Haven't heard of any setbacks, but the February surgery came with a 6+ month rehab schedule. The only thing I saw was a very minor positive report. I'll keep looking & post more if I see anything.@Sigmund Bloom seemed to hint at lingering problems with Jarvis Landry's injury on Twitter. Anyone have info on what he may be referring to?
Given the type of injury/surgery the only meaningful news I would expect before camp is of the bad variety.@Sigmund Bloom seemed to hint at lingering problems/concerns with Jarvis Landry's injury on Twitter. Anyone have info on what he may be referring to?
Found nothing on Landry's surgery that indicates a problem.
Landry interview revealed nothing negative. Rehab is on schedule or slightly ahead. When asked about never missing a game, he sounded positive. When asked whether he's glad he had surgery, he was very positive.@Sigmund Bloom seemed to hint at lingering problems/concerns with Jarvis Landry's injury on Twitter. Anyone have info on what he may be referring to?
Staaaahp, first game's not for 16 days and barring more injuries nothing matters between now and then. Season goals are simple - determine if Baker as the future QB and make the playoffs, anything beyond that is an unexpected bonus.So we're done here, right?
playoffs are a best case scenario this year.Staaaahp, first game's not for 16 days and barring more injuries nothing matters between now and then. Season goals are simple - determine if Baker as the future QB and make the playoffs, anything beyond that is an unexpected bonus.
Key word, goals. If Baker positively answers goal #1 then I think we'll be in position to compete for goal #2.playoffs are a best case scenario this year.
I’d settle for 8-8 and no blow outs.
Defenses knowing plays by formation allows them to attack.What is medium for Mayfield?
Before the Browns' Week 15 game in Arizona last season, Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph told the FOX broadcast team that "we know exactly what [the Browns] are going to do" based on their formations. When a veteran coordinator is confident enough to express that out loud, something is seriously wrong. Joseph proved prophetic. By the end of the depressing game, it took Mayfield 19 plays to score a garbage-time touchdown to cut the final score to 38-24. Browns coach Freddie Kitchens was fired two weeks later.
We addressed the O-Line.The long-derided Browns offensive line was average. Mayfield ran into many of his sacks, and defenses knew that he was always going to roll right at the first sign of trouble. The second-year QB was effective when the Browns ran play-action, but his numbers without play-action were positively Manzielian:
RG was an issue last year.T JEDRICK WILLS JR., CLEVELAND BROWNS
Among the several issues with the Browns' performance in 2019 was the offensive tackle group, which caused Mayfield to routinely abandon the pocket (infamously to the right). Greg Robinson, Chris Hubbard and Justin McCray all saw considerable time at tackle last year, and all three produced below-average pass-blocking grades relative to the position.
Cleveland went out in free agency and paid big money for one of the premier tackles on the open market in Jack Conklin, who is a reliable top run-blocker at the position (fifth in run-block grade in 2019) and an above-average pass-protector. To fill the other spot, the Browns waited until the 2020 NFL Draft and snagged Alabama’s Jedrick Wills at 10th overall.
Our confidence in Wills doing so: We are confident in Baker Mayfield and Odell Beckham Jr. fixing their glaring miscommunication errors from 2019 and getting back to form in 2020 under Kevin Stefanski. The tackles were the biggest question mark this offseason, but both Conklin and Wills should be huge upgrades at right and left tackle, respectively.
Wills’ play is like Conklin's in that you can count on him to pave holes for the rushing attack — which Stefanski will love — but he isn’t on that same near-elite level in pass protection, which still makes Wills a question mark entering 2020. He was the sixth-highest graded FBS tackle in run-block grade his final year at Alabama, but there is reason to believe his pass protection might take some time to develop, given that he had an 82.5 pass-block grade and allowed 13 pressures on the year.
The only point of contention I have with your post and it's not even football related:The injured key players 'appear' healthy. O-Line looks like it 'could' be much improved. Baker didn't do commercials and lost his paunch. No Freddie. Hmnnn.
Not thinking a blowout but I'm not feeling a win either. Too many negatives in the column to have confidence against that team. Having Garrett back will be huge for the D and I'd like to think the offense will look 100 times better than last year with an adult at the helm, just don't think they've had enough time to bring all the changes together into a cohesive unit. I think they will get there just not this week. Make me a believer boys!The Man With No Name said:Hope I'm wrong but I am feeling a blowout by Baltimore
You're right. I haven't been watching much regular TV lately but it seems like he's done a whole series of commercials.The only point of contention I have with your post and it's not even football related:
https://youtu.be/fvlzNtLfdUk
Last year Myles got handled by OT Orlando Brown who held him to only 1 tackle, 0 sacks in the only game he played against them.Not thinking a blowout but I'm not feeling a win either. Too many negatives in the column to have confidence against that team. Having Garrett back will be huge for the D and I'd like to think the offense will look 100 times better than last year with an adult at the helm, just don't think they've had enough time to bring all the changes together into a cohesive unit. I think they will get there just not this week. Make me a believer boys!The Man With No Name said:Hope I'm wrong but I am feeling a blowout by Baltimore
Well coached teams with continuity year-over-year have an even greater advantage early in this particular season than they already did in prior years. I'll be very surprised if we win. And I expect more than a few wtf moments. New coaching staff, new offense, new defense, extremely limited offseason (and training camp), and no preseason games.Not thinking a blowout but I'm not feeling a win either. Too many negatives in the column to have confidence against that team. Having Garrett back will be huge for the D and I'd like to think the offense will look 100 times better than last year with an adult at the helm, just don't think they've had enough time to bring all the changes together into a cohesive unit. I think they will get there just not this week. Make me a believer boys!
Lots of reasons we may lose, but that ain't it. Y'all ripped last year's OL unit to shreds and we still romped in this game.two rookies on OL = loss.
Agreed, Think it's going to be a high scoring game from both teams.Lots of reasons we may lose, but that ain't it. Y'all ripped last year's OL unit to shreds and we still romped in this game.
so you’re taking the field on why they lose.MAC_32 said:Lots of reasons we may lose, but that ain't it. Y'all ripped last year's OL unit to shreds and we still romped in this game.
I think we all knew they were going to #### the bed this weekend.
Mayfield was running for his life most of the game.MAC_32 said:Lots of reasons we may lose, but that ain't it. Y'all ripped last year's OL unit to shreds and we still romped in this game.
Nah, we didn't lose cause of the OL. We lost cause of everything. My bar was quite low, but that didn't even reach it.so you’re taking the field on why they lose.
sounds like a Mac move.
Hope I'm wrong but I am feeling a blowout by Baltimore
Yea never mind, same ole same ole...a 1-19-1 record, 15 losses AT HOME, and an NFL record 13 straight losses in the openerNot thinking a blowout but I'm not feeling a win either. Too many negatives in the column to have confidence against that team. Having Garrett back will be huge for the D and I'd like to think the offense will look 100 times better than last year with an adult at the helm, just don't think they've had enough time to bring all the changes together into a cohesive unit. I think they will get there just not this week. Make me a believer boys!
I disagree. This is a great opportunity to see how they all bounce back through some adversity. This is reality in the NFL. How will you react to some things beyond your control going sideways?Short week so its a bad game to evaluate, Jed is hurt so if he can't play our line could be an issue Thursday.
Our defense showed some signs of life in the first half when we won up front. We clearly didn't win enough though. Ingram and Bosa, among others, ran free around the Bengals line yesterday. I will be scathing mad if the DL isn't a force Thursday.Consider yesterday a preseason game. The team wasn't ready. Garrett got handled 'again' by the Ravens, one solo and one QB pressure. I'm looking for a big bounce back game by the defense facing a rookie QB.
Agree with this part. I'm not adding Stefanski to the plate after one game, but that move to start force feeding Beckham has my eyebrow raised. The start to the game was uneven, but we seemed to be establishing a rhythm then that happened. The game came unraveled those next 3 drives. If you're going to do that then I think you have to do it at the outset...not shoehorn it midstream.The rest of the season is about evaluating Baker