In two quarters of work against the Atlanta Falcons, Griffin completed six of his eight pass attempts for 96 yards with two touchdowns and no turnovers, and led the team with 36 rushing yards on three scrambles outside of the pocket against their top defense. But reports out of Cleveland make it seem as if Gordon is finally on the right track as he has developed a rapport with his friend and new Browns QB Robert Griffin III. “It was good just to get him back out there in the game and playing”.
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Griffin was sacked five times.
In hindsight, they should have taken the second-round pick for Gordon, who missed 11 games in 2014 due to suspensions and then all of 2015. “That’s where I want to be”, Gordon said on Tuesday, via ESPN. Day one against the Browns looks eerily similar to day one against Jacksonville last week – unimpressive, especially to the Bucs’ head coach. They have the ability and potential to turn one of pro football’s least productive units into one that can at least find the end zone without using Google maps.
Best win: The third preseason game is often called the Dress Rehearsal because the starters play more than in any other game. “There are literally hundreds of conversations going around the league about players all the time”, Brown said.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Buccaneers are 3.5-point home favorites versus the Browns while the over/under for tonight’s game now sits at 42 points. It’ll be an opportunity to go out and play some real live football and establish our identity as a power running team with the threat of making big plays downfield. We have a lot of guys that can do great things.
“It’d be great. I’m working the kinks out here at practice and back at home in Cleveland as much as possible to get ready for it, for Friday, and for next week and going into the season”, he said. If they are off to a good start, I would expect Gordon to just add fuel to that fire that is the Cleveland Browns. “Mr. [Jimmy] Haslam, the organization, Coach [Hue] Jackson, I think the world of those guys, this city, this organization”. After slow starts in their first two preseason games, the first-team offense gained 305 total yards, including 259 passing in the first half of the team’s 30-13 victory against the Browns. “We feel good about where he is right now”.
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“He’s working hard. He’s in with his teammates”. “I just sit back and think that my collegiate career didn’t happen on accident”. Do the Browns really want to risk him falling apart again and getting nothing for him in return?
