Pre-Season Game Thread

[comish]

A little starch got taken out of tonight without TR healthy, but certainly anxious to see some other pieces in live action.

My one wish

Please Weeden don't suck

[LakeErieWarriors]

Good start by Weeden. Two great passes. Keep it up.

[comish]

...and then



Somebody forgot to tell murmur this is for the all important GLC

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

So much for the "tuck" rule.

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

Have we practiced any tackling in camp yet?

[municipalmutt]

Sieve against the run, false start, dropped pass, and bad call. Just where we left off last year

[municipalmutt]

Pick woohoo

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

Nice pick by Brown though....

[municipalmutt]

Nice catch By Jordan Cameron or is it Cameron Jordon?

[skatingtripods]

Per official Browns Twitter, sounds like another concussion for Massaquoi.

[comish]

Some good, some bad out of the Weed man so far

Mo Mass looked like he got whacked pretty good on the first play....figures.

Gordon needs to step up

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

Per official Browns Twitter, sounds like another concussion for Massaquoi.

When he got hit I was thinking he reacted like he got his bell rung. He may need to get out of football soon.

[skatingtripods]

Dimitri Patterson might want to hold Calvin Johnson on every play. I'd say only 15% of them get called by these scab refs and he's getting worked otherwise.

[municipalmutt]

They don't look ready for prime time. I know it's early yet but they can't run or stop the run. You can't win not being able to do those two things. Rinse lather repeat. What did Greco do to get in the dog house? When he saw limited duty last year, they were able to run on the right side with him at guard.

[FUDU]

I would hate Haden if I wasn't a Brown's fan.

[comish]

Nice D on the last two plays

Id like to see one more series for Weeden

[municipalmutt]

Pass d looks good for the most part.

[LakeErieWarriors]

Per official Browns Twitter, sounds like another concussion for Massaquoi.

When he got hit I was thinking he reacted like he got his bell rung. He may need to get out of football soon.

You're definitely right, that did not look like a typical head injury play. Hope he got a degree in college.

[FUDU]

Weeden's arm isn't looking like I would have hoped right now.

If he has to take his lumps for the next 3 weeks though I'm fine with that, just apply it down the road.

[comish]

Not a good ending to his (Weeden's) night

I agree with post above....Mo Mass might want to start saving all his scratch and retire

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

Weeden's arm isn't looking like I would have hoped right now.

If he has to take his lumps for the next 3 weeks though I'm fine with that, just apply it down the road.

I agree. They aren't ready for prime time at this point...barely ready for local access cable but better than last year!

[comish]

Weeden's arm isn't looking like I would have hoped right now.

If he has to take his lumps for the next 3 weeks though I'm fine with that, just apply it down the road.

I would agree OTHER THAN the ball to Benjamin that was spot on

[skatingtripods]

Weeden also had zero time to stand in the pocket. Lions front four mauled our OL.

[comish]

Same old story out of the Colt

Need 12...throw for 6

[municipalmutt]

Damn I'm out of Lagavulin and have to drink Glenmorangie.

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

Could we possibly stop a few runs for a loss????

[skatingtripods]

Little wobble on that throw from Colt, but accuracy-wise, it was where it needed to be.

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

Browns settle for 3....I hope that isn't our season motto.

[comish]

Little wobble on that throw from Colt, but accuracy-wise, it was where it needed to be.

Yup...nice toss

Get Cameron the F outta there.....love what I see outta that guy

[municipalmutt]

Shurmur has that death-row gaze. I've seen it before. He knows.

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

I'm really disappointed with the D. I expected the offense to struggle but the defense can't make a play today.

[comish]

Shurmur has that death-row gaze. I've seen it before. He knows.

In all seriousnes, I'm not sure he really knows what is going on....or where he is

[ClevelandFanInNewYork]

How was that offensive holding on that pass on Gordon?

[FUDU]

I know it's just pre-season, but I swear no team in history has ever been sacked on Hail Mary attempts as much as our Browns.

[dpdad]

Run defense...ugly. Teams are going to pound the ball on the Browns all year.

Disappointed in first team o-line, Weeden didn't have much time to throw.

Travis Benjamin will be fun to watch this year.

[municipalmutt]

They look unprepared. There are no excuses this year with a full off-season.

[justmebd]

My first half thoughts:

Weeden looked like a rookie: This is neither a positive or negative review, this is calling it down the middle.

O-Line: Not impressed.

Defense: Might have to load up on blood pressure medication.

Mo Mass: I honestly think there's a good chance Mo Mass never sees the field again. If he's that prone to concussions, modern groupthink will force him into retirement.x

McCoy: Trying too hard, as usual.

Shurmur: I'm holding steady with my over/under on him being fired at Week 13. The "Coaching is HARD!!" look on his face still is firmly in place.

[dpdad]

Shurmur still has that deer in the headlights look.

[municipalmutt]

A Smelley TD?

[Fire Marshall Bill 2.0]

Haven't seen any of the game but, according to the posts and the stats, its still 1999, eh?

[justmebd]

I thought I smelled something.

Anything that happens in this half is meaningless. Haslem can NOT be happy with what he sees. Especially once he realizes things won't improve that much once the real season starts.

[municipalmutt]

Haven't seen any of the game but, according to the posts and the stats, its still 1999, eh?

Very few positives to take away from this game. Benjamin and Cameron had nice catches. Weeden had a couple of good throws but did not impress. Starting o-line sucks. Starting defense sucks. Punter looks good though.

[justmebd]

I was putting my kid to bed, otherwise I would have pointed this out at the time:

Can ANYONE explain why we sent out a BACKUP kicker in a MEANINGLESS preseason game to kick a 47-yard field goal instead of, you know, evaluating talent on a fourth down situation?

Oh right, Pat Shurmur is the head coach.

nevermind.

[municipalmutt]

Also looks like Wallace has the backup job locked up.

[municipalmutt]

I was putting my kid to bed, otherwise I would have pointed this out at the time:

Can ANYONE explain why we sent out a BACKUP kicker in a MEANINGLESS preseason game to kick a 47-yard field goal instead of, you know, evaluating talent on a fourth down situation?

Oh right, Pat Shurmur is the head coach.

nevermind.

Same reason you fair catch a punt at your own five-yard-line. Stupid is as stupid does.

[justmebd]

I'm picturing this phone call in my head right now:

Saturday Morning, Haslem Residence:
Mr. Haslem picks up his cell phone, dials a number.
"Hello!! Mr. Kraft!! Yeah, was that first preseason game by my new team something I should be concerned about? It is? Shit. Yeah, I thought so, too, but I really didn't want to overreact. I should probably think about cleaning house sooner rather than later, right?

"Yep, I noticed the constipated look on Coach Shurmur's face the whole game as well. You're saying that's a bad thing. Okay, just wanted to make sure we're on the same page.

Okay, Let me give Mr. Rooney a call just to get another voice in the conversation."

Calls Mr. Rooney

"Hi Mr. Rooney! What . . . yeah. You knew I was going to call. Yeah. Yep. Uh-huh. Yeah, that's what Mr. Kraft said. I agree my head coach shouldn't look like he's about to wet his pants. I'll have to wait to do something about that. Yeah, there's nobody out there right now. We'll have to wait until the season is under way to make it look like we gave him a chance.

Yes, I already had written this season off, that was the understood risk of buying a team owned by a man nicknamed "Jammies" for the last decade.

Got a lot of thinking to do, thanks for your input.

END SCENE

[Fire Marshall Bill 2.0]

Haven't seen any of the game but, according to the posts and the stats, its still 1999, eh?

Very few positives to take away from this game. Benjamin and Cameron had nice catches. Weeden had a couple of good throws but did not impress. Starting o-line sucks. Starting defense sucks. Punter looks good though.

Great


Our MVP is still Gardocki

[jcoke22]

A Smelley TD?

Yeah it looked like a Smelley peice of poo... but it worked!

[pod2dawg]

Smelley knew where the endzone was.

Actually got open, caught it , didn't step out of bounds, get penalized, fumble or get injured.

^^^ That is the rarest of things on Lake Erie.

[Erie Warrior]

Oneil Cousins is fucking awful.

Weeden looks uncomfortable from under center. Lots of passes off the back foot, rarely got set and threw through the ball especially on 3 step drops. Gonna be an issue with timing.

I hope TR is healthy and awesome because the rest of them looked sub-pedestrian.

Gordon was also bad, but Benjamin was not. Huzzah.