During an appearance on Sirius XM NFL Radio on Thursday, Pettine said his remarks about Wilson were misconstrued and that “there aren’t too many quarterbacks that I respect more than Russell Wilson”.
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Smith has played in all 77 games in his five-year career, but this is the first time he’s missed two practices during the week this season.
This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns take on the Seattle Seahawks in Week 15 of the regular season. The challenge will be in adapting to anything new the Browns try to throw at him – last week in Baltimore it was a “spy” who almost snuck off with a pick on a quick pass. But barring multiple turnovers, the Seahawks should be able to use the quick passing game to complement the x-factor of the beat-up backfield. Pettine’s Jets defense sacked him four times. I don’t get too wrapped up into it….I’ve said a lot on one topic, and one small fragment of it was all of sudden taken and made into a headline.
But when the coach of a 3-10 team points out the relative quality of an 8-5 quarterback who won a Super Bowl and went to another one, he also has to understand he’s setting himself up for people to scrutinize his work. “Hopefully, we can pull off a win against anybody if we play hard”. Fantasy tip: Seattle has struggled all year against tight ends and Barnidge has become favored target for whoever is playing quarterback for Browns. The Browns either have to commit to him as the franchise quarterback or move on from him.
Manziel had the one glaring mistake outside of the pocket against the 49ers – a dumb interception thrown back over the middle. He threw 16 touchdown passes without throwing an interception. All of his empty stuff is good. Moore recorded two receptions for 23 yards, and he looked great on a play where he broke a couple of tackles to earn a first down. The Browns just put Joe Haden on Injured Reserve and they haven’t really stopped a legitimate offense all season.
Browns coach Mike Pettine added, “You can certainly see the similarities”.
As the weeks went on and the Seahawks continued to hover around.500, fans and pundits alike wondered if Seattle would find their mojo much like they did in the latter half of last season. I am speaking about referred to as quarterback runs.
“That’s where Wilson’s done a good job as well. I think ultimately it comes down to winning”. Nothing really fancy, but it’s the commitment to the run that has played a huge role.
In addition to being mobile, Manziel and Wilson are both under six-feet tall.
By playing playoff caliber teams with two on the road in the upcoming weeks, this will be a true test to see what the Browns have in Johnny Manziel, as well as some of the other younger players.
“Can you win with a shorter quarterback?”.
“The biggest difference will be the next week”, coach Bruce Arians said, “because instead of getting back in bed by 10 (Sunday night), we won’t get back until 5 in the morning (on Monday)”. “There’s only a handful of quarterbacks in this league that can be successful outside of a supporting cast, and that’s the ultimate goal, to make the quarterback position less important”. “Cam Newton, Tom Brady, I mean, you saw what happened to us a year ago at this point”.
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Do you think WIlson is elite? The Ravens used a defender to spy Wilson and keep him from taking off. They also played a lot of man coverage, meaning receivers were working against defenders one-on-one.
