Positives/negatives Week 3
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Pretty much everyone already commented on the Negatives and Postives i saw from the game,it just feels great to get a win..Towards the end with those two penatlies i really thought we were gonna give up a FG and lose thats what a typcially Browns team from past would have done,i gotta say im impressed the way we came away with a Win.
Its even better to know this team is so young and are only going to gain more confidence from this and improve,i really feel like we are putting the peices together now to build a Championship caliber team.It feels good to be a Browns fan.
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Hardesty played well. Colt got it done when it mattered. I was holding my head when he missed Cribbs behind the defense in the first quarter. Our two big tackles are clogging the line of scrimmage a lot.
Right tackle stll shaky but better than the first two games. We are going to need to hit on another cornerback in next years draft, Brown is playing hard but he looks to have lost a half step. Could use another outside LB with some speed.
The excessive celebration call was BS. That and the horsecollar is how we usually lose the game on a last second field goal. Props to the defense there. Im happy, we won!
Hardesty played well. Colt got it done when it mattered. I was holding my head when he missed Cribbs behind the defense in the first quarter. Our two big tackles are clogging the line of scrimmage a lot.
Right tackle stll shaky but better than the first two games. We are going to need to hit on another cornerback in next years draft, Brown is playing hard but he looks to have lost a half step. Could use another outside LB with some speed.
The excessive celebration call was BS. That and the horsecollar is how we usually lose the game on a last second field goal. Props to the defense there. Im happy, we won!
Isn't Buster Skrine a CB? If so, maybe he and Browns will soon switch jobs. Skrine the starter, Brown the nickel?
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Hardesty played well. Colt got it done when it mattered. I was holding my head when he missed Cribbs behind the defense in the first quarter. Our two big tackles are clogging the line of scrimmage a lot.
Right tackle stll shaky but better than the first two games. We are going to need to hit on another cornerback in next years draft, Brown is playing hard but he looks to have lost a half step. Could use another outside LB with some speed.
The excessive celebration call was BS. That and the horsecollar is how we usually lose the game on a last second field goal. Props to the defense there. Im happy, we won!
Isn't Buster Skrine a CB? If so, maybe he and Browns will soon switch jobs. Skrine the starter, Brown the nickel?
That would be something you don't see very often for a 5th round pick to become a starter at CB as a rookie. Skrine has been impressive at times, he does have great speed and plays with an attitude. Patterson has made a few plays too, good pickup. The defense has been pretty good so far. Keeping the Titans running attack under control next weekend is going to be a challenge.
We need an explosive WR. None of our current guys demand a double team, we have a lot of good second and third recievers. If we had "that guy" at wr, I think you would see the field open up a bit more for MoMass, Cribbs and even Robiskie.
Man, we have the wrong OSU reciever. Hartline is a good player. Dolphins got him in the 4th round.
Isn't Buster Skrine a CB? If so, maybe he and Browns will soon switch jobs. Skrine the starter, Brown the nickel?
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That would be something you don't see very often for a 5th round pick to become a starter at CB as a rookie. Skrine has been impressive at times, he does have great speed and plays with an attitude. Patterson has made a few plays too, good pickup. The defense has been pretty good so far. Keeping the Titans running attack under control next weekend is going to be a challenge.
We need an explosive WR. None of our current guys demand a double team, we have a lot of good second and third recievers. If we had "that guy" at wr, I think you would see the field open up a bit more for MoMass, Cribbs and even Robiskie.
Man, we have the wrong OSU reciever. Hartline is a good player. Dolphins got him in the 4th round.
Isn't Buster Skrine a CB? If so, maybe he and Browns will soon switch jobs. Skrine the starter, Brown the nickel?
That would be something you don't see very often for a 5th round pick to become a starter at CB as a rookie. Skrine has been impressive at times, he does have great speed and plays with an attitude. Patterson has made a few plays too, good pickup. The defense has been pretty good so far. Keeping the Titans running attack under control next weekend is going to be a challenge.
We need an explosive WR. None of our current guys demand a double team, we have a lot of good second and third recievers. If we had "that guy" at wr, I think you would see the field open up a bit more for MoMass, Cribbs and even Robiskie.
Man, we have the wrong OSU reciever. Hartline is a good player. Dolphins got him in the 4th round.
One thing I like about Shurmur- he's putting the best guys out on the field, rookie or not. We saw a lot of Patterson yesterday, and I think we'll see a lot more. Skrine has shown some promise too. It's getting pretty obvious Sheldon Brown doesn't have the speed to be a starting CB anymore.
And ditto that about Slowbiski. Had one ball thrown his way- yeah, tough catch, but the guy doesn't belong on the field anymore. Starting wrs should be MoMass, Little, and Cribbs in the slot.
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yeah get him out of here. Slowbiskie is a waste of a roster spot.
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That would be something you don't see very often for a 5th round pick to become a starter at CB as a rookie. Skrine has been impressive at times, he does have great speed and plays with an attitude. Patterson has made a few plays too, good pickup. The defense has been pretty good so far. Keeping the Titans running attack under control next weekend is going to be a challenge.
We need an explosive WR. None of our current guys demand a double team, we have a lot of good second and third recievers. If we had "that guy" at wr, I think you would see the field open up a bit more for MoMass, Cribbs and even Robiskie.
Man, we have the wrong OSU reciever. Hartline is a good player. Dolphins got him in the 4th round.
One thing I like about Shurmur- he's putting the best guys out on the field, rookie or not. We saw a lot of Patterson yesterday, and I think we'll see a lot more. Skrine has shown some promise too. It's getting pretty obvious Sheldon Brown doesn't have the speed to be a starting CB anymore.
And ditto that about Slowbiski. Had one ball thrown his way- yeah, tough catch, but the guy doesn't belong on the field anymore. Starting wrs should be MoMass, Little, and Cribbs in the slot.
One thing I like about Shurmur- he's putting the best guys out on the field, rookie or not. We saw a lot of Patterson yesterday, and I think we'll see a lot more. Skrine has shown some promise too. It's getting pretty obvious Sheldon Brown doesn't have the speed to be a starting CB anymore.
And ditto that about Slowbiski. Had one ball thrown his way- yeah, tough catch, but the guy doesn't belong on the field anymore. Starting wrs should be MoMass, Little, and Cribbs in the slot.
Well, I think pretty much this year Robo IS at best the 4th WR, if not less. In fact, here are the stats so far this year for the Browns:
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
40 Peyton Hillis 25 RB 2 2 44 151 2 24 3.4 75.5 22.0 10 53 5.3 0 19 5.0 26.5 204 2 1
31 Montario Hardesty 24 RB 3 1 22 86 0 19 3.9 28.7 7.3 3 19 6.3 0 10 1.0 6.3 105 0 1
12 Colt McCoy 24 QB 3 3 8 19 0 9 2.4 6.3 2.7 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5 0.3 -1.7 14 0 2
48 Owen Marecic 23 FB 3 3 2 4 0 3 2.0 1.3 0.7 2 13 6.5 0 9 0.7 4.3 17 0 1
35 Armond Smith 25 RB 3 0 2 2 0 6 1.0 0.7 0.7 2 0 0
16 Josh Cribbs 28 WR 3 2 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -1.0 0.3 7 103 14.7 1 33 2.3 34.3 100 1 0
82 Ben Watson 31 TE 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 125 12.5 1 34 3.3 41.7 125 1 0
15 Greg Little 22 WR 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 74 9.3 0 18 2.7 24.7 74 0 0
11 Mohamed Massaquoi 25 WR 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 148 18.5 1 56 2.7 49.3 148 1 0
89 Evan Moore 26 TE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 70 11.7 2 17 2.0 23.3 70 2 0
81 Alex Smith 29 TE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 28 7.0 0 9 1.3 9.3 28 0 0
10 Jordan Norwood 25 WR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.3 2.0 6 0 0
The red are the number of receptions. Note that Robo doesn't have one catch in 3 games.
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Here's the thing...this is the NFL...MOST teams are capable of beating ANYONE on any given Sunday...we proved this axiom true last year with wins against NE and New Orleans...Miami is 0-3, their defense was terrible the first 2 games, BUT based upon the last couple of seasons, their defense is CAPABLE of playing much better than the first 2 games indicate which on Sunday they DID...I thought the Dolphins played a xxxxing GREAT game overall...they played to the VERY BEST of their ability for the most part and you could tell they wanted this game REAL BAD...and this is on the ROAD mind you...the only negative I find in their effort was their continued weak red zone play...had they improved on THAT...we'd have lost. I am saying all this to say that the Dolphins did not play like a winless team on Sunday, they played more like a 9-5 football team fighting for a playoff spot in the last regular season game. And we beat them. Nobody fights as hard as a man whose backed into a corner, and the Dolphins 0-2 start had them backed into a corner and they fought HARD.
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Seems most have hit the positives and negatives right on.. However look at our roster and what you see is really amazing.
McCoy, Hardesty, Pinkston, Lavau, Taylor, Sheard, Haden, Ward, Little, Mitchell, Hillis, Watson, Brown, Gocong and Fujita....
All of these players are the result of H & H either in the draft, by trades or in free agency.. Thats 15 players out of the starting 22.. We havent seen this much influx of quality players here in Cleveland for a long time if ever.... If this trend keeps up can you imagine what we'll look like after next years draft and free agency signings???
Another point, none of these new players have experienced much losing in their careers... All have come from winning programs and losing is not a part of their makeup... Winning breeds winning, winning good or winning ugly, just winning.... We're one of the youngest team in the league and our future looks very bright....
Be patient this year, the rooks are gonna make some mistakes but the one thing you wont see is them giving up... This is a 60 minute team and you better be prepared to battle when you get on the field with them..... Last year we would have lost this game, maybe our fortunes are changing right before our eyes.... I'm lovin' it.................
Peace
T.Dawg
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I use to think Robo was gonna be a solid at WR. Last year and this year he just looks like a bust. Atleast MoMass does something. MoMass can be a #3 or #2 if he progresses.
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Robo is a robot programmed to be slow and drop passes.
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