This past Sunday the Cleveland Browns pulled the curtain on their home schedule, with a 26-18 beating of the hapless Cincinnati Bengals. It was the first game I have ever watched where nearly every Offensive play the Browns ran…worked. Everything was clicking. The win on Sunday brings the Browns to 7-7-1 on the year. Sadly, their fate was out of their own hands. The day prior saw the Redskins lose to the Tennessee Titans, which was enough to officially eliminate the Browns. Don’t cry because its over, smile because it happened. I’m not necessarily mad they didn’t make the playoffs a year removed from not winning a single game, but looking back….FUCK. They should be in. The Browns should be traveling to Baltimore for the right to claim the AFC North Title. Hindsight really makes those early season losses that much worse. They will be playing a game which determines the AFC North Title at the very least? Either way, the Browns and their fans are having some fun. This past week was yet another display of that, as it was a fucking treat to watch.
The beginning of the game saw both teams come out a bit flat. It is expected for the Bengals who have nothing to play for at this stage. The Browns had been coming out firing for the better part of a month, but the Bengals were able to stymie them early on. Both squads exchanged 4 punts to begin the Battle of Ohio. Finally at the end of the First Quarter Mayfield lead a long march inside the Bengal Five yard line. On Third and Goal from the Three, Mayfield hit David Njoku in the back corner of the Endzone to open up the scoring.
Nice throw by Mayfield to the back corner, and all Chief has to do is win the one on one battle, which he does easily. Seems like a light switch has been turned for Njoku since the Kansas City game. The Browns in general are freaking money in the Red Zone. The Red Zone used to be a place where I closed my eyes and just hoped for the best. Recently I can count on them to make big plays in the Red Zone.
Highest passer rating in the red zone this season:
Having just scored, the Browns were feeling it. The very next possession had the Bengals going the wrong direction. 3 plays totaling a loss of 11 yards. The Browns got the ball back, eager to give the Sellout crowd a show, Freddie Kitchens dialed up yet another trick on the first play from the Browns 30:
Seeing this as a trend this year in the NFL. A ton of teams are running a shitload of Jet-Sweeps with Wide Receivers, and occasionally having them throw up a bomb. We’ve seen a few from Odell Beckham this year, and Landry has made a few attempts himself. Helluva throw on this play. No joke this might be the second best throw by a Browns QB since 1999. What a beautiful throw by Landry! First, he shows great awareness feeling that pressure coming, stepping into pocket, and hitting Perriman’s back shoulder in stride. Not to mention he fit it between two defenders. There goes Perriman again with his token big play. Two plays later, Mayfield fired a Touchdown pass to Darren Fells to make it 13-0 Browns.
The Browns were rolling, so naturally Greg Joseph decided he’d rather play “H-O-R-S-E” by drilling the upright with the Extra-Point. It wouldn’t pose much of a problem, because the Bengals would not threaten for the remainder of the first half. The Browns would add a Greg Joseph Field Goal to make it 16-0 at halftime.
The Second half started out much like the First. The Bengals were forced to punt on their first possession. Mayfield made them pay, taking the Browns on a 9 play, 87 yard march to pay dirt. On 3rd and 4 from the Bengal 17, Mayfield hit Rashard Higgins underneath, and Higgins took care of the rest:
Once again the Browns were absolutely torching the Bengals. They would add one more Field Goal in the fourth Quarter to make it 26-0. Jeff Driskel then lead a mini-charge, scoring 18 unanswered points. On their last drive of the game, Mayfield decided it was time to ice the game:
Naturally that is Hue Jackson who Baker is taunting right there. I was hoping they’d get really mean, and try and punch it in after that long catch and run. Sadly the Browns decided to #VictoryFormation for the remainder of the game. A third consecutive win brings them to 7-7-1. This is bittersweet because it is great to finally be winning at a healthy clip. 7 wins a year removed from winless will never not be a positive. It is unfortunate that their ducks were not in a row at the beginning of the season. There are games that they should have won. Oakland, New Orleans, Tampa, and the first meeting with the Steelers should all have been Browns wins. More often than not, the Browns beat themselves or got screwed by inexplicable calls in those games. They should be around the 11 win clip. That doesn’t mean this season is a failure, its just giving me some serious blue balls. Had that first down call in Oakland not been reversed, this weeks match-up with Baltimore would be for the fucking division.
This game does have meaning, as it will determine who wins the AFC North. If the Browns win, the Steelers will take the North (assuming they beat Cincinnati). The Ravens win and they’re in.
Our Week 17 game at Baltimore will be played at 4:25 on CBS.
The game has been flexed into the National time-slot with Nance and Romo calling this one. Hopefully the Browns will be playing more Nationally televised games in the future, but with their own Playoff fate on the line. Lets finish above .500, shall we?
Lets go Browns!
Stop us if you’ve heard this one…
A GOAT & a Baker walk onto a field…
Tom Brady (2018) • 25 pass TD • 11 INT • 95.4 passer rating
The dust has settled after a wild 48 hours in Berea, Ohio. We are Offensive Coordinator-less and Head Coach-less. Sure Gregg Williams was named Interim Head Coach, but it doesn’t really matter. The interim could be Joe Blow for all I care. The season is lost at this juncture anyway. Especially with Mahomes coming our way this week. With the Browns defense slipping with each passing week, we won’t be able to stop them. The Chiefs defense is god awful, but the Browns aren’t good enough to score enough points required to beat Kansas City. We’d have to score around 30 points (thats a conservative number), and that is not happening. At this point, keep developing the talent on the Roster, get healthy, and find an offense in the Off-Season.
With all that being said, lets take a look at some of the candidates to be the next Head Coach of the Browns being thrown out there by the media. In no particular order:
Lincoln Riley
Going to hear this name a lot in the coming months. I’ve heard it nonstop since we drafted Baker in May. Hell, a couple of hours after Hue and Haley were fired, Riley had to answer a question about the Browns job:
Pretty stupid if you ask me. Reporters asking Lincoln this question, what the fuck do you expect him to stay? You’re only putting him on the spot. Either way, I am a hard pass on Lincoln Riley. No college coach can turn around the Cleveland Browns. No Nick Saban, no Bobby Bowden in his prime, nobody in college can turn around the Cleveland Browns. Going after Riley would seem like slapping a band-aid on the issues. “Oh boy! Let’s hire Lincoln! He’s coached Baker in college, problem solved!!”. This guy seems to be a pretty good coach at Oklahoma, but I feel like once Baker left, the two should go their separate ways. They may have worked great together in College, but just college. All good things must come to an end. Plus there are 52 other guys to deal with not named Baker Mayfield. They aren’t college kids either, how would this dude handle it?
I do like the idea of an Offensive Minded coach, a young one too, but to fix the Browns NFL experience is needed.
2. Matt Campbell
Again, this name is going to be brought up quite a bit from now until January.
Dustin Fox, who hosts a Radio Show in Cleveland tweeted this after Albert Breer stated, “Keep a close eye on … Matt Campbell,” Breer reported on Monday. “Highly regarded in the circles that [Cleveland] GM John Dorsey runs in.” Again. No. I feel like the last two names are Sean McVay knockoffs. The young, progressive coach, who is regarded for being innovative, and getting the most out of his players. Stop trying to copy the Rams, and mimic a McVay type hire. Odds are a college coach would be a disaster. Especially one that coached at the national powerhouse that is………………..Iowa Fucking State. I am pretty sure Iowa State has been bad my entire life. So far, this short list BLOWS. Be better at fishing out candidates media, come on.
3. Bruce Arians
Now this beautiful bastards name was not brought up specifically by anyone in the Breer, Rappaport, or Schefter mold, but Bruce has long been connected to Cleveland.
Bruce was the Browns Offensive Coordinator from 2001-2003, and has stated numerous times that he wants to come back. Not sure if he is willing to come out of the Broadcast Booth, as that is a pretty cushy gig. Now is as good a time as ever to lure this man out of retirement.
As an NFL Head Coach, Arians is 49–30–1 in the regular season, and 1-3 in the Postseason. He is most know for his years with the Arizona Cardinals, but he also had a 9-3 stint as Interim Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts in 2012. He is a two time Super Bowl Champion, as he was the Pittsburgh Steelers Wide Receivers Coach, and then Offensive coordinator. He spent a whopping 7 years with the Steelers (2004-2011) winning two Super Bowls. This man has done it all, and he has done it all in the National Football League. Sign me up.
The Browns already have a connection to Arians on the staff, as new Offensive Coordinator, Freddie Kitchens was a member of Bruce’s staff in Arizona.
First things first: Any coach who wears a QB wrist band, as Kitchens is above…they FUCK plain and simple. Freddie was our Runningbacks coach, but was elevated when Haley was fired. He was Quarterbacks Coach in Arizona, and is credited for being a big reason why Carson Palmer turned his career around.
New #Browns OC Freddie Kitchens was the team’s RB coach, but he coached QBs in Arizona from 2013-16. During that time Carson Palmer resurrected his career, made the Pro Bowl, and had some of his best seasons. Baker Mayfield should benefit.
This is neither here, nor there. It is a nice connection to Arians, who is honestly my ideal candidate. Who knows if he even wants to Coach anymore, I doubt he does. Its a shame, because only a man with experience in MULTIPLE (coordinator, positional coach, head coach) NFL coaching roles, can save the Cleveland Browns.
4. John DeFilippo
Flip! Widely mentioned to fill numerous Head Coaching voids in the NFL, mainly due to his work as a Quarterbacks Coach in places like, Oakland, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and now Minnesota. He has also spent time as the Browns Offensive Coordinator, and is currently in the same position in Minnesota.
I really, really like John DeFilippo. He works wonders with Quarterbacks. The Browns offense was actually half decent under Flip. No matter who played, they weren’t terrible. We had Manziel, McCown, and Austin Davis playing at some point that season, and the offense always moved the ball. Manziel’s only NFL success came with John DeFilippo calling plays. Obviously, Flip played a major role in the development of Carson Wentz, as he spent the last two seasons in Philly as Quarterbacks Coach.
The Browns haven’t been able to move the ball at all since Flip was the OC. I swear that man works magic. We just did not have the talent to score a lot of points, but we were always moving the ball. All of the Quarterbacks looked good doing so, as well. Now, Flip is doing his thing with Kirk Cousins, Adam Thielen, and Stefon Diggs in Minny. He has that offense flying high (not hard to do, really). Flip is high up on my wish-list. He made me think weapons is all Johnny Football needed to be “The Guy”. I salivate at the thought of Flip and Baker.
5. Gregg Williams
I know it sounds stupid, but you gotta put Gregg on the short list, as of today. I am not expecting this guy to be any good as a head coach. I do think there is a very good reason why he has been nothing but a coordinator, since his one stint in Buffalo back in the early 2000’s. Curiously, Buffalo was his only head coaching gig. Usually most guys who make the jump from Coordinator to Head Coach, get two kicks at the can with it. Rex Ryan had two, Hue Jackson had two, Pete Carroll had two, Bill Belichick is still on his second stop as a HC (not counting the Jets), but Gregg only ever had one.
I went back and looked at the record, and he finished 17-31. In his three seasons he went 3-13, 8-8, and 6-10. Not great, but far from Hue Jackson, and probably deserved a second chance somewhere along the line. He is getting that now, as the Interim Head Coach of the Cleveland Browns.
"We ended with a competition period today in practice and the offense smacked the defense – that hadn't happened here" – Gregg Williams #Browns
#Browns Gregg Williams says Baker Mayfield "came to my office and gave me a 'come get some' lecture". Says they've had great relationship since Day 1. Baker prods him every day during stretching period before practice.
This is the sorta thing that Gregg Williams brings to the party. A motivator type, who will probably get these guys to play hard, and competitive. Now, why is he on the list? Well if I am all horny over DeFilippo and Arians, due to their NFL coaching experience. It is only fair to include Gregg in the same sense. Gregg has been at it since the 80’s, in a multitude of Coaching Roles. He has won a Super Bowl in New Orleans, as the teams Defensive Coordinator. Yes he was a major part of the Bounty Scandal. No comment on that. Lets see what he can do, and by some miracle, the Browns win a bunch of games, he will be in consideration.
Out of the 5 Candidates, who’s names have been thrown around as potential Head Coaches my order would be: Bruce Arians, John DeFilippo, Gregg Williams, Lincoln Riley, and that fucking stiff Matt Campbell. This is all very early, it is likely we have a whole new list by December 1st, and different one again on January 1st.
This week the lowly Cleveland Browns welcome the Sack-less, Kansas City Chiefs into FirstEnergy Stadium. You know my stance on the Chiefs as a true contender. They are not one. Mahomes is off to a wonderful start, and he is for sure the real deal. Too bad they are still Coached by Andy Reid. This means that around this time they will start to struggle, or fade. If they don’t fade in November, they’ll just wait for the playoffs. With a Defense as bad as the Chiefs, they aren’t going anywhere that matters. Jokes on me, neither are the Browns. Just keep this one close.
I can’t even really describe what I have been watching these past four weeks. All I know, is that finally, after years of suffering, the Cleveland Browns are showing signs of progress. It hasn’t been pretty by any means but, it is October 11th, and the Browns are still very much in the thick of it. At the end of the day, this all a Browns fan can really ask. After Sunday’s miraculous overtime victory, the Browns improved to 2-2-1 on the season. There is hope. There is also quite a bit of frustration, as they should really be 5-0.
Week 1, The Browns played to an ugly, 21-21 tie with divisional rivals, Pittsburgh. Tyrod Taylor looked beyond pedestrian in this one. Taylor finished with a measly 15 completions, 197 yards and 1 touchdown. He did the bulk of his damage on the ground, as he rushed for 77 yards and 1 touchdown, on 8 attempts. Josh Gordon caught his last ever Browns touchdown as time expired, to tie the game at 21.
Despite generating 6 turnovers, the Browns weren’t able to break the tie in overtime, and the Steelers whiffed on their chances as well. In the pouring rain, the Browns had tied.
Despite not losing for the first time in over a year, the Browns still entered week 2 with a bitter taste in their mouth. I was expecting the doors to be blown off courtesy of Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara, Michael Thomas, Ted Ginn Jr, and countless other weapons. I was dead wrong. The Browns not only showed up, but they carried the play for the majority of the game.
Once again, the Cleveland Browns came up short. Having gotten off to a 12-3 lead in the third quarter, the wheels fell off. Right now, you can count on the Browns to blow a two possession lead the very second they get one. Multiple missed field goals by Zane Gonzalez lead to the Browns dropping a heart-breaker, 21-18.
Tyrod had a better performance in Week 2, but still left so much to be desired. Taylor finished 22-30, 246 yards, 1 TD, and 1 INT. He didn’t cost the Browns the game, but as the Quarterback, he didn’t go out and win it either. The Browns remained winless at, 0-1-1.
The following week, the Browns season was on the brink already. Sure they were only 0-1-1, but they desperately needed to get a win. They needed to end the worst losing streak in team history. The New York Jets came into Cleveland, riding the chosen one, Sam Darnold. Again, Tyrod Taylor was miserable. The Jets had absolutely zero respect for his ability to read the defense, step into the pocket, and fire it to an open receiver down field. The Jets blitzed on almost every obvious passing situation. They were shutting the Browns rushing attack down, save for one big Tyrod run, and a few Carlos Hyde runs for first downs. With just under 5 minutes to play in the 2nd Quarter, Tyrod Taylor was taken to locker-room to be evaluated for concussion. The Browns were down 14-0, and reeling.
Enter, 6.
Right from the get-go, The Browns looked like a totally different team. Suddenly, the Browns were marching. They were able to muster up a field goal drive to end the first half, cutting the score to 14-3. The Jets got the ball to start the half, but sensational Rookie Corner, Denzel Ward forced the Jets, Robby Anderson to fumble deep inside Jets territory. Ward ran the ball deep down inside the Jets 10 yard line.
The Browns would have to settle for a field goal, making it 14-6 Jets in the 3rd. Sporting a stout, playoff caliber defense, the Jets would be forced to punt again on the ensuing possession. Mayfield responded, leading a 7 play 69 yard touchdown drive, when Carlos Hyde rumbled in from the 1 yard line. How did the Browns get to the 1 you ask?
Holy shit! The Browns don’t make plays like this. Jarvis Landry displayed some fantastic concentration and hands to haul in Mayfield’s frozen rope. Down 8 points, Baker had the stadium buzzing. Carlos Hyde capped off the drive with a 1 yard touchdown run, to make it 14-12 New York. Surely the Cleveland Browns will botch the 2 point conversiton. A sack, fumble, interception, penalty, or drop will surely be the outcome.
Wrong.
And the game was tied! Similar to the Landry catch, the Cleveland Browns do not execute plays like this. Especially in a live game. Yet Jarvis Landry tossed a beautiful left handed throw to Mayfield in the endzone. Darnold and the Jets did not waiver, as Sam lead a 12-play 65 yard field goal drive to make it 17-14, J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets.
Never fear, 6 is here. Not flinching one bit, Mayfield 15-play, 65 yard touchdown drive. Carlos Hyde rumbled into the endzone for his second score of the game, and the Browns chopped 6:52 off the clock.
The following possessions saw Darnold through interceptions to Joe Schoebert and Terrance Mitchell, which iced the game for the Browns. Off the schneid at long last. The worst year of football finally came to an end. While Tyrod was knocked out of this game with injury, everybody knew it was going to be Mayfield the rest of the way. He finished the game 17 of 23, 201 yards, and no touchdowns or interceptions. Not bad for a half of play. The Browns were feeling good about themselves heading out to Oakland the following week.
Feeling good alright! Those 1-1-1 Cleveland Browns! Oakland sucked the good feelings about the Jets win out of me. I don’t want to talk too much about this game, I would just get pissed off. The Browns won this game. Period. They won it. Carlos Hyde got that fucking first down, you know it, I know it, and that sackless fucker Walt Anderson knows it too.
Baker Mayfield played fairly well in this one finishing, 21-41, 295 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. He also fumbled twice, but still the Browns had the ball with under 2 minutes to play, only needing a first down to ice the game. On 3rd and 2 from the Browns 19 yard line, Carlos Hyde powered his way to the 21 yard line. He made it to the marker, not past it. The officials measured it and the ball was a pube hair past the marker for a first down. For absolutely no reason whatsoever, the booth reviewed the spot. Not a single replay showed the ball not making it to the sticks, where they originally marked it. The officials decided to move it back a full yard out of nowhere. This forced the Browns to punt, and from there they would give up their 8 point lead, and eventually lose in overtime. Fuck Walt Anderson.
That brings us to this past Sunday. The Baltimore Ravens came into Cleveland riding high, after dismantling Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Browns were coming off a brutal loss, one in which they should have won. For the first time in what seems like 20 years, the Browns proved me wrong. Coming in, the thought was they would get their teeth kicked in by John Brown, Michael Crabtree, and Captain Elite Joe Flacco. Not to mention, Baltimore has an insane track record against rookie QB’s.
Since 2008 the Ravens are a whopping 15-5 against Rookie Quarterbacks, and 7-0 against Browns rookies. The Ravens are always no joke on defense, but their offense is so Jekyll and Hyde. This leaves you never knowing if you’ll get blown out, or play them close.
Early on, things looked like they could get hairy, as Baker threw a pick on the Browns first possession.
Tough one here. This wasn’t a poor read, or forcing it into coverage, but it was miscommunication. Mayfield was expecting Rashard Higgins to continue his route across the middle (a deep 10 yard in-route). Higgins broke his route off and continued straight up the seam of the field. Baker threw it expecting the crossing route, and it was picked off easily.
With great field position after the takeaway, Justin Tucker nailed a hit a 44 yard field goal to make it 3-0 Ravens, after the Browns dug in to force a three and out. The remainder of the half saw the teams trade three-and-outs. In the Second Quarter, Flacco and the Ravens managed to drive inside the Browns 10. Sensational Rookie Corner, Denzel Ward picked an arrant Flacco pass, for his third interception in 4 weeks. This kid has been everything you would ask from a number 1 Corner, and then some.
Wouldn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things, as both teams punted twice a piece in the following 4 possessions. Finally, with under two minutes to play, Baker Mayfield began to march the Browns in their 2-minute offense. Two big gains from David Njoku of 19 and 24 yards had the Browns with 1st and 10 from the Baltimore 19 yard line. Mayfield stood in the pocket and fired a 19 yard touchdown pass to Rashard Higgins to make it 6-3 Browns. Of course new Kicker, Greg Joseph drilled the extra-point off the upright.
This gave the Ravens some time to march down the field, and potentially tie the game before the half ended. Flacco managed to march the birds 45 yards on 7 plays to set up a Tucker attempt to tie the game.
Denzel Ward making a big time fucking play to keep the Browns in the lead. This guy has done nothing but make play after play. He just gets the ball, doesn’t matter how. What a fantastic pick. All the Browns fans bitching like school girls because they passed up on Bradley Chubb. Gimmie the lock-down corner who has a nose for the football every single time.
The second half was a complete snoozefest. The Browns managed to add a field goal to make it, 9-3 in the third quarter. The Ravens countered with two field goals to tie the game. As per usual, the Browns were unable to put away a team they were beating fairly soundly.
For the 3rd time in 5 games the Browns were playing an Overtime Period. It continued much like the second half did, with each team exchanging punts and three-and-outs. Finally with just over 2 minutes left to play in the stalemate, the Browns got the ball back at their own 16. On the very first play of the drive, Todd Haley called one of the worst play’s I have ever seen. A jet sweep to Rod fucking Streater.
It was an 11 yard loss, and they were staring a 2nd and 21 from their own five yard line. A 13 yard scramble by Mayfield helped gain a huge chunk of that loss back. Then the magic happened. On 3rd and 8 Baker Mayfield scrambled in the pocket, and found Derrick Willies at the first down marker, Willies slipped the defender covering him, and was off to the races. He was finally brought down inside Raven territory. It was a 39 yard catch and run, leading the Browns to 1st and 10 from the Baltimore 43.
Two Duke Johnson runs later brought the ball to the Baltimore 19, with 6 seconds remaining in overtime. The Browns took their final timeout, and we prayed.
Well I’ll be, the Cleveland Browns won on Sunday. Can’t even describe the feeling of relief that was felt after this win. The Jets win can be be spun as, “well it’s the Jets”. This one is a quality win against a quality team. I could give two fucks if it was ugly, pretty, or sexy. All wins are sexy. So now your 2-2-1 Cleveland Browns matching up against the 3-2 L.A. Chargers. A winnable game by all means.
Will the Browns continue to win, and contend for the playoffs? Probably not. That doesn’t mean I don’t think they can, but I just feel like they are still a bit too young. With the roster as it stands, they should have 5-7 wins by the time the time this year will be all said and done. Could more be on the table? Absolutely. Could less be on the table? Absolutely. In the meantime, we are getting some wins, and we are getting positive Quarterback play. No disrespect to Tyrod Taylor, but he was fucking dreadful. If Baker can continue to play at high level, and cut down on the turnovers, than we are in some serious business. But for now, let’s ride our top 5 defense to the gates of Hell.
For now enjoy whatever wins come from this season, because the schedule is fucking brutal Who knows, maybe they’ll catch fire with Six at the wheel?
Let’s go Browns!! October 11th, and they’re in the thick of it. Enjoy it while it lasts.
The Browns made some more news last night, as many insiders began to report that Todd Haley would be named Offensive Coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. Previously, the Browns had interviewed Ben McAdoo and Mike Mularkey. Neither name really moves the needle. This hiring comes just over a week after Haley was fired from the same position with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Haley spent the previous six seasons with Steelers as Offensive Coordinator. Before Pittsburgh, Haley spent two and a half seasons as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, and a year under Ken Wisenhunt as the Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator.
More recently, Haley has been the Offensive Coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is the brains behind the Bell, Brown, Ben, and Bryant. He was fired this season after the Steelers lost 45-42 at home to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Divisional Round. His team scored 42 fucking points on the 5th ranked defense in terms of points allowed. In the regular season the Steelers finished third in total yards per game on offense with, 377.9. In his first full season the Steelers finished 20th in yards per game, and the remaining years they would not finish below 10th in the league in offense. In the the end, the long-lasting feud between Haley and Roethlisberger was too much to overcome.
Haley’s most impressive work doesn’t come from Pittsburgh as many believe. His time with Matt Cassel in Kansas City to me is his finest work. Haley turned Matt fucking Cassel into a Pro-Bowl Quarterback, and he managed to lead them into the Playoffs. In 2010 Haley and Cassel finished at 10-6, which was good enough to win the AFC West. Cassel was named a Pro-Bowl Alternate, as he finished 2010 with 27 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. Anyone who can make a JAG like Matt Cassel look like a Pro-Bowler can play (coach) for my team any day of the week.
I am certainly optimistic about this hiring, because Haley has a track record of offensive success. He has worked with Tony Romo, Kurt Warner, Ben Roethlisberger, and Matt Cassel most recently. All of them had success. Hell, even Kurt Warner still holds a close place in his heart for Todd:
Kurt Warner on Todd Haley: 'you want a guy like that in your corner' https://t.co/TKBE17VUra
Among those who have strongly endorsed Todd Haley to the Browns as offensive coordinator is Hall of Famer QB Kurt Warner, who said he'd come out of retirement to play for Haley again as he did in Arizona. No, he's not coming out of retirement and nothing final on Haley & Browns.
At the end of the day this is just a hire. Just a nice name on paper to droll over for a few months, and then call for his firing. One positive that can come from this move is Dorsey continues to get his ducks in a row. He’s got his two Front Office Executives, and now an Offensive Coordinator. Hopefully a new head coach is not too far off, and he has a plan that will be fully executed.
The 2017-18 season where a team can score 10 points in a home playoff game against Buffalo and follow it up with 45 points at Heinz Field to knock off the Steelers. AND it’s the Jaguars that did it. Crazy.
The Jaguars raced out to a 21 point lead and looked to easily run away with it as Leonard Fournette passed Le’Veon Bell for rushing TDs at Heinz Field this year (crazy stat). However, the Steelers kept fighting back but could never get ahead again. Bortles didn’t play fantastic but he did just enough to keep his team in front of Pittsburgh and never allowed them to take the lead. Pittsburgh had some incredible TDs and Big Ben still threw 5 TDs on the elite Jaguars’ defense but it was not enough.
The Jaguars move on and everyone’s preseason prediction of the formerly 3-13 Jaguars against the Patriots comes true. The Jaguars certainly deserve some respect but run into the immovable object that is the Patriots next week for a chance to play in Minneapolis.
Pittsburgh’s gotta call him out on his bluff right? Playoffs are upon us and the Steelers of course are focused elsewhere. Bell was quoted telling ESPN:
Just get the numbers straight, exactly where we want them. I’m not going to settle for anything. I know what I do and what I bring to the table. I’m not going out here getting the ball 400 times if I’m not getting what I feel I’m valued at.
Bell is only 25 and arguably the best running back in the league so obviously his value is sky high. The only problem is that Pittsburgh won’t give him what he wants. The Steelers played chicken with him last year and did offer him a contract which was upwards of $30 million in the first two years but Bell declined. He ultimately ended up playing on the franchise tag worth $12.1 million last year. The number will rise up to $14.5 million but Le’Veon wants a long term contract. Highly doubt that they’ll be able to actually get the deal done because he wants BIG money. I think he’s bluffing but let the games begin.
PS – Quoted as saying that but then tweets this? Real believable.
I’m trying to win a super bowl…I can care less about what happens after this season…my biggest thing I’m focused on is this team I’m on right now, playing for/with my brothers, & bringing back a 7th ring! what happens next year is irrelevant to my goals
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