Brothers in Erie; 5 Questions about the Cleveland Browns

Who is the Cleveland Browns? Philosophers disagree. Could the Browns be a thing Youth Sylvester Williams Jersey , or is something Brown, perhaps afflicted with this attribute?Pressing questions indeed, for when the football team of an Ohio metropolitan area happens to be the Cleveland Browns, this moral quandary takes a serious turn. It’s pressing still when this team faces the Detroit Lions on the last Thursday of August for something called the “Great Lakes Freighter Trophy,” clearly a rush week prank concocted by students at Miami University.This corporeal entity shares a similar stigma with the Lions, both teams having found no wins in a 16-game NFL schedule. This does not make them brothers, primarily because the ontological nature of the Browns is not yet clear.Thankfully, we have Chris Pokorny from the SB Nation blog Dawgs by Nature to help us understand these metaphysical implications. We didn’t ask about the trophy. It’s better that way.You can read our answers to Pokorny’s questions over on Dawgs by Nature.1. Can the Browns be improved by winning?CP: If you asked former Browns GM Sashi Brown, they could only be improved by losing. 1-31 over the past two seasons has been painful as a fan and as a blogger. Can you imagine how in the past 32 regular season games, I have only been able to blog about one victory? Or go to work Monday morning with an extra pep in my step because Cleveland won over the weekend? Worst of all, I started getting apathetic to the losses, whereas even in all of the other losing seasons since 1999, I used to be just so devastated after any loss for a 24-hour period. All of Cleveland’s losing did set things up very well for new GM John Dorsey this offseason, though. So before, when they didn’t have enough talent to win, they could only be improved by losing. Now, they can only improve if they find stability on the coaching staff, and that’ll only happen if Hue Jackson starts winning.2. What is the least frustrating dimension about this current Browns roster?CP: As crazy as it may sound http://www.lionscheapstore.com/tavon-wilson-jersey-cheap , I will say the quarterback position. We’ve had so many years of frustration, quarterback controversy, poor handling of the position, etc. This year, it has been clear from Day 1, and the entire locker room has been happily accepting of it: Tyrod Taylor is the starter this year, but Baker Mayfield is the future who everyone loves and is excited about. That is a new feeling for Browns fans, so the position has become the opposite of frustrating for once.3. In a three-way cage fight death match between Punished “Venom” Tyrod Taylor, Michigan State semi-god Drew Stanton and some idiot from Oklahoma named Baker Mayfield, who wins if I arm each of them with a two-by-four? Also, I guess... Who is probably the Browns quarterback by week 8?CP: Haha, man, you weren’t kidding when you said these questions would be weird. WWE-style, when all three quarterbacks are squaring off, the commissioner will come out to announce a fourth entrant -- Brogan Roback. With a name like that, he is built for the business and easily becomes the favorite to win. As far as who the Browns’ quarterback is by Week 8, if everyone stays healthy, the feeling right now is that I’m 99% confident that Taylor would still be the starter.4. What fills the metaphorical hole of Joe Thomas? Also Cheap Marvin Jones Jr Jersey , the literal hole.CP: Metaphorically, nothing can fill the hole left by Joe Thomas. He was and still is a God. The literal hole will be filled by Joel Bitonio, the team’s starting left guard the past four years. Moving Bitonio to left tackle has been something fans have speculated on for years, because he is the team’s next-best lineman. This offseason, Bitonio stayed at left guard while Cleveland pilot-tested a few players at left guard. They quickly saw it was a disaster near the beginning of camp, so they moved Bitonio to left tackle and inserted rookie Austin Corbett in at left guard. Bitonio has more than held his own at left tackle during the preseason.5. Give hope.CP: Jarvis Landry and Josh Gordon could be the best one-two receiving punch in the NFL. Myles Garrett has been a monster this preseason. The Browns have lacked star-power for many years, and now they have it. You can feel the national attention growing due to Hard Knocks, and this may finally be the year Cleveland becomes a contender.Thanks to Chris Pokorny for putting up with our nonsense. Welcome back to 5 Questions, everybody.Jets defense says they knew what plays were coming vs. Detroit Lions “The Detroit Lions offense was tipping their plays.”Remember this old narrative from the era in which Joe Lombardi was offensive coordinator? Well, it’s back.According to Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel, the New York Jets knew what was coming on Monday night, and they punished the Lions to the score of five interceptions and just 10 offensive points allowed. Matthew Stafford reverted to his mistake-prone self of years ago, the Lions run game was anything but established, the red zone offense continued to struggle and there was no tempo to the Lions offense all game outside of one drive to start the second half.This offseason, Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn decided to keep offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter around despite the regime change just about everywhere else. Cooter has been well-renowned for his efforts in turning Stafford into a consistent, efficient top 10 quarterback. One poor game from Stafford isn’t going to undo all of that, but outside of improving his franchise quarterback, concerns about Cooter’s offense have always lingered in the background.Play-calling has been a common complaint of Cooter’s offense http://www.lionscheapstore.com/sam-martin-jersey-cheap , and Monday night was no exception. On a key third-and-1 situation, the Lions dialed up an angle route pass to Theo Riddick. The Jets seemed to know it was coming, and Stafford completely overlooked Jets linebacker Darron Lee, who picked it off for a touchdown. It turns out Lee is exactly the one of the Jets players who said he knew what was coming Monday night: Back in 2015, then offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi was accused of making a too-predictable offense that led the Lions to struggle their way to a 1-7 start in 2015. “I’ve had a couple occasions in literally each game where they called out our play, for one, then afterwards been like, ‘Hey, we knew what you guys were doing,’” Golden Tate told a radio station early in the 2015 season. Lombardi was fired a month later, leading to Cooter’s promotion.At this point, it’s too early to call for Cooter’s head. However, if the offense continues to look predictable and this mistake-prone, it may be time for Matt Patricia to clear out one of the few remaining coaches from the Jim Caldwell era.

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