Cleveland Browns News: Sign This 5x All Pro Player Amid SEVERAL Injuries?

[Music] [Music] stop me if you've heard this one before the Browns have picked up a handful of injuries that's right following their week 2 preseason loss to the Vikings the Browns come out somewhat limping especially at a key position so we're going to break down everything you need to know on that front along with the potential addition of a former allpro player a five-time offensive lineman so a lot to get on today's episode but let's start by talking about the Browns slow start in the preseason 0 and2 and they really haven't looked competitive in either game let me just say this as clear as possible zero panic over preseason outcomes I have no belief that the Browns losing 27 to2 against the Vikings is going to be a reflection or an indication of what is to come in the regular season why do I feel that way because it's not the 2024 Browns playing against the Vikings the guys on the field are not on the team when September rolls around the preseason at this point has become and I'm sorry for the guys playing in these games a make A- wish kid like it is a bunch of guys that get to play and live a lifelong dream of the playing in the NFL and their friends and family should cherish it they should cherish the opportunity it's awesome it's incredible it's something I'll never accomplish I don't want to take away them getting to that stage but by no means have preseason games have any sort of bearing on the regular season because coaches are starting to go down the path of we're not playing our starters anymore we are seeing a lot of teams start to adapt the Shawn McVey train of thought which is we're setting our guys for if not all 90% of the preseason which is not how it used to be back when you had four preseason games week three was always the infamous dress rehearsal the starters played the first half and some teams play that way the Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce out there Andy Reid always plays his starters a good amount in the preseason but the Browns don't so if your team does not play their guys in the preseason it's meaningless and I shouldn't say that for someone that covers the team because there's always storylines that we want to cover and we want to talk about and there are some impactful ones don't get me wrong but by and large no 2712 loss to the Vikings if things do not go well for the Browns this year it's not because of what happened in the middle of August like there's just no way that these two things are connected I do not believe that whatsoever so that's my Ted Talk on not giving a damn about the Browns losing by 15 to the Vikings in the preseason because it might be the Browns but it's not the 2024 Browns there's not a single starter or backup for the most part out there it's a completely different team it's my last thought would be this it's like if a AAA baseball team was representing the majors like if the triple A team lost to a team that put out their major league lineup would anyone feel like the uh parent Club of the triaa ball club would be the one that's going to be getting the reflection for that no of course not but because it's all under the Browns umbrella it feels like that's the representation of the Cleveland Browns it's not half these guys won't even make the practice squad let's talk some injury News James Hudson who has been floating between left and right tackle and has unfortunately somewhat struggled which is not ideal with the Browns having two guys in the pist he is going to miss this upcoming week with an ankle injury he picked up in the Vikings loss which is not good because the Browns are short-handed at offensive tackle and they planned on playing Deshawn Watson which we'll talk about in a little bit but Hudson out for at least a week AE Aden he is going to be out for for a handful of weeks with a knee injury he was trying to chase down the uh Defender who picked off Tyler Huntley he actually made a pretty good play on the ball showed some great effort it was awesome to see him you know busting his tail try to make this roster and get some effort points but it came at a price so with a knee injury we're going to miss him for the next few weeks Germaine affetti he picked up a hand injury he is expected to play this upcoming weekend in Seattle in the final preseason game which is huge for the Browns cuz they're already down their two backups along with their two starters of course and then finally Giovani RI who looked like the white Randy Moss on Saturday he is going to be missing a few weeks with a knee injury so unfortunate for him he was putting together some really good tape and some great plays and now he's sidelined for a handful of weeks now this all comes with the Browns still having their top two tackles on the pup list Jed wills and Jack Conklin I'm starting to get concerned I I think we should all be a little bit concerned because it did not seem like the Browns would be going this far into training camp in preseason without at least one of these two guys now Jack Conlin coming off another knee injury and given his age I think he gets a little bit of a longer leash in terms of when a realistic timeline for his return is Jad Wills being younger so his body's able to recover quicker than someone older and him having his first major knee injury I thought be back a little bit quicker I am officially concerned over Jed Wills the overall tone and messaging coming either from the team or those close to the team back in the spring was we have Jed Wills back for the training camp start like if it's not the very start it'll be pretty quickly into Camp he won't miss much time he's out for this entire week of practice so he has missed all three pre season games and if I said back in April or May yeah Jed Wills won't be off the pup list until after the third preseason game at the earliest I don't think you'd believe me I mean look what Mary Kay wrote back on June 18th the Browns were hoping Wills would be able to participate in mini camp but the surgically repaired knee torn MCL wasn't ready yet the goal now is for him to be ready for training camp even if he's Limited at the beginning limited I kill for limited right now we're not getting anything from Jed Wills it's Zero Dark 30 from him Jed Wills Jack Conlin out on the pup list and if they stay on the pup list by the way after roster cutdown day which is I believe 10 days from now or yeah something like that they are out for the first four weeks of the regular season uh and then James Hudson who we just talked about he's out this week with an ankle injury akima Den is out for a handful of weeks with a knee injury which leaves just Dean Jones Jermain AFF fedi and Lorenzo Thompson like those are the only remaining guys and Dewan Jones is still working his way back from a knee injury although he has still been able to participate in the preseason so all that being said DeShaun Watson the plan all along was for him to play in the third and final preseason game which I don't have that I don't have an issue with that approach from stefansky if you don't want to play your starters in three or two preseason games but just one just to reduce the risk of injury that's fine at least they're still getting some reps before the regular season but there is definitely some concern over DeShaun Watson dropping back to pass and udfa Lorenzo Thompson blocking his Blind Side that's going to make me a little bit uneasy but I still think DeShaun Watson should play in the preseason I mean if you want to scheme things up a little bit differently now have a bunch of shorter route Concepts the ball goes out quicker and have Watson be on the same page of hey it's a preseason game you don't need to be a hero don't extend the play and take unnecessary hits if it's not there just throw it out of bounds and we'll get you through a few Series so you can start to get back in the Rhythm because we know historically Watson has gotten off to slow starts at the beginning of the year in his NFL career so you already have that kind of factoring in along with him coming off a shoulder surgery and then if you want to compound it to make it worse not playing a single snap in the preseason and you got Micah Parsons and the Cowboys defense awaiting you week one that's a perfect recipe for an absolute show at home so would love to try and reduce those factors to what's already going to be a challenging start to the year by having him shake some of the rust off knocked the cobwebs out in preseason week one in Seattle so let me ask you this question should Watson play in the preseason finale give me a yes or give me a no in the comment section I think he should I think there is a 90 there's a 1% Club of players that never need to play in the preseason because they're so proven that they can just flip a Switch and Go from 0o to 100 for week one of the regular season like Tom Brady miles Garrett uh Justin Jefferson like the guys who at the top of their positions we don't need to see them in the preseason but pretty much anyone else that's even somewhat questionable should at least play a series so they're not walking onto the regular season field for the first time in eight months and then making a couple of mistakes early on that could have been avoided if they had a few Series in the preseason speaking of the offensive line from earlier though there's been a lot of chatter about the Browns maybe going after David Bak tiari so the 10-year vet for the Green Bay Packers he was Aaron rogers's left tackle five time all pro three-time pro bowl guy has unfortunately had a lot of injuries the last couple of years he has played in one game two out of the last three seasons in was it 2021 he played one game 2022 he played 11 games 2023 he played one game he has missed a ton of time he had to get knee surgery last year after coming back from a previous knee surgery but reading up on it when you when you get the knee surgery towards the end of 2023 the thought was hey we're going to go and get a knee surgery done that's going to fix the problem because before we weren't really sure what the problem was now we do and now we can correct it once and for all so that was the General enal um thought process when he got his final or most recent knee surgery so if bakari is healthy why not bring him in for a workout like you're short-handed as it is you don't really know when Jed Wills or Jack Conklin is coming back there's not a lot of confidence in James Hudson starting at left tackle there's a five-time allpro player sitting at home right now and if he's healthy and he's in football shape which you can determine that in a workout in a physical I don't see a single downside to bringing him in you do not want to mess around with the offensive tackle position it's a pillar position it's a Cornerstone piece it's a there a reason why offensive tackle is the highest paid guy on the offensive line he's one of the first to go in the NFL draft you do not want to mess around with it and the Browns last year were learning that lesson the hard way not that they did anything wrong but they went through their top three tackles you are now in a spot where you are already down two out of your top three tackles if wills and Concklin remain on the pup list to open up the year I for one don't want to watch the James Hudson show like it didn't go very well last year and I don't think we've seen much improvement this year to believe he is ready to start week one at left tackle if baari is healthy and can play bring him in now with all that being said a move is coming like there's just no way the Browns are not going to bring another offensive lineman whether it's a notable name like Bak tiari who's going to be a little bit more expensive or a more lowlevel signing of someone we've never heard of but someone's coming in there's just too many injuries at that position for the Browns not to at least have a backup because at the moment I think they're too deep atet jine oretti Jermaine a Fetti and Lorenzo Thompson that's just not going to cut it even for the preseason game all right to wrap up today's video I want to share a tweet I got from well that um that says when I said that I have no concern over the Browns losing the preseason game to the Vikings uh they said no concern at all if you rank preseason team performance we're probably at the bottom three I have not cared to watch other teams preseason I hate the preseason if it's on when I'm walking past the TV sure I'll look at it but no I'm not spending the time to evaluate other teams preseason although I do know the Steelers preseason has gone horrible which is kind of funny um but they added should do a video looking at last year's preseason first regular season record so what I wanted to do was share since the NFL expanded to 18 regular or 17 regular season games and three preseason games how have the playoff teams under this new schedule fared in the preseason here's what I found since 2021 so three years that's a lot of sample size every team that made the playoffs had a combined preseason record of 5063 and three only four teams went 3 and0 that went on to make the playoffs 13 teams went two- one pretty impressive eight teams went 1- two nine teams went 0 and three me just think about all the teams that made the playoffs the last three years more than double didn't even win a pre season game compared to going undefeated in the preseason so when I mentioned earlier I have no concern over how the Browns perform in the preseason as a team since that team is not even the 2024 Cleveland Browns this is why I mean majority have a losing record 50 and 63 and three the Rams won the Super Bowl without winning a single game the Chiefs won a Super Bowl by going undefeated so what does it all mean it means there's no correlation if anything you want to do worse in the preseason I don't think anyone's advertising for that but no no one should be thinking hey this is going to come back to haunt the Browns it could come back to haunt the Browns if the starters don't play at all in the preseason and they come out looking slow and sloppy you can make that connection you can make a connection if a guy who's a starter or has a big role has a bad preseason and you don't make a change but what you cannot do is go man the Browns ground game in the preseason has really stunk uh the Browns ground game in the preseason has not featured any of the five starting offens of linman or Nick chub that's the Browns 2024 ground game it's a different team it's a minor minor league affiliate if the if the NFL had Minor League affiliates if they got to that point this is what it would be like this would be spring ball like it would be spring training how many teams have really in the middle of June thought back and go I could have told you about this when I was watching them in February in Florida no one nonsense all right this week's goal 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