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Another thing… Adin Huntington has earned a roster spot in my opinion. He is undersized at DT (6’1 281 lbs) but he still finds away to get pressure. Where he excels is special teams. He always flies around the field and is in on almost every tackle. His effort is 2nd to none.

AMEN

You just always root for the short guys.

Andre Szmyt held a lot of the kicking duties yesterday and looked just fine doing it. He's a former Lou Groza award winner out of Syracuse.

I felt good about the play of the team yesterday.

Gabriel looked just fine. As has been mentioned that int. was on the TE. It was as if he pulled up to let the WR get the catch rather than trying to catch the ball himself which allowed the defender to step between the two and make the int. Had the TE tried to catch that ball none of that would have happened. Tillman looked good as well. Gabriel can scramble pretty well but I think he was holding back because of that hamstring injury which is probably the smart thing to do. Strong also looked very good. Now that video evidence has shown that the allegations against Judkins were fabricated that issue should be resolved in short order.

Two weeks with two rookie QB's and both performed well. I've learned from experience you can't make any final judgements or assumptions based on preseason but the signs are certainly pointing in the right direction.

The D looks fast and is attacking, swarming. I love the looks of that!

I agree w/ all of that Pit. I think the defense attitude and effort seems better than preseason years past, just from my eye. Not sure if that will translate but hopefully

j/c...

- Gabriel was impressive on 3rd downs.
- Adin Huntington making a strong case to make the 53.
- Hopkins still looks shaky though his contract may be the reason he stays on the team instead of Szmyt.
- Thrash and Gabriel have developed a good chemistry.
- Dewand Jones got torched on the sack.
- OL depth is concerning, especially with the Lucas ankle injury.
- DB depth is a concerning as well. Cam Mitchell is bad. I wonder if Berry will look to trade for a DB.
- The DL has been outstanding.
- Ahmani Marshall has done a nice job with his opportunities. Good practice squad candidate.
- Dionte Johnson is a waste of time.

We get to see the starters in the 3rd preseason game. Looking forward to that. The Gabriel vs Shedeur noise will ramp up as the final home preseason game approaches.

I'm ready to not see Diontae anymore either

Thrash looks like he has worked on his game . Dionte Johnson
Continues to show why 3 teams cut his lame body of work last year .
Maybe Mary Kay Kool Aid will stop hyping him up with his rainbows and flowers takes
Browns secondary depth is alarming

Don't you mean Vertically Challenged?

Now you done went and got all PC on us. Leave it to a liberal.

I don’t see how we let Thrash go. I watched the game this morning and he looked really good.

We should keep both he and Lardavain

The team has looked good so far out there. I know there has been barely any starters out there, however the backups haven't' looked like misfits out there. Within reason, they look well organized out there.

The play that has been brought up a few times: Is a little of all threes (QB, WR, TE). The basics - the execution of the WR and TE was poor. Those two should have not been that close to each other, the play is designed to have spacing. Johnson should have ran that route deeper, Whitehead route should've been a little shorter. Dillon should've thrown it away. This would've been a non-issue if the WRs route was deeper. Instead, it was a cluster __ and Dillon made the wrong decision.

I am pleased with both how Sanders and Gabriel have performed in their games. I really don't care how good or bad the opposing teams have been the past two games. I am more interested to see how they perform within the moments. A few examples from last week, Sanders in the red zone - sees the blitz coming at him, moves right, back picks it up and he throws a strike in the perfect spot to Davis for the TD. The same goes with threading the needle for the TD, those moments show good fundamentals and poise. The same goes with Gabriel moving in the pocket, ball placement, and etc. Both showed above average going through their progressions. Will that translate when playing against starers? I do not know. Either way, it was nice to see rookie QBs looking down field while scrambling instead of bailing out and running right away.

I think the UDFAs Berry has brought in have shown some promise. A couple could possibly make the roster. I do think there are a couple that are definitely PS worthy.

I just found this from Kurt Warner from the game

I’m leaning in that direction. They both have been productive. Bell is gonna have his bell rung, Johnson can’t do any better than the younger guys, and 84 is balling.

totally forgot about Bell - is he still injured/recovering?

Bell was released, still a FA

AI overview:

No, David Bell is not currently on an active NFL roster. He was released by the Cleveland Browns in the 2024 preseason. While he initially made the 53-man roster, he was later waived and signed to the practice squad, but ultimately released. He was also placed on injured reserve with a hip injury after being promoted to the active roster.

Thank you - that is a phenominal video to watch and learn from.

No Idea if Dionte is running thr wrong over/crossing route at 16:30 where KW is breaking down the INT -- but one of the things that have popped up intermitently on Stefanski's offense is how close the receivers are from time to time. KW has pointed it out himself on other videos. . . . this play and listening to KW you can absolutely understnand why DJ needs to be 5-6 yards deeper. As others have mentioned - AFTER the INT, Dionte's effort is zero. I don't know if you can coach that out of him but that really irks me to the core.

According to the Browns roster, Bell is on the "Active/Non-Football Injury" list

https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/players-roster/

gotcha thanks

He was so overrated coming out of Purdue. That's one college that does not produce
NFL upper tier WRs.

We let Thrash go?

no we didnt

j/c...

Can we trade for Tinsley? Good Lord.

yeah what a series for him!

btw, they just mentioned the Brian Robinson deal with Washington. He's not a "fit" there anymore because they wanna go spread and shot gun. Maybe he'd fit in better here with the power run game

I took a look at the Bengals depth chart. He is listed as a 3rd stringer (the list three receivers as starters). No way he doesn’t make the team.

Good.

Looking back at the post, it's one of those that can be read two ways.

Sorry, what I wrote is not what I meant.

I meant there’s no way we should let him walk.

Still here though, right? I like his game a lot.

we didn’t cut him bard .

This was a funny little thing.