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  • that's pretty funny lol. Did Hoyer really throw any ducks though? I didn't see that. I just saw off mark passes on easy throws. But then he made some really nice throws in tight spots. Those easy throws he missed though were drive killers. He was a lot more accurate last year I don't know why he's having issues this year.

  • that's pretty funny lol. Did Hoyer really throw any ducks though? I didn't see that. I just saw off mark passes on easy throws. But then he made some really nice throws in tight spots. Those easy throws he missed though were drive killers. He was a lot more accurate last year I don't know why he's having issues this year.

    @clevfan4life said:

    that's pretty funny lol. Did Hoyer really throw any ducks though? I didn't see that. I just saw off mark passes on easy throws. But then he made some really nice throws in tight spots. Those easy throws he missed though were drive killers. He was a lot more accurate last year I don't know why he's having issues this year.

    He's not perfect, but I dont see issues compared to last year....he looks just the same or slightly better...

    2013 Passing PCT=59% Passer rating = 82.6

    2014 Passing PCT= 60% Passer rating = 87.9

    So, actually a bit better. And IF we're gonna rate him after 2 games, then lets compare fairly....right now, his passer rating is #6 in the AFC and is currently rated higher than:

    Tom Brady

    Drew Brees

    Peyton Manning

    Andrew Luck

    Phillip Rivers

    And he is now 4-1 as a starter on a "supposedly" horrible team.....

    He's doing the job he's supposed to be doing.....

  • Don't confuse this thread with facts

  • that's pretty funny lol. Did Hoyer really throw any ducks though? I didn't see that. I just saw off mark passes on easy throws. But then he made some really nice throws in tight spots. Those easy throws he missed though were drive killers. He was a lot more accurate last year I don't know why he's having issues this year.

    @clevfan4life said:

    that's pretty funny lol. Did Hoyer really throw any ducks though? I didn't see that. I just saw off mark passes on easy throws. But then he made some really nice throws in tight spots. Those easy throws he missed though were drive killers. He was a lot more accurate last year I don't know why he's having issues this year.

    He threw one maybe two ducks. One was early on, he threw deep, intended receiver was rounding at about the 5-yrdline and the ball apparently was so wounded like that no one could judge where it was gonna come down and it hit 10-15 yards away from everyone. Can't believe that wasn't better played by the Saints.

    All-n-all I'm just yanking chains. I love the kid. Love that he is local, that he's winning ball games, a great kid and well schooled. Kid has a lot of distraction to funnel out with Manziel in the house (actually in everyone's house on the TV set and on sports center). I'd like to see lasers though on the intermediate routes though ... who wouldn't?

  • @clevfan4life said:

    that's pretty funny lol. Did Hoyer really throw any ducks though? I didn't see that. I just saw off mark passes on easy throws. But then he made some really nice throws in tight spots. Those easy throws he missed though were drive killers. He was a lot more accurate last year I don't know why he's having issues this year.

    He's not perfect, but I dont see issues compared to last year....he looks just the same or slightly better...

    2013 Passing PCT=59% Passer rating = 82.6

    2014 Passing PCT= 60% Passer rating = 87.9

    So, actually a bit better. And IF we're gonna rate him after 2 games, then lets compare fairly....right now, his passer rating is #6 in the AFC and is currently rated higher than:

    Tom Brady

    Drew Brees

    Peyton Manning

    Andrew Luck

    Phillip Rivers

    And he is now 4-1 as a starter on a "supposedly" horrible team.....

    He's doing the job he's supposed to be doing.....

    @mudfly said:

    He's doing the job he's supposed to be doing.....

    As in first do no harm...

    Ate-near-everything is just carrying over a "discussion point" from another thread. A point we did not even disagree upon...

    (but shhhhh.... he thinks we did)...

  • The Browns and Falcons have allowed the most yards, both played the Saints, and the Saints lost both games

  • @mudfly said:

    He's doing the job he's supposed to be doing.....

    As in first do no harm...

    Ate-near-everything is just carrying over a "discussion point" from another thread. A point we did not even disagree upon...

    (but shhhhh.... he thinks we did)...

    @tour2ma said:

    Ate-near-everything is just carrying over a "discussion point" from another thread. A point we did not even disagree upon...

    (but shhhhh.... he thinks we did)...

    Huh? Have I even addressed you in this thread?

  • @clevfan4life said:

    that's pretty funny lol. Did Hoyer really throw any ducks though? I didn't see that. I just saw off mark passes on easy throws. But then he made some really nice throws in tight spots. Those easy throws he missed though were drive killers. He was a lot more accurate last year I don't know why he's having issues this year.

    He's not perfect, but I dont see issues compared to last year....he looks just the same or slightly better...

    2013 Passing PCT=59% Passer rating = 82.6

    2014 Passing PCT= 60% Passer rating = 87.9

    So, actually a bit better. And IF we're gonna rate him after 2 games, then lets compare fairly....right now, his passer rating is #6 in the AFC and is currently rated higher than:

    Tom Brady

    Drew Brees

    Peyton Manning

    Andrew Luck

    Phillip Rivers

    And he is now 4-1 as a starter on a "supposedly" horrible team.....

    He's doing the job he's supposed to be doing.....

    @mudfly said:

    He's not perfect, but I dont see issues compared to last year....he looks just the same or slightly better...

    2013 Passing PCT=59% Passer rating = 82.6

    2014 Passing PCT= 60% Passer rating = 87.9

    So, actually a bit better. And IF we're gonna rate him after 2 games, then lets compare fairly....right now, his passer rating is #6 in the AFC and is currently rated higher than:

    Tom Brady

    Drew Brees

    Peyton Manning

    Andrew Luck

    Phillip Rivers

    And he is now 4-1 as a starter on a "supposedly" horrible team.....

    He's doing the job he's supposed to be doing.....

    Great post. Hoyer is doing fine. Better than fine great even. What more could we expect of the guy?

    Drew Brees is spectacular and where are the saints?

  • As of this writing there are 16 teams at 1-1... and with the right winners after MNF there could be 20.

    Undefeated include Buffalo and AZ...

    Winless include NOLA and KC...

    Geno Smith owns a league leading 82.1 completion percentage while DA is 3rd at 70.6%.

    A rookie RB out of Townsend in tied for 3rd in rushing yardage with 168.

    Our D has allowed 450 ypg... only ATL's has allowed more (472). Both teams are 1-1...

    @tour2ma said:

    As of this writing there are 16 teams at 1-1... and with the right winners after MNF there could be 20.

    Undefeated include Buffalo and AZ...

    Winless include NOLA and KC...

    Geno Smith owns a league leading 82.1 completion percentage while DA is 3rd at 70.6%.

    A rookie RB out of Townsend in tied for 3rd in rushing yardage with 168.

    Our D has allowed 450 ypg... only ATL's has allowed more (472). Both teams are 1-1...

    We faced two of the very best QBs in the league. Only the names of Brady, Manning, Rodgers may be better than Brees and BR. Now comes Flacco...who, quite honestly I do not rate as highly as the two we just faced, not that he cannot be very good.

  • And the 1-1 count now stands at 18...

    Speaking of weird...

    The scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN last night included an item that read:

    "Manziel: 0/1 passing; Handed off twice."

    Laughed so hard I almost woke the wife. When in the history of the game has a QB's hand-off count been noteworthy?

  • the only duck i saw come out of a brown's QB's hands was the one from manziel.

    looked like a gyroscope trainer for astronauts.

  • And the 1-1 count now stands at 18...

    Speaking of weird...

    The scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN last night included an item that read:

    "Manziel: 0/1 passing; Handed off twice."

    Laughed so hard I almost woke the wife. When in the history of the game has a QB's hand-off count been noteworthy?

    @tour2ma said:

    The scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN last night included an item that read:

    "Manziel: 0/1 passing; Handed off twice."

    Laughed so hard I almost woke the wife. When in the history of the game has a QB's hand-off count been noteworthy?

    When a team is so dumb they only let their 1st round draft pick in the game to hand the ball off twice. It's noteworthy because the Browns are benching the most exciting player on the team. BTW, nice drop there Agnew. Kudos to Brian Hoyer for making the most out of his opportunities, I have been impressed with his play thus far. But let's be honest, most people would agree they'd rather watch Manziel win than Brian Hoyer win. Unless you are a Cleveland homer, then you'd want the local boy to win, I get it.

  • @tour2ma said:

    The scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN last night included an item that read:

    "Manziel: 0/1 passing; Handed off twice."

    Laughed so hard I almost woke the wife. When in the history of the game has a QB's hand-off count been noteworthy?

    When a team is so dumb they only let their 1st round draft pick in the game to hand the ball off twice. It's noteworthy because the Browns are benching the most exciting player on the team. BTW, nice drop there Agnew. Kudos to Brian Hoyer for making the most out of his opportunities, I have been impressed with his play thus far. But let's be honest, most people would agree they'd rather watch Manziel win than Brian Hoyer win. Unless you are a Cleveland homer, then you'd want the local boy to win, I get it.

    @wudupdawg said:

    When a team is so dumb they only let their 1st round draft pick in the game to hand the ball off twice. It's noteworthy because the Browns are benching the most exciting player on the team. BTW, nice drop there Agnew. Kudos to Brian Hoyer for making the most out of his opportunities, I have been impressed with his play thus far. But let's be honest, most people would agree they'd rather watch Manziel win than Brian Hoyer win. Unless you are a Cleveland homer, then you'd want the local boy to win, I get it.

    then you'll get it when i say fuck off and get lost.

    hoyer has played great except for an inept 1st half of the first game of the year. manziel got a taste of the speed and action at this level (not pre-season) and i'm sure he was happy to go back and take the clipboard before he got broken in half.

    so let's change a winning product (hoyer 4-1) for a guy that you followed in college and believe that 'everyone' would rather watch him. it was pretty funny last night and today to see all the talking heads that called for manziel to be the starter, do a 360 and actually make fun of his performance.

    i'm sure there'll be more of that to follow if shanny continues to try and ween the kid into the nfl by inserting him into every game.

    now that is stupid.

  • And the 1-1 count now stands at 18...

    Speaking of weird...

    The scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN last night included an item that read:

    "Manziel: 0/1 passing; Handed off twice."

    Laughed so hard I almost woke the wife. When in the history of the game has a QB's hand-off count been noteworthy?

    @tour2ma said:

    And the 1-1 count now stands at 18...

    Speaking of weird...

    The scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN last night included an item that read:

    "Manziel: 0/1 passing; Handed off twice."

    Laughed so hard I almost woke the wife. When in the history of the game has a QB's hand-off count been noteworthy?

    Sounds like they wanted to convey how many plays he was in on. Like he was basically given a series. I did notice all 3 plays were shown in a highlight thing l saw.

  • I'm all for Shanny play action packages with Manziel....I think giving him 10 or so snaps a game isn't a half bad idea, depending on the team. But yeah let's not carried away, he's far from being able to run the offense the entire game. If a team spent all week prepping for just him it would get ugly quick.

  • @tour2ma said:

    The scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN last night included an item that read:

    "Manziel: 0/1 passing; Handed off twice."

    Laughed so hard I almost woke the wife. When in the history of the game has a QB's hand-off count been noteworthy?

    When a team is so dumb they only let their 1st round draft pick in the game to hand the ball off twice. It's noteworthy because the Browns are benching the most exciting player on the team. BTW, nice drop there Agnew. Kudos to Brian Hoyer for making the most out of his opportunities, I have been impressed with his play thus far. But let's be honest, most people would agree they'd rather watch Manziel win than Brian Hoyer win. Unless you are a Cleveland homer, then you'd want the local boy to win, I get it.

    @wudupdawg said:

    . But let's be honest, most people would agree they'd rather watch Manziel win than Brian Hoyer win.

    THAT might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard.....why would a win from JFF be better than a win from Hoyer?......makes zero sense.

    And the "most people" you mentioned are not even fans or people we care one cent about. Just a bunch of Johnny groupies that we wish we never had to deal with....and, yes, FANS of the Browns would prefer a home town guy, but would love ANYONE who wins.....

    It's just the JFF lovers who aren't happy with Hoyer wins, not Browns fans.....

  • the only duck i saw come out of a brown's QB's hands was the one from manziel.

    looked like a gyroscope trainer for astronauts.

    @miktoxic said:

    the only duck i saw come out of a brown's QB's hands was the one from manziel.

    looked like a gyroscope trainer for astronauts.

    You do realize that Agnew wiffed on a block, rolled on the ground, then got up and found the flat before Manziel bounced a pass off his palms, right? Not sure I understand the gyroscope comment. If you pick-up the play just after Agnew bounces himself off the ground, he appears open and Manziel appears to bail on the pocket early, but considering it's his first ever regular season pass, and Agnew came off the floor to pop up open, it wasn't a bad roll-out to buy time ... AND Agnew very much should have caught that pass.

    The ball had no wobble at all, wasn't rocketed and wasn't floated. Again, not sure what the gyroscope reference intention was all about.

  • @wudupdawg said:

    When a team is so dumb they only let their 1st round draft pick in the game to hand the ball off twice. It's noteworthy because the Browns are benching the most exciting player on the team. BTW, nice drop there Agnew. Kudos to Brian Hoyer for making the most out of his opportunities, I have been impressed with his play thus far. But let's be honest, most people would agree they'd rather watch Manziel win than Brian Hoyer win. Unless you are a Cleveland homer, then you'd want the local boy to win, I get it.

    then you'll get it when i say fuck off and get lost.

    hoyer has played great except for an inept 1st half of the first game of the year. manziel got a taste of the speed and action at this level (not pre-season) and i'm sure he was happy to go back and take the clipboard before he got broken in half.

    so let's change a winning product (hoyer 4-1) for a guy that you followed in college and believe that 'everyone' would rather watch him. it was pretty funny last night and today to see all the talking heads that called for manziel to be the starter, do a 360 and actually make fun of his performance.

    i'm sure there'll be more of that to follow if shanny continues to try and ween the kid into the nfl by inserting him into every game.

    now that is stupid.

    @miktoxic said:

    then you'll get it when i say fuck off and get lost.

    hoyer has played great except for an inept 1st half of the first game of the year. manziel got a taste of the speed and action at this level (not pre-season) and i'm sure he was happy to go back and take the clipboard before he got broken in half.

    so let's change a winning product (hoyer 4-1) for a guy that you followed in college and believe that 'everyone' would rather watch him. it was pretty funny last night and today to see all the talking heads that called for manziel to be the starter, do a 360 and actually make fun of his performance.

    i'm sure there'll be more of that to follow if shanny continues to try and ween the kid into the nfl by inserting him into every game.

    now that is stupid.

    The offense was stale for a few series before they gave the nod to Manziel, and although Johnny didn't physically spark the play, the tempo DID change after the experiment. See below, sequence leading up and sequence after the Johnny Football experiment:

    Hoyer pass incomplete short right to 16-A.Hawkins
    run 2-yrds
    Hoyer pass incomplete short right to 16-A.Hawkins
    punt
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~ New series:
    run
    run
    Hoyer pass incomplete short right to 16-A.Hawkins
    run
    (holding call)
    Hoyer pass incomplete short middle to 11-T.Benjamin.
    punt
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New series:
    Run
    Run (Manziel)
    Run (Manziel)
    Manziel pass incomplete short left to 48-R.Agnew
    Hoyer pass short left to 82-G.Barnidge to CLE 41 for 13 yards
    Run
    12-men on field -5yrds
    Hoyer pass short right to 19-M.Austin to CLE 47 for 8 yards
    Hoyer pass short left to 19-M.Austin to NO 47 for 6 yards
    Run
    Run
    Run
    Hoyer pass short right to 16-A.Hawkins ran ob at NO 9 for 10 yards
    Run
    Run (Touchdown!)
    Huge credit to Hoyer to stepping up his play and rising to the challenge, but the point of my post is that it wasn't "stupid" to try another tool from the woodshed, and regardless of the success, it somehow DID spark the play of the TEAM and we started to roll again.
    Johnny Manziel is a Cleveland Brown, stop hating.
  • I think having JFF run a few plays also creates extra work for the next team.....just an added thing to prep for.

    So for 3 quick plays, even though they didnt accomplish much, they did seem to spark Hoyer, get JFF a few live reps AND take away some prep time from the Ravens....so, I think it was a good "thinking" move and as long as they dont get cute and mess up Hoyers rhythm, why not?

    The fact that they were thinking about it, but didn't do it in the first game, tells me they are trying to be careful and not psych Hoyer out...

  • @tour2ma said:

    The scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN last night included an item that read:

    "Manziel: 0/1 passing; Handed off twice."

    Laughed so hard I almost woke the wife. When in the history of the game has a QB's hand-off count been noteworthy?

    When a team is so dumb they only let their 1st round draft pick in the game to hand the ball off twice. It's noteworthy because the Browns are benching the most exciting player on the team. BTW, nice drop there Agnew. Kudos to Brian Hoyer for making the most out of his opportunities, I have been impressed with his play thus far. But let's be honest, most people would agree they'd rather watch Manziel win than Brian Hoyer win. Unless you are a Cleveland homer, then you'd want the local boy to win, I get it.

    @wudupdawg said:

    When a team is so dumb they only let their 1st round draft pick in the game to hand the ball off twice. But let's be honest, most people would agree they'd rather watch Manziel win than Brian Hoyer win.

    You are forgetting his first incompletion... it was classic Manziel.

    The operative word in your "honest" assessment is "win" and our dumb staff have chosen their winner...

    @clevfan4life said:

    I'm all for Shanny play action packages with Manziel....I think giving him 10 or so snaps a game isn't a half bad idea, depending on the team. But yeah let's not carried away, he's far from being able to run the offense the entire game. If a team spent all week prepping for just him it would get ugly quick.

    Ten? Yeah not half bad... more like completely bad.

    Pettine showed the threat thus continuing the threat. Three plays, netting zero yards, but including one pass was enough to keep the opposition preparing for two QBs.