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Discussion in 'Cleveland Browns' started by bluez, Apr 3, 2013.

  1. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians

    How many eggs are in a dozen ?

    even i figured that one out . had to answer it before i could post ?

    good thing it was a simple question ..simple question for simple posters
     
  2. Lyman "Franchise Asshole" Browns Buckeyes

    Huh?

    Maybe your "secret weapon" was up to no good and couldn't answer that question? :p


    Here's your next question. Thought I would let you know so you could study up a bit:

    How long do you cook a three minute egg?
     
  3. Duff_Beer_Doug Franchise Player Browns Indians C&D Club

    Never ask you about your business?

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  4. Duff_Beer_Doug Franchise Player Browns Indians C&D Club

    I found us some cheerleaders to brighten the place up a bit......


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  5. Duff_Beer_Doug Franchise Player Browns Indians C&D Club

    Need to start hanging some license plates up on the walls for ambiance.....


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  6. Duff_Beer_Doug Franchise Player Browns Indians C&D Club

  7. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians

    EXCLUSIVE: Denis Leary has been set to star in Draft Day, the Ivan Reitman-directed football film that stars Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner. Pic?s getting underway through Lionsgate and Gigi Pritzker?s OddLot Entertainment. Leary will play Vince Penn, the new head coach of the Cleveland Browns, who finds himself at odds with the team?s GM (Costner). It adds extra pressure as the GM attempts to make the right picks to lift the franchise through the NFL draft. There was a ticking clock on this casting, because part of the film will be shot at the April 25 draft to be held in Radio City Music Hall. As originally constituted in the Black List script by Scott Rothman and Rajiv Joseph, the team was supposed to be the Buffalo Bills, but Lionsgate got better incentives in Ohio and made it the Cleveland Browns. Leary has been co-executive producing IFC?s Maron and is co-writing and producing Sirens, the pilot for USA Network. His Apostle banner also produced the Detroit firefighter documentary Burn, which won the Audience Award at last year?s Tribeca Film Festival. He is represented by WME and Ziffren.
     
  8. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians


    NICE!!


    Lyman i always cook my eggs longer than three minuets so i would miss that question .

    Egg Head
     
  9. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians

    i should take a pic of my Browns liscence plate and hang it up .

    good idea !
     
  10. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians


    Sweet .best movie of all time was the Godfather I & II ..III Not so much
     
  11. Lyman "Franchise Asshole" Browns Buckeyes

    I feel like Beach . . . he had to be told what DGNR8 meant. :/
     
  12. crextin Franchise Player Browns


    :cool: Sweet Duff :cool:


    Nice to see the place getting all set up.
     
  13. Duff_Beer_Doug Franchise Player Browns Indians C&D Club

    C'mon now Lyman......you're much smarter than Beach. It shows cause you're a Browns fan (for at least part of one more year).............

    Phuque Pittsburgh.
     
  14. Duff_Beer_Doug Franchise Player Browns Indians C&D Club

    Found a few more..............


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  15. Lyman "Franchise Asshole" Browns Buckeyes

    To help celebrate the grand opening of the NEW Dawg Pound Lounge, I hired a very special, top flight, world renown floor show for your entertainment pleasure.


    As Burghball would say,

    Enjoy
     
  16. TopDawg Legend

    I'm liking the new place. Cheerleaders are a nice touch, Duff. nice work.
     
  17. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians

    Eagles traded RB Dion Lewis to the Browns in exchange for LB Emmanuel Acho.
     
  18. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians

    Lewis is a true COP back .i was hoping the Browns would make a run at former Cardinal RB Larod Stephens Howling who can return kicks & has nice hands .i guess Lewis fills that role now .

    that leaves us with 4 backs on the roster . they may keep 4 ? or go with three .

    hoping that Busterio Hardesty is the odd man out ..i have had enough of him the last three years . can't catch . can't block . can't stay healthy .he flashed a little last year . about time past time ..kick her to the curb !!
     
  19. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians

    Monday, April 8, 2013


    Mad scientist time in Berea


    For those of you excited about the Browns moving Jabaal Sheard from defensive end to outside linebacker this season, I have two words for you.


    Kenard Lang.


    Lang, some of you will recall, was a career defensive end who played to moderate success with the Washington Redskins and Browns. He played there for three seasons (2002-04) in Cleveland?s 4-3 scheme, racking up 20? sacks.


    Then Romeo Crennel arrived in 2005 and brought along his beloved 3-4 defense. Big problem because the Browns were bereft of enough quality linebackers to make the new defense work.


    Lang, at 6-3 and 280 pounds was too light to play on the defensive line. So Crennel, rather than have Lang add weight, descended into his laboratory and decided Lang would shed about 25 pounds and become an outside linebacker. Never mind that he had never played the position at any level. He was going to be a linebacker.


    The responsibilities of a defensive lineman and linebacker are as different as, well, Crennel and, say, Bill Belichick. It was in New England where Belichick took Tedy Bruschi, a defensive lineman in college, and turned him into a linebacker.


    Bruschi was too small (6-1, 247 pounds) to play on the defensive line. So Belichick moved him immediately to linebacker, made him watch for a season, and then beamed with pride as Bruschi went on to enjoy a very successful career with the Patriots, helping them win three Super Bowl championships.


    If it could work for Bruschi, why not Lang, was the reasoning. What harm could it do? The Browns needed linebackers at the time ? the only ones they could count on were Andra Davis, Matt Stewart, Ben Taylor and Chaun Thompson ? and Lang was tagged it.


    The grand experiment did not last long when it was apparent Lang had all sorts of problems making the adjustment. Unlike Bruschi, who was given a full season to learn his new position, Lang was force-fed immediately.


    He struggled in training camp and the exhibition games. At the age of 30, he was being remade. Whether he was fighting the change or just couldn?t make his body do what was expected of him, it was an abysmal failure. It was the classic old dog/new tricks syndrome.


    Well, get ready for round two of another Cleveland Browns grand experiment with Sheard in the starring role this time. Surprise!! Here comes Ray Horton and the return of the 3-4 and the Browns need linebackers.


    At 6-2 and 255 pounds, it is quite obvious he does not pass the sniff test for a defensive lineman in the Horton?s defense. He is too short and way too light. A 3-4 defensive line is comprised of tackles, most of whom weigh at least 300 pounds.


    There is no other position for Sheard, who has 15? sacks in his first two National Football League seasons, and was drafted expressly to fit Dick Jauron?s 4-3 scheme. He must make the transition this season and he will be force-fed by the Cleveland coaching staff.


    But he is instinctively a defensive end. His muscle memory is that of a defensive end. His thought process is that of a defensive end. His entire mind-set is that of a defensive end.


    In making the switch, he has to reprogram his brain. His instincts have to be changed. Even if they make him a hybrid (combination pass rusher/outside linebacker), he is still not used to lining up in a two-point stance.


    If the Browns are insistent on Sheard making the switch, they?ve got to allow him at least one season to make the necessary adjustments. To throw him immediately into the fire is patently unfair despite what he says.


    ?A change to a new defense will be difficult because it?s about making adjustments,? Sheard told the Plain Dealer in January. ?But I?m an athlete and I can play anywhere at any time . . . I move pretty good at my size now and as long as I can drop back (in coverage), it?s no big deal. If I can play and move, no matter the size, you?re good.?


    Wait until he actually plays the new position and finds out he has to cover running backs out of the backfield or tight ends running a drag route. Wait until he finds out he has to play in space when he drops back into assigned zones. Wait until he finds out that linebacker is the polar opposite of defensive end.


    Unless he?s an extraordinarily talented athlete who makes transitions easily, he and the Browns will discover that the grand experiment will lack the chemical formula to be successful.


    And that?s when the Browns will reach for the telephone, call teams that play the 4-3 and wish Sheard well with his new team.
    Posted by Rich Passan
     
  20. bluez M.V.P. Browns Indians

    And that?s when the Browns will reach for the telephone, call teams that play the 4-3 and wish Sheard well with his new team.


    I wondered about this when they hired Horton to be the D cordinator . i asked on cBS who gets traded after they gave Bryant 34 mill just after he got a DUI ??

    Sheard may not survive draft day IMHO .

    I am excited about the offense but at the same time very concerened about the Defense . only time will tell but defense has me worried big time .
     

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