@syd said:the kid from georgia tech didnt look half bad either, in fact didnt he beat beck in a collage game last yearFormer A&M player who got his leg broken early his frosh season, could not beat out a new 5 star QB who took over, so transferred to GT. That other QB could not beat out A&Ms current Junior QB and he transferred to Houston.

best part of the game

I was told anything good is worth waiting on.   Hopefully this was...

- On the stat sheet, Gabriel had an ok day.  The INT was bad, youre rhe QB and the buck stops with you. Cant throw into muddled traffic.  But my biggest issue isn't the throws he made, it was the throws he didn't make.  More on that later, for those who follow my work on twitter.     - Kamara is making this final roster.  - Been saying this since last season, Cam Mitchell isn't a corner.  He isn't a nickel corner and he sure as fuck isn't playing outside. He just doesn't have the lateral burst and hip fluidity.    They need to give him more looks at safety otherwise it's a disservice to your evaluation.  - I have some worries about how this defense will be plagued by higher percentage RPOs on early downs.   The aggressive downhill fits from our 2nd level really expose us to more patient and methodical play off of ball action.    Think similar to how the Chiefs moved the ball on Buffalo in the playoffs then struggled to do much of anything against Philly. Same same.  - Jerome Ford should be cut in favor of Ahmani Marshall. I'm not kidding.  Eat the 1.1mil and get the more talented runner and blocker on the team.  Unless Ford has grown a new pair of eyes, I've seen two seasons of the same inconsistent play and leaving yards on the field.  - Isiah Bond is becoming sort of an offensive need.  We need some wheels to get vertical at some point. I love having bigger targets like Njoku, Fannin, Ceddy and JJ, but speed kills and we need a little bit of that.  Thrash has some potential to contribute, but his first step quickness doesn't eat cushion like you'd hope and his lateral burst isn't there either.   This team is using more motion this pre-season with Thrash being the biggest beneficiary of that motion.   If the coaches want to maximize that short area potential, they'd start giving Bond some of those reps. That's what I've got for now. 

Assuming that we started with 90, there would be 16 more to cut before Tuesday at 4pm. The Cleveland Browns have made the following roster moves: Contract terminated (4): T Jackson Barton CB Tony Brown II QB Tyler Huntley S Nik Needham Waived (17): CB Chigozie Anusiem TE Sal Canella G Javion Cohen T Sebastian Gutierrez DE K.J. Henry DT Ralph Holley CB Christian Holmes CB Keenan Isaac T Jason Ivey DE Titus Le LB Marvin Moody CB Darius Rush LB Charlie Thomas III T Lorenzo Thompson G Dartanyan Tinsley TE Mitchell Van Vooren C Bucky Williams

@gator One more on Taylen, for you.     This is batshit insane, yet he pulls it off.    There are serious coaching points and development to be done here.   But at the same time, you have to be a *little* impressed. https://x.com/tjRT9s/status/2035861636011929719

@tiamat63 said: Meh, I was a little off.    I'd suspect he might get more DPR opportunities as well.  While sacks are a nice stat, JoK still has work to put in rounding out his game as a complete off-ball LB.   Good news is, he has Roquan Smith right in this division that he gets to study AND see in person twice a year.  No biggy - I thought he had more than 3.5 as well.  More importantly, I like that Berry learned how much the IDL matters after that 2022 season to the extent he did something about it.  That changed everything last year!  Even better he drafted 2 DTs this year...

@berniesuperbowl2 said: It better not be Cooper we just gave him more money too, the guy is a total pro and doesn't have the diva WR personality. We just traded for Jeudy and gave him guaranteed money. SF already has Kittle, so not Njoku. Maybe Moore or Tillman. A second/third rounder plus Moore/Tillman? I'd do it.  A receiving corps of Cooper, Aiyuk, Jeudy, Njoku would be deadly. Then imagine a healthy Nick Chubb at some point. I love me some Amari Cooper. But Aiyuk would help long-term. Right or wrong, the Browns aren't giving Cooper a big contract. 

@dutch-oven said: Oh wow, Taylor Mays. That's a name I haven't heard, read or thought of in roughly a million years. I remember top 5 of the draft hype surrounding him while he was at USC. Heard another name I haven't thought of in forever, this is a DEEP dive for Ohio State football. Remember RB Brionte Dunn of Canton Glenoak? He was supposed to be another Jonathan "Beanie" Wells, but the kid was run so much in HS by the time he got to CBus his knees were moosh. "Moosh" is Italian-American for "not good".  Yeah, his knees reminded me of 'Tone quite a bit.  Basically it was 3 years until the NFL. But by the time he got midway through his sophomore year at tOSU, you could see the wear and tear.   Which, speaking of Beanie, was the reason for the big push to get him. Apart from being the #1 RB recruit, he got a ton of minutes a freshman under Tress. Rare unless you were a special talent or he just absolutely needed you to take starting snaps.   Beanie took a lot of the carries Mo and Brandon Joe had the year or two previous, only difference is he was actually an efficient and much more effective runner.  But that also helped keep Pittman fresh during that 06' season.   I say that because Dunn, like you compared him too, was supposed to be the next Beanie.  And like Beanie, the hopes for him his freshman year was backing up and putting in work behind Carlos Hyde.  He had a couple moments, dude just couldn't string it together on, but also off the field.   Zeke came in during the 2013 season, and the rest is history   

CB Thakarius Keyes.   He's a 6'1 ,  202 lb.  camp body.  A nice big corner.  Mike Pettine would love him.  A 7th round pick of the Chiefs in 2020.  Was with Chicago & Indy in 2021.  No stats last year.

Really liked what I saw from Martin Emerson this season, and apparently the stats match the perception.  https://brownswire.usatoday.com/2023/01/03/browns-martin-emerson-jr-lockdown-22/

@nickers said: We already do.. his name is Chase McLaughlin... Parkey can go back to... Parking cars... I don't know.  McLaughlin's long one was pretty close to that left upright.  Parkey's last week hit it and went through.  And Mclaughlin's was quite low today.  I think it's a pretty close race. edit:  After watching replays, it wasn't all that low.

Had a few hours to burn on this humid Saturday.  The only way to unlock the potential of this offense is to be a better vertical passing team when the shot is there.     I mentioned breaking down a couple plays that Brett Kollmann did, one where I agreed with his assessment and one where I felt he was wildly off the mark.       The only way to improve before the regular season is by working on such reads and throws in camp and in pre-season.     Most importantly, trusting the structure of the offense, your pass-catchers AND what you're seeing. In short...   I sure as fuck hope Baker takes the throw that Keenum didn't.   Remember kids - Touchdown, Checkdown.  

@unsympathetic said: Details are interesting also.. According to this article, Johnson turned down more cash to sign with Cleveland - due to the strength of the team culture. I'm sure this will stop the unsourced assertions that OBJ is "destroying the culture" until.. next Monday. For the love of dog, don't conjure up that moron poster... ? Hard not to like what the Browns have done for the secondary. Two really solid, smart pickups. 

ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill would have been 77 years old today  ?    ?

@tiamat63 said: It's a quarters look but NU is playing what appears to be true quarters to the field, but the confusion among the players to the boundary - including our 1st round pick, looks like they were almost playing palms.    Quick crash course -  most quarters, press or not,  has the S read 2 to 1 while the CB is in man-match, but you can have an under call from the CB.  #2 presses vertical and the S picks him up in man, then the CB gets no help on the #1.   In palms it's read 2 to 1 but if the #2 goes flat, then the CB picks up the #2.  You can bait a lot of throws like this, alot of coaches call it 2 trap for that reason.    The CB turns the #1 over to the S who takes him vertical, a nice bump to give the S time to recover and affect the route is appreciated (been there)  No S wants that receiver having a clean release, it sucks to deal with.   Well.... that explains it! All them damn trees on the field...

@sdbacker80 said: Absolutely- we will have him for one more year.  He will play well get Money elsewhere.  With our luck it will be Shittsburgh...

@tour2ma said: Almost as cool as it was the first couple times it was posted... oh, well. I've been busy a lot. My bad. But it was cool. lol

Have a laptop? Desktop? Tablet?  Headset? Built in Mic?  VoIP app? (Discord) Pencil and paper? Bored from quarantine ?  Cool.   Come join your boy online tomorrow about 11:30am, let's watch some film. Just learning how to re-master PC and found that apparently I'm able to share my screen over said voip app?   So lets do this. Fresh eyes, both you and me, on Andrew Billings while I finish out my assessment on the signing.    Game will be vs another run heavy team -  the Ravens, from 10/13.   Get you a good breakfast, a full pot of coffee and your favorite chair.  Charting plays takes some time.  Let's learn something together.