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Hope he's a choir boy....because we don't need any winning football players.

Wowee! Flap is a psychic. Got it in one.

..Who can catch the ball with his butt..

We need to actually play Bowe. As much as Pettine probably hates his guts, put the veteran WR out there and see if he can produce. Who cares if he has a bad attitude? I swear we operate like a high school football team.

Did they actually sign the guy?

not yet.
http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/transactions.html

11/11/2015 Released TE Brian Leonhardt from the practice squad.
11/11/2015 Signed DB De'Ante Saunders to the practice squad.
11/11/2015 Signed LB Jayson DiManche to the practice squad.
11/11/2015 Waived RB Robert Turbin.

Did you see him against the Ravens? I'm 70 years old with no cartilage in my knees and I can run that fast.

Hehe, just connecting dots.

j/c:

QB #3

It's Official now.

As Noone else picked him up, I'm assuming he's more of a project at WR than I initially anticipated. I don't mind the resigning.

It's about time, now go get Lenz

Too bad we didn't keep Willie Snead. He's actually been productive, but nah, we'd rather have Bowe, Gabriel (who this season is playing so bad), Hawkins who can't stay healthy and isn't much productive in a very pass happy offense and whoever else jokes we got.

Our personnel decision making on various aspects is crap.

What a joke this organization has become.

I can't tell if the last 25 posts in this thread have been about Pryor, or Bowe, or Barnidge.

It's a good move to bring back Pryor and maybe we can see him in live action in a game.


Concerning the wide receivers. I'm kind of inclined to rank them by their best game in the last 2 full seasons. If they have had a chance to play. Obviously Gordon didn't get a chance all this year. But look at his last 32 games, where he was allowed to play and Josh Gordon is #1

Who is #2, Is anyone above Travis Benjamin?

I know Andrew Hawkins had some real good games last year.

And I'd continue to have Taylor Gabriel near the bottom of the list, because he just doesn't make the most of catches, but maybe there's something I don't see, what is his best game in the last 32?

I think Terrelle Pryor can be a downfield threat. .. Another, downfield threat, on this offense.

But nobody can do it, unless they get an opportunity.

(Had to go back 9 pages to find this thread)

Here is a fluff piece on Pryor from the Browns website. It's sounds encouraging.

Perhaps a reason that justified releasing Hartline...they like where he is heading?

I think Hue likes his "Why" and how he's seeing the improvement and motivation in Pryor to be a great receiver.

Hartline was released because of age, injuries, and production.

Terrelle Pryor feels '10 times' better at receiver: 'I want to go beat up on some corners'

http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ss...art_river_index

By Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com on May 25, 2016 at 6:13 PM, updated May 25, 2016 at 6:58 PM

BEREA, Ohio -- On one rep, Terrelle Pryor glides across the field on an in-route and hauls in a ball from Josh McCown. The next, he sprints downfield to block for a fellow receiver.

A few snaps later, he lines up where a receiver usually doesn't, confuses the defense and executes a play that results in a touchdown.

"(I'm) 10 times (better than last year),'' Pryor said after an OTA practice on Wednesday. "I look at the film and it amazes me, and I give that to (receivers coach Al) Saunders, because just sitting there and doing the extra meeting time with him and him really breaking down certain routes to me and how he wants them run, it's awesome.''

Less than a year after making the quantum leap from quarterback to receiver, Pryor looks the part. What's more, at 6-4, he towers over most of the defense backs, and several of his fellow receivers.

And if Pryor keeps up like this, Hue Jackson -- who drafted him as a quarterback in Oakland and who was his offensive coordinator in Cincinnati last June when he was cut as a quarterback -- just might have one big, fast, dangerous, versatile receiver on his hands.

"I just really want to go beat up on some corners,'' he said. "Catch the ball over them, run past them, catch the ball stiff-arm them whatever, it doesn't matter. Every time I touch the field, practice, game, I'm going to bring high energy, high effort.''

Pryor's no longer waiting to emerge from the cocoon.

"I feel like I'm there,'' he said. "I already transitioned. Now I'm really working on the skill, the details of running the routes and stuff like that. I feel great out there. It's definitely like second-nature now.

"It's my first off-season as a receiver. It hasn't even been a year yet since I did it. Obviously there's things I want to keep on working on and I will, and I'll get a lot better at it.''

In practice, he's playing with confidence, leaping over defenders and laying out for balls.

"I don't think at all,'' he said. "I stare down the corner, stare down the ball. When the ball is snapped I'm coming at you full speed. I'm getting open every time. That's just my mentality. I truly believe that. When I see the ball in the air I go get it."

Over the past year, he's put countless hours into his metamorphosis from dual-threat quarterback to deep-threat receiver. When he's not perfecting his route running, he's swimming, biking, running, lifting weights and working out with seven-time Pro Bowl receiver Randy Moss.

"I definitely give myself a little credit because of the hard work day in and day out I do in the off-season and just my want to be great,'' he said. "It's awesome every day to come to work. I wake up at 5:45 and I'm ready to go because it's exciting and because I'm getting better. This team's changed. You're dealing with a lot of alpha males. We want to be the best at what we're doing and it's going awesome.''

His improvement has not been lost on Jackson, who's praised his growth and work ethic.

"Obviously, he's flashed,'' Jackson said last week. "He kind of knows this system. He's been around it a little bit. He knows what to expect, what to do, what not to do. The biggest thing is he's settled down and understands this is really what I want to do and I want to be good at it. He's working at it. We all see it. He's growing every day and getting better every day.''

Pryor, who will be 27 next month, has worked so hard that it didn't faze him when the Browns drafted a receiver in the first round in Corey Coleman. And then another. And another. And another.

"I've been in competitive battles my whole life,'' he said. "I look at it as 'how are we going to get better?' If you're the best in the league, you still have to compete. Just from knowing Hue and being around him and him drafting me, I know nothing's given. You have to go take it. That's just what it is. It is what it is."

At the end of last season, Pryor never envisioned he'd be one of the most tenured receivers on the team. With the departure of Travis Benjamin and the release this week of veteran Brian Hartline, Pryor is one of the few receivers left on the roster who's caught a pass for the Browns. He's joined in the receiver room by six rookies and two first-year receivers in Darius Jennings and Rannell Hall.

"I didn't even think of it like that,'' said Pryor. "I call Andrew Hawkins "Pops." I call him my dad. We still have him in there and Marlon (Moore). But I definitely try to help the younger guys -- Corey and (Rashard) Higgins and Lou (Ricardo Louis) -- I definitely do because I still have that quarterback mentality in me. I know what quarterbacks want. I speak to RG (Robert Griffin III), Josh (McCown) and those other guys a lot. I try to spread a little knowledge of that."

Pryor, who was cut by the Browns shortly after making the final roster and then signed again on Dec. 2, is convinced he would've stuck around if not for a pulled hamstring that cost him most of training camp. He was one of a boatload of Browns, including Joe Haden and Dwayne Bowe, who suffered soft tissue injuries that hurt their seasons.

"I know (the way) I was playing here before camp if I didn't get hurt I would be here,'' he said. "But that's the past. Let's talk about this era here with Coach Hue here and the great teammates I have now who I'm looking to go to work with tomorrow and the future."

One of those is Griffin, who's winning over his teammates with his work ethic.

"I'll probably walk (out of) here right now and RG will probably be over by himself doing some stuff working on his craft,'' said Pryor. "He's amazing. It's nothing what you've heard in the past. They guy is a leader, just like all the other quarterbacks -- a great leader. We're happy to have him."

Depending on how things shake out, Pryor can serve as a third quarterback and be used in multiple ways, including on special teams.

"Whatever Coach wants us to do,'' he said. "He's such a great coach as a head coach and a master of football. I'll leave you guys with this: He's teaching us 'Play with grit. Play with a nasty tenacity, being tough and physical.' That's how a Brown has to play.

"I'm proud of the guys, right now, even in spring ball. You'd think we're going into a game next week the way we're playing with such grit and that mental strength. I'm proud of everybody on the team and looking forward to tomorrow."

At the rate he's going, he'll be an even better receiver when he wakes up than he was today.

Long article, but it sounds encouraging. I hope he makes the team.

good news... hope he really makes it big time with us.

I actually feel pretty good about this. I might have to draft Pryor in round 10 of my fantasy draft.

He's really tall and really fast. If he can catch the ball, he's useful.

Stay hydrated and loose and not pull another hamstring so maybe... we can see what TP looks like at WR in preseason. I'm actually rooting for him.

Wonder if he can actually run routes????

If he can't, he better learn. We could use a tall receiver. Or two.

http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2016/05/25/terrelle-pryor-transition-to-receiver-complete/

“I just want to go beat up on some corners,” Pryor said.

Spoken like a true receiver.



Love it!!!!

Tidbits like this make me REALLY, REALLY wish Gordon wasn't such a meathead. If Pryor can turn into something, those two could have been one heckuva tandem to go with a guy like Coleman.

C'est la vie.

Hue Jackson and Al Saunders don't strike me as a couple of guys that would keep him around if he wasn't showing progress in that area. They don't even seem to be remotely sentimental about players that don't meet whatever standard they set..

Who's Gordon?

What's a Gordon?

I completely agree! Preseason, hopefully, we ALL will get to see that progress and where he's at.

GORDON GETTER (Canine)

Originally bred to fetch footballs. Gordon Getters are fine companions in the field but lack the necessary discipline to avoid scooby snack weed when left unattended. Canines of this breed lack obedience when confronted with Jamaican spliffs, filled bongs and twinkies. Best fitted with owners of the Cleveland Brown's and Miami Dolphins.

Gordon was not a skilled route technician coming into the NFL. He obviously was also not the brightest bulb in the socket either, and had run only basic routes at Baylor. He managed to be able to handle a limited number of routes and was effective. (until he torpedoed his own career)

One thing that Pryor has going for him is that he understands what the routes look like from the QB end. I would guess that this would help him more than if he were a WR who didn't have experience with a real variety of routes. He also has experience from last year, going through training camp,and then the final 5 or 6 weeks with the team at the end of the season. He also has a really huge advantage, in that he has an outstanding WR Coach working with him.

I don't know if he will become a good receiver, a great receiver, or a bum receiver, in the end ..... but he really seems to have worked hard at making this change, and he has the size and speed you would like at the position.

I also look at a guy like Braxton Miller, and he was a 3rd round pick despite only having one season, and limited production, as a college WR. At least a guy like Pryor didn't cost us a draft pick, if he doesn't work out.