CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It's deja vu all over for Browns wide receiver Corey Coleman. Coleman underwent successful surgery Monday to repair a fractured metacarpal in his right hand -- almost exactly a year after he broke a different bone in the same hand in practice before Game 3. The surgery was performed at University Hospitals by Chief Hand Surgeon Dr. Kevin Malone. The metacarpal bones are the ones that lead into the wrist. Coleman will likely be placed on injured reserve Tuesday but could become one of two players permitted back on the roster. He'll be eligible to return to the practice field in six weeks and return to the playing field after sitting out at least eight weeks. If that's the case, he could see action Nov. 12 against the Lions. "It's unfortunate, but those things happen,'' said coach Hue Jackson. "The guy has worked so hard getting ready for the season, but we know these things happen in football. We just gotta have the next-man-up mentality and move forward.'' The injury, which occurred in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 24-10 loss to the Ravens, comes during a season in which Coleman was hoping to make the Pro Bowl, he told cleveland.com last week. "He was getting better, there's no question about that,'' said Jackson. "You know, and he was definitely heading in the right direction, so it's unfortunate. "It almost feels like, I know to him, the same time, different year, around the same time, here comes the injury and it's unfortunate. But it's something we go through and get through it." Fortunately for the Browns, they got a productive day out of receiver Rashard Higgins, who was called up from the practice squad on Saturday and responded with seven catches for 95 yards. "It was good,'' said Jackson. "I thought that he had the potential to do that. That's why we elevated him and gave Duke (Johnson) some more opportunities in the backfield. Duke made some plays in the slot as well, but Rashard made quite a few.'' They're also expected to re-sign training camp standout Jordan Leslie and possibly give more reps to Ricardo Louis, Sammie Coates and others. "We gotta go coach the guys that we have here,'' Jackson said. "There's nothing magical that's going to happen that way. I know Sashi (Brown) and his team are going to do everything they can to see if there's somebody else who can help us. Unfortunately for the Browns, free-agent pickup Kenny Britt hasn't been productive yet. He had a big drop against Pittsburgh in Week 1, and was limited to one catch for 2 yards on his two targets in Baltimore. Jackson contemplated making him come off the bench in Baltimore, but gave him a chance to redeem himself. "Am I pleased with his effort?'' Jackson said. "Uh, again, we've got to play better as an offensive unit all the way around. Receiver, running back, everywhere. We've got to play harder, and that's what we've got to do as a football unit.'' Coleman's teammates lamented his loss, but are happy he'll be back. "Corey is going to have to go in and spend a lot of alone time,'' said quarterback DeShone Kizer. "That's one part of injury that no one really sees is how much you're out there by yourself trying to get back to normal. "So I'm going to support him as a friend and as a teammate, and I'm looking forward to seeing his progression through this injury and hopefully his procedure goes well hopefully and we'll see him back out there.'' Last season, after missing six games with the broken hand, Coleman finished the season with 33 catches for 413 yards and three TDs. "But I don't look at it that way. I think the guys that are on our football team have to step up and play, just like we saw Rashard go out there and play extremely well yesterday and do some good things. Who's going to be the next guy that steps up and takes the opportunity and makes something happen? So that's what we have to do." He's been plagued by injuries since the Browns drafted him No. 15 overall out of Baylor last year. He suffered hamstring injuries in camp both years, and now back-to-back broken hands in each of his first two seasons. It happened when Coleman and cornerback Marlon Humphrey both jumped up for a pass and collided. Coleman fell on the hand, and was in immediate pain. He clutched it coming off the field, and declined to talk after the game after he sat dejected at his locker. "That's hard to hear,'' Higgins said of Coleman's hand. "One of the star players on the team, he goes down in the game. For us, it's like the next man up. We don't know how long Corey's going to be out but keeping him in our prayers and hope he has a fast healing.
That's twice Coleman has broke the same hand . If I could ask Hue one question it would be why not run the damn ball more ????? all that $$$$$ invested in the O Line and a shit WR Corps run the damn ball
I'm asking the same question. I was under the impression that hue was going to run the ball more to take pressure off his young qb As for the wr Britt needs to be deactivated The guy just doesn't seem to give a shit. As for this weekend against the colts if crow gets less than 20 carries I will have to start thinking that hue is going through another evaluation year and could care less about winning games
I'm quickly losing faith in Hue . simplify the game plan & run the damn ball ! Hue I do not trust anymore . hire a OC because you SUCK at it !
They aren't running the ball because they haven't been successful at it. The O-line hasn't come together yet. Hopefully they find success this week against Indy. I'd rather see them pass though, than just go 3 and out and have a punt fest all day...
Ok TD how is a 4.4 ypc not successful? 21 carries for 93 yards. 21 runs vs 42 pass plays I'd prefer a more balanced attack.
Looking at Indy, they're a sieve in the secondary but actually fairly solid against the run. 7th best run defense (allowing 2.5 YPA) but 29th against the pass (allowing 308 YPG). I don't expect them to get the running game going this week, but there's no excuse for Kizer not posting 300 yards/2 TDs against this team.
Especially with Hue already in mid-season form throwing it more than 60% of the time against two Top 10 defenses.
I guess the average ypc is a little surprising, but it certainly hasn't looked that effective IMO. We've been behind on the scoreboard. We'd all like balance, but you don't get that when your behind by two scores for most of the game. Do you want the coach to just pound the ball and go to work on the clock, or what? ..Hey, if you guys are ready to bail on Hue Jackson because his offense isn't ideally balanced in the first two weeks of the season, against two teams well known for shutting us down defensively, that's up to you. Way too early for that talk IMO. Lot's of teams experiencing the same thing. How about the mighty Cowboys running game?.... My suggestion is, look at the Bengals offense since Hue left...It's a dumpster fire. I'd look for the running game to pick up in the coming weeks...It's early. The O-line needs some time to gel. They'll hit their stride soon...Starters don't play much in the preseason. Very often, this is what ya get early on.
TD, I don't think any of us (besides Slopper) is ready to bail out on Hue. But . . . I think we have earned the right to question some of his decisions. Throwing a challenge flag because a WR told him he caught the ball? If he really thought he caught that pass, I would seriously question the guys' focus. He (the WR) had to know he bobbled the ball and it cost tge team a time out! Hue admitted the stadium replay was slow to be shown on the jumbotron so he didn't have a chance to see a replay. If a coach hasn't seen a replay - he shouldn't throw the damn flag! I'm not going to beat the dead migrane horse any more but, I personally think he blew it by putting Kizer back in. Clearly, Kizer wasn't having a good day and Hogan's day was at least, palatible. He had a chance and every reason to replace the rookie without causing any damage to Kizer's psyche but he didn't. Instead, he trotted bim back out there and abandoned the run leaving Kizer pretty much on an island.
League: NFL Total QBR ยป Rushing Yards Leaders - All Players RK PLAYER TEAM ATT YDS YDS/A LONG 20+ TD YDS/G FUM 1DN 1 Dalvin Cook, RB MIN 34 191 5.6 33 3 0 95.5 0 6 2 Carlos Hyde, RB SF 24 169 7.0 61 2 0 84.5 0 5 3 Chris Carson, RB SEA 26 132 5.1 30 1 0 66.0 0 7 4 Todd Gurley, RB LAR 35 128 3.7 18 0 2 64.0 3 8 5 Devonta Freeman, RB ATL 31 121 3.9 17 0 3 60.5 0 8 6 Ameer Abdullah, RB DET 32 116 3.6 34 2 0 58.0 0 3 7 Ezekiel Elliott, RB DAL 33 112 3.4 10 0 0 56.0 0 7 8 Rob Kelley, RB WSH 22 108 4.9 21 1 0 54.0 0 3 9 Jonathan Stewart, RB CAR 33 105 3.2 10 0 0 52.5 0 10 10 Ty Montgomery, RB GB 29 89 3.1 8 0 2 44.5 0 6 RK PLAYER TEAM ATT YDS YDS/A LONG 20+ TD YDS/G FUM 1DN 11 Chris Thompson, RB WSH 6 81 13.5 61 1 2 40.5 0 3 12 Tarik Cohen, RB CHI 12 79 6.6 46 1 0 39.5 0 2 13 Russell Wilson, QB SEA 14 74 5.3 29 1 0 37.0 1 4 14 Mark Ingram, RB NO 14 69 4.9 28 1 0 34.5 0 3 15 Jacquizz Rodgers, RB TB 19 67 3.5 10 0 1 67.0 0 4 Samaje Perine, RB WSH 21 67 3.2 12 0 0 33.5 0 2 17 Carson Wentz, QB PHI 8 61 7.6 24 1 0 30.5 1 3 18 Jordan Howard, RB CHI 22 59 2.7 11 0 1 29.5 0 4 19 Tevin Coleman, RB ATL 14 58 4.1 35 1 0 29.0 0 2 20 Christian McCaffrey, RB CAR 21 57 2.7 11 0 0 28.5 1 2 RK PLAYER TEAM ATT YDS YDS/A LONG 20+ TD YDS/G FUM 1DN 21 Darren Sproles, RB PHI 12 50 4.2 12 0 0 25.0 0 3 22 Dak Prescott, QB7 0 0 23.0 0 1 Matt Breida, RB SF 8 46 5.8 13 0 0 23.0 0 2 26 Adrian Peterson, RB NO 14 44 3.1 9 0 0 22.0 0 4
Lym, I was just pointing out that the discrepancy in run versus pass calls has much to do with us trailing for the majority of our first two games... I'm it total agreement on the Kizer decision Sunday. Hue is far from perfect with his decisions, but I do believe he'll have our offense clicking soon enough. I can't understand why they cut Jordan Leslie in the first place. That dude looked better than all our WR's in preseason... As far as Hue's "heat of the moment" decisions, I agree with stopper for the most part. I don't like the way manages games late. He had me scratching my head last year with very similar gambles like he took in the opener on Coleman's TD. I'm glad it worked last week, but if we come out of there with nothing, that's a highly questionable call... He's not perfect, but I do believe he has a good standing with the players, and he is building something positive here....We have to give Hue some time. Another reset would be like shooting ourselves in the foot...He should have called out Britt again though. A player just can't put out film like that and stay in good graces with the coaching staff. Hue should set an example for the younger players and deactivate Britt until he gets his head out of his ass...Somebody else said it too, and I agree...
The running game is ineffective because Hue isn't committing to the Run(as he said he would http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/358443/hue-jackson-committed-to-running-ball-more http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2017/06/should_hue_jackson_beat_himsel.html )!!!! Against PIT Hue ran the ball nearly 50% of the time and the Browns basically lost because of special teams allowing a blocked punt. Against BAL the run to pass ratio was 66% pass-33% run and the Browns lost by more points. Kizers 4 Turnovers killed them as much as anything. Now I wont place all the blame on the rookie QB as the WR are NOT doing their job. When half the WR in a pattern don't do their job it makes it tough. That said, I EXPECT the COACHES to recognize that the WR are not doing the QB any favors by pulling a Randy Moss and not going 100% every play, but when you can run for over 3.7 ypc it makes me wonder about the HC's commitment to running the ball. I get that Kizer is going to give us those WTF moments. I don't think the HC is helping by adding the pressure of throwing more, especially when the WR are not giving 100% on every play. Fixing that IS on the coach.
Well bad though that is, we certainly can't have pinned our season on Coleman. Maybe it's truly time to commit to the run. Kizer won't survive without it. Johnson may have to become a reciever, and our TEs need to grow up real quick. This week presents an opportunity, and we have to take advantage. The D "should" be able to keep Indy in check for the most part, but out O needs to make some first downs, and give the D some time to breathe. If they can do that, and put up 1 TD, I believe Gonzalez can make their task less daunting, and 3 FGs, plus a TD might well be enough. By the by, it will never stop pissing me off that the Browns consistently, ignore the asset they own in Gordon. The commish comes out with "his case isn't on our agenda, practically begging the Browns to show some support / interest in him being allowed back, and thus he sits in NFL pergatory. Jesus, just trade his right for a bag of footballs, if your so disinterested. Maybe another team would at least push for his release from suspension, and give him a chance to show he's grown up. Maybe not. I don't know, but it drives me crazy how he was so easily discarded, and left to rot. Of course now his services would have come in handy, if we had pushed for him, he might even be ready. Sorry everyone. It just sticks in my craw.
The coach can only control so much. Hue is trying to win. Is he supposed to be worried about statistical balance when he's down 14 with a quarter to play? I'm certain when we have more control on the scoreboard, you will see more effort geared toward balance on offense. It's easy to say after the game, "wow. he shouldn't have thrown so much. The rookie threw too many picks." Hindsight is 20/20....How are you gonna get back in the game at 3.7 yards a clip with the clock rolling? As far the effort goes from our WR's....That shit is inexcusable. I expect we won't see that again, but if we do, the seat under Hue should heat up a little. He's GOT to get control of that situation, and I don't doubt that he will...
Here's an interesting breakdown on Kenny Britt's afternoon in Baltimore...Maybe not nearly as bad as it seemed. http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2017/09/kenny_britt_had_one_catch_vs_t.html
So our quarterback isn't looking his way. Fine. That begs a new question. Why is the biggest, highest-paid, most experienced receiver not the first option for either (A) the coaching staff calling the plays, (B) the rookie QB who could use a 6'3" 224 pound veteran receiver, or (C) both?
