Comments on: Pat Shurmur says Browns moving forward with Colt McCoy

By: mrfrostyj

mrfrostyj — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:26:19 +0000

Why are Browns fans so QB obsessed? Am I the only one that saw that their lack of a kicking game and running game cost them a good 3 or 4 games. That’s 8-8 at the most 7-9 at the least with McCoy apparently using the Cliffs Notes version of the offensive playbook.

Mark Sanchez can’t be that reliable using the Encyclopedia Britannica version of the playbook.

By: brenenostler

brenenostler — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:11:03 +0000

And with the first pick of the 2013 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns select……wait a minute……the Cleveland Browns have traded down to 22.

By: cbusbrownie

cbusbrownie — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:10:31 +0000

Modelforprez, what a class act you are for sure.
Your creativity and name-calling skills clearly expose “the burgh”. Your rant is silly and unjust.

At least I was demanding that the Browns just shut up and start winning meaningful games. You were simply racy, trashy and mostly un-funny and seriously lacking in substance. Pick it up a notch ART. And, no. I don’t call kooks who put phone numbers online. REALLY?

By: laramtime

laramtime — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:02:10 +0000

The front office had a choice. They decided against RG3. Sad to see they didn’t have the nads to step up and get him

By: goyzzo

goyzzo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:56:11 +0000

It is what it is when it comes to our Browns.
I think the Browns need a talent upgrade across the board.
No, I am not sold on McCoy, but why mess with Tannehill, if it is going to take a first or second round pick?
Although I will say this, get skill position players with your first 4 picks, then tinker with this below average roster. It seems that the Browns are not serious about getting a free agents to help out immediatly, so we shall once again spend another decade looking up from the cellar to the afc north.
Damn I miss Art Modell, atleast he tried to put quality and a competitive roster on the field. It’s ok, after this season the Plain dealer lead story will be “Shurmur and Holmgren out due to ptitful 0-16 record”

By: wwwdotcommie

wwwdotcommie — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:44:24 +0000

@browns627 – “7 or 8 good picks in draft could get brownies to 8 and 8″

Oh my. When was the last time the Browns hit on 4 starters… They just don’t have the talent evaluators to get anything more than productive 1st-2nd round picks. While they may draft some starters beyond the 2nd round, that’s only because the team has some horrendous holes. Their late-round guys wouldn’t be backups on a lot of the best teams.

I’m not even going to hope for anything this coming draft or year because the Browns have only shown incompetence when it comes to evaluating their “needs” and they consistently lose games in which they were never contending.

By: ronarch13

ronarch13 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:37:59 +0000

Translation: We are moving down, we like Tannehill and will be picking him. We are talking up McCoy so no one knows what we are doing.

By: djfree42

djfree42 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:37:18 +0000

People wanting to run Holmgren and Shurmur out of town have to be the biggest knee-jerking impatient no-brains around. Rome wasn’t built in a day. This team had a long way to go when this regime started and the talwnt level has been greatly improved. Another good draft coupled with a full offseason should benefit everyone involved.

By: andyreiddoublecheeseburger

andyreiddoublecheeseburger — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:34:56 +0000

Colt McCoy is slowly becoming the Rodney Dangerfield of QBs. Why not give him a shot? After years of the Couches and Andersons, what do you have to lose? Of course, it could be part of a master plan by Holmgren to lure the Ol’ Gunslinger outta retirement for one last go of it.

By: ramsfan2101

ramsfan2101 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:16:24 +0000

Draft Trich at #4 and the best WR at #22.. Give Colt a chance to succeed before you dump him

By: ppdoc13

ppdoc13 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:13:34 +0000

Now they r all crapping on colt. Before that it was Twinkie Quinn and b4 that it was Anderson. You guys change qbs and coaches and front offices so much it no wonder u suck terminally

By: studio26seattle

studio26seattle — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:12:23 +0000

I like Colt and wish him to succeed. But I don’t think Turd Shurmur can help, or much less coach him. Holmgren is an ass. And has been making awful personnel decissions since arriving.

By: bigzant82

bigzant82 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:49:54 +0000

ugh this si disgusting to read im tired of the browns losing yearly CAN WE GET REAL QB & HC in ohio at times i miss derek anderson at least he had real QB’s arm and always wanted to go downfield

By: lbcoach34

lbcoach34 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:31:17 +0000

Who is Pat Shurmur anyway?

I think the Browns would do well to take a long look at Morris Claiborne at #4 and see what 2 lockdown CBs can do for a defense in terms of fliexibility to bring 8 or 9 on the rush…liken to the opposite of the 85 Bears D or recent NY Giants D-lines to be able to get pressure with only 4 and drop 7 into coverage… Pick #22 could be used on a playmaker WR like Floyd, Wright, or Hill, and then possibly RT or RB at pick #37 with a player like Mike Adams/Robert Massie or Lamar Miller/Doug Martin. Cedric Benson would be a nice stop-gap player at RB as well

By: thetooloftools

thetooloftools — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:25:09 +0000

well… seeing how they “stepped in it” trying to get RGIII and screwing that up, what options do they really have? I mean, they wait till agter they have painted themselves into a corner to announce this was the plan all alone. I don”t believe it for a second.

By: modellforprez

modellforprez — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:19:16 +0000

cbusbrownie aka short bus brownie there’s no chance of that now is there loser here in the burgh we chalk up an automatic 2 wins with the clowns on schedule makes it easier to strategize PLAYOFF routes. I kno sayin playoffs to fake lake bum is like speaking japanese but ill pop up in shaker heights and set up shop or maybe In the flats or east 1999 wit clone slugs and larceny. hey you think randy wehrmer would be interested in moving the poop stains to idk maybe guatamallar this time. like my mans n them GOD one arthur modell who was the greatest owner in sports for strippin the clowns from poopland. and leaving the pound puppies. call me well talk about it 412 624 2121

By: kosar92807

kosar92807 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:13:43 +0000

realitypolice says:
Mar 27, 2012 11:18 AM
If a team with this many holes drafts second-round talent Ryan Tannehill with the fourth pick, Browns fans would REALLY have something to be angry about.

Yayyy! Someone who gets it!!!!
I’ve loved this team my entire life and ALWAYS STICK WITH THEM. Please, please, please don’t draft Tannehill or Weeden! I beg you!
Let’s try some athletic/skill positions, for a change.

By: bingocostello

bingocostello — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:09:02 +0000

Shurmutt is a loser,not head coach material! Holmgen has been a useless disaster for this horrendous franchise!

By: marvin216

marvin216 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:06:05 +0000

Cleveland: The home of 4-12
Un_freakin-believable!
Browns fan since Hanford and Minniefield came to my PAL 7 football banquet!
Not sure how much longer I can take this.

By: perennialsinn21

perennialsinn21 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:27:13 +0000

This is to young team getting better hey old team here we get older and wiser

By: 4gone

4gone — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:25:29 +0000

Not a Browns fan but I am really surprised that they weren’t more in play for Matt Flynn. I have a hard time thinking he wouldn’t have been the starter but at the very least he could have pushed McCoy. Then the Browns could have used the draft to put some talent around them.

By: fiennapain

fiennapain — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:22:39 +0000

we came down to 1 play in 4-6 games that if u take away that play its different game.all this with a 80 yr old te and a rb from the streets.r rookie lineman played every snap add that with pro bowl center ,best left tackle in football , and our up and coming safety missed bunch games. I SAY WE ON UP & UP sink or swim with mccoy just get 3 new weapons and if he fails we get barkley and already got rest of team

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:18:54 +0000

If a team with this many holes drafts second-round talent Ryan Tannehill with the fourth pick, Browns fans would REALLY have something to be angry about.

By: rocketdogsports

rocketdogsports — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:17:11 +0000

Colt McCoy has been made the whipping boy of Cuyahoga County. He gets blamed for the offensive shortcomings and is, in fact, the poster child for the “Factory of Sadness” He deserves a season with the tools any NFL QB deserves. Give him a WR who can stretch the defense, a consistent running game and, most importantly, an offensive line without two gaping holes at LG and RT.

He does not deserve the mediocre support he has gotten from H&H and others so far this offseason.

A team with 12 picks should be able to draft 3-4 starters.

Finally, 2012 is the year where H&H will be judged more closely than Colt McCoy. No one wants another coaching change or a new GM. But this mediocrity cannot continue. A winning season is the mandate required of the team, the coach and the GM.

Hopefully, they each have a plan and the talent necessary to deliver because it’s come to Jesus time in Cleveland.

By: themilitantlibertarian

themilitantlibertarian — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:06:31 +0000

My fellow Browns fans crack me up. Let’s blow it up again! It’s worked so well for us in the past.

Lost in all the hate and panic is the fact that this went from a horrible old team to a horrible young team very quickly. Young teams improve, old teams do not.

By: dubblelznhell

dubblelznhell — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:57:31 +0000

What’s more non-committal than telling someone, “You’re our QB….at this point.”?

By: sml1950

sml1950 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:39:18 +0000

This is just another way of saying, “we’re waiting to take Barkley #1 next year.”

By: kmart0319

kmart0319 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:31:41 +0000

Shurmer “At this point, He’s our Quarterback.”
Translation; “Until I do something stupid again to risk his life”

By: cbusbrownie

cbusbrownie — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:31:13 +0000

Just shut up and start beating the freaking Steelers and Ravens for crying out load.

By: bartpkelly

bartpkelly — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:29:27 +0000

Fans calling for Holmgren and Shurmer need to realize that the reason the Browns struggle is BECAUSE they were constantly changing the coaches and front office.

SO give it the 4-5 years time as outlined by Holmgren. Build through the draft. You already have a great defense now you just need to get an offense and Little will be better.

The impatience is so thick in Cleveland and I get it, you haven’t had a winner in a long time, but one is benig built right now, don’t tear it down just yet.