DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Pure Football Forum Offensive Install Transition Slow to Mesh

I did as well, but it was still Haleys O that was modified week by week by Freddie.

I don't mind components of the "Air Raid", it plays to Bakers strength. I don't think we are going to be throwing the ball 55 times a game. It's a work in progress. Call it the North Coast O. I don't know how well Freddie and Monken will work together, but I think we will be happy with the end result. I hope so anyway, as I know you do as well.

Football evolves. Lets hope we evolve it to something special. Heck, we ran some wishbone and inverted wishbone. We may go back to some of that. The wishbone was a good scheme, but you have to have the right players. The immobile QBs the NFL favored didn't allow it to be run in the late 60's and 70's.

No doubt it has to be modified. You don't want to run your QB 15 times a game and get hit another 30 times a game, but as a change of pace, brilliant!

My attitude is lets see how things are looking in late August after 6-7 weeks of team practice. Three day with the entire team and a few day here and there with partial participation don't tell the story.....and I know you didn't say it did

Report of Todd Monken having issues with Cleveland Browns is nonsense

by
Pete Smith
20 hrs
link

After a report that new offensive coordinator Todd Monken was having issues fitting in with the Cleveland Browns, Jarvis Landry scoffed at the notion when asked. There is a fundamental understanding what Todd Monken was hired to do with the Browns

When asked about a report that new Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator Todd Monken was having difficulty fitting in his role under Freddie Kitchens and the team in general, Jarvis Landry was at first confused before scoffing at the notion.

Much of the disconnect on this topic seems to be a misunderstanding of what Todd Monken was actually hired to do. Monken was hired to add to the offense Kitchens runs as well as try to make it more efficient. He was not hired to come in and install and run a new one.

Certainly, he will have some impact on how and what Kitchens will do this coming season in terms of their scheme, but it's still Kitchens' offense and Kitchens is the one who is going to be calling the plays.

Monken's value will be shown in how he breaks down and gameplans against opponents and the feedback he's able to provide during the game as well as just acting as a sounding board to bounce ideas of off. The goal is to help Kitchens cut down and eliminate zero or negative play calls while trying to add more explosive ones.

For the time being, it makes a ton of sense for Kitchens to do most of the heavy lifting in teaching and running meetings. After all, who would know more about his offense than he does? Monken is still going to do those things, but it may not be as much as he will when the Browns get on a more regular schedule.

When the Browns start playing games, Kitchens will have more demands on his time and ability to do these types of things. Kitchens has to make sure he knows what's going on with the defense, special teams and roster decisions. That's not including choices Kitchens has to make on day to day operations and other responsibilities.

Everything about this report seems contrived. At best, it's failing to understand what Monken was hired to do. At worst, it's an attempt to sew discord and doubt around the Browns by someone with less than honest intentions.

Regardless, this isn't a big deal. It's a nothing deal, which is how Landry reacted to it. Monken is doing the job he was hired to do and there's little reason to think that will change between now and the regular season.
This is Pete Smith for Browns Maven

Sure, the air-raid is great. We can play out of the gun every single play. Chubb can ride the pine and we just throw every down. Woohoo. That will work great in November and December on the grass outside in Cleveland. There is one immutable fact in the AFC North. You BETTER be able to run the football. Of course, passing the ball is ever more important in the new NFL. But it still stands. If the Browns can't or worse refuse to run the ball? They will lose a LOT this year.

We had a really good run/pass percentage once Kitchens took over last year. I had hoped that meant we would do the same this year. If it ain't broke why change? Add TO what we did last year. But no, whole new offense. Air-raid here we come.

It's a shot at poor people who make a living doing labour jobs.... farming, fishing, working in the woods. Bending down and forward in the hot sun, getting a sunburn on your neck.

It's a shot at poor people who make a living doing labour jobs.... farming, fishing, working in the woods. Bending down and forward in the hot sun, getting a sunburn on your neck.

It's a shot at poor people who make a living doing labour jobs.... farming, fishing, working in the woods. Bending down and forward in the hot sun, getting a sunburn on your neck.

But one thing you said about the difference between Monkin and Freddie had me just a tad puzzled.
The population of Gadsdon Alabama is 35,409. The population of Wheaton Illinois is 53,373.

I'm not sure that is a good comparison for one being a city boy and one being a country boy.

Wheaton, IL is an outer suburb of Chicago... Gadsden, AL is over an hour away from the next biggest city, which is Birmingham...

Regardless of the number of folks who live within the borders, Wheaton is a lot more "city" than is Gadsden...