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Watson cant play football

thunderkyss said:
Seriously doubt Njoku was the hot read. That LB would have got to him before the ball.

The hot should have been the slot receiver but the way the LB bee lines to Njoku he's in the path.

That LT standing there with no one to block looks suspicious though. Maybe he could have done something different that would have changed the outcome....
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The LB would have never gotten to him (before the ball) had Watson bothered even looking to his left and made a quick throw. He never looked anywhere but to his right once the ball was snapped. The LB would have probably taken Njoku down immediately once he caught the ball. But that would have gotten the ball to at least the LOS instead of a loss of 5 yds.,,,,,,,,,,,,,leaving the Browns with their backs against their own GL.
 
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CloakNNNdagger said:
The LB would have never gotten to him (before the ball) had Watson bothered even looking to his left and made a quick throw. He never looked anywhere but to his right once the ball was snapped. The LB would have probably taken Njoku down immediately once he caught the ball. But that would have gotten the ball to at least the LOS instead of a loss of 5 yds.,,,,,,,,,,,,,leaving the Browns with their backs against their own GL.
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That rusher was not, or at least should not have been unaccounted for.
The OL needs to slide right or left. Everyone else slid right except the LT. Had the LT looked to his right he would have picked up the blitzing DB, there would have been no need for a "hot read"

Heck it looks like the LT was firing out like he thought it was a run play.
 
thunderkyss said:
That rusher was not, or at least should not have been unaccounted for.
The OL needs to slide right or left. Everyone else slid right except the LT. Had the LT looked to his right he would have picked up the blitzing DB, there would have been no need for a "hot read"

Heck it looks like the LT was firing out like he thought it was a run play.
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Let's remember that Watson has taken over setting his own protections.
 
thunderkyss said:
Doesn't change the fact the LG slides left & the LT slides right. Do you think Watson tells each lineman who to block or does he call out the MIKE which tells the OL to block left or block right?
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We've seen this not happen with our own Texans............and we are more functional than the Browns.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
You can strip down the Browns and start over again like an expansion team...................but Haslam is still going to be calling all of the shots...........as he always has...........and always will................always driving the Browns all the way to the ground.
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This would be a big financial call for Haslam, but the Watson investment has gone sour. He’ll better understand this when fans start showing up at games with paper bags over their heads. From the owners box, this is when you’re watching your entire investment take a hit.

Start the sale off before the trade deadline and make Watson finish the season behind a makeshift team. Seasons end, give Watson his walking papers b/c try as the team may…..there will be no buyers for Watson’s services.

Haslam needs to think about his Browns as a whole and start the rebuild immediately. Eat the dead money hits for 2-3 seasons, but start infusing this team with cheap young talent. Stock pile picks while strategically spreading them out over a 2-3 year time frame.

As for Watson….if he has any real desire to get back on the field, he needs to go to the CFL and learn how to QB once again…..that’s if he has the time on his clock to do so.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
We've seen this not happen with our own Texans............and we are more functional than the Browns.
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Do we blame the QB when we see this happen with our own Texans?

My argument is not that Watson is not crap. He is. But this play is not indicative of that.

I don't watch any Cleveland football outside of these clips but if this clip is representative of their OL protection I can understand where Stefanski is coming from.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
This would be a big financial call for Haslam, but the Watson investment has gone sour. He’ll better understand this when fans start showing up at games with paper bags over their heads. From the owners box, this is when you’re watching your entire investment take a hit.

Start the sale off before the trade deadline and make Watson finish the season behind a makeshift team. Seasons end, give Watson his walking papers b/c try as the team may…..there will be no buyers for Watson’s services.

Haslam needs to think about his Browns as a whole and start the rebuild immediately. Eat the dead money hits for 2-3 seasons, but start infusing this team with cheap young talent. Stock pile picks while strategically spreading them out over a 2-3 year time frame.

As for Watson….if he has any real desire to get back on the field, he needs to go to the CFL and learn how to QB once again…..that’s if he has the time on his clock to do so.
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There’s deeper ties into why he won’t dump Watson beyond just the salary.
 
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Think Nick can bundle up a couple of 5th rounders and work his magic for us?
 
thunderkyss said:
Doesn't change the fact the LG slides left & the LT slides right. Do you think Watson tells each lineman who to block or does he call out the MIKE which tells the OL to block left or block right?
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What you describe might have stopped the sack. But it does not change the fact that before he took the sack, he should have recognized Njoku as a hot read which would have precluded the 4 yd loss, even if Njoku had dropped the pass. When you turn your body to the right and don't have your head on a swivel, everything to the left to the center becomes the blind side.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
What you describe might have stopped the sack. But it does not change the fact that before he took the sack, he should have recognized Njoku as a hot read which would have precluded the 4 yd loss, even if Njoku had dropped the pass. When you turn your body to the right and don't have your head on a swivel, everything to the left to the center becomes the blind side.
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I don't think Watson has taken to coaching since he left H-Town & i really couldn't care less. He's done.

But it's not a hot read unless that rusher is unaccounted for. He was, or at least should have been if the LT had done his job.

That LB running out of the middle of the field to the left was perfect for a receiver to fill that spot coming from the right.
 
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