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  • Great posts, and sorry to hijack the thread.

    I forget the specific game, but we had it first and goal at like the 2 yard line. We ended up turning it over on downs (a theme with us), and on the 3rd down play, I remember a writer providing some still shots that showed Crow simply not following the lead blocker. The author stated, as did Pettine later, that Crow would've "walked in" for the score, but as Mud and others have pointed out, he slams right into the wall and misses the grand canyon.

    Apparently Mack hasn't been playing well this year, at least not to the high standard we were accustomed to. From what I heard on our radio show, Adam Schefter or another national guy stated Mack was playing at such an unbelievably high level before his injury, and that was the leading reason for our early rushing success. Still, Mack is one player, and that doesn't excuse why we can't get ANYTHING going on the ground. How many times do our backs get hit in the backfield? Are we too predictable? Do defenses know we are running when they see specific personnel groupings? Something is very wrong here, and it's not fair to whichever QB is in the game to know they have to do everything in the air. Especially when you consider we don't have elite targets to throw to.

  • Mack is "one player", but he's at the linchpin position, and for the better part of this season he played no better than those that tried to replace him in 2014. I cannot recall Mack getting blown into the backfield in 2014. It happened a couple times a game in 2015.

    I remember the Crow run you described. The hole was off-tackle to the left of where Crow burrowed into the line. Pretty sure it was the subject of one of my photo, play breakdowns this season, but can't find the pics.

    As for MJ's lead blocks... there were more times that MJ picked the wrong hole than the RB following him did.

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196

  • Found the Crow run... was the 3rd down play in a goal-line, series analysis I did in the Raiders game.

    @tour2ma said:

    Third down: The pinnacle of this fail...

    Pre-snap I was doing the formation notes and box count...

    I-formation, 2TE-right, 1WR-left... 9 in the box...

    What's wrong with this picture???

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    Did you catch it? Yup... OAK had only 10 on the field. I told you this was bad...

    Our next and last look at the play is after the handoff at Crow's decision point. He has two holes before him. Bottom to top we have:

    • Thomas driving Aldon Smith out;
    • Bito escorting his opposite out of the play altogether;
    • Mack and MJ (to this side) in a double-team that drives the NT into the endzone.
    • Greco sealing off two in the endzone; and
    • Mitch reverse sealing the right side of the D.
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    One D is unaccounted for... an LB that is stacked behind the NT being double-teamed. Which hole do you choose? Crow chose to cut into the right-hand hole where the ILB can meet him head on... which he does, standing Crow up until help comes from the right side's mosh pit.

    The left hand hole not only provided an angle to power through the ILB it was away from almost all potential help. It seemed to me to be the better choice. Might even burrow in behind the double-team.

    At any rate Crow went right... I put this one on him. This was not the only questionable vision displayed Sunday by our RBs.

    The full series analysis is here: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38152&hl=anatomy

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
  • MudflyM Mudfly

    Zombo said:

    Do they hate him, or are they frustrated with him?

    Right....I know I dont hate him.....i just hate the shit storm he has brought to this team and the fact that he hasnt performed....

    And I hate both of those things.....a lot!....and the longer it goes on, the more I hate it.....

    @mudfly said:

    Right....I know I dont hate him.....i just hate the shit storm he has brought to this team and the fact that he hasnt performed....

    And I hate both of those things.....a lot!....and the longer it goes on, the more I hate it.....

    yup, and we are now back in preseason mode...err, lets see what austin can do....err, next week, lets see what johnny has. following week, errr, me thinks i'm putting austin back to start...and the show continues. Had to laugh, during the week mike and mike had brian billick on line and the question was asked. What do the browns do with johnny. He answered, they still have him.?.hahahahahaaaa...

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    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid
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    @the-cysko-kid said:

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    I wonder how many signs like this we will see at Sundays game.
    "You see the Rams are still thinking that they are playing Tony Dorsett" -Jim Brown 1978

  • If he gets skunked it will read Austin City Limits.

  • A lot of stupid mofos on here. Thinking its good Austin starts. Thinking Pettine is a good coach, Farmer a good GM. They all are horrible. Get your head out your ass fools.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

    A lot of stupid mofos on here. Thinking its good Austin starts. Thinking Pettine is a good coach, Farmer a good GM. They all are horrible. Get your head out your ass fools.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    A lot of stupid mofos on here. Thinking its good Austin starts. Thinking Pettine is a good coach, Farmer a good GM. They all are horrible. Get your head out your ass fools.

    I'm not sure I could name one person in this board that is a fan of all three. So not sure you have a point..

  • And not one fucking word on here today about our game against the kintukkey team at 1 tomorrow. We should win just because we usually do split with them. Hopefully they go home with tails missing

  • I predict the Browns will win, because Canton Mike called me with a

    chance to buy a guy's ticket because he couldn't go. So, we'll be there.

    Or, maybe that won't be enough to avoid a disaster....

    GO BROWNS ALWAYS !!!!!!!!!!

  • It's gameday mofo's! Game face on! 😠

  • You guys may want to keep johnny warmed up.

    LET'S GO BENGALS !

    flyingfooldougF nickersN 2 Replies
  • F Furious Styles

    You guys may want to keep johnny warmed up.

    LET'S GO BENGALS !

    @furious-styles said:

    You guys may want to keep johnny warmed up.

    LET'S GO BENGALS !

    Carefull, you might put your eye out

  • F Furious Styles

    You guys may want to keep johnny warmed up.

    LET'S GO BENGALS !

    @furious-styles said:

    You guys may want to keep johnny warmed up.

    LET'S GO BENGALS !

    Are you Johnny's personal weenie puffer?

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
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