Mind Character

No way it's happening. Embrace it. He gets us. He got us when no one did. It's only right that we now get him. Just keep playing the Brown and Orange quote on repeat forever.... If you do it long enough, you'll enter a trance state. What a time to be alive..

If somehow the defense gets them off the field again with no points, it would be a win... That would be 2 stops by the defense... Now, the offense just has to hold up its end...

That's serious speed on a bum hammy... Kyler Murray is a freak..

Demetrius Harris on Chandler Jones... No tempo and pace.. what a dream... Plays still getting in late... Gettin his shining on...

That's officially Beckham's 7th drop on the seasaon, Mike Evans and Julian Edelman some names above him. My personal count has it at 5 out-right drops where 2 were not truly catchable imo. Either way not good, but if the offense was working as it should the good would outweigh the bad and the drops would be meaningless. As with all things, it's worse because we're worse. Ugh indeed.

The idea is to throw it up TO him.. Not Sail it so high that no human on earth can go get it... Peterson gets it because he was further behind him... and he got it at the top of his hand...

OBJ has to catch that ball... Baker has to bring that ball down in the endzone... he's been high and fast all year...

none...

Great throw by Baker, Bad drop by Odell.. Doesn't justify or confirm negative beliefs about Odell... Just a bad play...

Oh the sweet joy and bliss of snapping the ball with 5 seconds or less on the play clock each time... no greater difference in the efficiency of offense out of the huddle or no huddle to the line and getting the play off compared to our... we're a sloth....

If this defense blows, then our offense is an abomination. Baker Mayfield is a pace and tempo QB. Throw that element out the window. Defense has struggled a lot this year but they've held up their end of the bargain more often then not especially with injuries early, huge pieces missing throughout, and roster influx with players that we were supposed to rely on being unavailable or off the roster. He's at 40 something on the year in terms of PFF grade and was awful last week. He flashed most in the pre-season and a few plays that make the tv copy broadcast, but in terms of run fits and in coverage he's been a mess.

Remember that mystical thing called Pace and Tempo? What a dream..

Njoku inactive because of Coach's decision. Assuming this had something to do with what everyone seems to incorrectly be perceiving as Njoku not holding onto the ball last week... if it's about that then this is an idiotic move. If it's about something else, okay. It would be problematic if this was a "hold you accountable" move by Freddie much like with Greg Robinson's benching while plenty of other players aren't held accountable for their negative play on the field via benching or being made inactive. Again, if it's because of something else then it will be interesting to see what that something is (maybe the wrist got hurt again or it's difficult to block with it), but if it's a send a message thing then it's completely ridiculous and foolish, especially because there's no there there. It was 100% equivocally a catch and the "strip" was like a defender pulling the ball out of a RBs hand after their down.

A lot of my perceptions and evaluations have changed throughout the process, but at this point a lot is still clear: This is not the Superior, GreatTackle/OLine draft that many still claim it is. It's a solid one though. With no QBs to watch and no desire to really watch prospects from any other positional groups outside of the Offensive Line, I've spent all the time I'd mostly spend on getting understanding on the draft talent pool overall instead completely on Offensive Lineman. I've watched so many Guards and Tackles at this point over the last 2 months it's pure madness. I've never gone so deep on a position group before in all my years. With us having arguably 3 OLine needs, it made sense. As a preview summary, after watching about 78 Tackle Prospects and 55 Guard Prospects, I have grown fond of the work of many players and believe there are multiple paths to solve our OLine problems. However, in all scenarios in order to do so we must trade up into the top 8 of the 2nd round at least and likely will have to trade up to the top 14 in the 1st round. By doing so, there are many permutations of selections that will make our OLine whole with quality starters. The exciting thing is there are also other scenarios that would give us multiple All-Pros imo.At some point during the holidays, I plan to connect with the fam to see where there are disagreements or agreements on the prospects and then make public my working write-up on the prospects. Although I like a ton of other players a lot (i.e, Alex Leatherwood, LT Alabama, Yasir Durant, LT/OC Missouri, Nathan Gilliam, OG Wake Forest, Zach Johnson, OG North Dakota State, and on and on...), my focus is on figuring out a way to get 3 of the following 8 OLineman who's varying degrees future impact I think I've been able to quantify and project out: The Dream that Could Never Be -- Tier Impossible to Acquire: 1.) Andrew Thomas, LT Georgia The Ready Made All-Pros -- Tier 1: 1.) Jedrick Wills Jr., OT Alabama, 2.) Tristan Wirfs, OG-Phenom/OT, Iowa, 3.) Netane Muti, OG/OT-Swing Fresno State The Eventual Pro-Bowler with Some Serious Deficiencies -- Tier 2: 1.) Isaiah Wilson, RT Georgia; 1.) Austin Jackson, LT USC, The Developmental Pro-Bowler with More Serious Deficiencies -- Tier 3: 1.) Prince Tega Wanogho, LT Auburn; 2.) Shane Lemieux, OG Oregon The Steady Quality Starter with Serious Deficiencies -- Tier 4: 1.) Josh Jones, RT Houston, 2.) Terrance Steele, RT Texas Tech My favorite scenario's thus far are the following : Jedrick Wills, OT Alabama --OR-- Tristan Wirfs, OG Iowa via 1st round Trade-up. Netane Muti, OG/OT Fresno State --OR-- Prince Tega Wanogho, LT Auburn via 2nd round Trade-up. Terrance Steele, RT Texas Tech in the 3rd round or via trade-up to early 3rd/late-2nd. Litmus Test OLineman to see if people are actually watching many multiple games of prospects. Alaric Jackson, OT Iowa and Sam Cosmi, OT Texas. Those that have Alaric Jackson as a 1st or 2nd round prospect or a top 15 positional rank Tackle have not watched enough games of Jackson OR just haven't seen enough of the rest of the tackle class to make a comparison of talents. I have Jackson as my 28th ranked Tackle and a mid-5th-7th round grade. Cosmi who I also used to think highly of imo has a 3rd round grade. Now, time for the cant and screed that I'll be renewing throughout the draft season constantly while I watch people mercilessly keep referring to Tristan Wirfs as their favorite Tackle. Tristan Wirfs is a HOF/All-Pro Guard Not a Tackle Don't Waste His Skill Set at Tackle....Tristan Wirfs is a HOF/All-Pro Guard Not a Tackle Don't Waste His Skill Set at Tackle... Tristan Wirfs is a HOF/All-Pro Guard Not a Tackle Don't Waste His Skill Set at Tackle....

This. NEVER FORGET what true non-quality, long-post, utter trash posting looks like. It was a day that will live in infamy. Gaze upon the blinding trash light horror post T'wonce more. Let even the thought of seeing it again bring sickness and blindness. BEHOLD... The Pain shall set you free!!!

Critical 4th Quarter Play: Terrance Mitchell Interception return to around the Pittsburgh 30 yard line in scoring position. With around 7:00 minutes to score down 7 points (20 PIT; 13 CLE) the team/offense is given new life. With arguably the two best running backs in the game, the calls are as follows: 1.) Pass call with 3, 30 yard+ routes down the field and 2 check-down options. Results in no gain. 2.) Pass call. Check-down to Kareem Hunt. Results in no gain. 3.) Pass call. Deep route combos again with 1 at the sticks. Results in a sack. Wyatt Teller gets beat and Pittsburgh had the basic route concept defended anyway. ------- 3 Pass calls in the biggest game and moment in the season to shift momentum toward a winning side. No awareness regarding player and team strengths. In Week 13 after making similar consistent play-calling issues throughout many weeks in the season, nothing has been learned resulting in the same big moment mistakes. This is not the play-caller that has the consistent depth of strategic thinking required to lead a winning offensive unit in critical moments and/or match wits when an opposition has high-level to elite Offensive/Defensive Play-callers/Teachers of Plans of Attack. More than just that game I even said it last year, Freddie's play-calls often do not build upon one another or have high-level internal logic based on our player strengths and/or what the defense has shown or is predicted to show going forward. Ultimately, to me Play-calling is like the art of Chess. There are different levels of Chess player mastery with the ability to think deeply about things like how one's move will influence the opposition upcoming series of consecutive moves, how to build a series of moves that exploit and attack the opposition's weakness, knowing when to aggressively attack and when not to, being able to implement high-level moves in critical big advantage deciding moments within the game, how to adapt to the changing approaches the opposition puts forth, etc. Good chess players can have success in games and can look like high-level experts when viewing them execute certain moves from afar; however, there are higher levels of mastery where a Grandmaster for example would look at that "good" chess player and see that though he can implement all the basic moves and famous move-set strategies, the Grandmaster sees that "good" player's moves lack an overall depth and sophistication of strategic thinking. I said it last year even when the offense had success. Freddie's play-calling often was more grab bag execution of Chess moves luckily against mostly bad defenses rather than a display of the ability to masterfully build adaptive, strategic winning plans of attack. Freddie is probably an expert Chess player. He has tons of expert knowledge regarding famous and winning moves. He has creative abilities to synthesize different move-sets he's become familiar with during his long tenure of experience with the game. Against certain opposition's he can have winning success and appear to be have Chess mastery. However, there's levels to this sh*t. In Chess, the levels are Expert, Master, FIDE-Master, International Master, and Grandmaster.; and there's a huge difference between an Expert and Grandmaster. Amongst other Expert-level Offensive Play-callers/Chess players Freddie's probably above the middle of the pack above average. In terms of his Head Coaching ability, he's below average.. below the middle of the pack relative to other Expert-level Head coaches. How much better can he get between now and next year? Between now and 3 years from now? I tend to think that his Head Coach and Offensive Play-Caller Ceiling is not high and we'd be better finding a higher-level Head Coach that either has Grandmaster level play-calling ability and/or the ability to hire other coaches that do.

I'm predicting that our Capologists, Analytics department, and Dorsey will care. I certainly couldn't give a F*** if a family of billionaires losses out on what amounts to be 10 dollars or so in relative working man's dollars if Schobert resigns a big contract. We do have some interesting decisions to make considering Wilks' 2-LB, nickel heavy system. Does Dorsey go with the youngins and leverage the cap resouces elsewhere? Who knows....

I love Joe Scho, but at some point we have to make some hard decisions. LB money market is going to be insane this year. It was insane last year. Jordan Hicks and Kwon Alexander off injuries got 27-34 million guaranteed. CJ Mosley got 51 Million Guaranteed. Jaylon Smith signed a 35.5 million guaranteed contract setting the market for Joe Schobert who with a 2nd pro-bowl is likely looking at the 40-47 million guaranteed number if not more. You don't pay that for LB in today's game for a steady-eddy Linebacker who's consistent but not a true force or spectacular player. You pay that money for game changing, next level LBs. Joe Schobert is not that imo despite being very very good. He's likely to make the pro bowl again. Two pro-bowls in 3 years is going to net him near the top of the LB market. Dorsey may believe he already has his 2 LBs on the cheap (Wilson and Takitaki) and would rather spend a lot less on a 3rd proven guy than break the bank for Schobert. The money that would've went to Schobert and Damarious Randall likely goes to signing 2-3 big time Offensive lineman and 2 other defensive impact player. I certainly think Joe has earned his money, but the market these days may be too much for the Browns considering our other more pressing needs and future cap commitments.

1.) Sheldrick Redwine: I have a feeling he becomes our starting FS with Randall leaving in Free Agency. 2.) Mack Wilson: Does he have staying power as an impact starter? He's flashed a lot this year, but had horrendous plays with his fits as well. What's his best position? 3.) SIone Takitaki: Loved his Berserker mentality coming out of the draft. Injuries slowed his progression to a halt this year. I have a feeling we let Schobert walk as Dorsey and co. see his skills maximized at their apex now with decline to come and Schobert not being worth big money because although he's really good he's not a difference maker in big games in Dorsey's mind. Takitaki likely takes his place. Either he or Mack Wilson. If we retain Joe Scho, I wonder if Wilks will deviate to a more 3-LB look. 4.) Drew Forbes: Can he be an effective swing-first off the bench guy or more? Bryan Cox Jr. and Porter Gustin won't be on the roster next year and likely won't make on the roster past the draft. I also expect Pharoah Brown and Stephen Carlson to be gone as well with Njoku and RSJ being the Receiving TE and us upgrading with 2 other Blocking/Hybrid TEs.

Didn't say get rid of him. That would be utter madness considering the QB market. I just meant that because of what we'll have heading into next year we'll have the diagnostic info on Baker after year 3 imo for the GM to proceed with planned search for the next guy whether that be starting to take mid-round shots or bringing in a bridge guy to push Baker with the thought that draft capital and/or other resources would need to be devoted and planned out for following year (after year 4) to potentially improve the position. Tipped passes get picked in this league. It's an analytic fact that he's been unlucky this season, but attributing the bad balls to bad luck as opposed to him making his own bad luck most of the time due to errant throws would be the wrong analysis imo. Goff probably not. Wentz and Dak are a no only because of holding out the belief that Baker will get to that next level after a bumpy 2nd year. But if I ask myself what Wentz, Dak, Jimmy G, Kirk Cousins, and Derek Carr would do with the same offensive tools this year, it would far outpace Baker and most would have us square in the playoff race. Baker has youth and inexperience on his side. A year from now, in the event that he has 2 bad years back to back a trade straight up for one of those guys might look a lot different value-wise.

Some Emotionally Immature and/or Lack of Emotional Discipline Baker events (None would matter if Baker was playing well): 1.) (This one mattered no matter what) Talking about Duke Johnson like he did causing Sheldon Richardson, Olivier Vernon, Joel Bitonio and Jarvis Landry having a talk with him. 2.) Thinking it was going to be easy and not putting in the next level, elite effort to give himself the opportunity to take the next step. 3.) Related to the previous ... being all in on the celebrity and fame of being a QB before he truly arrived. 4.) Blowing up after being baited by Tony Grossi but even worse Tweeting about it to the Twitter troll world 5.) When presented with an opportunity to build OBJ up, he bashes the training staff instead of just saying "OBJ's been a warrior playing through injury; we love him for that; and we're all going to keep working until we can improve as a unit to be where we want to be." Then has to Tweeterverse again. ----- None of those things are fatal. This off-season is put up or shut up. Everything we were told about Baker suggests these are the moments when he shines. Contrary to what people bragged about him during the draft process, his college film showed a player that didn't elevate consistently in big moments relative to other elite QBs in the same and recent drafts. I hope this is his time to prove all the doubters wrong by tuning everything out and chasing that next level of greatness. The good news is Dorsey will continue to surround Baker with talent so if Baker doesn't get into the elite grind and mature this off-season we'll know by the end of year 3 whether or not he's the guy or not and will know unlike many teams that languish with a QB for 5 years to no avail whether or not we need to regrettably look elsewhere.

Coaches like Mike Tomlin, Kyle Shannahan (ask Hawk and Joe), Ron Rivera, John Harbaugh, and others are also elite at renewing buy-in from players, alleviating concerns, and painting a detailed vision of action moving forward that players can get on-board with. Jarvis' comments this year have revealed that he had doubts about Freddie as the offensive play caller... other players have been hesitant to express out-right endorsement and belief in Freddie as when reporters asked them about Freddie's job rumors they offered vanilla answers.. When Hue was losing, Joe Thomas and the young players all knew that losing was the plan and that there were brighter days ahead down the road. The vision was self-evident but one that no one could buy or get on-board with (Joe Thomas brokedown crying because of it). What's the vision for a brighter future now? Can the players on offense see it clearly and buy-in to Freddie's expertise? Freddie's biggest challenge yet may be after the season and whether or not he can renew belief and purpose heading into a vital offseason of growth. Getting on the same page with Odell is important; repairing relationships with players even when a coach or organization doesn't feel like they should have to is part of the job.

I never quite understand the need to bail on raw, young players before they complete their 3rd year like David Njoku. He's not like Austin Corbett. Coming out of college, everyone knew he was one of the rawest prospects. He has proven to be that way. However, he was better year 2 than year 1. He missed Everyone acting so fatalistic about the int/fumble he had in his first return. News flash... that was a completed catch in which David secured it and was no different than when a defender strips a ball late after a RB is on the ground. David hasn't played any this year due to going up for a high ball and taking a crazy hit that caused him to land terribly on his head/neck/and wrist. I'm keeping Njoku and have to see at least a 3rd full season in the league before I'm giving up on him.

@MarkPrice25 @BleedTheClock That dream of a Head Coach change is lost. The best you can hope for at this point are the following: 1.) Replacing Ryan Lindley 2.) Turning over play-calling to Todd Monken --- I happen to think neither of those 2 options is at all likely as Lindley is Freddie's guy, and Freddie is saving giving up play-calling as a last ditch maneuver to save his job down the line if these get worse. He's banking on roster improvement to further covering up deficiencies this off-season and he'll likely get them.

All I want is a high-level winning culture builder/leader that can hire a good-great OC, DC, and QB coach. I'd prefer it be an experienced successful winning coach likely coming from the college ranks with NFL connections as those are the only high level culture leaders typically available on the nfl job market. I want the Shannahan system so bad in Cleveland. There's no guarantee that Kyle's assistant coaches can replicate what he does, but if Robert Saleh can be that culture builder and culture leader and could bring with him Mike Daniels as the OC as a first option or Mike LaFleur as the OC second option along with the hiring of some big time quality assistant coaches I'd be down for that. The 49ers have over 427 rushing attempts and an insane play-action game. Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt would be the best duo to ever play in that system.