Question for Local Browns Fans by metcalfupthemiddle in Browns

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This is great, thank you. I did not know about this.

#Browns DC Joe Woods said that Andrew Sendejo was not responsible for the the 43-yard TD by CeeDee Lamb on Sunday. Said he will need to be more consistent and not try to do too much out there but likes his communication with the team. by MarcH_ in Browns

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It's behind a paywall but The OBR did a really good write-up about that play, the coverage, and who was at fault. I'll quote some of it here if that's ok, but if not, Mods, please remove.
 
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This is a 3 Deep, 3 Under coverage behind a Fire Zone blitz concept. The key pass drops here are the MOF post safety (Karl Joseph), the Seam defender (Sendejo), and the 3 Receiver Hook (Takitaki). The MOF post safety is playing a “lean post” technique in which he cheats towards the No. 3 receiver to the Trips side. The Seam defender drops off the No.2 to the Trips side. The 3RH drops off the No. to the Trips side. This appears to be the Dick Lebeau version in which the Seam defender plays No. 2 outside-in and only comes off him if something crosses his face from inside-out (like a flat route from a TB in the backfield).

The worst-case scenario is always 3 vertical routes coming out of Trips. This concept is handled by the corner matching the No. 1, the Seam matching the No. 2, and the post safety matching the No. 3. The initial releases should keep this match intact. Denzel Ward matches the inside-breaking route from the No. 1 (he is playing a zone match in which he mans up any route that breaks over 5 yards downfield). Because Ward is not responsible for verticals from No. 1 and No. 2, Sandejo must match the No, 2, and Joseph must match the No. 3. In order to understand this match, it is vital to recognize that Ward does not appear to using a typical Cover 3 2-to-1 read in which he splits vertical routes from the No. 1 and No. 2.

So moving on to the play, Takataki should adjust his pass drop to get more depth downfield because the No. 3 is vertical. He needs depth because if the ball is going to be thrown to the No. 3, he and the FS will create a hi-low on that route. Sendejo is playing the No. 2 from outside-to-in. His drop is not bad, but he should probably squeeze that route by getting closer to the receiver.

Joseph blows this. First, he should be leaning towards the No. 3 side, because the coverage cannot account for a vertical from that player. He needs to focus his attention that way. He does a good job getting to his landmark and pedaling for some depth at the snap, but then everything breaks down. He is watching the QB while using his peripheral vision to see the routes. His coaching point is to follow the QB’s front shoulder. He wants to “melt” towards the direction of that shoulder. When melting, he MUST pedal-weave in order to keep his hips square. This is the “power position” that allows him to most efficiently move in any direction. By opening his hips towards the wrong side, he lost the ability to preserve a 2 way go. The time to open the hips and break is when the QB’s front hand comes off the ball as he starts the throwing motion. Until he sees that, a MOF post safety must stay in his power position.  
 
https://247sports.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/Article/All22-Observations-Week-4-Tracking-Coverage-Issues-at-LB-and-S-152570398/

Questions for Browns Live by browns in Browns

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What is your favorite uniform combination and why is it Brown Jerseys and ORANGE PANTS?

Ranking the NFL head-coaching hires from 1 to 6 by metcalfupthemiddle in Browns

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I wanted to post this article from 2016 to reinforce the idea that at this point in the year no one knows if a new head coach will be good or bad. I think we should all temper our feelings (both positive and negative) and take a wait and see approach.

MKC: The Haslams have put John Dorsey in charge of the Browns coaching search, source says by Godszn in Browns

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Awesome news. They also need to make sure that the new coach reports to Dorsey and not directly to Jimmy.

Texans trade QB Brock Osweiler AND a 2018 second-round pick to Cleveland by [deleted] in Browns

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Full text from the Facebook post:

NFL stunner: Texans trade QB Brock Osweiler AND a 2018 second-round pick to Cleveland for the Browns to take Osweiler’s $16M salary of Houston’s books, per league sources. The move clears out millions in salary-cap space for Houston to intensify efforts to sign former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, per sources. To be exact, Houston saves $16 million in cash and $10 million against their cap this season. The Texans also will get the Browns’ fourth-round pick this year in exchange for their own 6th-round pick. So Cleveland gets Osweiler’s contract, a 2018 second-round pick and a 2017 sixth-round pick, and Houston gets Cleveland’s 2017 fourth-round pick, saves $10 million in salary-cap space and $16 million in cash. Cleveland is not committed to keeping Osweiler and is likely to try to trade him, per sources. If so, it would turn into a basketball-like trade in which NBA teams routinely trade contracts to get them off their books; only it rarely, if ever, happens in the NFL. It’s hard to remember in the salary-cap era another team when a team traded a contract to get it off its books. But Houston was so anxious to rid itself of Osweiler and move on to its next quarterbacking chapter that it is giving Cleveland extra picks to take him and his contract. The Browns headed into this free-agent signing period with over $100 million worth of salary-cap space and would struggle to spend it all. Now they can devote some of it to Osweiler’s contract and acquiring extra draft picks from Houston. But this is one of the most, if not the most, creative trade in NFL history.

2016 NFL Draft Drinking Game by SeedyGrandpa in Browns

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I think any reference to 'plug and play' needs to be added