When asked to explain what he would like to see from his team, first-year Browns head coach Eric Mangini offered this: "Aggressive, intense, tough, physical, finishing ... consistency, execution (editor's note: I'm in favor of it!), communication ... good, solid, sound, fundamental, tough football. Physical football. Intense football. That's what I want every week." He made these comments shortly after the Browns lost their sixth game in seven tries, this one a steady-as-she-goes 31-3 defeat to the Packers. Last month, after an 0-3 start, fans started an online petition begging owner Randy Lerner to sell the team. Nothing came of it, so the sights have been set a little lower: fire Mangini. This time the Akron Beacon Journal's Patrick McManamon is leading the charge.
The Browns have been humiliated on the road in Baltimore and Denver, embarrassed at home by the Minnesota Vikings and the Packers. They lost by three to the Cincinnati Bengals then won by three in Buffalo.It's so bad, in fact, that McManamon suggests giving the job to defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. Not because he's done something to earn the gig (he even admits that the "defense has been terrible") but because "it can't be worse."
Imagine - the highlight of the season is a three-point win over the Bills, when the starting quarterback completed two passes.
The two quarterbacks have regressed to the point that they don't resemble the guys who played the previous two seasons. All the Browns have done with Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn is destroy their trade value.
And I think that's right. When Chick-fil-A is calling you out, it's probably a good sign you need to blow the whole thing up and start over. Again.
So, Sam Bradford, hope you like Northern Ohio because you're gonna be Cleveland's next franchise quarterback.
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10-26-2009 @ 2:40PM
bobfun28 said...
Has Brady Quinn really had a chance? He could not be any worse than Anderson. Come on , let him play and see what happens!
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10-26-2009 @ 5:12PM
km37130tn said...
Brady Quinn was terrible, he had a chance he didn't deserve in the first place. In the 3 games Quinn played last season. he had a 7 on 7 drill against the Broncos when they had 7 starters out, if I'm not mistaken. He basically completed a bunch of short passes to Winslow, and yet couldn't get 1 yard when he needed 1 most.
Anderson is subjected to the same fate as last season, guys not making plays around him. Last season it was Edwards and Winslow dropping the ball, this season, its new faces. The play calling mirrors last year, Lewis runs on 1st and 2nd downs, then pass on 3rd and long.
The play calling is not giving the team a chance to have success, and the dropped passes, which number 7-12 a game, depending on who is keeping count, seems to kill drives and any sort of momentum moving forward.
For that alone, I respect Mangini for sticking by his QB, something Crennel didn't do. Quinn couldn't even manage to get the ball to guys to drop, though he has completed over 60% of his passes within 5 yards and or to the line of scrimmage. he wasn't converting 3rd downs or producing 1st downs. He basically made a bad offense look worse.
The 2nd half of the season will be the tell, tell if progress is being made and if this is the proper course of action. Change has been set in motion, and you have to see it through. It's funny that Media and fans wanted McDaniels fired before he even coached a game. Maybe he knew what the hell he was doing, even though he may have been perceived to be going about it in the wrong way. He is 6-0 and I think the media can still kiss his a$$.
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