A happy friday to all

It’s going to be a great weekend of football.

Not for you NYC, but where is Thursday’s injury report?

Anyone concerned about the run blocking scheme should check out McDaniels’s press conference — he talked a little about the situations where they prefer to go gap vs. zone. Also mentioned that they’re aiming to have about five skill position players on the field at the same time.

You know, I greatly enjoy McDaniels’s candor compared to Shanny’s little cat-and-mouse games with the press — he’s frank and forthcoming with most questions — but I do worry sometimes about how much information he’s imparting. Probably nothing the opponent’s OC/DC don’t already know, I guess.

Of course, I sometimes have the same reservation about the analysis on this site, but at least here I know it’s all just for-fun conjecture. ; )

….but I think he’s still learning the ropes right now and admittedly learning the speed of the game.

He actually was waived in my fantasy league! I put in a claim on him and am chomping at the bit and hoping that I get him. I’m dead last in the waiver order, though.

That Don Banks article about teams that passed up Peterson is bizarre with picks 1 thru 6 in the 2007 NFL draft.

Detroit drafted the best young WR in the NFL in Calvin Johnson, Cleveland got a great LT in Joe Thomas. Washington had Portis in his prime so they took Landry (the best player in their secondary). Arizona was paying Edge James a ton of money so they took an LT that is a better than average starter. Gaines Adams is the best player on Tampa’s D-line and he had a great game vs Denver last year.

Is he trying to shame these foolish teams?

Pick protection? That sounds like the Media stirring the pot again.

was the MVP of game 1.

in the comments after the CPD article about Cribbs and miscellany all seem to be predicting the Browns winning easily in Denver. Which is cool, nothing like blind optimism. But if the Broncos get blown out at home vs Cleveland I’ll.. I’ll.. well I don’t know what I’ll do but it won’t be pretty!

The Legwold article on Moreno’s break-out is interesting and what we have been talking about lately. The hybrid scheme of blocking will take time to gel and once they get the hang of it we should see more production from our backs. I am sure the Browns have worked on the weaknesses they had against GreenBay concerning the running game. We will have to spread the ball around with better receptions if we want to win this game.

I’m feeling irritated at a common literary fault I see occurring over and over. I saw it again in Bret Greenburg’s article.

It is “corps” when referring to a group of people, such as the wide receiver corps, the running back corps, the linebacking corps, the Marine Corps. “Core” means the central or innermost part.

It is NOT the “corpse” nor the “core”

My other little irritation is “loose” used as in to not win. “Loose” means to not fastened, restrained or contained. “Lose” is the right term when you don’t win. Unless of course you want to use the exclamatory “looooooser”.

Sorry for the rant folks.

and I remember my nieces doing their homework (Phonics) where spelling was simplified to spell it out to the sound. Of course the school they went to wasn’t the same as mine and I had never been exposed to such garbage. Teachers twisting the American dictionary around to make it simpler to understand. I didn’t like it but that’s the way they had to do it.