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RB Robert Turbin ready to help Browns after ‘long 5 weeks’

Former Seahawk brings depth to position



Robert Turbin’s long wait finally could be finally over.

The fourth-year running back whom the Browns acquired off the waiver wire shortly before the season opener is likely to be active Sunday against Denver. What kind of role he’ll have against the undefeated Broncos is unclear, but there’s no hiding the excitement Turbin has after a month-plus of waiting on the sidelines.

“It has been a long five weeks,” said Turbin, who has been out with an ankle injury. “Coming back from injuries is always tough. Being released is always tough, dealing with that mentally. I am excited to have another opportunity and looking forward to making the most of it, definitely.”

Turbin, who checks in at a sculpted 5-foot-10 and 222 pounds, spent his first three years in the NFL running behind Marshawn Lynch with the Seattle Seahawks. He compiled 928 rushing yards and 427 receiving yards during that span. He was released with an injury settlement at the end of the preseason.

His past five weeks with the Browns have been all about rehabilitating his ankle and learning the playbook.

“I feel ready to go,” Turbin said. “I am excited about the opportunity and I can’t wait. Obviously being out so long, sometimes your emotions get the best of you, but I think once kick off starts and I get a couple carries in all of that will settle down and it will just be football.”

Turbin’s likely return comes at an ideal time, as the Browns hope to establish a strong running attack against a Denver defense that is relentless at rushing the passer. Also, Isaiah Crowell is dealing with a toe injury that has him listed as questionable for Sunday’s game.

Browns coach Mike Pettine said the offense won’t force the run if it isn’t working against the Broncos, who also rank sixth in the league in rush defense, but called it a “priority.”

“With any game, whether you are playing a team that rushes the quarterback really well or you are playing a team that maybe isn’t so good at it, I think establishing the run game is ultimately very important all the time,” Turbin said. “If we can do that, it definitely gives us advantage in the game Sunday.”

If we are going to pass as much as we've been passing, I'd much rather have Johnson and Crowell playing instead of Turbin. Both have proven to be pretty good playmakers in the passing game.

The way I understand what Pettine said they will run the ball if they can but if it's not working they will go to the pass but it's, good to see them making efforts to improve the chances of running the football.

turbin is a plus level blocker, and he's actually got decent hands..I'm curious to see him

I know Pettine is probably lying, but I'd rather have them know if they can run before the game starts.

I am excited to see Turbin hit the field in the orange and brown. I think that he will help this team a great deal. He has excellent ability running the ball, catching the ball, and blocking.

The Browns were high on this kid as both a runner and a receiver out of the backfield when we picked him up. I would love to see him play great, and also to be honest to see some people around here have to eat a little crow after all the screaming and crying they did when we let TP go so we could add him to our roster

I think the Browns were in a difficult spot. Pryor has potential, but also has a lot to learn as a receiver. He missed a lot of training camp. So decided to take a chance, but when Turbin, a more valuable commodity, became available, Pryor became expendable.

I do not think Pryor was # 53 on the roster, such as.. he would not have been dropped for an O Lineman, but for a skill position player with Turbin's pedigree, Pryor became expendable. A "Who can help us the most now" situation.

The 7th WR is always going to be hanging by his fingertips with regards to his roster spot. Many teams keep only 5 WR, so the 7th guy is always going to have a job that is in jeopardy.

The Browns are said to have liked Turbin a great deal, and while they could project that he might become available on the final cuts, they could not have counted on it. When he did, they decided that he would be able to help the team more, as the 3rd RB, (with potential to move up) than the 7th WR would. I can't argue with that position.

As far as the whole "But he was injured, so we should not have claimed him!" argument ...... if you believe that a guy has significant talent, then you grab him and hold onto him until he is healthy. That's exactly what they did. In the end, Turbin took the place of one inactive each week, and Pryor (who I like as a potential WR even to this day, and who reportedly worked extremely hard to try and make the conversion from QB) was not going to be active anyway. No big deal from that regard.

J/C

I'm actually excited to see Turbin. I don't expect him to be a "stud" but at the same time I liked him a lot in Seattle.

I think we've got our RZ/goal line back in Crowell and our 3rd down/pass-catching back in Duke but we're still looking for our "every down" type back...and I'm hopeful Turbin might just be that guy.

We shall see.

I was hoping to keep TP but had no problems with getting Turbin. There were others I would have been happy to drop (Dray, Housler). I was down on our TEs after preseason and am glad to admit that Barnidge has proven me wrong.

The bottom of the roster is in constant flux and looking for upgrades. The only people that get shocked by such things either don't understand how that works, or are bigger OSU homers than they are Browns fans.

I admit to being an OSU homer, but I never confuse the difference between the NFL and the NCAA.

j/c

His stats don't show it, but he is an improvement bewyeen the tackles, over what Duke and Crow have shown so far. A nice addition...

He wasn't bad today, but I would rather go w/Crow and Duke. Also, we wasted a roster spot for weeks by getting this guy.

He's okay........but he's not all that.

I think there's a place for all 3.

I love the competitive fire Johnson plays with.

He wants to win more than Pettine.

Turbin is listed as being slightly smaller then Crowell but the dude looks huge. I wonder how he would be as a FB?

Why?

NFL teams have an inactive list each week, so what does it matter if a player is inactive due to injury, or due to coach's decision?

It may limit a team ever so slightly in practice, but with a 53 man roster and the ever expanding practice squad, that shouldn't be a major factor. Besides, the active/inactive was created to prevent teams from stashing healthy players on IR only to have them become miraculously better a week or 2 later. It was designed for a team to be able to keep a shorter term injured player on the roster, rather than putting him on IR. That is exactly how the Browns used it in this case.

So what, exactly, is the major concern in this case?

Cut Draughn.

Turbin and Duke seem like out best backs. Crow has his problems getting anything more than a yard or two at a time, if that.

It seems like Crow really struggles between the tackles. He doesn't gain any momentum on his own and kinda just drops after hitting the line. He's much better off tackle.

Which leads me to the dumbest playcall of the day ... the pitch on 1st and 10 at the Denver 40 in OT ... just downright abysmal

I disagree. I think Crow is our most instinctive runner.

I thought he played well, the bobble on the handoff in OT was my only knock.

Not sure how I feel about running three different running backs? Do we need Draughn anymore? Probably get someone else to do kickoffs or whatever Draughn does and open the spot up.

I thought he showed a clear upgrade over our other backs, and I understand them wanting to limit his workload a bit in his first week back, but I was upset that we didn't get to see more of him, especially in OT. He did quite well with the opportunities that he got.

Turbin looked a little slow, but he is coming off a knee injury. Other than that he did extremely well and is a better runner between the guards than Crow or Duke.

Crow and Duke have both looked better the last couple of weeks. Putting Turbin in at FB every blue moon might be a good idea to get him more PT.

I thought Turbin was in during OT? Wasn't that him who bobbled the perfect pitch and lost yardage on first down? Or, was that at the end of regulation?

I'm confused....LOL

That was him.

To the earlier poster that mentioned about the size of his arms. One of my co-workers is a recent transplant from Seattle, and I was giving him a hard time when Lynch was hurt, about the fact that we grabbed Turbin from them. He actually said that Turbin has had an issue with fumbles due to the size of his biceps. Reading that post made me think of that. Hopefully he's learned how to use those guns to protect the ball and not pop it out.

Isn't that what they said caused Hillis's fumbling issues?

lol, when being too strong goes wrong.

If I recall correctly, Tiki Barber had this same issue and had to be coached up on how to lock the ball in with the bicep being one of three points of contact.

Was that bobble the first play on the 3-n-out in OT? For some reason I didn't recall it that way. In either case, what I was referring to was how he was running, not so much this "extended hand-off" business. I felt that with us needing only 10 yards, and more importantly primarily needing to just get a 1st Down to start with, running the ball with him was the better option.


On a separate note, one thing I have noticed about our RB's this year, however - and kudos goes to our RB coach, I think - is that all of the RB's are doing a fantastic job of getting North-South as quickly as possible. They have all been planting and cutting directly upfield quite well.... it just hasn't always gone anywhere.

Crow has the best vision behind blocking..

Duke has the best moves in the open field..

Turbin has the most power..

Good group, IMO.

Yet he has 2 fumbles in 292 touches in 4 seasons in the NFL. (both lost)

Crowell has 3 fumbles, with 2 lost, in 239 NFL touches.

The guy many lament us allowing to get away, Dion Lewis, had 3 fumbles, with 2 lost, in 137 NFL touches.

His teammate, LeGarrette Blount, has 810 career touches, and has 13 fumbles with 9 losses.

Turbin's former teammate, Marshawn Lynch, has 26 career fumbles (14 lost) in a whole ton of touches. (2339) He fumbles about once every 90 or so touches, which is more often than Turbin. However, he loses fumbles once every 168 or so touches. Turbin fumbles about once every 146 touches. That is not all that much more than Lynch, and fumbles are often recovered by alert teammates as the fumbler himself.

Turbin might not be the best RB as far as ball security is concerned, but I think that he is probably close to average. I don't see him as being horribly prone to fumbles.

Jamal Lewis too haha.

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We took someone a linebacker off of someone else's practice squad. Draughn makes sense as the guy to go.

Yes (loss of 3), followed by the sack (loss of 8), followed by what almost looked like a QB draw... with McCown... on 3rd and 21... with the game on the line (loss of 2)..

Jayson DiManche... I'm disappointed they didn't elevate Pullard.

I like Pullard, too.

Not sure about all the love about Turbin???? Is it because he is perhaps the one guy that might make Farmer look good?

I mean, really................what has he done that makes so many people so high on him?

Come on bro Farmer has made a lot of moves that have made him look good, and a lot of moves that have made him look bad.

Now as far as Turbin it's way, way to early to praise or bash him Geez