Anybody Else Going To The First Practice This Sat? (July 28Th)
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thanks guys!
can ya get us a couple of digi photos?
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Good stuff guys! I found this:
http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&action=blog&r=19&post_id=2331
Eyes on Berea: 7-28-12
By: Will Burge
In the public eye – Today was the first day that training camp was open to the public and 2,937 fans showed up to watch what Pat Shurmur called “their team”.
Early on, in wide receiver drills, Josh Gordon caught a ball down the sidelines and it was met with loud cheers. Gordon was surprised by the reaction.
“It was different, it being a practice, totally different,” said Gordon. “It felt welcoming. It felt like a place that I definitely want to call home.”
The crowd also went crazy for a deep pass down the sidelines to Greg Little for a touchdown.
The learning curve – Brandon Weeden was obviously frustrated with himself a few times during practice. The first two days open to the media have not been kind to Brandon as the offense is struggling to find its way.
The fact that there are four rookies working with the first unit makes his job very difficult. Weeden rolled out to his left today and tried to hit Greg Little on a deep pass but instead he left it a little short and it was nearly intercepted by TJ Ward.
Weeden also tried to thread the needle on a route up the seam and it was almost picked off by Eric Hagg. As I said yesterday, the defense is always ahead of the offense at this point in the year.
I still own this place – After the Browns rocked the Cleveland sports world yesterday with their reported interest in selling the team, no one would expect current owner Randy Lerner to be anywhere near Berea.
This is still Lerner’s property and kudos to him for showing up to watch training camp today. He stood with team president Mike Holmgren in the middle of the practice field and took in the action.
How about that depth? – We found out today that Ahtyba Rubin will be out a few more weeks and was placed in the physically unable to perform list along with Phil Taylor and fullback Eddie Williams. We also found out that Evan Moore was placed on the PUP list for a non-football related injury. Good thing for the Browns they have depth at both the defensive line position, with the drafting of John Hughes and Billy Winn, and at the tight end position, with Ben Watson and Jordan Cameron.
I asked Josh Cribbs, who has seen quite a bit here in Cleveland, if this was the deepest the roster has ever been during his tenure. He replied emphatically, “Yes!”
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I'm not there because I live in Virginia so I get all of my info on Twitter. What I've gathered is Richardson, Weeden, Hardesty (!), and Gordon have been exceptionally special and impressive on offense. On defense Haden has taken a big leap, James-Michael Johnson has been impressive for a rookie fourth round (I think fourth round) pick, and Eric Hagg is making a very good case for himself on becoming the starting FS.
Can anyone confirm this info or is this once again just blind hope for the team we love?
Also, please add more and more info if you went to the practices because I'd love to read what all you guys saw and took in. I'd love to be there.
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Weeden didn't look awful. He looked new. I couldn't; care less about a few mistakes this flippin early in practices.
That stuff doesn't matter now. What matters, is Weeden's talent, which is excellent.
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Weeden didn't look awful. He looked new. I couldn't; care less about a few mistakes this flippin early in practices.
That stuff doesn't matter now. What matters, is Weeden's talent, which is excellent.
Weeden didn't look awful. He looked new. I couldn't; care less about a few mistakes this flippin early in practices.
That stuff doesn't matter now. What matters, is Weeden's talent, which is excellent.
Well, someone I trust sad it looked like Weeden had a Tebow like windup, and a slow release. Missed a few throws too. Care to comment?
PS it's the first day of training camp, and doesn't mean much. I haven't forgotten Ben Gay looked like the second coming of Leroy Kelly preseason- and went nowhere- except back to his job at Speedway.
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Well, someone I trust sad it looked like Weeden had a Tebow like windup, and a slow release. Missed a few throws too. Care to comment? Mr. Hoorta
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???? That's hilarious.
In the fast paced drill, the qb stands still, and they flip footballs to him as fast as he can throw to a target receiver to his left at a oh, 45 degree angle,
then straight ahead to another, and then to another to the right at 45 degrees.
Weeden rapid fired those suckers faster than the other three dramatically. And he was accurate with them.
There was no wind up nothin. Weeden rapid fire caught the flip, and the ball was on it's way to the receiver target. In the other drills, yeah, he missed a few,
and it you go back and see Weeden film in college, he certainly looks like an anti-Tebow in throwing motion, to me.
Good grief.
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EDIT: Sort of belongs in it's own thread, I cleaned it up
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With all the talk about Weeden being the next Joe Montanya, I found a comment from a Browns fan in an article:
"PCAurand July 30, 2012 10:55 pm
I didn't even see Holmgren at practice today. McCoy looks like a better QB than Weeden. Weeden had terrible accuracy no one could catch his passes. As a whole the team did not look very good today."
Just remember everyone has an opinion. Jake Delhomme looked like he was gonna be on fire when he was playing in preseason. Gotta wait to see the old man throw in a real game.
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With all the talk about Weeden being the next Joe Montanya, I found a comment from a Browns fan in an article:
"PCAurand July 30, 2012 10:55 pm
I didn't even see Holmgren at practice today. McCoy looks like a better QB than Weeden. Weeden had terrible accuracy no one could catch his passes. As a whole the team did not look very good today."
Just remember everyone has an opinion. Jake Delhomme looked like he was gonna be on fire when he was playing in preseason. Gotta wait to see the old man throw in a real game.
With all the talk about Weeden being the next Joe Montanya, I found a comment from a Browns fan in an article:
"PCAurand July 30, 2012 10:55 pm
I didn't even see Holmgren at practice today. McCoy looks like a better QB than Weeden. Weeden had terrible accuracy no one could catch his passes. As a whole the team did not look very good today."
Just remember everyone has an opinion. Jake Delhomme looked like he was gonna be on fire when he was playing in preseason. Gotta wait to see the old man throw in a real game.
Joe Montanya?
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Lol. Its from the movie The Waterboy.
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