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11-19-2009, 11:46 AM
James Walker covers the AFCN for ESPN. These are his takes on falling stock.
By James Walker
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Falling
Quinn
1. Brady Quinn, Browns quarterback: Quinn’s second chance to be a starter for the Browns looked much like his first three games of the season. In fact, Monday night’s performance in a 16-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in front of a national television audience may have been the worst of his career.
The third-year quarterback was 13-of-31 for 99 yards and an abysmal 23.5 passer rating. He was sacked four times and was 0-of-7 on passing attempts beyond 10 yards. Perhaps the only good news is Quinn has seven more games to improve his stock with the Browns or potentially another team in the offseason.
Daboll
2. Brian Daboll, Browns offensive coordinator: Cleveland has the worst offense in the NFL, and it’s happening on the watch of a first-year offensive coordinator. Yes, Daboll doesn’t have much to work with this year. But he leaves much to be desired in terms of play calling.
No matter who is under center, the predictable runs and short passes just aren’t working. Cleveland, coming off a bye, had two weeks to come up with something new and exciting and produced only 160 total yards of offense against Baltimore.
The Browns haven’t scored a touchdown in six of their nine games this year.
Arians
3. Bruce Arians, Steelers offensive coordinator: Since we’re picking on offensive coordinators this week, we might as well do the same with Pittsburgh's. Arians was pass-happy Sunday in the Steelers' 18-12 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
The game was close down to the final play, but Arians coached the offense as though the Steelers were down by 20 points. His pass-to-run ratio was 40 to 18, despite Pittsburgh averaging 4.4 yards per carry.
Tailback Rashard Mendenhall entered the game with the hot hand and only received 13 attempts. It was a smashmouth, AFC North game. But Arians was intent on airing out the football with nearly every opportunity and that was the wrong decision.
I know a lot on here including me would agree with this assesment. I couldn't believe we didn't use Rush Hard more than we did.
By James Walker
» NFC Stock Watch: East | West | North | South » AFC: East | West | North | South
Falling
Quinn
1. Brady Quinn, Browns quarterback: Quinn’s second chance to be a starter for the Browns looked much like his first three games of the season. In fact, Monday night’s performance in a 16-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in front of a national television audience may have been the worst of his career.
The third-year quarterback was 13-of-31 for 99 yards and an abysmal 23.5 passer rating. He was sacked four times and was 0-of-7 on passing attempts beyond 10 yards. Perhaps the only good news is Quinn has seven more games to improve his stock with the Browns or potentially another team in the offseason.
Daboll
2. Brian Daboll, Browns offensive coordinator: Cleveland has the worst offense in the NFL, and it’s happening on the watch of a first-year offensive coordinator. Yes, Daboll doesn’t have much to work with this year. But he leaves much to be desired in terms of play calling.
No matter who is under center, the predictable runs and short passes just aren’t working. Cleveland, coming off a bye, had two weeks to come up with something new and exciting and produced only 160 total yards of offense against Baltimore.
The Browns haven’t scored a touchdown in six of their nine games this year.
Arians
3. Bruce Arians, Steelers offensive coordinator: Since we’re picking on offensive coordinators this week, we might as well do the same with Pittsburgh's. Arians was pass-happy Sunday in the Steelers' 18-12 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
The game was close down to the final play, but Arians coached the offense as though the Steelers were down by 20 points. His pass-to-run ratio was 40 to 18, despite Pittsburgh averaging 4.4 yards per carry.
Tailback Rashard Mendenhall entered the game with the hot hand and only received 13 attempts. It was a smashmouth, AFC North game. But Arians was intent on airing out the football with nearly every opportunity and that was the wrong decision.
I know a lot on here including me would agree with this assesment. I couldn't believe we didn't use Rush Hard more than we did.