Game #2-Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens-September 15th, 2013 1:00 p.m. EST

[DCunleaded]

Daughter's 6th birthday today, although I did see the first half; missed the 3rdQ, but once the Rats made it 7-6 I saw the writing on the wall.

Here's my worthless takes, take them how you like:
-Weeden didn't look terrible; that's probably him playing around 70% level.
-Mingo looked fast as hell on that sack
-CB2 still looks like a need, good thing we have that $30M in cap space
-Mitchell Schwartz----sophomore jinx?
-Fucking Greg Little. He should have been on a short leash after his stupidity all off-season long, and then benched after his first drop last week. His drops today were immediately bench-worthy AT BEST, and pack-yo-bags at worst. For all this talk about accountability, letting this guy on the field is horse shit. I like the guy's physicality, but he is not worth being out there any more. Shit, play him at RB; can't be worse than the dancing bear Trent Richardson.
-TR33 looks quite pedestrian so far, even though he is supposedly 10# lighter than last year. I fell for the 'he's got broken ribs last year' spiel as well, just to be clear. Here is my take on T-Rich: in college, he was very fast and the strongest guy on the field, compared to everyone else; now in the NFL, he has middle-of-pack RB quicks, and he is strong but no longer the most powerful guy on the field. Also, I saw a couple screen shots from the MIA game where TR33 flat-out missed some holes; I do remember some criticism about his field vision pre-draft, but nothing too alarming.
-I really thing LomBanner is looking for a read-option/dual threat QB in the draft next year.
-Run D looks great.
-Phil Taylor is a turd for that personal foul penalty on the first BAL drive.
-Craig Robertson got a bit too deep on a couple of his zone drops, and it cost them once for a big first down.
-I am starting to feel a real disconnect with this team. I live in a state with three NFL teams, and I don't really want my kids to root for a perennial losing team that has doo-doo brown as its colors. I have sent Haslam and Banner several emails (lol), and I really want to find Banner or Haslam, to tell them I am done with being a Browns fan; I'm sure they will be hurt lol.

 

[Sly]

The first time ever that a white dual threat Qb has ever been compared to another white dual threat Qb, even though they're nothing alike, except that they're white. The Cam Newton/RG3 unintentional racial debate is officially closed.

 

[Spectre]

and........Peter King just said that the Browns are scouting Manziel. Dear Lord, please don't make the fans even more miserable.

We're going to be scouting every single QB option from here to Pluto because we're likely taking one in the 1st next year... don't panic just because Manziel is on a long list.

 

[Binkster]

and........Peter King just said that the Browns are scouting Manziel. Dear Lord, please don't make the fans even more miserable.

Peter King completely played up the angle that would stir things up and insinuated things based on how the story would generate the most attention.

All he reported were that scouts were taking in the Bama/A&M Game. Yes, I'm sure they were scouting Manziel. But there are probably, what, 15 other NFL caliber players in that game?

 

[WellYouNeednt]

Peter King completely played up the angle that would stir things up and insinuated things based on how the story would generate the most attention.

All he reported were that scouts were taking in the Bama/A&M Game. Yes, I'm sure they were scouting Manziel. But there are probably, what, 15 other NFL caliber players in that game?

No, we are looking at maybe 14.

 

[Tornicade]

Wonder what number manziel will wear for the browns