DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2015 NFL Season Looking Back: Browns 28 Titans 14 Terrance West

Is he starting? Do think the Titans picked him up to pick up an edge in this game? Will this be yet another player leaving Cleveland only to find success elsewhere?

I hope the answer is no to all of the above but I have a bad feeling.

Are we talking Browns or all the Cleveland teams?

Sankey starts for the Titans, but West got quite a few carries in week one.

Sankey looked good last week from most accounts. I liked him coming out but he didn't have a good first year

You can bet West will playing time Sunday ..

Here is a little food for thought.

Titans' Sankey, West have much to prove in Cleveland

The first time Bishop Sankey stepped inside an NFL stadium, he was in Cleveland. And in sixth grade.

It’ll be somewhat different this time around.

The second-year running back, who grew up in Wadsworth, Ohio, about 40 miles south of Cleveland, is looking to continue his success of a week ago when the Titans visit the Browns on Sunday (noon, WTVF-5) in search of their first 2-0 start since 2008.

“We’ve just got to be mentally prepared and physically prepared,” he said, “and try to build off what we did last week.”

Sankey found the end zone twice in the season opener against the Buccaneers. He rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries for an average of 6.2 yards per touch, recovered his own fumble, and caught another score on a 12-yard screen pass.

Sankey also split time in the backfield evenly with newcomer Terrance West, registering 23 snaps apiece, while Dexter McCluster had 14.

“It’s up to the coaches how long I play,” Sankey said. “I’m just trying to — when I’m in there — do well and be productive and just pick up chunks of yardage, really. I’m more upset if I don’t do that than how many touches I get. It’s more about what I do with my touches as opposed to how many I get.”

Sankey expects about 30 friends and relatives in attendance.

Are they going to wear Browns jerseys?

“Nah,” he said. “They have a lot of Titans gear now.”

Bitter homecoming: The game will mark a bitter homecoming for West, who was traded to the Titans for a conditional seventh-round draft pick on Sept. 6, despite leading the Browns in rushing as a rookie last season.

“Terrance was very inconsistent with us as far as with his preparation on the practice field, carrying it over on to the game field,” Browns coach Mike Pettine said this week. “We just reached the point where we felt it would be mutually beneficial … we thought it was best for him and we thought it was best for the Browns.”

West had 41 yards on 13 carries and lost a fumble last week against the Bucs.

“It can’t be easy,” Sankey said. “I know he’s probably motivated to go out there and play well. He’s just been going about his business and practicing hard. He’s been a real professional since he’s been here, trying to pick up the playbook.”

No spying: Because of his athleticism and gunslinging mentality, Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has the uncanny ability to gain huge yardage on broken plays.

“He poses a challenge,” Titans defensive coordinator Ray Horton said. “He’s a very active quarterback and most pocket quarterbacks, you know where the pocket is going to be, but with Johnny it’s a little different. You have to prepare for him being outside the pocket, extending plays and cover down the field a little bit longer.”

Does that mean the Titans will try to spy him?

“No,” Horton said, a smile creeping across his face. “We don’t send anybody anywhere to look at anybody. We just stay in-building and watch film.”

He got big laughs out of that one.

But what about during the game?

“Oh. I apologize,” he said. “Johnny’s going to get out. We understand that. He’s a very athletic and dangerous quarterback, and Johnny’s going to make his plays. We can’t say, hey, we’re going to dedicate a guy and be so consumed with Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. We’ve got to just respect their offensive team right now.”

http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/n...s-nfl/72365476/

I hope West doesn't run all over us and do some silly dance in the endzone, how humiliating would that be...

and as such, i'm fully expecting that to happen.

I'm struggling to think of a player that left here and had an amazing career.

There have been some guys that left, were traded or were cut that ended up making another team but I don't remember any super success stories...

I'm just drawing a blank

yea.. people just talking.

dawson, jackson, and cribbs actually got to play in playoffs games.

Lance Moore and Charles Johnson are probably the best recent examples I can think of.

Me too and it will actually be funny as much as I don't want to admit it.

book it

Shaun O'Hara had a nice career too.

I'm not worried about West, these guys know his tendencies. He will be talking for sure, but if he starts his dance routine he will be smothered.

Jeff Faine made the pro-bowl with the Saints after leaving

What happens if he tries to jump into the dogpound?

Len Dawson, Bill Belichick, Lyle Alzado, Earnest Byner, Jeff Faine, Jack Gregory, Reggie Langhorne, Keenan McCardell, Bobby Mitchell, Shaun O'Hara, Tony Peters, Don Shula, and Brian Sipe just to name a few

Except that some have been saying that for 10 or more years and I just don't see any great success stories..

Wasn't Dawson drafted by the steelers? Belichick and Shula made their careers in Coaching. Shula didn't do much after leaving the browns as a player.

What did Sipe do? O'hara won a SB with the Giants I think, McCardell did indeed have a nice career. Faine ended up in Tampa didn't he? Mitchell I agree, Same with Byner.

Did Alzado end his career with the Raiders?

The Browns have been around since 1945 and we can come up with MAYBE 13 players..

So why is this always coming up?

I think Cooper and Orchard play and come up big in this one.

Dawson was with us

Botch cut Roman Oben even though our OL was crappy and he started on the bucs OL the year they won the SB

Wouldn't you have loved it to have Shula coaching the Browns in the 70,s? and Belicheck who WAS our Coach Coaching the Browns since 1999 instead of the revolving door we have had?

Who knows what Sipe would have done in 84, and 85 if the Browns wouldn't have let Donald Trump steal him?

Faine made a Pro Bowl after we let him get away, and Lyle played great with the Raiders.

LOl good old roman oben ... totally forgot about him

Well, West was a non factor

He sure showed us.

I take that back, he was a factor, but FOR us LOL

Did you catch the A Football Life on Alzado? Pretty good show.

we traded him to benefit us

Between Mayle and West, I'm happy this this organization is at least willing to admit they make mistakes. They need to be better in scouting and drafting and all that, but we've seen in the past that guys will get pass after pass simply because they were drafted.

I understand Gilbert still gets a pass ,but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't make camp next year.

Just another guy to beat (down!).

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Jeff Garcia took two separate teams to the playoffs after he was released.

I do believe Paul Warfield was a hell of a player for the Dolphins.

As for West, talk is cheap. The shot of him on the sidelines said it all after his fumble.

Pittsburgh traded Dawson to us on New Years Eve in 1959. He then sat on our bench for two years before we cut him after the 1961 season and in 1962 Dawson led the league in touchdowns and yards per attempt, and was The Sporting News' selection as the AFL MVP.

Yep I have watched it twice. I have also heard a lot of stories about him from guys who played with him.