Lately in the last 10-15 years, just how many consistently winning teams have built up by going offense first and filling in the defense and how many had the defense in place first before filling in the pieces on offense?
Lately in the last 10-15 years, just how many consistently winning teams have built up by going offense first and filling in the defense and how many had the defense in place first before filling in the pieces on offense?Offense first...ummm...Colts? and ...uhh...well...OK, not sure I can answer your question, unless the Colts are the only one going offense first and gather consistent success(I should also add, moreso than going offense first, it was Peyton Manning first)
Let's hope Weeden is as accurate as they say...
After Browns quarterback Colt McCoy suffered an obvious (to everyone but the Browns) concussion during a Thursday night game against the Steelers in December 2011, McCoy’s father, Brad, called out the Browns for failing to keep Colt out of the game.
At the time, I feared the Browns would hold those comments against Colt. According to Tony Grossi of ESPNCleveland.com, they have.
Grossi reports that “McCoy’s fate as a former starter was sealed” when Brad McCoy sounded off.
It’s not a surprise. Football coaches at every level generally prefer that parents butt out. Given the fairly legendary temper of Browns president Mike Holmgren and the high degree of sensitivity that the Browns exhibited regarding the question of whether Colt McCoy should have re-entered the game, Brad McCoy’s words undoubtedly triggered a stream of four-letter words at Browns headquarters in Berea.
he has been pampered his whole life . hence the treatment he got his rookie year from Mangini . time to cut the cord . little Colt is grown up here . act accordingly . his dad had no bussiness sticking his nose in team bussiness IMHO
Let's just hope the result isn't the same when the ball hits the Browns receiver's hands...You never know Jake up by the lake in late DEC, JAN... The recivers hands may explode like that
Gruden's QB Camp with Weedy...
Crex, that was very impressive with the clay pigeons....i've never seen that before. I don't think I've ever seen anybody try that before....Awesome.
Goggles on.My grandfather passed when I was in the Navy. We were in the middle of a work-up and preparing to get underway for a 6 month deployment. There was no way I was getting time off on short notice
What if I said the Browns could turn their fortunes around this year--dramatically. Before you turn me completely off, hear me out.
Just last year the Browns were 4-12 and they didn’t seem to have made much progress. So what could the Browns possibly do to make a dramatic turnaround.
Copy their rival!
Besides bordering on blasphemy, Browns fans can only look down Interstate-71 and see what the division rival Cincinnati Bengals did a year ago in the draft. Most experts would say the Browns biggest problem was on offense—an understatement to say the least—because the Browns scored under 13 points a game.
The defense kept the Browns competitive for most of the games last year, but the offense was missing in action. I know the Browns were ranked as a top 10 defense, but statistics are deceptive and the Browns have the foundation for a good defense. However, I’m not going to label them as an elite defense.
A year ago, the Bengals realized that Carson Palmer was serious about his threat to retire rather than play again with the Bengals. They used their second-round draft choice to select Andy Dalton from Texas Christian. Dalton became the starter from Day One and he went on to lead the Bengals to a dramatic turnaround.
The Bengals were 4-12 in 2010 as well, and last year improved markedly to 9-7 and made the playoffs as a Wild Card team. Granted, the Bengals had a pretty good defense, but the offense is what helped them turn their record around. Dalton completed 58.1 percent of his passes, while throwing for 3,398 yards. He threw for 20 touchdowns and had 13 interceptions with an 80.4 QB rating.
The running game was similar to the 2009 season with Cedric Benson being the primary ball carrier. However, the Bengals dropped Chad Ochoconco and drafted A.J. Green with their top draft pick.
Green was truly a difference maker as he caught 65 passes for 1,057 yards and seven touchdowns.
In the draft, the Browns added three starters to the offense and those three could improve the offense significantly. Brandon Weeden, presumably will step in immediately and take over the offense.
Sure, he will have growing pains, but it is very conceivable that he could play as well as Dalton did as a rookie, or possibly even better.
A big part of Dalton’s success was the emergence of Green. The Browns first pick, Trent Richardson could easily make as big, if not bigger impact on the Browns offense as to what Green did. If Las Vegas were to put odds on Richardson’s numbers, I would take the over that he would account for more than 1,057 yards and seven touchdowns in the Browns offense this year. Primarily, because he’s a double threat, rushing and catching passes out of the backfield.
The biggest negative to date is the Browns have added only a fourth-round draft choice in Travis Benjamin at the wide receiver position. They have not added any veterans through free agency, nor draft a receiver with one of their top picks. It will be very interesting to see if Weeden makes the existing receiving corps better like Pat Shurmur and Tom Heckert intimated.
The Browns opted to add Mitchell Schwartz to play right tackle with the 37th pick, rather than select a receiver. I would’ve preferred they would’ve signed an unrestricted free agent like Eric Winston to play tackle and then they could’ve gone after a receiver.
However, Schwartz should provide instant improvement over the hobbled Tony Pashos from a year ago. We’ll see if adding the running back or the wide receiver was the more important way to go—or if really the quarterback was the real key.
So, if Dalton and Green can play a big part in turning the Bengals around, there is optimism that it could happen with the Browns.
Random Thoughts on Backup QB: I got a kick out of hearing QB Seneca Wallace on a local radio station this week talking about his role in mentoring rookie QB Brandon Weeden in the West Coast offense. Ironically, last year, he said it wasn’t his responsibility to mentor Colt McCoy and lobbied to the media about being the starter. Now, Wallace realizes that he’s not going to start since the Browns drafted Weeden to start and he’s lobbying to stay as the backup for the Browns. It’s funny what $2.5 million will make you say.
I am in the minority, but I believe that McCoy would be the better option as the backup. He has the personality to handle being the backup and he knows he will get another chance, either by injury or with another team. If McCoy is better than Wallace, he should be the backup. I don’t buy the line about the divided locker room. The players know what a No. 1 draft choice means and they will follow Weeden, especially as McCoy will not cause strife in the locker room. We all know the recent history of quarterbacks in Cleveland and virtually every year the starter goes down with an injury, thus McCoy would be a better option than Wallace, if that happens.
In addition, McCoy makes around $500,000 this year and is much younger than Wallace. However, Wallace has a longer history with Mike Holmgren than McCoy does. It will be interesting how this plays out.
I'm not complaining, I had a great time. Saw the world and did some cool stuff.
. all snug in the fart sack and this moron wants to know where the guards are at ? ..he grabs my sleeping bag and i grabbed him tossing him right out the back of my M109 A3 . he caught some chit to over it as he went from gun emplacement to gun emplacement screwing with us after the exercise was over with .i was the third and last one he hit . after he " hit the frozen dirt that was the end of it . he endeed up transfered to who the hell cares where .
..although i wish some wouldnt flash there stuff 
This statement makes you sound like a real POS Riff-Raff. It was his son man! Every parent would favor the best interest of their child's health. It's totally understandable that Mr. McCoy would be so verbose about the concussion. Putting him back in that game without doing tests could have ended Colt's career if he'd taken another hit in that manner. Geez haven't you seen the concussion comparision this week with the Seau suicide? These things coincide you know.....
he has been pampered his whole life . hence the treatment he got his rookie year from Mangini . time to cut the cord . little Colt is grown up here . act accordingly . his dad had no bussiness sticking his nose in team bussiness IMHO
