What was the hurry (motive) in signing Josh McCown?

OldBrownsFan

I like everything I have seen and read about Mike Pettine both before he came to Cleveland and now one year into being our HC. I see the players responding to his philosophy. In the short time I have seen Pet I have not seen a better motivator or leader anywhere in the league.

miktoxic

i don't see this as being 'all-in' on manziel at all. i see it as an insurance policy. to bridge a gap.

who really thinks that they told mccown that he was going to be a backup to manziel or shaw? that's flippin hilarious!

one is a prospect and the other can't even keep his nose clean (literally).

no. mccown is here to start and mentor who ever the browns want him to mentor from someone we already have or someone we plan on drafting. i highly doubt though, that they did this as an 'all-in' move FOR manziel. remember they had faith in gordon and look where that got them. i'm sure everyone in the org has learned a big fat juicy lesson from that nonsense.

stillmotion

It's good.

The drama was killing Hoyer and I don't know if anyone could put up with another year of fans calling for Johnny, ect.

He's moved on, and we got a mentor for all of our young QB's to learn from.

Connor Shaw, Johnny Manziel, and maybe even Brett Hundley or Cardale Jones next year if we find a way to get him.

I'm excited, although I would of been more stoked to trade for Derek Anderson and hire Bernie as our QB's coach

cambridgeho

Jesus, 3 differnent threads about a back up.

Mudfly

@cambridgeho said:
Jesus, 3 differnent threads about a back up.

and you should see how many there are for his backup......

Tour2ma

LMAO...

@miktoxic said:
mccown is here to start and mentor who ever the browns want him to mentor from someone we already have or someone we plan on drafting. i highly doubt though, that they did this as an 'all-in' move FOR manziel.

Add that we all know what Pet thinks about starting a rookie QB and the upcoming draft is addressed.

And for all intensive purposes Manziel and Shaw are both still rookies. The latter never got reps until Week 16 and the former pissed away his year.

miktoxic

@mudfly said:
and you should see how many there are for his backup......

for real.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

Why not just suit up O'Connell?

Canton Mike

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:
Why not just suit up O'Connell?

That's funny. As soon as I saw his age, I expected someone to suggest that very thing.

Mike

Tim Couch Pulls Out

He truly would be a player coach.

cdl15

I'd like to kick the tires on Alex Taney. The guy can hit a wr sitting in the back of a pickup doing 40mph from 60+ yds away.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@cdl15 said:
I'd like to kick the tires on Alex Taney. The guy can hit a wr sitting in the back of a pickup doing 40mph from 60+ yds away.

We did. Two years ago.

Westside Steve

and isn't Thigpen still on the roster?

WSS

Axe

I pray that McCown gives the Browns more than he gave the Bucs..

Tour2ma

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:
He truly would be a player coach.

Who was the last NFL player-coach?

Last player-coach I can remember in Cleveland was Lenny Wilkins. Before that Frank Robinson...

Need to fire up the Gip-signal...

LBC mike

He did good in Chicago

jrb12711

Despite what people on this board say he's a solid back-up level talent in the NFL and about the top of the FA QB's this year. It's obvious Hoyer wasn't in play, and signing McCown at least gives the team a QB to trot out there if Manziel doesn't pan out and we are bridging the gap.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@tour2ma said:

Who was the last NFL player-coach?

Last player-coach I can remember in Cleveland was Lenny Wilkins. Before that Frank Robinson...

Need to fire up the Gip-signal...

To tell you the truth, I wasn't aware there ever was one.

The more interesting question, in my opinion...Could we list O'Connell as our emergency QB?

bbedward

@lbc-mike said:
He did good in Chicago

In a much,much better situation. With a running game and one of the best receiving corps in the league.

His good stretch in Chicago could be compared to Hoyer's good stretch in Cleveland. It's very clear that McCown is a backup - and we should expect him to play like one if he gets the call.

Mudfly

@tour2ma said:

Who was the last NFL player-coach?

Cant remember one myself....tho did find a blurb about Tom Landry being a player/defensive coach....

But I think it's against the rules now

I do remember hearing something somewhere that Player Coaches are not allowed by the CBA or the NFL....lots of rules that would overlap and create problems both during games and in the off season......

Examples: coaches cant talk to or have players in during off season......coaches can't communicate with players on others teams......coaches cant be on the field.......only one player in each huddle can talk to the coach......etc etc etc.....

too many loopholes....teams would create player coaches just to circumvent a lot of rules I think....