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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    Skeptical2013 said:

    Now it appears Mr. Rah-Rah wants to control what gets posted on this board. I guess Mr .Rah-Rah doesn't grasp the concept of free speech.

    There's a famous #1 song from many years ago written and song by Carole King called ,"It's Too Late Baby." Except for FA free safety Kerri Rhodes, who has a lot of baggage that comes with signing him, there is nobody in free agency that could help much with the Browns' astoundingly pathetic secondary and tight end situation.

    The bottom line is that Messrs. Banner and Lombardi pretty much blew it in free agency and in the draft, aside from the signing of Bryant, Lewis and Groves, and some solid UDFA signings.

    They had the opportunity in the 4th and 5th rounds to add some quality players in the secondary like FS P. Thomas and CB Webb and make it a source of strength, not weakness, for many years to come. And they passed, while the other three competitive teams in their division all leaped at the opportunity to acquire players in this draft.

    In free agency, they paid big bucks to acquire a pass rusher, Kruger, who is so bad against the run that he was only on the field for one-third of his team's plays on defense in the Super Bowl. And then they draft real high a very slight DE who has never played LB and who is considered weak against the run. Now, I ask, if you have two prime LB's who are considered poor in the run game, and your team has been known for years as one that can't stop the run, how are you going to stop the run? Do you think that the running backs for our three divison foes are licking their chops as they look at this situation and laugh?! I do!

    Then there is the tight end fiasco. There were some decent TE's on the market, guys who actually can get open and catch the ball, but the Browns couldn't reel any of them in. Instead they sign a TE who was was kicked off the Bears team and had the nickname, "Stone Hands," from Bears fans, and they add another TE who has played a zillion years in the NFL and who is so bad in the receiving game he has only caught about 6 passes in a zillion years. Meanwhile, the tight end they kept from last year who played basketball at USC and who the previous regime thought they could turn into Antonio Gates (NOT!) has shown no potential at all to be a highly productive receiving TE in the NFL. So Brandon Weeden will begin the 2013 season with one hand tied behind his back because he has one of the worst TE receiving corps in the entire NFL.

    The Browns management group -- no matter who sits in the chairs in the office complex or who stands on the sidelines at the Berea practice field -- have pretty much been the laughing stock of pro football for over a decade now. The debacle continues.

    It'll be "bombs away" for opposing QBs as they find one open receiver after another against the weak secondary, and then when the Browns fiercely rush, they'll just hand off on a draw play to a quick, tough RB who will speed through the arms of Kruger or Mingo for a big gain. You watch: one of the big goals next year will be to add LBs who can stop the run!!!

    While the Browns front office is another bunch of clowns, one positive thing going for the team is that they have a better coaching staff this year. Maybe they can coach these guys up to go 6-10 this year, instead of the normal 5-11 or 4-12!

    ALL I am getting from this is: I am too big of a menstrual cramp to offer anything positive or productive to this board.

    I am going to continue to act like a cholic baby.....and Cry, cry, cry.

    You know, they have written a lot of songs about crying......and you must have every one of them on you iPod.

    Or, maybe you should just engage in this:

    @the-gipper said:

    damn that dude did a nice job taping back his schlong. nice hormone grown tits though.

    fake as hell orgasm as you should have known by now.

  • It's a pass the ball, rush the passer league, as Banner and Lombardi have said over and over in different ways. Lombardi even trotted out some metrics about first half leads, how much winning teams pass the ball in the first half, etc.

    That's the league we play in today and it's nice to hear stuff out of Berea that actually feels current. Defenses don't gear up to stop the run in a passing league... and being really good isn't a big deal anymore (looking at you, Tampa).

    They put that knowledge into action, bringing in lots of pass rushers instead of drafting another shutdown corner in a league that basically outlawed such things around 2002. They brought in an excellent veteran slot receiver (Bess) to go with two physical specimens who only needed reps. They didn't see a TE they liked so they got a big possession receiver (Nelson) to pair in 12 formations with Cameron.

    And they also didn't shove young talent back just for the sake of it. Some of our biggest finds last year were guys like Craig Robertson (perfect fit for the faster, smaller 3-4 ILBs of today), Tashaun Gipson, and John Greco. You don't throw those guys back. Same for Bademosi and Skrine.

    Weeden gets a year to show he can light it up in an offense that suits his strengths, not the dreaded "slow eyes." But I do think you have to find out on the field. He missed a lot of open receivers downfield but I liked it when he acknowledged that, saying, "I missed throws last year I'd never missed in my life."

    Colt McCoy NEVER said anything like that.

    👍

  • tig ol bitties.

    one of my favorite dishes.

    yum.

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