However, the line for me on this comes when the suggestion naturally (though certainly not universally) follows that we should probably think about replacing one or either. Any reasonable observer can rightfully sound the warning bell when they see these things. Might even cost games (or chances to hang in some) at times. Likewise, while most problems seem to stem from so many inexperienced players at key positions, Head Coach Hue Jackson is also going to make his fair share of mistakes/bad-decisions and such. We’re going to miss on some, and there’s nothing wrong with acknowledging it. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that some draft picks (cough, Ricardo Louis, cough cough) aren’t going to work out. It happens even to the good ones, so of course our guys are going to do it, at least a little bit. I think you can objectively look at any successfully-run NFL organization and see all kinds of screw-ups with respect to drafting/roster-moves. Teams go from bad to good seemingly every year in this league, so why should it take us longer? We’ve had ample cap space and a multitude of high picks, why should’t we expect better performance, sooner? Still, others argue that we’re whistling past the graveyard by looking past egregious deficiencies in both the team’s composition and administration. It was a bold strategy to do it this way, and it’s going to require some G&R:
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Thus, it really shouldn’t be that surprising that a lot of these youngsters are out of position/otherwise making boneheaded plays as they learn how to do this at the pro level. The vast majority of the new guys brought in to replace the (mostly not-good) veterans who were shown the door are not-polished and gaining experience on the field. Two others are part of the team but inactive: Tank Carder (injury) and Josh Gordon (DENIED RE-ENTRY). As of now there are ten players ( Isaiah Crowell, Duke Johnson, Randall Telfer, Joe Thomas, Joel Bitonio, Danny Shelton, Jamie Meder, Nate Orchard, Christian Kirksey & Ibraheim Campbell) on the active 53 man roster who were on the club prior to the arrival of Analytics. That “we” has been at this for all of almost two years, at the beginning of which they embarked upon a very obvious and demonstrable shredding of the existing roster. However, there is also the “we” that is the Cleveland Browns’ existing front office and coaching staff. In fact it’s kind of been like that line from the song Closing Time: “Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end”:
There’s the “we” that have watched all these drafts every year and invested hope in players that have long since busted out, often times in rapid fashion as each new regime rips apart what the previous one had only just started two years earlier. Then again, as I’ve pointed out previously there’s two different “we’s” here.
As a fanbase, we have been VERY patient, and at some point that patience ought to be rewarded. For many, it’s well beyond the point of expecting to see some positive returns. However it’s certainly understandable why anyone else that loves this team would be - we flat out haven’t been good. Personally, I haven’t been surprised by much, so while it hasn’t been pleasant to watch I can’t really say I’m disappointed. Though really, that’s directly related to the sorts of expectations you had coming into this year. Starting 0-4 isn’t the most surprising of things to have happened, though certainly there is a lot of disappointment to go around. As is per usual, this hasn’t exactly been a cake-walk so far for the Cleveland Browns here in 2017.
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