DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Pure Football Forum LB Mychal Kendricks To Visit Browns This Week

Collins is already back on a limited bases in practice and Hue seemed pretty confident he'll be full go come training camp when asked about Collins in his last presser. I wouldn't worry about Jamie's health.




Heck yeah man!

I thought that I read somewhere that Collins was practicing on a limited basis ... Good call

Well, there is an article towards the bottom of the previous page that I think Grateful Dawg posted that addresses the subject in case y'all want to read it.

Ty

You're welcome. And I'm glad to see you posting again.

The article doesn't mention... Genard Avery. Haha.

I absolutely think Avery will tear it up on STs and in no time, will start to see some snaps at LB'er as regular season progresses. Easily one of my favorite picks and IMO, a huge value where we got him.

I'm confused. I thought we were talking about Collins. I apologize if I misunderstood you.

No misunderstanding, I was just making a joke (a poor attempt) to include FL and his comment on Avery.

I like the pick too. I hope they find some snaps to get him some pass rush attempts to get his feet wet in addition to the ST units.

After U posted Collins could end up the odd man as opposed to Schobert in this situation ... it made me think of the contrast in talent and work ethic of those two ....

Collins has all the talent in the world ... could be as good as he wants to be ... classic underachiever ... then U have Schobert ... he gets every single ounce of production he possibly could out of his athletic ability ...

I appreciate that Vers.

I think we agree both are candidates to be replaced by Kendricks. That doesn't guarantee either will, but I get the logic for both opinions.

No problem, Dawg. We don't always agree, but I like your takes. They always seem genuine and I appreciate that.

Dominique Alexander, a linebacker, was on the regular season roster at least at some point for each of the last 3 years, He was waived/cut earlier this offseason after failing a physical.
Kendricks can take his roster spot, everybody else is still fighting for the same spots as before.

LB; we probably keep 6

51 Collins Sr.,
Jamie
53 Schobert,
Joe
58 Kirksey,
Christian
55 Avery,
Genard  (R)
--Kendricks,
Mychal 
#6
52 Burgess Jr.
James
59 Carder,
Tank
42 Currie,
Justin
56 Bello,
B.J. 
57 Calitro,
Austin
48 Grace,
Jermaine
49 Gates,
DeMarquis

from that list, if we keep 6: Collins, Schobert, Kirksey, Kendricks, Avery, Burgess

All I can say is that we will have some real position battles this year.

Yeah, it's about time1

j/c:


https://twitter.com/MaryKayCabot/status/1003969881967120384


https://twitter.com/tankcarder/status/1003966821886722048

wow, that was quick

I wasnt directly questioning your logic, there were several who said that they thought collins may be gone.

I do think this could put Collins on the hot seat as far as playing time, but it could also be about him not being healthy. I just dont think it would make any sense for us to release him.

I'm like an oracle, lol.

They knew the team wouldn't have space for Tank Carder. Better off cutting him and letting him try to catch on somewhere else where he stands a chance to make the roster before training camp starts.

Just the way it goes.

Yeah, it sucks but it is part of us getting better and better as a defensive unti. I liked Tank a lot , but I tend to root for the overachievers

I told you your post made so much sense!

The addition of Avery allowed us to move from Tank as well, IMO.

It's like the Front Office should just...... hire me. That, or even better, just let me get a weekly segment addressing the fanbase via some sort of medium (Podcast, video).

I have been thinking about grabbing a handful of posters from here and doing something like that (a podcast). I think it would be a ton of fun.

That would be sweet! I'm in

Please have Vers on , I would PAY to listen to that LOL

Every podcast needs their "Skip Bayless/Chuck Booms", right?

Tank just said bye to all the fans on Twitter. I wished him well and thanked him for his hard work and efforts and he liked it. Just a class act all the way

I like Tank Carder. Guy played w/a lot of grit and toughness. Big-time overachiever who is handling things w/class.

Much admiration for those character traits.

is Chris Tabor employed? I wouldn't be shocked if he ended up w/him

just checked ... he's in chicago

Yeah, the Bears hired him.

I like it. My wife has always told me that I need to start a blog or podcast. We know other people who've been successful, and she thinks if they could do it, then I definitely could. Not trying to go into sports journalism/media of some sort is something I've always regretted. When I was 18 I should have worried less about, what I thought were, unrealistic career choices.

She tells me to go back to school for it and that we could make it financially work, but I just don't see it working out. I've got a good job and it's a big risk to give up so much of what I've achieved so far. I got close, when I was in Chicago, to applying to Northwestern's Graduate Communications/Journalism Program. I probably would have gotten in, as I was a very good student in a decent undergrad college. But at the time, she was making 25k$ a year as a Research Assistant at Northwestern Univ, and I don't think she realized what an effect losing my significantly greater yearly income would have done to our lifestyle.


Anyway, I'd definitely be interested in a podcast.

When I was a sports admin major and a coaching intern part of my responsibilities was to coordinate with the sports media dept for getting players and coaches to press conferences, radio/tv interviews, photo shoots etc. SO I got to know a lot of the sports media people at the school and interacted with them a lot .

One thing I learned though , is when you take something that you really enjoy and turn it into a job it loses a lot of the enjoyment that stuff had when you are just a civilian . It becomes a business instead of a leisure activity.

Mychal Kendricks is the 14th player with at least four years NFL experience added to the Browns’ roster by GM John Dorsey in less than 90 days.

In essence, Dorsey has conducted his own expansion draft to populate the roster with needed experience. This will do more to change the culture of the Browns’ losing locker room than a symbolic organizational cleansing in Lake Erie.

Dorsey has blown up the bizarre, kiddie-corps rebuilding plan of the ill-fated analytics era of the previous two years. The New Browns Order has been replaced by an old-fashioned roster philosophy – get as many “real” football players as you can.

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what expansion teams do...