Happy B-day Lyman. I give the gift of no old-geezer jokes from me.........today........only today.........tomorrow's a different story, though.
The Browns have named Brandon Weeden their starting quarterback, as expected. The Browns insisted on calling their quarterback spot a competition, even saying last week the battle was "close." Coach Rob Chudzinski admitted Tuesday that he just wanted to see how Weeden would react to being pushed by Jason Campbell. And by all accounts, Weeden passed the test with flying colors. Through two preseason games, he's 18-of-25 (72.0 percent) for 229 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Operating Chud's vertical passing scheme flawlessly, there's plenty of QB2 appeal in Weeden. This Browns' offense is going to be significantly improved.
God, grant me the Senility To forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune To run into the ones I do, And the eyesight To tell the difference.
Browns coach Rob Chudzinski has finally stopped delaying and made the widely expected announcement: Brandon Weeden is his starting quarterback. ?Brandon has earned this job. That?s extremely important to me. He?s gained my and his teammates complete trust,? Chudzinski said, via Steve Doerschuk of the Canton Repository. The biggest question is why Chudzinski waited so long to confirm that Weeden would start ahead of Jason Campbell and Brian Hoyer. Chudzinski said today that part of it was he wanted to gauge what kind of competitor Weeden is. ?Everything about this process is wanting to see how [Weeden] reacted,? Chudzinski said. ?Weeden has seized the opportunity and produced.? Weeden has played very well this preseason, completing 18 of 25 passes for 229 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions.
Don't run out and buy your Browns Moffitt jersey just yet. The Browns have voided the trade with Seattle and will retain the rights to DLineman Brian Sanford. It appears as if the Browns weren't happy with Moffitt's physical condition.
No but Denver was which makes no sense ? he is now a Bronco . the Browns will just cut Sanford and get nothing in return . they should have kept Moffit .
luck he walked away from this one Fri night . brusied & battered car destroyed but he walked away . thank God for that one . from our vantage point we were thinking the worst hoping for the best .
COMMENTARY | Looking at the NFL standings this morning, I couldn't help but smile. With a 2-0 record this preseason, the Cleveland Browns are tied with the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals atop the AFC North. As sweet of a sight as that is, seeing the Pittsburgh Steelers all alone in the divisional cellar with an 0-2 record is the icing on the cake for any Browns fan. Sure, it's just after two weeks of exhibition games, but there are three very good reasons why the Browns could leapfrog the Steelers on the AFC North totem pole in 2013: Pittsburgh Made Zero Effort to Improve in the Offseason For a team with such a winning legacy, Pittsburgh's 8-8 record in 2012 could not have gone over well with Steelers fans used to yearly trips to the playoffs. No big deal, though, because Pittsburgh would fill in the problem spots on its roster with capable talent during the offseason, and the reloaded Steelers would bring a winning team back to the Steel City in 2013. Well, that's not quite what happened. If the Steelers plan on finishing above .500 this season, they are going to have to do it with the same crew that couldn't reach in the playoffs last fall, because the only Pittsburgh transactions this offseason that involved name players all saw said players leaving town. Wide receiver Mike Wallace and linebacker James Harrison will be plying their trade for the Miami Dolphins and Bengals, respectively, in 2013. Pittsburgh, for now, seems to be happy with the status quo, even if that means missing the playoffs for a second straight season. The Steelers' Running Game Is a Mess Long known as a team that would wear opponents down with a punishing ground game, Pittsburgh has slowly but surely moved away from that concept in recent years, instead relying more on an efficient passing game led by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Even though the Steelers ran the football less, their ground game was still effective. That all came to an end last season. Pittsburgh's rushing attack was rancid in 2012. The 96.1 rushing yards the Steelers averaged per game tells just part of the story in a year where Pittsburgh scored just eight touchdowns on the ground. The truly damning evidence of a running game in decline is the meager 3.7 yards per carry the Steelers averaged in 2012, bad enough to finish 28th in the NFL. Pittsburgh's offense could be in big trouble if this number doesn't improve in 2013. Pittsburgh Turns The Ball Over Way Too Much As bizarre as has been seeing the Steelers morph into a passing team with no semblance of an effective ground game, their inability to hang on to the football the past two years is even more head-scratching. Since 2011, the Steelers have turned the ball over 58 times in 32 games, yet have still managed to go 20-12 during that span. By contrast, the Browns have only turned it over 45 times the past two seasons, and all they have is a 9-23 mark to show for it. Pittsburgh's generosity with the football reared it's ugly head in a big way in a 20-14 loss to the Browns last November 25. The Browns forced eight Steelers turnovers in that game, and the only reason the final score was within a touchdown was due to Cleveland's lackluster offensive effort that day. The fact is that Pittsburgh is playing with fire if it keeps giving the football away to its opponents, and 2013 could be the year that it burns the team big time, leaving the door open for the Browns to move past it in the AFC North standings. Shaun Heidrick is a Yahoo! Contributor who has followed the Cleveland Browns for 25 years.
A chicken farmer went to the local bar, sat down next to a woman and ordered a glass of champagne. The woman said, "How strange, I also just ordered a glass of champagne". "What a coincidence" said the farmer, who added. "It is a special day for me...I'm celebrating". "It is a special day for me too. I am also celebrating" said the woman. "What a coincidence" said the farmer.... While they toasted, the man asked. "What are you celebrating"? "My husband and I have been trying to have a child for years, and today my gynecologist told me that I was pregnant". "What a coincidence" said the man. "I'm a chicken farmer and for years all my hens were infertile, but now they are all set to lay fertilized eggs." "This is awesome" said the woman. "What did you do for your chickens to become fertile?" "I used a different rooster" the farmer said. The woman smiled and said. "What a coincidence."
By Fred Greetham OBR Senior Browns Reporter Posted Aug 21, 2013 Another position battle is over. Tashaun Gipson held off Johnson Bademosi for the free safety position opposite T.J. Ward. 0 Comments BEREA--One of the position battles heading into training camp was for the free safety position opposite of T.J. Ward. Tashaun Gipson was the favorite heading into camp and he was able to hold off Johnson Bademosi to win the position. Rob Chudzinski confirmed that Wednesday. "(Gipson) is the number one safety," Chudzinski said. "I'm really forward to seeing T.J. out there with him." When the new coaching staff decided to part way with Usama Young and Eric Hagg, it paved the way for Gipson to step in. However, the former undrafted free agent rookie from Wyoming didn't have a whole lot of game tape for the new coaching staff to look at. Gipson appeared in 10 games, but had just three starts. He had 29 tackles, an interception and a pass broken up. However, Gipson made the most of his opportunity when he filled in as a starter for Young at free safety against the Raiders as he responded with eight tackles. He missed five games with a knee injury and then a foot injury sidelined him for a game late in the season. Gipson said he found out that he was the starter via Twitter. "I found out (Monday) on Twitter as my Twitter feed just starting blowing up." Gipson said although he is happy about officially being named as the starter, but said he doesn't plan to let himself coast. "It was just a relief that all the grind and the hard work of the off-season and the OTAs has paid off," Gipson said. "But at the same time, there's no stopping now just because I was named the starter. I don't think anything will change as I will continue to fight for my job every day." Gipson said he's always had to prove himself and he thinks that only helps him. "Since I've been here in May of 2012, I've had to prove myself to the coaches, the organization, (the media), so that's nothing new," he said. "I'm excited for this challenge. I want Coach Horton to be 100 percent secure in me and my ability on the back end. I definitely have confidence in my ability and talents back there." Gipson (5-11, 205) said the responsibilities under Ray Horton's system is far different from the system he learned as a rookie in 2012. "Any time you go from a 4-3 to a 3-4, that's a huge change in itself," he said. "Being back there, the safeties are required to be more vocal and we definitely need to be on top of the game. Any slip in our game, we can potentially have a backset in the whole back seven from the linebackers to the cornerbacks, so we are responsible for a lot more things back there." Typically, the free safety is more of a ball-hawking type of player that gets a lot of turnovers through interceptions. Besides the one interception as a rookie in the NFL, Gipson had nine interceptions in his four-year college career. "Definitely, as a free safety, a middle of the field safety, that's what you pride yourself on," he said. "At the same time, you're just not out there trying to get interceptions. I'm going to be all over the field, if need be, whatever this defense calls for, whether it's blitzing or coming down and making tackles. I pride myself of being that type of player but it wouldn't hurt having a lot of interceptions." Gipson said he's up to the task. "Absolutely, I think I am," Gipson said. "I feel like mentally I am, physically I am, I'm into the game and definitely it paid dividends for me to play as much as I did last year. I also feel that I've progressed as a player and that's what has led me to the situation I'm in right now." Gipson was slowed during training camp with a shoulder injury, but he has not missed either preseason game. However, Ward is expected to play for the first time this Saturday against the Colts after being slowed by a hamstring injury. This will be the first time the projected starting safeties will be on the field together in a game this year. "That's definitely to me a blessing of being out there with who I think is one of the best safeties in the league," Gipson said. "So being out there with T.J., I feel like we mesh well. He has his strengths and I have my strengths, but I feel we complement each other well." Chudzinski said he's looking forward to seeing Gipson and Ward play together. "(Ward) had a good day of practice (Tuesday) and we've been cautious with it, but he's looking full speed," he said. "I am looking forward to seeing those two guys work together. They have done a lot of work together in practice, so its not going to be something that's foreign once they get out in the game." Gipson is excited about the prospects of the Browns defense under Horton. "With great challenges come great responsibilities and I'm excited for the challenges and am accepting the responsibility." EXTRA POINTS Mingo Update: LB Barkevious Mingo was in the locker room before practice and asked about his bruised lung. He said he feels fine, but says he's waiting on the doctors. He said he met with doctors on Monday. "I feel great," he said. "I feel fine." Mingo was asked how tough it is to sit out when you have no timetable for a return, despite feeling good physically. "I'm listening to the doctors, listening to the coaches," he said. "That's all I know." "This is what we do as football players," he said. "(The organization) tells me to sit out, you sit out. You do what they tell you." Mingo said he's spending a lot of time doing mental reps and trying to stay sharp. "I'm just trying to use this time to get better." Chudzinski was asked if there was anything new. "I don't have any update other than he's improved," he said "With the timeline, nobody really knows, it's just a matter of how his body heals." Status Quo at Guard: With the voiding of the trade for OL John Moffitt, Chudzinski was asked if the Browns were actively trying to add another guard, but he said they'll continue to work with the guys they have on the roster with OL Shawn Lauvao and OL Jason Pinkston both out with ankle injuries. "You're looking for everything at this time of year," he said. "But, we have some guys working (at right guard) right now that have made some progress. Oniel Cousins is working there. Garrett Gilkey is working there. Caylin Hauptmann is making working there, as well." Gilkey and Cousins rotated with the first team offense Wednesday at right guard. Chudzinski was asked why the Browns voided the deal with Moffitt. "Out of respect for John, I'm not going to get into that." For Starters: Chudzinski said the plan is to play the starters the entire first half against the Colts in what has become the dress rehearsal for the regular season. He said the starters will likely play a series into the third quarter, with the exception of a few and he did say that RB Trent Richardson was likely not to be in that long. Sheard Sits Out: Sitting out of Wednesday's practice were: DL Jabaal Sheard (knee), WR Davone Bess (rest), TE Gary Barnidge (shoulder), DB Trevin Wade (shoulder), DL Desmond Bryant (back), WR Naaman Roosevelt (hamstring) and Wr Jordan Norwood (hamstring). Chudzinski met with the media before practice and said Bess was getting a scheduled rest, but didn't mention Sheard. The Browns officially said that Sheard was day-to-day with a knee injury. Nelson Possible: WR David Nelson practiced for the second day in a row and he has not been ruled out for Saturday's preseason game with the Colts. "It's to be determined," Chudzinski said. "He practiced (Tuesday) and will practice today. We'll see how he does and make a determination later in the week." Nelson has yet to play in a game and Chudzinski was asked how they will be able to make a decision on him without seeing him if he doesn't play this week. "You have to go somewhat on the tape from what he's done in the past," he said. "He looked good (Tuesday) running around out there. We'll just have to get whatever evaluation we can and that's what we'll have to go on. "It's a little hypothetical right now, because we have another game and practices, so let's just see how it goes this week." Looking Ahead: The formula for the Browns schedule in 2014, the Browns five home games besides the Steelers, Ravens and Bengals are: Texans, Colts, Saints, Buccaneers and the AFC West team that corresponds in the standings. The away games besides the AFC North are: Jaguars, Titans, Falcons, Panthers and the AFC East corresponding team.
Okay guys . . . pool your collective mojo. *HELP* I just entered into a 1 on 1 avatar bet with SteelerKing on the NFL general board. He gets Big Ben's fantasy points and I get Brandon Weeden's plus 20%. The most total points at the end of the season wins. The Av bet runs from the end of the season through the Super Bowl.
I don't even think you'll need the 20% Lym.....nice bet. Weeden (16 games) = 4500 yds, 31 tds, 11 ints Ben R (13 games...3 missed due to injury) 2950 yds, 17 tds, 12 ints woof woof!
TD, Where in the hell did you get those numbers? *SCRATCH* Weeden (15 games) = 3385 yds, 14 tds, 17 ints, 1 fumble lost Ben R (13 games) = 3265 yds, 26 tds, 8 ints, 3 fumbles lost Crank up the Mojo guys . . . I'm gonna need it. *HELP*
First and foremost Bluez, I am glad your buddy walked away from that one. Two... *DRINK* Three that must have been one HELL of a ride...
