also I bought a new Browns jersey . not a player jersey as no one sticks around long enough . I chose my birth year and SN . # 57 Bluezhound the jersey is 1- 0 ..as it came FedEx Thursday afternoon 8)
Brian Hoyer will start Thursday's Week 5 game against the Bills. Brandon Weeden (thumb) has been fully cleared, but there's no way the Browns can turn back to him now. In two starts, Hoyer has gone 55-of-92 (59.7 percent) for 590 yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions. Most importantly, he's led the Browns to a rare two-game winning streak. Now Hoyer gets a home game against a Bills secondary that held up well against the Ravens in Week 4, but remains ravaged by injury. He's a viable QB2 and it wouldn't be shocking if he holds the starting job the rest of the way. The Browns new regime has little faith in Weeden.
by Scott White | Senior Fantasy Writer (09/29/13) As expected, Colts running back Trent Richardson carried the load with Ahmad Bradshaw sidelined by a neck injury Week 4 at Jacksonville, handling 20 of the team's 29 rushing attempts. But the fact he didn't lead the team in rushing shows what kind of afternoon he had. Once again, Richardson lacked the explosiveness needed for a big statistical output, picking up just 60 yards on his 20 carries. He had only one run of more than 10 yards -- a 12-yard burst that came with the Colts leading 34-3 midway through the fourth quarter. Richardson also had one catch for 6 yards. Donald Brown actually led the Colts in rushing, picking up 65 yards on his three carries. The big blow was a 50-yard run to set up Richardson's 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. With the Colts looking to control the clock with a pounding running game, Richardson should get plenty of carries again Week 5 against the Seahawks, but he'll most likely continue to work with a change-of-pace option, be it Bradshaw or Brown. makes me think that Heckert was either buzzed or hungover when he traded up and drafted both RB'S .
CLEVELAND, Ohio ? Good stuff, bad stuff and ugly stuff from the Browns? 17-6 victory over the Bengals: 1. Tim Couch, the first false savior, would pat the ball as he stood in the pocket with only question marks saving his eyes from Little Orphan Annie vacuity. When he finally threw the ball, it would occasionally be to a player so palpably open that the ball should have already been in the air by then to maximize a possible gain. When I was a kid, playing touch football, a game without blocking, we had a rule that you had to count ?One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi? before rushing the quarterback. Couch was at ?One Mississippi? while still smacking the ball. ?Mississippi? is a long word, a big river and -- counting up all the Mississippis before he would recognize an open teammate and finally throw late into short gain or interception land-- a fatal flaw. I used to laugh at stories of Couch wowing recruiters by being able to throw footballs into small trash cans placed all over the field from almost any spot. Let me know when those trash cans sprout legs and run patterns. Then there was Derek Anderson?s assault on the sod. He took more divots than Tiger Woods, plowing the ball into the turf on short crossing patterns. He had the touch of man standing at a forge beneath a spreading chestnut tree. Charlie Frye thought he could out-athlete NFL players, the way he could run around and buy time and then make a heroic play at Akron. Not so. Brady Quinn played scared, afraid of making a mistake. Colt McCoy couldn?t throw a 15-yard out with pace on the ball. Brandon Weeden looks like a classic coach-breaker -- big arm, bad aim, inability to make progression reads at anything more than remedial level. I?m not saying Brian Hoyer is The Answer, or the fact that he?s from North Olmsted and played for Chuck Kyle at St. Ignatius automatically certifies him as great. Kyle certainly would have schooled him in the passing game, though. But Hoyer is not the other guys, either. Two games don?t mean much, but a facility for making quick, mostly correct decisions and getting the ball where it should go on target and on time ? well, that means a lot. 2. Maybe you?re known for the company you keep. There was a stunning note that only Hoyer and Otto Graham threw three TD passes for the Browns in their first NFL games. 3. There used to be a gag gift you could buy at novelty stores, in which a recording inside a wooden box was activated by contact, after which the voice would yelp, as the box shook: ?Help! Help! Would somebody let me out of here?? I believe the voice belonged to Bengals? wide receiver A. J. Green and the box belonged to Browns? cornerback Joe Haden, who threw away the key. 4. TV showed some huge Browns banner being unfurled in the stands. The first thing I thought of was they better make sure Weeden isn?t under there again. 5. They are bringing back the Elf as a mascot. The Elf is back! The Elf is back! Hey, I?m OK with it/him, the mascot for some championship teams in the dim mists of time, even if it's just to sell stuff. Clapping your hands and saying, ?I do believe in fairies!? made as much sense as putting your faith in some of the quarterbacks mentioned at the top of Musings. 6. They kept keep running this beer commercial with crazy fans doing wacky good-luck stuff while watching games. It reminded me of ?Silver Linings Playbook? and Robert DeNiro?s behavior. ?It?s only weird if it doesn?t work? is the slogan. But doesn?t BW3, whose customers are always pleading for overtime-inducing chicanery, control the outcome of all the games, anyway? 7. The Browns dusted off the wildcat again with tight end MarQueis Gray, a quarterback at one point at the University of Minnesota, under center. It forced the Bengals to take a timeout. You have to love it. 8. And, while a surprise onside kick didn?t work, the odds were in favor of it. Onside kicks are recovered 26 percent of the time in the NFL, but only 10 percent of the time in late-game situations, when the receiving team expects it. So-called ?surprise? onside kicks are recovered at almost 60 percent. There is some math involved, but, basically, with the element of surprise, a team has an 18 percent advantage with a surprise onside kick in expected points scored over those scored after a normal kickoff. The Browns led, 7-0,in the first quarter when they tried the onside kick. It was worth the risk. 9. Not sure how good or bad Billy Cundiff is. He fell on his keister while warming up, then drilled a 51-yard field goal. He also missed two. If it seemed like the Browns should have been ahead by more than 7-3 early, it's because they should have been ahead by 13-3. The second miss came after a make was nullified because Bengals coach Marvin Lewis called timeout an instant before the ball was snapped in order to ?ice? Cundiff. Don't say bring back Phil Dawson, though. No way the Browns were paying that much money to a kicker in a rebuilding program. Usually, the tactic Lewis used is counterproductive, but maybe it works for bad kickers? 10. Jordan Cameron, take a bow. What a year you're going to have. Hoyer spreads the ball around too much for he and Cameron to recall great pitch-and-catch combos, but the new QB looks for his tight end in the red zone the same way that Troy Aikman did with Jay Novacek. The link to those Aikman days in Dallas is Browns' offensive coordinator Norv Turner. 11. As for the, literally, onrushing Barkevious Mingo, I remember in ?Instant Replay,? Jerry Kramer?s fascinating diary of a season with the Green Bay Packers of the Vince Lombardi Era, he worried about having to block Jethro Pugh on the decisive play of the Ice Bowl game. No one, he knew, would forget a big game or big play made by someone named Jethro Pugh. Same with Barkevious Mingo. But you can?t block what you?re too slow to hit. 12. Occasionally, someone makes such an impression that his name becomes an adjective ? a Beamonesque leap, a Ruthian clout, and, well, something done by the likes of Ryan Pontbriand. When Bengals center Kyle Cook sailed a snap 14 yards behind Andy Dalton and very wide left, I flashed back to the meltdown of the Browns? former long-snapper. The word ?Pontbriandian? applied.
Greased, gassed and fillin up fast! This bandwagon is ready to roll! Look out Buffalo. Hoyer / Sipe ......Yeah I see plenty of similarities. They got that "it" factor that successful QB's MUST have. The team believes in them. I don't think Chud is going to be able to keep doing the "we'll evaluate the tape" thing (before naming his starter each week) much longer....Hoyer is the man. We know it. Chud knows it. Everybody knows it.....
TD can I drive ? I do have racing experience incase things go south and we need to pull out of somewhere in a hurry . nothing like a angry mob chasing us Browns fans as we tell them that there #1 while we are leaving after yet another victory
What's a bandwagon without a good wheel man? Of course you can drive Bluez....Sounds like a great plan. Those skills of yours are bound to come in handy....I'll be passing out the victory shots to all the faithful dawgs on board, as well as slamming a few myself! WOOF WOOF! Buckle up fellas. I gotta feeling it's gonna be a wild ride....
Get ready to see more and more of them trickling out the door. Tom Heckert whiffed colossally more times than he connected and it's the reason we're still talking about "rebuilding" instead of "consistently contending". I'm looking forward to what Lombardi and Banner add to the mix this offseason.
HELL YEAH!! Good office talk all day today between the Tribe and Browns.. This is going to be a fun week! If bluez has officially been hired, TD, we might want to implement that mandatory seat belt rule that has been ignored in the past!
Not only will I NOT be wearing my seat belt.... I'm not keeping my hands and feet inside the wagon at ANY time!!! *DRINK*
HEY I can drive ..Lyman does have a point about turning left .we will just circle the stadiums turning left . *DRINK*
No matter how this season turns out we have REAL HOPE for the future .armed with plenty of cap space and draft picks better days are ahead .this time for no false .its the read deal . [:} *DRINK*
I'm watching ESPN to get ready to see who the Tribe will face Wednesday. On Baseball Tonight I saw on the bottom of the screen that the Titans were going to bring in a QB this week. It had David Carr's name on it. Locker has a hip injury and is out 6-8 weeks. I also saw earlier this week they wanted to trade Kenny Britt. I would entertain the thought of Britt. We do need another WR but that would depend on what they want in return. Now it seems the Titans are in need of a QB. Which brings me to WEEDEN. I am NOT a fan of Weeden. I wasn't when they drafted him and I'm not now. But I would be on the horn trying to unload this scrub. Like yesterday. Before Hoyer got here his future in Cleveland was dark. Lombardi & Banner has already stated they don't like him. Before the 0-2 start. So jump on the horn fellas. I don't expect Britt for him but I would take a 4th or higher pick for him. If they want to give me Britt Ill take it. But put Weeden out of his misery and move him along. 1. See what Hoyer can do. So far so good. 2. If Hoyer does go down you still have Campbell to back him up. 3. I'd bring in a 3rd string QB. To me Weeden is done here. I don't want to see him in there. Been there done that. Doesn't got it. He's 31 years old. He is what he is. But I would look at the Titans and say " What will you give me for Weeden". That move would make me a very happy camper. SHIP HOWDY DODY OUT OF HERE!!!!!
The Browns were awarded running back/kick returner Fozzy Whittaker on waivers from San Diego on Monday, the club said. In a corresponding roster move, the Browns waived wide receiver Josh Cooper. A first-year pro from Texas, Whittaker returned six kickoffs for 156 yards in three 2013 regular-season games for the Chargers. The Browns have used reserve wideout Greg Little and backup running back Bobby Rainey on kickoffs this season. Whittaker?s addition gives the Browns three running backs. Willis McGahee is the starter, with Rainey and Whittaker in reserve. With Cooper exiting, the Browns are currently carrying four receivers: Josh Gordon, Davone Bess, Travis Benjamin and Little. In another roster move Monday, the Browns released running back Montario Hardesty off injured reserve. A fourth-year pro, Hardesty had preseason knee surgery. I Liked Cooper . all he did was catch the ball . down to only 4 WR ???
