Perhaps this blogger is a soothsayer
Posted October 23rd, 2008 by Dan
About a month ago, I came up with some daffy ideas to make Browns games more watchable. Looking at them now, some of them don't seem so bad. Let's review a few of those:
3. Get Jerome Harrison and Alex Hall in the game more. Everyone has touched on this one. Well, except the coaching staff. Zing!
This one still makes sense for Sunday's game against the Jaguars. Harrison can mix it up with Jamal Lewis. Against the Redskins, Hall was in the middle of at least three stops on special teams. This guy gets after the ball and should be in the game more. I'd be fine if he took some snaps away from Kamerion Wimbley, who has been bad again this year.
7. Line Anderson up at receiver and Josh Cribbs at quarterback. If Cribbs is so good in the open field, creatively get the ball in his hands. And clearly what worked against Mid-American Conference defenses would work against NFL defenses.
Not only did the Browns do this one, it actually worked. Here's a hint for Rob Chudzinski: Do it more. It worked and excites the fans.
I took the most important one out of order and put it at the end here because I want to expound on it further.
2. Start Leon Williams. Unless Williams did something none of us have been made aware of, he's probably the team's most physically gifted inside linebacker. Sit on it, D'Qwell Jackson.
This one would absolutely help the team's awful run defense. Jackson just isn't a starter at inside linebacker in a 3-4. Williams, who is much stronger and athletic, would be perfect for it. He's a player similar to Mike Vrabel of the Patriots. He can probably play any linebacker spot and do well. For some reason, though, he never gets anything more than spot duty.
Clearly, after giving up 175 yards to Clinton Portis Sunday, the Browns have trouble stopping the run. Instead of trying something different, the coaching staff has stayed the course. Ultimately, that could end up being what gets them fired.
One other suggestion: Play Brady Quinn. He can't be any worse.
Joke of the week: Braylon Edwards couldn't even catch a staph infection!
