Was Jim Brown right?

Dawgpoun8017 · Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 9115 Location: Waterloo,NY

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wukusimw · Joined: 08 Mar 2011 Posts: 163 Location: Nasty Nati

So Trent basically carries the team every game yet he is still not good enough. He has been dancing, but who can blame him when the whole D is going after him?

The last 4 weeks, 122, 105, 95, and 85 against solid defenses to go along with 17 receptions and 2 td's.

He still is not fully recovered, and was slow getting up in the 4th almost coming off with a limp due to his knee. Stuck it out though made sure we got the win.

WHEN he starts hitting the hole hard and blasting through he is going to be phenomenal. It is probably play-calling, the scheme, and him being a rookie with some injuries that are keeping that from happening.

The guy gets the majority of his yards running behind guards that don't really open clear holes and Weeden is slow getting him the ball. Pair that with ultra conservative and repetitive play calling and the result is Trent making all the yards himself. Shurmur has run that draw play he scored on in almost every game this season in the exact same situations.

Trent is an MJD clone(who got injured this year because he was the only weapon on offense similarly to Trent's situation) who will turn into what we all expect when the play calling is improved and he gets used to when he should hit holes hard and when he should be patient.

He has a great burst when he uses it, it just never seems like he does unless he is able to get to the second level.

Onizuka · Joined: 10 Dec 2011 Posts: 653 Location: Austin, TX

I have been more than happy with TRich so far. Outside of his dancing, which is what makes him who he is, he has been handling defenses pretty well. This is still his first year, so I'm sure he will adjust his game to the NFL and will look a lot better when our passing game clicks a bit more.

Seriously, it seems that every team's defense is focused on stopping TRich first and daring Weeds to throw. I've seen that our play action is very effective at times, but, Weeds and/or our WRs hardly ever capitalize on it. I think TRich will continue to improve and be the RB that we all hoped for when we drafted him #3 overall.

Also on Hardesty.....Hardesty is hitting those holes hard, but, we don't necessarily know if he has truly changed or takes advantage of being well rested when he's in the game. I would like to see him more in the game though, I think it would benefit both him and TRich more.

cattleman78 · Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 6430 Location: ohio

Teams are stacking their defense to stop Richardson. We did the same yesterday against the Steelers and Charlie Batch. Until teams respect our passing game we will continue to see this. This is also the reason people say our line doesn't run block well.
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BF4L · Joined: 25 Nov 2012 Posts: 2 Location: Fl/Oh

JB was a great player in his day but its an opinion.

As far a Trent's day against PB, let us not forget the 15 yard rushing touchdown he had against them.

So can anyone here tell me the last Cleveland Brown to have a 15 yards or better TD run in a victory?

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