This seems to be a popular name for the Cleveland Browns lately and for good reason. This town is where the New York Jets free agents swim like the salmon of Capistrano. I’m talking about a little place called Cleveland. Dumb and Dumber (Mangini and Kokonis) as I like to call them have made some questionable and controversial moves to which I’m sure many Browns fans have been left with an empty feeling inside. They seem to be taking the team apart piece by piece which can only leave us in rebuilding mode for years to come. In my eyes not signing Sean Jones back was the single worst move this new management could have done. He was 3rd only to Ed Reed and OJ Atogwe in Interceptions since 2006. He was one of the bright, young spots on defense these past few years that found a way to make plays. He’s left our team creating more holes to fill and more people scratching their heads in bewilderment.
Mangini’s solution? Sign Abram Elams formerly of the Jets and Resign Safety Mike Adams.
What’s wrong with this? I think most Browns fans would cringe at the thought of our current safeties being the starters on the opening Sunday of the season. The best defenses in the league have safeties that bring special things to the table. Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu, and OJ Atogwe serve as ball hawking safeties, while guys like Adrian Wilson and Brian Dawkins plow through people. We need to strike fear into defenses and make QBs think twice about trying to test our safeties. Instead, now we have Pool, Elams, and Adams to man the safety spots with no true threat back there to scare anyone.
Let’s hope that Mangini and Kokonis have some sort of plan up their sleeves in order to improve our defense substantially.
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