Yep, stole that one from Buffalo. They were originally supposed to have the story feature the Bills but the studio moved it. The NFL got involved in this one so it'll be as PG as an episode of the Cosby Show.
Who knows, could be good in a Rudy kinda way but the fact it's fake probably guarantees that it sucks harder than the average Steelers fan on the business end of a glory hole.
Good hire for Cleveland. If you demote Pettine to DC where he belongs and hire a qualified head coach you might have something. You'll certainly win more than 4 games!
Lot of talk about LB's here, Buffalo doesn't have great LB's but Pettine didn't use them anyway. The Bills almost never had 3 LB's on the field and in the modern NFL you're in nickle, dime, quarters most of the time anyway.
You only need one good LB in the Pettine defense. You need pass rushers up front but Pettine uses LB's like the Manning Broncos use a FB. It's all about rushing the QB and covering receivers in his defense.
I guess I'm not familiar with Cleveland's defensive personnel but the Bills did have the NFL Defensive ROY, a Pro Bowl FS and 3 Pro Bowl defensive lineman in 2013. Only Dareus was a first time Pro Bowler so if your personnel is better than that you guys should have at least 6 guys playing Sunday in Hawaii.
Granted the Pro Bowl voting is somewhat reputation based but Cleveland's personnel is "much better"? Really?
Imagine that, scouts and front office underlings from competing organisations using the guise of anonymity to pile on a well positioned team in both salary cap and draft picks before free agency and draft processes start. Non Story.
"Well positioned" means a lot of different things. In prison it could mean picking up a bar of soap from the shower floor. I'd say Browns fans are well positioned.
Only 6 wins but they were a lot more competitive and clearly more well coached than last yr. And thats with the greenest QB depth chart in the history of ever.
Same record tho, cant ignore that fact. Hopefully Pettine does good and the Bills replace him with someone better. I think there's a better chance of Buffalo finding a better DC than Pettine winning in Cleveland tho, so I'm not worried. Anything is possible I've been told. That's what I have to tell myself every September. Just like I do with the Cubbies.
Like I said, we both suck and only the Kool-Aid drinking fools think otherwise. I had pretty high hopes for Marrone personally but 6 wins is just more of the same, I do applaud the Browns for trying to bring in a new coach after Chud the dud failed miserably but you'd be better of with a Mike Shanahan type of guy. Somebody experienced. What are you going to get for a coaching staff behind Pettine? Scary thought.
Not sure how this will play with the dawgpound, could get ugly.
When did we blow multiple two score leads? You realize offense and special teams are also part of the game as well? Rookie QB (Manuel) goes down for several weeks and having to start two rookie QBs (Tuel and Lewis) with hardly any NFL experience really puts a lot of pressure on your defense...which kept them in several games when the offense did absolutely nothing.
Against Atlanta in Toronto? The defense let the Falcons take over that game up until Chandler and Johnson blew it, we had a big lead and Atlanta scored 4 times in 5 possessions to take the lead away.
Plus, EJ getting hurt meant nothing. Thad Lewis was just as good and Tuel started off great vs. KC so whatever. The Bills were respectable on defense but come on now, we aint the freakin Seahawks!
If you cant see the difference between Marrone and the rest of the HCs the Bills have had since Levy, youre not watching. Only way Marrone gets canned next year is a horrendous regression.
Like he had in his third year at SU? Marrone has much to prove himself.
Anyway, I do like Pettine but I don't see him as a head coach in the NFL right now. I'm more sold on him than Marrone but his defense did give up way too many points and it could turn out to be a blessing that he leaves.
No, I'm not a Browns fan. I'm a Bills fan and obviously our franchise is, how do I put this gently, equivalent in some rather unflattering ways. In other words: you suck, we suck and anybody who thinks otherwise is a Kool-Aid guzzling homer.
I like Mike Pettine and the job he did in Buffalo for ONE SEASON. No, the Bills did not have a dominant defense but there was substantial improvement in the pass rush and (as a result) creating turnovers in the secondary. That said: CLEVELAND FINISHED AHEAD OF BUFFALO IN TOTAL DEFENSE. Personally I would rather have Ray Horton than Mike Pettine. The big problem I had with Pettine's defense is that it has a severe "boom or bust" quality. Either we gave up a long TD or we sacked the QB or forced a turnover. It certainly isn't boring but we have 3 Pro Bowl defensive lineman up front and stole Indy's first round pick (Jerry Hughes) from a few years ago. We have guys who can run the aggressive scheme Pettine learned from Rex Ryan.
A couple of concerns I would have as a Browns fan, and I'm not so take it for what it's worth:
The Bills defense gave up 20 points or more in 14 of 16 games, they dominated one game the entire season against Miami at home in December. They also beat up Geno Smith at home but still gave up 14 points. Scoring defense is a problem and the Bills were improved under Pettine but not tremendously. I think we ended up a mediocre 20th in scoring defense. Tough to win when you give up 20 points every single game.
The Pettine resume is paper thin. Pettine came to Buffalo from the Jets and it was not a lateral move, it was a promotion. Being the DC in New York under Rex Ryan is like being the QB's Coach for Peyton Manning. It's a title but that's about it. I have the same criticism of our own Head Coach who was the OC under Sean Payton in New Orleans, you might hold the call sheet but you don't have much much influence over what's on it or what gets called. Pettine came to Buffalo to prove himself and he made strides in that area but at this point last year I wasn't sure if he could even handle the DC job with us. He was a bit of a question mark and while he obviously can bring the heat I hope stopping the run isn't important in your division. Buffalo could not stop the run under Pettine and made little, if any, improvement at all.
In general, losing Pettine will hurt Buffalo a little but it won't help Cleveland as much as it maybe hurts Buffalo. I have no feel for what Pettine will be as a head coach since he was barely one year into his role as a defensive coordinator. I suspect he will struggle and both the Bills and Browns will be looking for a new Head Coach as early as next January. Unfortunately, leadership comes from the top and both the Bills and Browns have horrible ownership.
