Cam Erving - Soooo you're tellin me there's a chance....

Tour2ma

Hard for me to see Erving being one of our "best 5" come the 2016 opener, but you never know...

Clevfan4life

Sounds totally promising

tiamat63

I have no hope of Erving being a positive contributor. His issues last year were multiple in technique, strength, mental preparation and finally intensity.

I didn't see that nasty steak of just wanting to fire off the ball and bully someone from Cam at any point. If you see that then you have something to work with IMHO.

Thank god for Greco's versatility, I'd say by week 3-4 I'd expect our lineup to be JT, Bito, Greco, Pasztor and Coleman.

Clevfan4life

Actuslly in run blocking when he could fire out and hit someone he looked pretty good a fewvtimes

calfoxwc

for not being a starter, I wonder how long he would still have been

available in the draft?

I think this coaching staff would have graded his talent accurately.

I do think he will eventually become a solid starter....

he didn't work out that much in college with the weights?

Tour2ma

@calfoxwc said:
I think this coaching staff would have graded his talent accurately.

So now the drafts are on Petine as well? Where did you read that, cal?

Tour2ma

@tiamat63 said:
Thank god for Greco's versatility, I'd say by week 3-4 I'd expect our lineup to be JT, Bito, Greco, Pasztor and Coleman.

Possible, tia, but not liking Pasz' and Coleman's inexperience on the same side.

gumby73

Guys, this may get ugly. We go from one of the best in A.Mack to probably the worst in the league at Center. The news has always been that Big Irv was Farmers pick to replace Mack when he moved on. This will be worse than Bowe was to be our Gordon. How coach Hunter could not bark for the need of a C during draft is beyond me. (DeValve & 4 WR's) Now is not the time to honestly say "not there yet" nor finished product "far from it." Greco all day is the best to balance our line at C & call line adjustment (way out of Cam's league). TB got it right, last season got RT Donovan Smith at #34 & next pick G Ali Marpet at #61. J. Winston played well behind both that became starters all season. Can Drango & M. Matthews be our Smith & Marpet? I see PS for both now but S. Coleman/Bailey might find our RT for now. Only other C on roster i seen play C is G. Gerhart & he's no better than 3 C's on the street now. But later cuts may get us a VK Goullie fat ass center..Big Irv. is 6'5."(Rg3 will be a small child under center) give me a nfl DT that can't get under that at C & drive. Prove me wrong Cam but i don't see it.

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Doesn't matter anyway who needs an offensive line? *rolls eyes*

gumby73

@tiamat63 said:
I didn't see that nasty steak of just wanting to fire off the ball and bully someone from Cam at any point. If you see that then you have something to work with IMHO.

Got a friend at work that always would tell me after a loss last season. "Your OL has all To nice Guys & not enough Nasty's". When we sat & watched JT apologize to a Bengal on mic'd. I started to believe him. Finally, he is excited to see what Bailey, S. Coleman, Drango & M. Matthews might bring with some edge & nasty on line. He owns the only Browns Pasztor jersey in NC, for your reason.

miktoxic

thank god the browns strength in the FO has and still is in drafting talent. no wonder we're lining up for the playoffs again this year.

hx214

Still don't buy that the Browns Oline last year was even in the top half of the league, so might as well revamp it anyway along with everything else. If Irving sucks you address it next year, already spent a 1st rounder on him, might as well see what he's got. There were times last year that a piece of OSB board would have offered more protection than Mack did anyway. Dude never came back after his broken leg

tiamat63

@tour2ma said:

Possible, tia, but not liking Pasz' and Coleman's inexperience on the same side.

After I posted I thought to myself about having Bito play RG and Pasz LG. Strong player next to an intermediate player. At this to give this line some balance.

jiggins7919

I'm as optimistic as anyone, and I ESPECIALLY guard my FSU guys with passion, but even I have to admit there was a lot to be concerned about with Cam's performance last year. He appeared to be completely underpowered, and physically inferior to many linemen. In short, Cam Erving got his entire ass blown apart by some very nasty defensive big boys, and he was also the source for at least two blocked FG's (the easiest task for an OL...I've been told).

We've all read that he's gained muscle, lost fat, and he looks athletic. That's all fine and dandy, but will any of that translate to playing better? Did learning all those OL positions stunt his growth and prevent him from having success? Is there THAT much of a physical difference at center?

The good news is that Cam is a worker. He's not some malcontent who is going to just collect a paycheck and blame his poor play on somebody. Cam needs to understand leverage, and also to learn how to deal with the shorter, stronger DL's. If he can figure out his technique, I believe we will see a different player. I don't see him as being an allstar or anything, but I think he can be a "Mitchell Schwartz" type guy. Someone we can count on for years to come, and I'll take that.

Something tells me we're going to know VERY quickly in training camp.

calfoxwc

Well, Ghoulish, in his defense, hasn't said ya don't NEED an offensive line...

he's often made it clear that you could just get offensive linemen from the teenage

girl gymnasts on "America's Got Talent"...................

Tour2ma

@gumby73 said:

TB got it right, last season got RT Donovan Smith at #34 & next pick G Ali Marpet at #61. J. Winston played well behind both that became starters all season.

Big Irv. is 6'5."(Rg3 will be a small child under center) give me a nfl DT that can't get under that at C & drive. Prove me wrong Cam but i don't see it.

Why did you have to remind me about Ali?

As for Erving's height... certainly works against him, but 6'5 is not without precedent for Centers, e.g. the Fins' Mike Pouncey. Difference is Pouncey plays low.

Found this chart from 2014 on player height/weight: http://imgur.com/FBFKSdB

tiamat63

@tour2ma said:

Why did you have to remind me about Ali?

Yeah, that hurt.

gumby73

@tour2ma said:

Why did you have to remind me about Ali?

@tiamat63 said:

Yeah, that hurt.

Sometimes just being a Browns Fan hurts. What is funny the Browns used pick #51 to get Tia's guy Nate Orchard, so you two battle it out . Just a thought. Think LG Joel B. is ready to flip to RG to stable right side while we slide Greco to C & put our weakest link between JT & Greco at LG? (Cam, Bailey or Pasztor) or asking to much from shuffle? Maybe Joel can help the unsure-ability at RT? Thanks, again just a blind opinion.

gumby73

@calfoxwc said:

Well, Ghoulish, in his defense, hasn't said ya don't NEED an offensive line...

he's often made it clear that you could just get offensive linemen from the teenage

girl gymnasts on "America's Got Talent"...................

With the response I got from VK this AM from your "Browns turning the corner" topic. I thought the Topic was changed to VK was turning the corner on BB..Got no "Told you so" nor any "Browns Hating" I Left feeling like my Ghoulish glass was half empty . Keep up the good work. We will make him a rebuilt Browns Fan yet..

Tour2ma

@gumby73 said:
Sometimes just being a Browns Fan hurts. What is funny the Browns used pick #51 to get Tia's guy Nate Orchard, so you two battle it out . Just a thought. Think LG Joel B. is ready to flip to RG to stable right side while we slide Greco to C & put our weakest link between JT & Greco at LG? (Cam, Bailey or Pasztor) or asking to much from shuffle? Maybe Joel can help the unsure-ability at RT? Thanks, again just a blind opinion.

lol... If Ogbah ends up bookended opposite Orchard, then we are going to need a nickname for our O-O duo...

I think I'm already on record saying Thomas-Paztor-Greco-Bito-SColeman is my starting five projection...