Still need a kicker. He's sucking it up big time. I mean WTF? Maybe a bit of the ball holders fault but c'mon. Still need to improve this part of special teams. I just can't believe York has been this bad. I watched quite a few college games of his and he was nearly automatic.
In Phil Dawson’s 1st season at Cleveland Stadium he was a 66.4% kicker. He had another season in 2006 that he was a 72.4% kicker. Cade York in his rookie season is 73.3%. He has 8 misses on the year… 6 of them are in the swirling winds of Cleveland Stadium, the place most kickers say they hate kicking in the most because the wind changes on every kick. York is 87% every where else he has kicked his rookie season. York doesn’t need to relearn how to kick a FG, he needs to learn every spot of Cleveland Stadium the Phil Dawson did, then he had a chance of being the best kicker in this league. Or… Cleveland needs a new stadium that is more kicker friendly. To me, it’s a huge advantage. The GOAT missed a kick yesterday in our stadium, then it was in his head enough that special teams blocked another one of his kicks… Justin Tucker has very few 1-3 days in his career.. he had one yesterday in the same conditions Cade York was kicking.To put it into perspective, Tucker averages 3.2 missed field goals per year, yesterday he damn near made his quota in one game. I wouldn’t start worrying about the roomie just yet.
Joe Thomas, Darrelle Revis, Dwight Freeney among Hall of Fame finalists Jan 4, 2023 Three first-time eligible players and a player who has waited 25 years highlight the list of 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2023. Tackle Joe Thomas, a 10-time Pro Bowl selection as well as a six-time first-team All Pro, cornerback Darrelle Revis and defensive end Dwight Freeney are all finalists in their first year of eligibility. Cornerback Albert Lewis, who played his last game in the 1998 season, has waited through the customary five-year period after retirement to go with 20 years of eligibility to be named a finalist for the first time. The rest of the finalists for the class of 2023, announced Wednesday night, are: Jared Allen, defensive end Willie Anderson, tackle Ronde Barber, cornerback Devin Hester, wide receiver/returner Torry Holt, wide receiver Andre Johnson, wide receiver Zach Thomas, linebacker DeMarcus Ware, defensive end/outside linebacker Reggie Wayne, wide receiver Patrick Willis, linebacker Darren Woodson, safety Of that group, only Woodson was not a finalist last year, and Holt has now been a finalist four times. The Hall of Fame's board of selectors will meet in the coming weeks to choose a maximum of five modern-era finalists for enshrinement. The class of 2023 will be announced Feb. 9 during the NFL Honors show, three days before the Super Bowl. Ken Riley, Chuck Howley and Joe Klecko are the seniors committee finalists, and Don Coryell is the coach/contributor committee finalist. Those four will be voted on a yes-or-no basis. The enshrinement ceremony will take place in August at the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Joe Thomas is the most decorated player among this year's finalists, with his 10 Pro Bowls ranking eighth most for an offensive lineman. But in Thomas' 11 seasons with the Cleveland Browns, the team did not make the playoffs and finished with a winning record just once -- at 10-6 in 2007, his rookie year after being drafted third overall. Among the other first-year eligible players, Freeney was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and a three-time first-team All Pro who was part of the Indianapolis Colts' Super Bowl XLI-winning team to conclude the 2006 season. He also led the NFL in sacks in 2004. Revis, a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and a four-time first-team All Pro whose coverage skills launched the "Revis Island'' moniker, played for four teams in his 11-year career. Drafted at No. 14 overall by the Jets in 2007, he played eight of his seasons in New York across two stints with the franchise. He also won a Super Bowl with the 2014 New England Patriots. If one or both of Thomas and Revis are enshrined in the Hall's class of 2023, they would join wide receiver Calvin Johnson, the No. 2 pick by the Detroit Lions in 2007, as Hall of Famers among the first 14 selections in that draft. Of all the finalists, none has waited longer than Lewis, who is in his final year of eligibility as a modern-era player. Lewis, who played 16 seasons (11 with the Kansas City Chiefs and five with the Raiders), finished his career with 42 interceptions.
Back at ya. Couldn't stay away forever. Just needed a break for a while... Looking forward to the draft next month. Watson still represents our first rounder for the next 2 drafts, so hopefully Berry can find a diamond or two in the rough. We do have some holes to fill, especially on defensive side of the ball. Just looking at the salary cap situation, it's hard to imagine the Browns being big players in free agency.
If they do the Watson restructure that has been talked about, that opens up $23-30M in one fail swoop...
Debbie Downer, here. IF they do, in fact, restructure Watson's contract and net that $30M, that still only gives them (by my math) only around $11M cap space. The reported release of John Johnson only adds an additional $900K to he cap space as he carries $12.6M in Dead Money.. Buckle up and stay away from the Cool Aid.
Dang. That kinda sounds like topdawg GMO math...lol! i like it. I didn't realize that was an option. There's rumors that Browns interested in veteran DE Brandon Graham, and he's interested in coming to Cleveland to reunite with Jim Schwartz. So if we are going to be players in free agency, it sounds like the Watson restructure is imperative.
Lyman, for what it's worth, I found this over on Cleveland.com "Browns GM Andrew Berry has already acknowledged he’s releasing safety John Johnson III, which will save the Browns $9.75 million of his $13.5 million cap charge if he’s a June 1 designation."
That's true IF he designated as a post-June 1st release. I didn't consider post June 1st releases as most free agents worth a shit will be long gone by then.
Whatever they are going to do, we will know before March 19, that is when his $1M roster bonus goes into effect.
