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

Bye Tank, thank you for all you've done here. Best first name ever lol. He's stuck around a long time.

I like that we've added experience at each positional group: WR, QB, RB, OL, LB, DB

Tank did a pretty good job for us. I wish him well.

Someone on here yesterday predicted this would happen.. Wow.. Good guess.

if Tank Carder is getting reps on your football team then your not a good team at all.
Dorsey is adding proven players to the roster
too many players in the past that barely belonged in NFL took up.too much roster space in Cleveland hence the.300 winning %
good luck im not going to miss your 17 tackles per year

I dont think he is blowing that rebuilding up at all. It was all a part of the plan , and this is the next step. We got rid of dead weight, freed up a ton of cap space, loaded up on young talent and draft picks which netted us more young talent and when the time was right we went out and spent that capital and added young vets into the mix through trades and FA.

I'm just that good.

I hate to say it, but I agree.
Tank is a Special Teams guy (and a damned good one), but if he's getting meaningful reps then that position is far too barren and needs some attention.

Thanks for your time here Tank!

p.s. Since I've been so down on this team and roster, I will say that with this move and all the others that have been made, I have the ever-so-slightest bit of hope that this might actually look like an NFL defense this year.

Give me til the end of TC ... i’ll Have u believing 8 wins is possible with nuttin but LOGICAL FOOTBALL REASONING ...

Does that even exist around here??

No.

Thanks, Tank. You played Cleveland football when it wasn't easy. Best of luck!

Used to be called The KoolAid Surprise, a miracle mixed drink. Logic is allowed on here?

Where will it all end?

If I'm GW, I'm going I'm going to try get all 4 LB's a lot of playing time.

If I want to rush the passer, I might put Collins at End.

If I want my best coverage LB's, I'd sit Schobert.

If I want to stop the run, I'd sit Collins or Kirksey.

why your not a coach... bahaha just kidding

Not bad thinking. I like maybe putting Collins on the edge. I don't like Collins in coverage, though.

It will be more than just him. With this guy, Collins, and Shobert, we have 3 guys who can play in or out. Add in Kirksey and Avery, we might only keep 5 backers on the team considering that Williams plays nickel a great deal of the time.

W

Watching his presser just now, he's certainly a little bit different .. he's all about his game, his performance, his stats, etc. It's all fine with me, as long as it helps us win

I've never heard or seen anything that suggests he's a selfish player.

More I read about him, more I like this signing. By all means I think he can play each linebacker position from what I gather and see.

May the best player win the starting spots and this dude surely will compete imo.

We played nickel less than anyone last year.

I would suggest that was an indictment on just how poorly our dbs played. GW obviously decided our lbs gave us a better chance than the dbs we were tasked to use.

In the interview yesterday they asked him "Why Cleveland?" ... he said "It was the best place where I could showcase my talents" ... then they asked "Why leave Philly after winning a Super Bowl?" ... his response: "Because I have personal goals too"

I really don't have a problem with either of those answers.

That isn't the way he has played it in the past.

I'm with Y-Town, I have no problem with either of those answers. He was being asked about his whys and they absolutely would be personal. Personal does not equal selfish. As long as personal goals don't interfere with team success more power to him.

I would imagine that player's need internal motivation to play this game at a high level.

Wouldn't it be weird and superficial to give a bunch of team, rah-rah answers and he's just coming in? He didn't sound any more self-absorbed than Landry when he did his first interviews. Or when Mayfield says, (paraphrasing) he sets his own goals he doesn't accept people imposing expectation on him. BTW, I'm not mad a Landry or Mayfield for saying these thing.

What people do always weighs more than what they say. So until I see him or any other player do something selfish he gets the benefit of my doubt.

Yeah, I don't have an issue with them either. It felt honest and sincere. Regarding the "Best place to showcase his talents"-- maybe this lends credence to the fact that he was told that if he signed, he was promised to be a starter. On a one-year deal, if he performs well as a starter, he'll cash in in FA. It might be looked at as using the Browns for a bigger pay day, but he can have a career gameplan too.

what did MKC say to make you say that she doesnt get it?

Which spot Browns LB Mychal Kendricks will start at and what he wants now that he has a ring

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.s...art_river_index

I just love the fact that things seem to have turned around enough that a sought after FA would feel that The Browns is a good place to be able to achieve those goals when in the past we have been thought of as the place that careers go to die

Or we just offered him the most money.

Maybe, but a contract worth "up to" $3.5 million isn't exactly backing up the Brinks truck.

That's exactly what I thought. Both he and E.J. Gaines came at very reasonable prices.

It also wasn't the most ideal time for him to sign with a team either. FA was over, most top dollar contracts were handed out. That's why many times teams do a guy a "solid" releasing them early if they know they won't keep him.

Players were reporting to OTAs when this guy was searching for a job. He didn't have much leverage and probably why he only signed one-year deal. And probably why he got pissed at journalists for leaking the info too early when he was getting as much as he could.

That's sound reasoning. Still, he did sign a contract that is team friendly. Even if he wanted to, he wasn't able to convince the team to overpay. Taking the argument off the table.

I think we got him very cheap. I also think we probably offered him more than anyone else.

I hope he show cases his talent in the next 16 regular season games...

You can't have enough good players.

A guy I play ps4 online with here and there is an Eagle fan. Said he was a good player and well capable of covering the pass and run.

Very encouraging, he'd say the guy sucked flat out if he did. Said it all along, may the best players get to see the field