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NFL 2012 Week 4 |OT| Dewey Beats Truman
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Steelers 2009
yankeehater
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Nice to see actual growth from the Browns but I think Shurmur needs to give up play calling to Childress.
Weeden has improved every week he's played and if the receivers would hold on to the catchable balls we would have a few victories. Phil Dawson continues to be team MVP. Haden is a fuckhead for getting suspended and without him our secondary is much weaker.
If the Browns can get a few victories maybe defenses will start respecting our passing game a bit more and quit stacking 8 in the box, which should let Richardson have a bit more rushing attempts.
Joe Thomas has a messed up knee and has not been himself this year.
Browns have a classic uniform and I think it's one of the best in the NFL. They need to wear the all whites a bit less but it's not their choice when playing away. They have said they will wear the brown jerseys at home more this season. I look for Haslam to change the uniform up a little. I could see a return of the orange pants or maybe even an orange jersey occasionally. Please don't add a logo to the helmet.
Also, I'd like to see the coaches stay for one more year but if we don't win a few and show improvement I expect at least Shurmur to be gone. Maybe Childress or Jauron will get promoted. I think we have 5 ex head coaches on the current staff. Whatever happens I hope Haslam keeps Heckert as GM. I think Heckert and Banner had a pretty good relationship at Philly so hopefully that continues. Drafting has not been our problem.
Weeden has improved every week he's played and if the receivers would hold on to the catchable balls we would have a few victories. Phil Dawson continues to be team MVP. Haden is a fuckhead for getting suspended and without him our secondary is much weaker.
If the Browns can get a few victories maybe defenses will start respecting our passing game a bit more and quit stacking 8 in the box, which should let Richardson have a bit more rushing attempts.
Joe Thomas has a messed up knee and has not been himself this year.
Browns have a classic uniform and I think it's one of the best in the NFL. They need to wear the all whites a bit less but it's not their choice when playing away. They have said they will wear the brown jerseys at home more this season. I look for Haslam to change the uniform up a little. I could see a return of the orange pants or maybe even an orange jersey occasionally. Please don't add a logo to the helmet.
Also, I'd like to see the coaches stay for one more year but if we don't win a few and show improvement I expect at least Shurmur to be gone. Maybe Childress or Jauron will get promoted. I think we have 5 ex head coaches on the current staff. Whatever happens I hope Haslam keeps Heckert as GM. I think Heckert and Banner had a pretty good relationship at Philly so hopefully that continues. Drafting has not been our problem.
Sweaty ol' bastard!
The Ravens play calling was atrocious. Ray Rice barely got the ball in the 2nd half. I was expecting 10+ FF points but barely got 9
BlackGhost
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The_Darkest_Red
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That would be so cool.
A FOOTBALL coach
Here's the FOOTBALL plan for the FOOTBALL game, guys. All our FOOTBALL players put on FOOTBALL uniforms and try to move the FOOTBALL down the FOOTBALL field and score FOOTBALL points.
yankeehater
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I gotta think the Cards defensive coordinator will get a lot of looks this offseason.
BlackGhost
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Besides the Packers/Seattle late game mess up call, these "incredible refs" just call more flags and bullshit.
Gucci Messiah
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Bad play calling or solid Browns defense?The Ravens play calling was atrocious. Ray Rice barely got the ball in the 2nd half. I was expecting 10+ FF points but barely got 9
The Browns D played nice except for a few lapses in the secondary.
That front 7 is for real, and once Haden gets back they're gonna shut some people down.
Taylor will be returning soon too. Dline will be getting even better.
Gucci Messiah
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I completely agree, people blaming the lack of a running game on playcalling are being delusional
DeaconKnowledge
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TheLegendary
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Games will also go back to no hits allowed across the middle of the field and offenses like the 9ers won't be able to keep up when games turn into a track meet and their defense can't be as physical. Probably why the NFC W has been so good these first few weeks in general; efficent offenses with good defenses. That'll start to change imo. Shame that while it will benefit the Packers most Ill miss the actual style of play games have been the last few weeks outside of the shitty refs. Tough week to judge this theory since the Packers are playing the Saints D but I expect Packers receivers to magically get open again like they were last year over the next few weeks.
Buckethead
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Packers receivers were going to get open against the Saints even with the scabs. Vilma was that defense.
Agreed with your NFC W theory though.
Agreed with your NFC W theory though.
Vilma is so good they went and signed Lofton so they could finally have a LB that could tackle
Cromartie best corner in the NFL now that Revis is out (via PFT). Ryan's delusional bullshit is epidemic.
DeaconKnowledge
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I was told a Quarterback is all you need. Is this not true anymore?
AJ Smith on Matthews
"Extremely talented players like Ryan get multiple opportunities to improve," Smith continued. "What happens to fumblers is, first, they play less. Second, if it continues while they're playing on a limited basis, then you don't play for a while and you get to sit and think about it.
"Third, when you get the call to go back on the field and the fumbling continues, then you will be somebody else's fumbler."
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and then Twitter
@jimdouville If AJSmith doesn't put a winner on the field he'll be somebody else's poor talent evaluator
"Extremely talented players like Ryan get multiple opportunities to improve," Smith continued. "What happens to fumblers is, first, they play less. Second, if it continues while they're playing on a limited basis, then you don't play for a while and you get to sit and think about it.
"Third, when you get the call to go back on the field and the fumbling continues, then you will be somebody else's fumbler."
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and then Twitter
@jimdouville If AJSmith doesn't put a winner on the field he'll be somebody else's poor talent evaluator
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/28/paul-kruger-accuses-joe-thomas-of-flopping-for-flags/
Of course Thomas flopped hard but c'mon Kruger just own up that you made a mistake. From what I remember of the play; Kruger walked away turned around came back and then pushed Joe.
Of course Thomas flopped hard but c'mon Kruger just own up that you made a mistake. From what I remember of the play; Kruger walked away turned around came back and then pushed Joe.
Gucci Messiah
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Still waiting on Jordy to do simething this season...
TheLegendary
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It will be again with the new old refs!
Who would you have over him?
Gucci Messiah
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lol
Did he forget about DRC, Champ Bailey, Traemon Williams, Jonathan Joseph, Nnamdi blahblahblah, Asante Samuel...those are just a few off the top of my head.
So I finished that podcast where I heard the breakdown on Fitz. It was with Adam Caplan and Greg Cossel for some Philly thing. They basically go through each game for 5 minutes, discussing offense vs defense for each team. So they get to Rams vs Seahawks, and Cossel says something like "with the Rams offensive line there's no point discussing this" and just move on. Unless Wilson turns it over or they get a KR they really can't score
You really want Nnamdi?
I just want to say that Mike Lombardi is a dumbass. Listened to Simmons' BS Report with Lombardi and Schatz from earlier this week on my way to work this morning and it's just astonishing how wrong the guy is on facts and objective things. How did this guy have a front office job? It was cringe-worthy listening to him.
Look at his last name! He must know FOOTBALL!!!!
ElectricBlanketFire
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You make it sound like these guys are working weekends at Burger King.
They get paid to call the outcome of a billion dollar game. They deserve what they get.
I disagree with that. Playcalling was horribly unbalanced last night.
Weeden performed admirably dropping back more than 50 times against the Ravens D, but calling runs at some opportune moments could have changed the game.
You drafted this guy third overall, fucking use him!
Brian Schottenheimer.
FrenchMovieTheme
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Agreed. Niners had a tough time competing last year with the regular refs
schottenheimerslants.jpg
I was looking at Android stuff and I didn't realize it was just as icon based as iOS. I don't like that. I really dig WP live tiles things. Seems like that is what a modern mobile OS should look like. Also like the matte look the phones have
Gonna have to check it out obviously before committing
Gonna have to check it out obviously before committing
yankeehater
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I love to listen to those guys breakdown games. They are on Eagles Live every week. Caplan is on almost everyday now and Cossel is on a lot also. They also do a segment for Eagles Nightly every week.
The_Darkest_Red
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Yeah, with the regular refs the Niners probably would have lost to the Vikings by at least 40.
Imagine how many points you would have given up if the perfect refs were doing the game last week!!
DeaconKnowledge
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Here we go.
Scab refs were so bad they swung games 40 points.
Scab refs were so bad they swung games 40 points.
Caplan does lots of radio hits in HOU and he's really good. I like Cossel, though I know he has his detractors. He's entertaining and for a fan like me, I think he increases my understanding of the game
Cossel does the Shutdown Corner podcast with Doug Farrar which is really good as well. It's always kind of stilted b/c they do it remotely, but still enjoyable
Gucci Messiah
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Absolutely, why wouldn't you?
The_Darkest_Red
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Wait... is the point of this thread not to make sarcastic posts or have I been horribly mislead?
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