AUGUST 6 Browns Camp - Twitter Highlights

[alporcini]

Lum... serious question for you... and I'm sorry if somebody has asked you this before, and I missed your reply...

Which hypothetical scenario would make you happier?....

Anderson wins the starting job... has a monster season... makes the Pro Bowl again... but, despite a stellar 3 TD performance, the Browns lose in the AFC Championship game?

Quinn wins the starting job... has a decent to good season... manages the team to a wild card spot... but despite so-so stats runs the table and the Browns go to Super Bowl...

No personal attack intended...

I'd just like to know.

[TheJokersWILD]

@lumbergh said:

anybody have an idea who tossed all these? wild guess, maybe?

Josh Cribbs, you know he used to be a QB

[Aloysius]

I was there today. Unfortunately, Quinn's accuracy wasn't.

[dawgpound3]

@alporcini said:

Lum... serious question for you... and I'm sorry if somebody has asked you this before, and I missed your reply...

Which hypothetical scenario would make you happier?....

Anderson wins the starting job... has a monster season... makes the Pro Bowl again... but, despite a stellar 3 TD performance, the Browns lose in the AFC Championship game?

Quinn wins the starting job... has a decent to good season... manages the team to a wild card spot... but despite so-so stats runs the table and the Browns go to Super Bowl...

No personal attack intended...

I'd just like to know.

Tough choice. I would take Anderson if he goes 35 tds and 20 ints. Otherwise I would take Quinn over him.

[AdaM]

Aloysius said:

I was there today. Unfortunately, Quinn's accuracy wasn't.

That's contrary to all the reports, did you keep track of his attempts and completions or key in on him the whole time?

[Aloysius]

Just got in. Haven't yet seen "all the reports" that you speak of.

I'll post a writeup later, but the consensus among the people surrounding me at camp was that Quinn was bad. Awfully bad.

[Lumbergh]

Aloysius said:

Just got in. Haven't yet seen "all the reports" that you speak of.

The gal from CBS sportsline posted a one-liner that said Quinn had his best accuracy of camp.

The twitter guy said all 4 of the QBs were equally accurate early in the practice today.

I don't know of any other camp reports.

[RestinPeace]

Anderson made Quinn look like a superstar today. Nothing more needs to be said. Other than that, Quinn was his usual self, showing knowlege of the short game and not much else.

[Lumbergh]

@alporcini said:

Quinn wins the starting job... has a decent to good season... manages the team to a wild card spot... but despite so-so stats runs the table and the Browns go to Super Bowl...

Quinn plays poorly and the Browns go to the super bowl?

Try again. Come up with a more realistic scenario next time.

First I got one for you:

Would you rather have the Browns 2007 season as it was, or would you rather have watched Brady Quinn play and the team go 2-14 that year?

[RestinPeace]

@lumbergh said:

The twitter guy said all 4 of the QBs were equally accurate early in the practice today.

I think they meant equally inaccurate

[Aloysius]

I'd say DA was more accurate than Quinn today, especially during the first half of practice. Quinn was missing on throws to all three levels: multiple quick outs to Massaquoi and Royal were too high & wide. The pick Pool made was on a slant to Edwards that Quinn threw too high, and it appeared to be a bad read: Massaquoi appeared to be getting open on the other side of the field, with Elam too far away to offer any help. I also saw Massaquoi get open on another play, only for Quinn to throw a short pass at the shins of one of the TE's.

During one passing drill, Quinn threw a five yard pass to Harrison that looked like it was directed at the DB standing next to him. He underthrew a deep ball to Leggett during a one on one drill at the start of practice, then missed Massaqoui badly a deep throw during the practice-ending two minute drill. He also threw a slant behind Furrey that made him bend awkwardly and eventually lose control of the ball; after the play, Quinn went up to Furrey and apologized for the bad throw.

Early on, DA appeared more accurate and composed. Unfortunately, his play declined towards the end of practice. Losing Hadnot, which promoted Sowells to second team left guard, wreaked havoc on the line. Also, David Veikune seemed to line up at ROLB more often later in the practice, and he had no trouble getting around George Foster. As a result, DA lost his cool and did some pretty oafish stuff.

When one of his receivers lost his footing, resulting in a pick, Anderson ran down the field and kicked one of the end zone pylons. While he did it, he let out an all too audible "f*ck", which drew disapproving comments from parents who'd brought their kids to camp...and laughs from the rest of us. When pressure killed his two minute drill, DA took the ball and punted it back towards the end zone.

Overall, I wouldn't say it was a good day for either of our top two QB's. But it was a truly horrible day for Quinn: he didn't look like a guy who should be starting in this league.

Hopefully, I'll see something different tomorrow.

[hammertime]

@lumbergh said:

Here comes Hammertime, BRINGING IT!!

what would BQ Nation be without the peanut gallery here tossing in their $.02 every now and then.

Thanks for the contribution.

I hope you have your loser's speech ready. At what point will you concede? I'd rather not ride the fence on this issue, look at TC all you want i've watched the Browns stink up the joint for too long to sit back and take another game of DA.

His game film speaks volumes just as is did for K2 and RAC. Without the SB in their sights the organization will see Quinn in action and have alternate plans if the offers are there for DA.

$.02 ?? Not even. Just a fan. You wouldn't understand.

[RestinPeace]

Aloysius said:

I'd say DA was more accurate than Quinn today, especially during the first half of practice. Quinn was missing on throws to all three levels: multiple quick outs to Massaquoi and Royal were too high & wide. The pick Pool made was on a slant to Edwards that Quinn threw too high, and it appeared to be a bad read: Massaquoi appeared to be getting open on the other side of the field, with Elam too far away to offer any help. I also saw Massaquoi get open on another play, only for Quinn to throw a short pass at the shins of one of the TE's.

During one passing drill, Quinn threw a five yard pass to Harrison that looked like it was directed at the DB standing next to him. He underthrew a deep ball to Leggett during a one on one drill at the start of practice, then missed Massaqoui badly a deep throw during the practice-ending two minute drill. He also threw a slant behind Furrey that made him bend awkwardly and eventually lose control of the ball; after the play, Quinn went up to Furrey and apologized for the bad throw.

Early on, DA appeared more accurate and composed. Unfortunately, his play declined towards the end of practice. Losing Hadnot, which promoted Sowells to second team left guard, wreaked havoc on the line. Also, David Veikune seemed to line up at ROLB more often later in the practice, and he had no trouble getting around George Foster. As a result, DA lost his cool and did some pretty oafish stuff.

When one of his receivers lost his footing, resulting in a pick, Anderson ran down the field and kicked one of the end zone pylons. While he did it, he let out an all too audible "f*ck", which drew disapproving comments from parents who'd brought their kids to camp...and laughs from the rest of us. When pressure killed his two minute drill, DA took the ball and punted it back towards the end zone.

Overall, I wouldn't say it was a good day for either of our top two QB's. But it was a truly horrible day for Quinn: he didn't look like a guy who should be starting in this league.

Hopefully, I'll see something different tomorrow.

DA started like crap and ended like crap.

[Aloysius]

In more positive news, I was really impressed with David Veikune. He beat George Foster a couple times, but I was even more impressed with his work inside. He brings a heavy dose of physicality to the position: James Davis stayed on the ground for about ten seconds after one bone-crushing hit.

Davis wowed me as well. Unfortunately, his blitz pickup issues haven't gone away - Maiava got by him during 11 on 11's - and he fumbled the ball on one bumbled handoff. But his speed and cutting ability are pretty impressive: there were some nice OOHS and AAHS this afternoon.

I wonder how some of his moves will work against better competition. For instance, one of his big runs today came when the defense totally gave up backside contain, which shouldn't happen in a real game. But there's enough there to get excited about this guy potentially being part of our long-term solution at RB.

[Sez.EJ]

I have been reading these tweets from many teams sites.. there are a lot of INT"s being thrown all over the nation by starters and backups.. That's why they call it practice.. The first two preaseason games will decide this.. The true starter will be named and reigning in pregame # 3 and beyond...

[Aloysius]

@dan-in-florida said:

DawgScooper

Robiskie burns Ivy for a long TD bomb. Steptoe beats his man on a slant.

Robiskie schooled the veteran with a beautiful double move. I loved seeing that.

DawgScooper

Rogers just runs straight through the high stepping drills while all the other players are side stepping and zig zagging. Real funny!

Not funny at all. Rogers didn't do the normal stuff because he's hurt. Shortly after the drills, Rogers went down on the field and had the training staff look at one of his ankles. He still dominated Mack, but he ceded a lot of first team reps to Ahtyba Rubin. He's clearly not 100%.

[alporcini]

@lumbergh said:

Quinn plays poorly and the Browns go to the super bowl?

Try again. Come up with a more realistic scenario next time.

First I got one for you:

Would you rather have the Browns 2007 season as it was, or would you rather have watched Brady Quinn play and the team go 2-14 that year?

Inspecta beat me to it... I didn't say "Quinn plays poorly" , simply that Quinn manages the games about as solidly as Eli Manning and we go to a Super Bowl.

It's a simple direct question.

What's your direct answer?

[Lumbergh]

@sez.ej said:

I have been reading these tweets from many teams sites.. there are a lot of INT"s being thrown all over the nation by starters and backups.. That's why they call it practice.. The first two preaseason games will decide this.. The true starter will be named and reigning in pregame # 3 and beyond...

Thanks, I'll add it to the Quinnie excuse pile time line:

1. QUINN WILL DOMINATE TC

2. NO BIG DEAL, IT'S ONLY THE FIRST WEEKEND

3. HE'S NEVER BEEN A GREAT PRACTICE PLAYER

4. ITS PROBABLY NOT A REAL COMPETITION, SO HE'S JUST COASTING

5. EVERYBODY THROWS LOTS OF PICKS IN TC

6. (COMING SOON) THE SCRIMMAGE AT CBS IS MEANINGLESS

7. (COMING SOON) THE FIRST PRESEASON GAME IS MEANINGLESS

[ballpeen]

Thanks Alo...over the the last year I have come to respect your take on the game, and post with a unbiased slant...at least in this forum.

[SoupDawg]

I hope DA and BQ both get hurt and Ratliff starts.

Then Lummy will go away and this board won't suck.