Give Me Five
[I wrote this at about 8:30 AM... freaking Blogger has not been nice to me today and it isn't here until now, sorry.]
Lehan signs for five now as well! With Crocker + Lehan now signed, that leaves DE Garay as the only unsigned rookie. RB Lee Suggs is also unsigned, but it sure sounds like he'll start the year on the PUP list. The means James Jackson likely makes the team, and William Green is sure to get lots of carries. Now we don't know how these players' careers will progress, but what a coup for the Browns front office. It looked pretty bleak a week ago, but eventually I guess it became obvious that the players had more to lose by not signing.
Today the Browns hold joint practices with the Buffalo Bills and tomorrow there's a scrimmage at CBS. Two years ago this weekend was the turning point for the reestablished Browns as they had an eye-opening performance that boosted everyone's confidence (except the Bills, anyway). Don't expect that to happen at tomorrow's scimmage. The Brown's objectives tomorrow are probably to gauge specific areas of the team as well as to get the veterans a little contact in preparation for the preseason. Specifically the coaches should be looking at 1) the offensive line -- how will the guard positions shake out? How does Faine handle his first game situation? 2) linebackers, of course, 3) DL -- a solid performance against the run would be nice. 4) Quarterbacks -- this truly marks the start of the competition. If Couch struggles or Holcomb shines, it will set up an intense pair of preseason games in the next two weeks.
Lehan signs for five now as well! With Crocker + Lehan now signed, that leaves DE Garay as the only unsigned rookie. RB Lee Suggs is also unsigned, but it sure sounds like he'll start the year on the PUP list. The means James Jackson likely makes the team, and William Green is sure to get lots of carries. Now we don't know how these players' careers will progress, but what a coup for the Browns front office. It looked pretty bleak a week ago, but eventually I guess it became obvious that the players had more to lose by not signing.
Today the Browns hold joint practices with the Buffalo Bills and tomorrow there's a scrimmage at CBS. Two years ago this weekend was the turning point for the reestablished Browns as they had an eye-opening performance that boosted everyone's confidence (except the Bills, anyway). Don't expect that to happen at tomorrow's scimmage. The Brown's objectives tomorrow are probably to gauge specific areas of the team as well as to get the veterans a little contact in preparation for the preseason. Specifically the coaches should be looking at 1) the offensive line -- how will the guard positions shake out? How does Faine handle his first game situation? 2) linebackers, of course, 3) DL -- a solid performance against the run would be nice. 4) Quarterbacks -- this truly marks the start of the competition. If Couch struggles or Holcomb shines, it will set up an intense pair of preseason games in the next two weeks.
posted by Michael @ 2:16 PM
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