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Cleveland Browns (2007 & prior)

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CPD

3/25/06

Assistant offers extra assistance

Davidson helps Browns in more ways than one

Friday, March 24, 2006

Roger Brown
Plain Dealer Columnist

Don't underestimate the im pact offensive line coach Jeff Davidson will have on the Browns this season, now that he has been given the added the title of assistant head coach.

How much impact has Davidson already had?

Word is, at least one Browns offensive coach would have left this off-season if Davidson hadn't been promoted by coach Romeo Crennel. Among his other roles, Davidson should serve as a welcome buffer between Browns offensive coordinator Maurice Carthon - who can be abrasive at times - and unit players and assistants.

If Carthon struggles again as offensive coordinator, as he did last season, the highly respected Davidson could very well assume play-calling duties.
Word is, the Browns

planned to work out three-year Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Tom Arth this week, but Green Bay jumped in and signed Arth to a contract.

Arth is a former John Carroll and St. Ignatius High star.
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I actually dont think Maurice Carthon was bad at play-calling.

Like the PSU game for the Buckeyes last year, I think it was/is all about execution. It doesnt matter what you call, if the players cant execute the play then your offense isnt going to get anywhere.
 
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All jesting aside BN27 - the one thing the Brown's have in abundance this year is draft picks. With the Crocker trade they get 9 picks, and these are reasonably weighted into the 1st 2 days of the draft. Couple this with some pretty good moves in FA and the Browns look to (as a Bengals-centric onlooker) to be setting themselves up to be one of the turn-around teams next year.

If their choices in the draft are anywhere near as well targeted as the FA moves then play-offs for the Browns next year is not out of the question, the year after - highly likely.
 
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The Browns need help among their entire front seven, especially a second ILB. They need a young NT to learn under Washington since he is getting up there in years, and also need another DE so that McKinley can become a back-up. Along with depth at pretty much every position in the front seven.
 
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barlow1802 said:
what about moving bentley to gaurd and bringing in mangold to man center
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Faine has been given permission to find a trade to get him out of Cleveland. I would be surprised if he didnt get traded, because he actually is a good deal for how much money he is making.

If Faine isnt traded then rumor is that he will start at center next year, and Lecharles will start a guard.
 
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There has been a lot of talk about the Browns drafting Kamerion Wimbley, maybe even trading down a few picks and drafting him...

Heres a picture I found on Google:

Wimbley-lg.jpg


He would be an OLB that excels at rushing the QB. Reports are that since we did not sign Ben Taylor that Chaun Thompson, one of our starting OLB from last year will move inside and be our second ILB.

One thing is for certain. Bunkley and Ngata both have a chance of not being there at #12, but Wimbley will not be drafted before #12, there is no chance in hell he will be taken before the Browns, so he will be on the board.

Kamerion Wimbley

Theres his scout bio. Interesting that when he was recruited he wanted to play quarterback. Hes now 6'4" 246 lbs.
 
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Canton

3/26/06

All that shopping, but about QB ...

Sunday, March 26, 2006


<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>[FONT=Verdana, Times New Roman, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]BROWNS BEAT STEVE DOERSCHUK[/FONT]



Phil Savage generally managed his first year according to a proverb.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. And avoid John Collins.
That has been reduced to a more workable sequence, but Savage still has a potential problem.
Not knowing whether the Browns can win in 2006 with either Charlie Frye or Trent Dilfer at quarterback is a dangerous issue.
They are coming off a season in which Dilfer played like a veteran backup, and Frye played like a rookie third-round draft pick.
They have a head coach who has committed to neither Dilfer nor Frye as the starter.
And they can do nothing.
Even if there is a draft surprise — in which Vince Young or Jay Cutler slips to No. 12 overall and Savage grabs him — no rookie quarterback is going to take the Browns from 6-10 to 10-6.
It’s up to Frye or Dilfer.
They are the only apparent QB options if the Browns plan to make a playoff run. And while Randy Lerner won’t say so in public, I can hear him thinking, “We do plan on it.”
Savage seems to have done a fine job of tearing the Good Ship Davis down and getting a boat that might float. All of the player moves he has made since last winter have made sense, even the ones that haven’t panned out.
However, winning won’t happen unless Frye plays much better than he did as a rookie, or if Dilfer regains the rhythm that won him the nod over Matt Hasselbeck a few Seattle summers ago.
I think this proverb applies:
You can win with a good, but not great, quarterback. You can’t win with an average, but not good, QB.
In the room where I worked at the NFL Combine recently, Titans personnel chief Floyd Reese called quarterback “the most important position in professional sports.” No argument here.
How one acquires the right quarterback is extremely tricky.
Often, it boils down to raw luck.
How much skill did it take for the Colts to conclude in 1998 that Peyton Manning would make a better No. 1 overall pick than Ryan Leaf?
If the Patriots had even a faint inkling of what was in store for Tom Brady, why did they wait until even Spergon Wynn was gone before picking him?
Bill Cowher laughs at Pittsburgh’s incredible fortune in 2004, when the Raiders (drafting at No. 2), Cardinals (No. 3), Redskins (No. 5), Browns (No. 6) and Lions (No. 7) did what they surely would not do if they had a mulligan — pass on Ben Roethlisberger.
Cowher sweat bullets as Roethlisberger got past teams that have Michael Vick, Byron Leftwich and David Carr. Then the Steelers’ draft room erupted into high fives when the no-brainer of gang tackling Roethlisberger materialized at No. 11 overall.
New England’s Super Bowl run probably wouldn’t have happened without Brady.
“The Patriots struck gold.” veteran NFL coach Dennis Green said at the Combine, “with a player that nobody in this room ever thought could be a player. Nobody could have predicted he would have the intangibles that Joe Montana had.”
You wonder how Savage’s old team, Baltimore, would have done if it had stumbled on Brady in Round 6 rather than striking out with first-round pick Kyle Boller.
Don’t blame Savage for Boller ... not his call.
Don’t even blame Savage if Frye doesn’t work out. Round 3 quarterbacks seldom break through as multiyear leaders of playoff teams (See accompanying chart).
It’s not impossible. Montana was a third-round pick back in the days of the old NFC West.
But history definitely doesn’t suggest guys in Frye’s shoes have great runs all the time.
Dilfer turned 34 two weeks ago. Chances are, he’s getting better at broadcasting than quarterbacking.
Those who like to dream big can note that Brady was a No. 199 overall draft pick, and that maybe No. 3 quarterback Derek Anderson, who was a No. 213 overall pick, can shock the world.
It’s one thing for Savage and Romeo Crennel to bet on Frye for 2006 with the loose thought, “we think that he might ... ”
It’s another thing to place that bet and conclude, “We’re certain that he will ... ”
Drafting a quarterback, if, say, Cutler is available and the scouts give him a high first-round grade, doesn’t seem a bit foolish.
In a perfect world, the likable Frye would benefit from an improved cast and beat the odds suggested by the third-round list. If this Ohio kid can play, Browns fans will love him to death.
In an uncertain world, a revised proverb applies to the prospect of playoff contention in 2006.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Hope real hard. Reach Repository sports writer Steve Doerschuk at (330) 580-8347 or e-mail: [email protected]
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I dont even view quarterback as a position we need to upgrade or add depth at.

Frye played really well last year even though he was pretty much forced into action. Trent Dilfer is also a capable back-up. I think our line will be better this year than last.

Schaffer is viewed by a lot of scouts as a sizable upgrade at the LT position. LeCharles is a huge upgrade over Faine(whom is probably my least favorite player on the Browns.) Coleman and Andruzzi are both formidable guards. And when healthy Ryan Tucker was probably our best lineman last year.

LT-Schaffer
LG-Andruzzi
C-Bentley
RG-Coleman
RT-Tucker
 
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