeed the case, then I am firmly against the selection of Colt Mccoy as our quarterback of the future.
The heights of the Browns offensive lineman are as follows: 6'6",6'6", 6'6", 6'4", and 6'4". Those are the starters: Joe Thomas, Eric Steinbach, Tony Pashos, Alex Mack, and Floyd Womack respectively. According to several scouting reports, Mccoy does not jump to pass like Drew Brees does and he didn't always see over his lineman in college who were smaller than the aforementioned Browns.
Without that jump pass and at only 6'1", he would be at a definite disadvantage when it came to seeing and passing over his offensive line if he was a Cleveland Brown.
With the west coast requiring blind passes stuck in there with a lot of velocity, his lack of arm strength becomes an immediate issue. He has an average sized frame and I am not sure if he could take the pounding teams like the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers deliver.
The west coast requires the quarterback to make three and five step drops and Mccoy operated solely out of a spread formation at Texas. It is pure conjecture as to how he would fare making the transition.
The Browns play their games in a stadium that borders a lake, is often windy and cold, and a quarterback needs significant arm strength to throw deep outs and sideline routes there. Many draft pundits have chastised the Bills for considering Jimmy Clausen based on his arm strength for the same weather based reason.
Mccoy allegedly has a weaker arm than Clausen.
This is a very important decision for the Cleveland Browns franchise and its fans. In a year or so, whoever is drafted is going to be handed the reins and asked to lead our beloved team back to national prominence.
I think Colt Mccoy is a wonderful college quarterback, a good human being who once saved a mans life from drowning, and may someday be a serviceable NFL starter.
However, I do not think he is the answer for the Cleveland Browns. He is too small, has never operated under center, and does not have enough arm strength for our system or city.
Why Colt Mccoy Is Not The Answer For The Cleveland Browns
by J Gatskie Contributor Written on April 14, 2010
Jamie Squire/Getty Images
Colt Mccoy was a great college quarterback. He set a NCAA record with 45 wins and was the undisputed leader of the Texas Longhorns potent spread attack. More than once, he pulled a victory away from the grasp of defeat and he has been properly celebrated for his accomplishments on the field.
In his career he threw for 13,253 yards and 112 tds with only 45 interceptions. A very good athlete who ran the 110 meter hurdles in high school, he rushed for 1589 yards and 20 touchdowns during his time at Texas.
In the past year alone he has won the Maxwell, Davey O'Brien, Chic Harley, and Johnny Unitas Awards which go to the best: overall player, best senior quarterback, coaches player of the year, and best quarterback.
By any standard, that is quite an impressive collection of awards.
Despite his accomplishments at the collegiate level, he is not viewed as a sure thing for an NFL prospect. His stature (6'1" 220) and arm strength do not measure up to other elite prospects like Sam Bradford (6'4" 236) and Jimmy Clausen (6'3" 223).
Due to concerns about his size and arms strength, some mock drafts have lesser ranked talents like Jevan Snead (6'3" 220) and Tim Tebow (6'3" 235) moving ahead of Mccoy in the selection process.
The scouting report on Colt Mccoy reads in the positive: mobile, athletic, decisive, accurate, quick release, and good leader. The negatives are: physical frame size, weak arm strength, aims ball, no experience operating under center, and stares down receiver.
The Cleveland Browns have hired Mike Holmgren as their football Czar and he has retained Gil Haskell to teach offensive coordinator Brian Daboll the west coast offense. The Browns are in a cold weather city with an open stadium.
The west coast offense emphasizes a short, horizontal passing attack to help spread the defense out. By doing this, it opens the defense up to throws of longer than 14 yards and mid to long yard rushes in the middle of the field.
This type of offense differs from traditional run oriented offenses by having receivers run precise routes on up to 65% of the plays.The quarterback's function is primarily a three or five step drop and a quick, often blind strike to one of three to five targets.
The Browns are said to be working on a hybrid offense that fuses the smashmouth football we saw with Jerome Harrison at the end of the year, with the west coast Holmgren's Seahawks used to run. If that is indeed the case, then I am firmly against the selection of Colt Mccoy as our quarterback of the future.
The heights of the Browns offensive lineman are as follows: 6'6",6'6", 6'6", 6'4", and 6'4". Those are the starters: Joe Thomas, Eric Steinbach, Tony Pashos, Alex Mack, and Floyd Womack respectively. According to several scouting reports, Mccoy does not jump to pass like Drew Brees does and he didn't always see over his lineman in college who were smaller than the aforementioned Browns.
Without that jump pass and at only 6'1", he would be at a definite disadvantage when it came to seeing and passing over his offensive line if he was a Cleveland Brown.
With the west coast requiring blind passes stuck in there with a lot of velocity, his lack of arm strength becomes an immediate issue. He has an average sized frame and I am not sure if he could take the pounding teams like the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers deliver.
The west coast requires the quarterback to make three and five step drops and Mccoy operated solely out of a spread formation at Texas. It is pure conjecture as to how he would fare making the transition.
The Browns play their games in a stadium that borders a lake, is often windy and cold, and a quarterback needs significant arm strength to throw deep outs and sideline routes there. Many draft pundits have chastised the Bills for considering Jimmy Clausen based on his arm strength for the same weather based reason.
Mccoy allegedly has a weaker arm than Clausen.
This is a very important decision for the Cleveland Browns franchise and its fans. In a year or so, whoever is drafted is going to be handed the reins and asked to lead our beloved team back to national prominence.
I think Colt Mccoy is a wonderful college quarterback, a good human being who once saved a mans life from drowning, and may someday be a serviceable NFL starter.
However, I do not think he is the answer for the Cleveland Browns. He is too small, has never operated under center, and does not have enough arm strength for our system or city.
great post........but the big deal is who makes plays when you need to...............McCoy answered that call many times....................
QB's are the key to winning McCoy was a huge winner...................meanwhile considering Claussen was a loser
food for thought
draft winners .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it tends to continue
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Everyone is a QB expert!
Everyone is a QB expert!
yeah like kiper and mcshay..................NOT!!
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McCoy cant take a hit in college, so who thinks he will be anything but gun shy when he hits the pro's
McCoy cant take a hit in college, so who thinks he will be anything but gun shy when he hits the pro's
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Where did that come from? Didn't he stand in there and take a hit? Are you saying he got scared and took himself out of the game?
If this guy is wearing an orange helmet at training camp, i'm jumping for joy. He's a winner.
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Maybe he hold the ball too long? Reads?
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The first two years were almost exclusively under center. If you're looking for a system that maximizes his strengths it's WCO. I'm not saying he's a first round grade but I think that the premise of the article is flawed. There are certainly questions about him but anyone who's bothered to look at anything but the national championship game would know that McCoy consistently took hits stepping into the rush and bulked up and delivered punishment running the ball as well. There are no fewer questions about Tebow, Pike, LeFevour (who has a weaker arm BTW) or Clausen.
If Holmgren says "McCoy" then it's McCoy. Done.
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He's played every game except the entire championship, i'm sure he got blasted on a play in his 4 years.
He got blasted in his last 2 games, and pulled himself out of the championship game. dejavu Ted Ginn, and scared that the LSU defense would pick him apart and he may end up like Troy Smith and go undrafted. Business sense, good move. But some unlucky team will have to deal with him.
IMO he is a sellout to the game and to all of those true warriors who stayed in and stuck it out playing hurt.
Prediction would be that within 3 years some team will be trading him away for a 5th or 6th round pick.
He got blasted in his last 2 games, and pulled himself out of the championship game. dejavu Ted Ginn, and scared that the LSU defense would pick him apart and he may end up like Troy Smith and go undrafted. Business sense, good move. But some unlucky team will have to deal with him.
IMO he is a sellout to the game and to all of those true warriors who stayed in and stuck it out playing hurt.
Prediction would be that within 3 years some team will be trading him away for a 5th or 6th round pick.
this is so damn frustrating to see people say. Learn the facts before you assume shit seriously. Mack Brown AND the team doctors did not clear him to play. Mack Brown stated several times that he was begging to go back into the game but he just would not let him. I would understand if it was a damn sprained ankle or something, but his arm was dead. He would of absolutely been useless to the team out there. Your opinion doesn't make it fact.
That being said, I can't make a solid opinion on McCoy. I look at all the strong negatives, but as I've said on here before it's hard to count out a competitor who is used to and expects winning. If Holmgren sees the potential in this guy, I say we go for him
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it's really frustrating. i just saw him on the espn special 'gruden qb camp' and he looked pretty smart, confident and seems like a standup guy. the trouble is when you invest these picks and money on these guys and they don't pan out, it sets your team back 5 years. so everyone has their opinion, alot times it's not based on fact but more because we are biased on one player over another. i'm sure i'll continue chiming in with my opinion as well until that pick is made, and then i'll chime in some more! good luck to us all browns' fans!
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it's really frustrating. i just saw him on the espn special 'gruden qb camp' and he looked pretty smart, confident and seems like a standup guy. the trouble is when you invest these picks and money on these guys and they don't pan out, it sets your team back 5 years. so everyone has their opinion, alot times it's not based on fact but more because we are biased on one player over another. i'm sure i'll continue chiming in with my opinion as well until that pick is made, and then i'll chime in some more! good luck to us all browns' fans!
alot times it's not based on fact but more because we are biased on one player over another. i'm sure i'll continue chiming in with my opinion as well until that pick is made, and then i'll chime in some more! good luck to us all browns' fans!
Exactly right. We all have our favorites and I like my guy and you like yours. Once the draft is over we're stuck with whoever they pick. They have more information than we do. They have more experience than we do. In the end, things unfold on draft day. Seven guys with 1st round grades will certainly drop to the top of the second. What if one of those guys is (fill in stud name here)? The draft team is going to have to roll with the changes. They have to react to what happens.
After it's all said and done, we just have to rally around who they do pick and hope they reach some great potential level of play.
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I still take Tebow over any of them.
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McCoy cant take a hit in college, so who thinks he will be anything but gun shy when he hits the pro's
McCoy cant take a hit in college, so who thinks he will be anything but gun shy when he hits the pro's
and that makes taking Bradford even more risky
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