Too early to tell. My early prediction is no, it's not him. Who's fault is it when we run up the middle against a 9 man front and don't audible to a pass or a run outside? Should be Schaub's fault, if he has all audibles allowed. If that was Shannahan, he's learning on the job. Not good. I mean, geez, I wouldn't have screwed that up.
Forget the audible situation.
This team's WRs, and its TE, seem to run better routes, get in and out of the huddle more quickly, have a pep in their step, and just generally give "more" when Sage is in the game as QB. That happens when you know your QB isn't going to roll on the ground all day...look, when it started happening to David Carr a lot, the offense just gave up. How could you NOT?
I can't get past the Denver game last year, at the end of it: There was Kubiak, standing pretty proudly as the clock expired. Stuffed his game sheet away, snapped off the headset, and had a smile on his face: The team just took his former team to the task and won.
And then there's the shot of Sage smiling, on the field, not holding his head in his hands on the bench. He remained upright during the game, made some good plays, and led the team to the win. The commentators were even beginning to smell a controversy, the postgame interview was all about asking Sage if he felt he needed a starting gig. Sage expressed that he'd like one, but that he's not lobbying for one. Just wants to play well.
(Sigh)
But we have this QB, see. He's our guy, you see. This is just how the business goes. Everyone does OK sometimes, and then you're down again, see? And so we have to go slow. Evaluate. You don't want to act too quickly in the NFL. Slow and steady wins the race, see?
If I were the Browns HC, Brady Quinn gets plugged in next week.
It's not knee-jerking. It's trying SOMETHING instead of sitting there and letting your team think that each Sunday you're headed out to get your sack handed to you within about the first 10 minutes.
Kyle is not doing a bad job, IMO. It leaves his hands when he radio's it down to Kubiak. And it is DOCUMENTED that Kubiak still has override rights to the playcall that goes in. I saw some different playcalls that I had NEVER seen when Sherman was the OC. I see, at least, the intent to vary things up a little. I DON'T see a QB who can handle a rush. That's not on Shanny Jr., to me.
