Tyrod Taylor Becomes A Brown
Man what a gonzo week. The Rams go trade bonkers. Seattle jettisons Sherman and trades Bennett. OBJ smokes a blunt with someone on camera in a scandal that will probably bear more fruit soon enough. And the Browns get Tyrod, Jarvis Landry, and Damarious Randall. The Browns…did good?
Is Hue Jackson still there?
Lol then nevermind.
The Browns are certainly more interesting now, that’s for sure. Jarvis is good and being across from Josh Gordon makes the Browns suddenly a huge WR monster, provided Tyrod gets them the ball. Is Tyrod good? I dunno. When he got benched mid-season for Nathan “Oh my god this was a huge mistake” Peterman there were not a small amount of Bills fans who seemed okay with it. Before Peterman threw 5 picks, obviously.
I’m skeptical of Tyrod. He can be fun but he seems like a guy who will always show flashes but never put it together enough to be worth a starting position as THE GUY. Now that he’s on the Browns we’ll never know if he could be the guy. He seems like a solid backup who could fill in and win some games and probably make a good career out of it.
If you believe in Tyrod and think the Browns did good, I would like to remind you that the Browns do not deserve the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. Until the Browns do good in the win column and look like a good team on the field, they are bad. If Tyrod manages to drag this Browns team to the playoffs even with Hue throwing him under the bus whenever possible then by god, Tyrod is good. Until then, he’s gonna just be another head on the hydra.
Also…where does this leave AJ “actually wanted to be a Brown” McCarron?
I believe in Tyrod, mostly because I have relatives who went to VT so I have a soft spot for him, and I actually met him once while living near Baltimore and he seemed like a pretty good dude. Like you said though, nothing related to the Browns deserves the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.
hooray, we might actually win a few games next season…
Where does this leave Kaptain Kirk?
Supposedly to the Vikings for 27 million a year.
The Browns will go 8-8 this season. They’ve been smart-ish enough for long enough that it should start bearing fruit.
I say 6-10
They’re getting weapons, and they’re going to get more stacked when the draft comes, since they have 5 in the first two rounds. Now that they have a half-decent QB that they know can sort of play well, They just need to build around him, defense especially.
I think after all this, they could hit 10 wins
It’s the browns; 3-13
after last season, that still sounds overly-optimistic…
I say we’ll win as many games as in our last two seasons COMBINED. Hells yeah!
Inanimate Carbon Tyrod FTW!!!
That made me laugh out loud literally. That seems to be setting the bar both really high and really low at the same time. I would wonder if it was possible, but we’re talking about the Browns.
If any of us ever live to see the day the Browns win the Super Bowl, we will all be Browns fans. As much as we pick at them, deep down inside, a little part of us is really rooting for them.
The Steelers’ worst record since 1970 was 5-11 in 1988. That’s one more win than the Browns have had in the last 3 seasons.
Heheheh
Oy vey.
I have watched some true fireworks in the Bills community over this exact question.
For me, I like Tyrod. He is a fun player, and he can do some very special things with his legs, as well as being able to be counted on not to turn the ball over. His past passes are deep sideline throws, and don’t expec him to make intermediate throws with a great deal of accuracy. He is, in effect, a less physical, faster, and non-controversial Colin Kaepernick. And like Kaepernick in his heyday, when you put him in an offensive system that backs him, receivers who can make plays for him, and a great running back to lean on, he looks great. Pair that with a sound defense, and you have a consistent playoff team.
The problem was, he never had all of that in three seasons with the Bills In the first two, Rex Ryan, supposed defensive guru, had defenses in the bottom third of the league. Last year, the defense rebounded but the other coaches tried to make him a West Coast passer, and traded away so many players I, along with other people thought they were tanking:
Other Bills fans love to harp on what he is not: the kind of QB who can put the offense on his back. He is not Brady, or Rodgers, or what Peyton was in his prime. He is not Brees, or Phillip Rivers, who will sling it for their offenses and put up record numbers only to be let down by their teams. And they like to forget that recent Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles ALSO had a Pro Bowl season one year, a down season the next, and then looked like shit under Jeff Fisher. it’s almost like…marginal QBs need a talented cast around them to succeed. So, of course, they want Foles. *vomits*
And now we have Nate “I threw 5 interceptions in one half, plus the one that sealed our playoff defeat” Peterman as our starter. Presumably, we take a chance on a QB in a draft class full of guys with warts.
Hey, Browns fan! Can I share that bottle?
He put up 3 points in multiple games this season. Also you forget that Peterman was moving the ball nicely before KB went down in the LA game and had to start throwing to DiMarco.
Oh, no, I didn’t forget. Just like I didn’t forget that Peterman moved the ball well for a minute or two in the Jacksonville game. The Problem is that he shows horrible decision making, putting the ball up in places where a turnover would be disastrous.
Tyrod definitely had a down year, but he was objectively better than Peterson with similar situations. Having your top 4 WR leaving in the off-season didn’t help either.
Don’t forget about having Rick “give the ball to Mike Tolbert on 3rd-and-long” Dennison as the OC as well. Tyrod was actually decent when he had Anthony Lynn and Greg Roman calling the plays, and though he was a conservative game manager with freakish athletic abilities and wasn’t exactly the future for the franchise, he did end the drought for the Bills. Even if he had some bad games this year, he deserved better than all the hate that some fellow Bills fans have given him.
Man, I was hoping to see a Tyrod-Sammy reunion next year and expected the Bills to stay put and get Lamar Jackson as Tyrod’s understudy, but hopefully the trade means the Bills trade up and grab Baker Mayfield in the draft.
I like the trade. Tyrod is mobile enough to buy time to make plays. He’s played fairly turnover free ball, which seems to be Dorsey’s MO when aquiring a vet QB. This gives them a stopgag for a year or two while they develop a rookie, and lets them possibly go after Barkley in the draft. AJ wanted to be in Cleveland, but he is still fairly unproven. Remember, they had agrees to give the Bengals a 2nd and 3rd this year. So they did get by with at least keeping that 2nd. And Tyrod can play some.
When you win 1 game in 2 years, it’s hard for anyone to take you seriously. But the Browns are building a solid foundation to at the very least, achieve mediocrity. I can see them building something similar to what the Rams did. They got good talent. And then, found a coach to use that talent. In 2 or 3 years, I think we’ll back at this as the turning point for their doormat status. They won’t be a great team though. Temper your expectations. They are still the Browns.
Here’s a Bills fan’s outlook.
Tyrod, when he has actual talent around him, can be a fine starter. He won’t take you to the Super Bowl, but he can win some games.
The problem is that, cerebrially, he is terrible. He only scored a 15 on the Wonderlic test. His field vision is nonexistent (there are dozens of videos documenting him missing wide open receivers).
He doesn’t throw interceptions because he doesn’t throw the ball much at all. His running is electric, but it also gets him into stupid sacks.
So, while I am rooting for the guy (it’s a great story), I am happy the Bills moved on.
JARVIS LANDRY IS COMING TO BROWNS AND AFC NORTH. SHOOOOT
Jarvis sucks so don’t worry
Also if my steelers don’t win the bowl in 5 years I’m a browns fan. Pray for me
You want to leave the Super Bowl winningest team in NFL history because they haven’t won the Super Bowl recently and you want to start following a team that has never won a Super Bowl and since 1999, has been the worst team in the league? And you also claim to be the “Biggest Steelers Fan”… I’m not following your logic…
I admire there loyalty, something I need
And a friend and I have a deal, he’s a pats fan
Browns are still pushing for Cousins, so Tyrod isn’t supposed to be “the guy”. The Browns view him as a backup at best, and veteran fill-in until they get “the guy” at worst.
That’s a lot of money they’d be spending. Tyrod’s contract would cost the Browns around $16 million next season, and Cousins is also supposedly looking for $30 million per year
Look, I’m not saying it’s smart, it’s the Browns. They do dumb thing, and going after cousins after getting Tyrod is dumb. But that’s what the reports say.
Tyrod biggest issue is that he won’t throw receivers open or take risks occasionally. He’d be better in Jacksonville or Minnesota, someplace where he can manage the game. Did you know he has the lowest career interception % (doesn’t quite have enough attempts yet for him to hold the official record)?
I look at Tyrod as a Alex Smith type… Someone who won’t lose you games but also won’t win them.
He just needs to be Alex Smith. He protects the ball just as well as Smith, and he’s an electric runner. If Hue can’t turn this team into mediocre then he’s gone. Browns should be able to get 6 wins outta this.
Yeah the GM for the Browns said that the players the previous GM got weren’t “real players” so he’s probably getting rid of all the fake ones. But I do like his style. Obviously I’m not a fan of Tyrod, I don’t think he’s really that good. But for the Browns, I believe he has some good areas, and the Browns just need to focus on that.
Congrats Browns, after March and April, you might be jacked
I think the Browns are still going to bring in AJ McCarron, just because they’re the Browns, and they have experience with trash QBs. Plus, if Tyrod goes down again, or if he just sucks, they can go with another plan.
Greatest GM tip of all time – don’t sign fake players!
I suspect Taylor is the starter for a year and then whoever they draft will take over.
Low-hanging fruit. YAWN.
Tyrod is a good bridge QB IMo
Imo I bet he’s better at spades
Well played
Flow my tears, AJ McCarron said.
Where can I get a “booze helps” browns shirt?
Can’t wait for the impending Sherman betrayal comic
I feel as a Niner fan I should talk about Richard Sherman, but out of respect for my new player I have to not talk about Richard Sherman.
Wow, it blows my mind that I jokingly said he’d be traded to Cleveland in a comment a few posts back, and then he was actually sent there. Guy was a class act for Buffalo though, and I’ll miss him. Here’s hoping he helps the Browns get back on track next season
The most over-valued thing in all of sports (not just the NFL) is WR.
If WRs mattered or made teams good then the Arizona Cardinals and 1990s Bengals would be the greatest teams of all time.
The AFC sucks.
How bad you ask? The 6 seed was determined by Andy Dalton beating Terrell “I’m not Ray Lewis” Suggs to send the Bills to a boring Bortles beatdown.
“Oh yeah. Well what about Jerry Rice!?” – He joined a 14-2 team that had just won their 2nd Superbowl. Shut up about Jerry Rice. WHO AM I YELLING AT!? POINT ME TOWARDS HIM!!!
A true #1 WR is critical for playoff teams when everyone is playing man coverage. For crap teams you are correct.
You come here on Dave’s own comic, after the year the Giants had, and you pooh-pooh the need for good receivers? By Jove, have you no compassion, man!?
Good receivers is all the Giants have. Hope the #2 pick is helpful.
Hopefully a good offensive linemen. Not sure if there’s a surefire offensive line prospects for this year’s draft but he can’t be worse than Flowers right?
Throwing to Landry , Gordon & Njoku, with Saquon Barkley potentially in the backfield.
Lets not write off Tyrod just yet. With those weapons, if they draft well on the O-Line the Browns might pick up 3-4 wins this year.
Don’t forget that their O-Line is legitimately pretty good right now, too. Joe Thomas is obviously HoF quality, and JC Tretter and Kevin Zeitler are nothing to sneeze at.
Yeah like the Sleeper said, the Browns already have a pretty solid O-Line. With Joe Thomas coming back from injury, and entering his mid 30s, the Browns might think about taking an OT in the draft. At this point, looking at their roster right now, especially on offense, they made some huge moves and they are looking really good.
I love the trade mostly because I hope the Browns have realized that the thing they’re just terrible at is developing a QB. I hope they decide not to even draft one this year and go with Barkley @ #1 and the best defensive player they need at #4.
They have no one for the new QB to learn from, which goes double for their coaching staff. It seems much saner to stick with a vet and try to develop all the other pieces around them. After a couple of decades of this, it doesn’t seem like the Browns somehow managed to step on every landmine that the scouting community failed to detect. This is a problem that’s in-house and won’t be altered just because they hired someone else.
The Browns look scary going into next year. As a Giants fan I’m praying they pass on Barkley but if they get him I’ll predict them as a playoff team next year. 7th seed at best
That’s something nobody has ever said
Oops, too much basketball. I meant 5th seed
Barkley isn’t even the best back in the draft. I’d rather take Kerryon at 64.
I cant wait for the game were I watch Richard Sherman in a Niners Jersey covering Michael Crabtree in a Raiders Jersey while Bowman in a Raiders Jersey is trying to sack Jimmy G. Im so confused. I really hope Harbaugh comes to the game and sits in the stands with Kap.
I’m no fan of Tyrod Taylor, but I’ll take him over Chesty McCarron any day. Now they just need to take a real QB at 1 and Fitzpatrick at 4.
R.I.P. Tyrod Taylor’s career?