Back from hiatus...had to take a break from the old blog due to the fact that the team has been in such a funk that its difficult to write anything positive. Now that I have completely given up on the season once again I am past that emotional roadblock, not necessarily a good thing.
Quarterbacks express confidence in many ways. "I'm confident I can lead this team to success." "I have confidence in this group of guys" We don't NEED that type of confidence...the qualifying kind. We need a qb to come in and put it on their shoulders and say, "I WILL lead this team to success" NOT "with a bit of luck" or if "we all work together" just I WILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED FOR US TO WIN"
Confidence is like layers of an onion. Outer layers are peeled and discarded as adversity rears its ugly head. Once you get to the CORE is where the rubber meets the road. We have had "surface leaders" who were outwardly confident but crumbled under the pressures inherent to the N.F.L...Weeden and Derek Anderson come to mind. We need confidence on a much deeper level.
As I already said, I don't think Weeden has it. Campbell may have it,, but his age and injuries have left him physically unable to follow up on it, except as a temporary back-up. On the current roster, that leaves Brian Hoyer. He may very well have it. Unfortunately for him and Browns fans everywhere, he blew out his knee. The fans are talking about a return for spring practice but if the example of RG3 teaches us anything, its that a player returning from an ACL is not immediately the same one that left before the injury. I hope he is, but it will probably take a while (like all of next season) for him to be completely back.
We have had quarterbacks in the past that had it. Brian Sipe and Bernie Kosar both come to mind. That deep inner confidence is what allowed them to lead us to so many improbable come from behind victories. Yesterday we played AGAINST one with it...and the combination of Brady's confidence and some home-cooking by the zebras sent us home with our tail between our legs yet again.
So come draft time? I say go ahead and go get Johnny Football. The kid is so full of confidence it just drips off of him. He may very well be full of something else too...but aren't we all on some levels? That way we can go with Hoyer or Manziel depending on Brian's rehab, Johnny's ability to pick up the offense and Chud's gut feeling. Best case, Hoyer leads us to the playoffs while Manziel handles clipboard duty for a couple years....but we all KNOW Cleveland Browns football is never about best case scenarios.
Go Browns!
Back from hiatus...had to take a break from the old blog due to the fact that the team has been in such a funk that its difficult to write anything positive. Now that I have completely given up on the season once again I am past that emotional roadblock, not necessarily a good thing.
Quarterbacks express confidence in many ways. "I'm confident I can lead this team to success." "I have confidence in this group of guys" We don't NEED that type of confidence...the qualifying kind. We need a qb to come in and put it on their shoulders and say, "I WILL lead this team to success" NOT "with a bit of luck" or if "we all work together" just I WILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED FOR US TO WIN"
Confidence is like layers of an onion. Outer layers are peeled and discarded as adversity rears its ugly head. Once you get to the CORE is where the rubber meets the road. We have had "surface leaders" who were outwardly confident but crumbled under the pressures inherent to the N.F.L...Weeden and Derek Anderson come to mind. We need confidence on a much deeper level.
As I already said, I don't think Weeden has it. Campbell may have it,, but his age and injuries have left him physically unable to follow up on it, except as a temporary back-up. On the current roster, that leaves Brian Hoyer. He may very well have it. Unfortunately for him and Browns fans everywhere, he blew out his knee. The fans are talking about a return for spring practice but if the example of RG3 teaches us anything, its that a player returning from an ACL is not immediately the same one that left before the injury. I hope he is, but it will probably take a while (like all of next season) for him to be completely back.
We have had quarterbacks in the past that had it. Brian Sipe and Bernie Kosar both come to mind. That deep inner confidence is what allowed them to lead us to so many improbable come from behind victories. Yesterday we played AGAINST one with it...and the combination of Brady's confidence and some home-cooking by the zebras sent us home with our tail between our legs yet again.
So come draft time? I say go ahead and go get Johnny Football. The kid is so full of confidence it just drips off of him. He may very well be full of something else too...but aren't we all on some levels? That way we can go with Hoyer or Manziel depending on Brian's rehab, Johnny's ability to pick up the offense and Chud's gut feeling. Best case, Hoyer leads us to the playoffs while Manziel handles clipboard duty for a couple years....but we all KNOW Cleveland Browns football is never about best case scenarios.
Go Browns!
