Getty ImagesBrowns receiver and return man Josh Cribbs appears to have given too much away when talking to reporters about Sunday’s game against the Rams.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Cribbs offered some hints that the Browns’ game plan will call for him to line up in the backfield, either as a running back or a Wildcat quarterback.
“I can’t give nothing away, but they put something in that’s special to me and that’s all I can say about that,” Cribbs said. “Coach is really trying to target me and the coaches are really making an opportunity for me to get the football more.”
Cribbs added that Browns coach Pat Shurmur is “warming up to” the Wildcat.
However, after stories appeared with Cribbs’ quotes, he claimed it was all a joke, and that he hadn’t really given away the Browns’ game plan.
“I was just kidding givin’em a good story lol there is nothing big for me in the package,” Cribbs wrote on Twitter. “I heard that some media outlets were fibbing fibbing fibbing, they put words in my mouth about some things.”
Although football players usually guard game plans like state secrets, the truth is Cribbs likely didn’t say anything that the Rams weren’t already preparing for: Every team that plays the Browns knows that Cribbs in the backfield is something they need to prepare for. Cribbs just gave the Rams a reminder.
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Ya, um…other than saying too much, I can’t really say much.
SchweddyJabaals
Browns1946
No time for jokes, you need to worry about helping your team win games
I can just see it now: Owen Marecic opening up huge holes 4 Cribbs & Jordan Cameron streaking down the sideline. Our team is such a joke.
all the Rams need to do to stop the Cleveland offense is show up on Sunday
The funny thing is, somehow someway, people in Cleveland will still find a way to blame this Cribbs situation on Baltimore “stealing” their team. I say that after just getting back from a business trip up their in which I wore my Ravens gear in a bar and heard nothing but that crap. Let it go you morons…let it go.
Being a Ram’s fan we take no team for granted no matter how bad they are. Arizona gave them a slice of humble pie last week
Schmuck
What are u doing in Raven gear in a bar in Cleveland,… your just asking for trouble. Why didn’t you just wear the “kick me” sign on the back of you shirt. Dolt!
Don’t worry Josh..
Rams 13
Browns 9
Cribbs hasn’t lined-up in the backfield all year…
wirelessguy22 says:
Nov 10, 2011 3:46 PM
What are u doing in Raven gear in a bar in Cleveland,… your just asking for trouble. Why didn’t you just wear the “kick me” sign on the back of you shirt. Dolt!
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well he is a Ravens fan so…..
YO-YO-YO,once again!
The Cleveland Plain Dealer said to much.
Definition of moron: wearing Ravens gear in a Cleveland bar and dressing up as a 10 yr old in happy valley. Too soon?