Damn, you guys really, really don't dig Lawrence Timmons at all.
I was never that enamoured with the selection at the spot they took him, but I didn't hate it. He's, what, 21 or 22? Tough to just write him off after one year. I don't think we're talking Huey Richardson here. I think maybe any word coming out that "he won't be starting this year" before TC even kicks off may be a little bit of conjecture(this is me saying that not knowing who, exactly is saying that). Maybe it's an attempt to motivate.....well, you know. Of course, if that's what it takes to motivate the guy, THAT raises a pretty big red flag to me.
As much as Mike Tomlin flat-out wooed this kid like a schoolgirl a year ago, followed by the selection of Woodley, I was convinced the "Tomlin 2" was coming to town sooner than later. If that's not the case, then why bother taking a guy like Timmons in the first place?
And just to throw it out there....I think the Browns could easily win only 7-8 games in '08. Yeah, they look pretty good on paper, as of today, but it sure seems that they're depending on an awful lot of "iffy" types to make a big impact(Rogers, Stallworth, Anderson and Scissor Legs all could just as easily implode as not. Giving up a guy like Bodden for an aging, fat, unmotivated DT doesn't sound like such a hot idea to me either. ) Who'd they beat last year that was a contender anyway? Seattle? That's about it.
Looks like they're SOS will be a lot tougher this year, so there should be ample opportunity for them to prove me wrong. I just don't think they will. They've got some nice young players, especially on offense, but I dunno. I just don't see them as an automatic 10 win team.
