I wrote a lengthly post last Tuesday entitled "Time for Derek!!"
It attracted no great interest with no responses amd 22 views. Probably more relevant than you expected.
I'm sad that it proved prophetic in regard to Charlie Fry. I don't understand how anyone can celebrate an injury to any player regardless how they feel about his abilities.
I pointed out that no one had any evidence that Derek was not a good quarterback. In the pre-season he made the most of his opportunities doing very well playing with scrubs against scrubs.
He was the superior quarterback in practice. Kelvin Winslow says, "He picks our defenses apart."
He was highly regarded in the PAC 10, not exactly a Mickey Mouse conference.
And certainly he was outstanding against KC.
I'm ready to say he is no Todd Philcox or Spurgeon Wynn, that we need not tremble when he enters the game.
Whether he's a disregarded potential star like Tom Brady (or Johnny Unitas long ago) certainly remains to be seen. If he has weaknesses which didn't show Sunday they will be exploited in upcoming games.
It remains to be seen how he'll do against a frequent blitzing team. It's a test he'll have to pass, probably on Thursday. It's also the style which gives the Browns' offensive line the most problems.
I am at least, if not more, worried Thursday about whether the Browns brain trust has figured out how to defense the hurry up offense.
In the two games preceding KC the only tactic seemed to be "surrender slowly".
And will those players who said they were motivated because Romeo's job was on the line Sunday play as hard now that the heat is off him for the moment?
It attracted no great interest with no responses amd 22 views. Probably more relevant than you expected.
I'm sad that it proved prophetic in regard to Charlie Fry. I don't understand how anyone can celebrate an injury to any player regardless how they feel about his abilities.
I pointed out that no one had any evidence that Derek was not a good quarterback. In the pre-season he made the most of his opportunities doing very well playing with scrubs against scrubs.
He was the superior quarterback in practice. Kelvin Winslow says, "He picks our defenses apart."
He was highly regarded in the PAC 10, not exactly a Mickey Mouse conference.
And certainly he was outstanding against KC.
I'm ready to say he is no Todd Philcox or Spurgeon Wynn, that we need not tremble when he enters the game.
Whether he's a disregarded potential star like Tom Brady (or Johnny Unitas long ago) certainly remains to be seen. If he has weaknesses which didn't show Sunday they will be exploited in upcoming games.
It remains to be seen how he'll do against a frequent blitzing team. It's a test he'll have to pass, probably on Thursday. It's also the style which gives the Browns' offensive line the most problems.
I am at least, if not more, worried Thursday about whether the Browns brain trust has figured out how to defense the hurry up offense.
In the two games preceding KC the only tactic seemed to be "surrender slowly".
And will those players who said they were motivated because Romeo's job was on the line Sunday play as hard now that the heat is off him for the moment?
