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Battered Browns syndrome has me thinking I was gonna click on this link, and read some really bad news.

Yeah, me too.

As was previously noted, the offense is filled with young talent.

Baker 23
Callaway 22
Higgins 24
Landry 26
Perriman 25
Njoku 22
Duke 25
Hill 23
Chubb 23
Harrison 25
Robinson 26
Corbett 23


Even our veteran OL guys are:

Bitonio 27
Hubbard 27
Zeittler 28
Tretter 27

I think that the offense will be in good shape for years to come.

He's going to need to get a lot better getting east and west if he's going to be a real contributor to this team.

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As to Callaway, I think he had a very good rookie season. I think he is a star in the making.

Todd Haley's time with the Browns was just a moment in time but I do remember seeing something, maybe a clip from Hard Knocks, not sure, where he was miked up and pull Landry to the side and encouraged him to mentor Callaway. So Antonio is in a good position where there is veteran leadership to show him how to be a professional. The talent is there.

This thread prompted me to watch some video. He catches passes
in all parts of the field. He blocks for other guys. I'm excited about his development.

I think he already is a contributor despite some holes in his game.

I think the cool thing is that the Browns don't need Callaway to be one of the top WRs in the entire NFL. The Browns have Chubb and Hunt. Both are studs that will draw a lot of attention. They have a stud WR in Landry who draws a lot of attention.

I suspect they will draft/acquire a big WR like Butler or Humphrey who can go up for balls in traffic and get a lot of YAC. Higgins should be a guy who can do a little bit of everything.

I think Callaway and Perriman will be complimentary receivers who should be able to take advantage of some very favorable match-ups due to the attention that other play makers are receiving.

Dude might mess-up and be lost to the team, but he was a 4th round pick and thus far, his dividends are exceeding the investment.

He has some growing to do, certainly. But I felt like there weren't many DBs who were able to keep up with him. Sometimes I got the sense that it was like we've seen so many times with Big Ben and Antonio Brown. Ben would just drop back and throw it as far as he could and Brown would just run under it.

I think Callaway has to learn how to get open instead of just running past guys. But if he gets a step on a guy, I'm not sure there were many DBs who could keep up with him.

I think DBs probably want to jam him up at the line because that negates his speed. If he can figure out how to get through that effectively, he could really stretch the field.

I won't discount that possibility, but since you brought up Perriman, I had to look up his height and now I want to point out that we have him, Ratley, Streater, and Willies who are all 6' 3" or bigger. Drop the bar to 6' 2" and we can add Higgins.

We actually kinda stacked with big guys that can catch!

Had the same thing when I saw it.., it was like, What Now?

This is one of those things that shows me to trust Dorsey. He picked this kid, he got into a scrape over the summer but worked through it. Then he goes on to have a decent rookie year.

I'm thinking of Hunt when I'm speaking here.. Maybe we need to trust Dorsey.. I mean, heck, he's earned that from us.

That's a damn young Offense! One that if it continues to Gel and grow together, will be lots of fun for years to come..

Add a piece here and another there and Oh boy....

We do.

I was talking about a guy who can go up in a crowd and take the ball away from defenders and who can throw corners to the ground and get a lot of YAC.

If you want, check out the video I posted on Butler in CHS's Wide Receiver thread in the Draft forum.

I do want to say I misspoke when I said "I suspect they will draft/acquire..." I chose the wrong words when I said, "I suspect." I have no idea what the hell they will do. It's just something I thought would make sense.

However, I am getting to the point where I'm willing to trust Dorsey on anything he does. This guy has been magnificent.

Magnificent,,,, Good word to describe Dorsey so far.. I just am not seeing any missteps.. He'll make one,, I'm sure he will, he's human, but so far,, Nothing.

About time Haslam made the right choice.

I wouldn't trust those guys with a postal route, let alone a post route.

Sometimes making the right choice is being lucky the right people are available when you have to make your choice.

I was watching the replay of the Ravnes game last night and saw some defiinite growth from him since September

I am thinking that you and Swish definition of "plenty of bake" are two completely different things

He also needs to locate the football better on intermediate/deep throws

Oh so true.. But to be honest, Dorsey had the pedigree to be the guy here. I'm really glad it worked out. At least so far.. Gotta tell you, I'm excited by what I've seen so far.

He is a nice little player. I would not expect him to be a superstar but he has all of the tools to be a very good player in the league. If he can be a TY Hilton or Brandon Cooks lite, I would call it a huge success.

This, and many of the other things people mentioned are all matters of experience. Callaway also had a ton of drops/misplays earlier in the season. Sometimes it seemed that he was just a little bit off in his routes. Sometimes he failed to track the ball effectively. He was a very young WR, who didn't get much time with Baker in the preseason .... and who also didn't play much, if at all, the season before.

Baker has said that he will assemble the offense for practices this preseason, as Tyrod did last year. The Browns get the extra training sessions since Kitchens is a new head coach. Hopefully Callaway has also been watching tape of himself, seeing what he did right, what he did wrong, and what he could have done better, and is also working on the physical aspect of playing WR. (such as sharp cuts, tracking the ball, etc)

I don't think anything a player puts together in the way of practice counts against the extra time the league gives the teams with a new coach.

I didn't mean to sound overly critical or insinuate that he wasn't performing well. I just think that he has all world quickness and could be a very serious, I'm talking at least pro bowl level, threat for us. However, for that to happen he has to get in and out of his breaks a lot quicker, especially going sideline to sideline. Right now I'd compare him to Desean Jackson. Djax has all the quickness in the world, but can only run five routes. He wins the majority of his match ups just doing a 9 route. That said, asking him to do a corner, or an in route is a lost cause. We need a guy who can run all the routes at elite speed like a Brandon Cooks, TY Hilton, Tyreek or OBJ. Calloway has the talent to do that, if he gets better going in and out of his breaks. That said, he can certainly coast by with his talent like Djax and be a contributor that way. However, that seems much more up Perriman's alley.

I agree with you though that we need a big WR who can win on the outside. We have a few deep guys, an elite underneath guy, but now we need to find that #1 WR who can constantly win from the outside.

It doesn't.

I was just pointing out that as a new head coach, Kitchens also gets extra OTAs.

Baker has also said that he will do as Tyrod did this past preseason, and put together a practice session for the offense. (these don't count against anything)

I keep thinking how much better Baker and the WRs are all going to be this year after having spent time together this past season, having the summer get-together that Baker is scheduling, and having a full camp under their belts. Holy shitester, they should be great.

I believe when one looks at how many fewer drops there were in the second half of the season compared to the first half we have every reason to feel we'll see an even greater improvement.

Despite his many critics here, for being a rookie one year removed from football, and after some early learning curves ... imo Callaway is our best deep threat, even though after showing the ability early on in the season ... we really did not use him much in that role. He gained some good experience last season and he will only get better, because he has yet to reach his ceiling imo.

Many critics? Who?

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Lmao i was freaking out Swish..

I love Calloway..have from day 1

Receivers in general take a leap forward in their second year, if they have talent and the work ethic.

AC has a chance to be really good.

+1

Baker Mayfield will make sure his teammates have the WORK ETHIC!!! I don't think he would accept anything less.

Me as well

As long as the team's doctors cut his elbows away from his ribcage and cure his alligator arm syndrome, he'll be OK.

I think in 2 years from this date we will be complaining about how much it is going to cost to extend him
Areas of improvement I wish he held dt better