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10/16/09
Q: With the trade deadline coming up on Tuesday, why is it difficult at this time of year for a team like yours to upgrade a position and make a trade?
BB: Well, there are two things that make trading difficult in the National Football League. No. 1 is depth. I know there are some injuries in baseball, but there aren't too many. For the most part, those guys don't get hurt; they play all year. Whereas in football, you have more of that. You really have to think about trading somebody because who are you going to replace them with? You probably don't have anybody, so that's just one less player that you have and no one has - generally speaking - excess players at any position where you can just get rid of them and then have somebody to replace them. That's one issue. And the other issue, of course, is the system. [You] bring in a player this late in the year that doesn't know your system and hasn't been with you. At this point in time, we've had over half the practices for the entire year that have already occurred because of the number we have in training camp and in preseason. [To] bring in a player now and teach him your system is tough because - even if he learns it on paper, or in a playbook and [is] actually going out there and doing it - [there are] limited opportunities, so you trade for a guy and by the time you get him ready to go, the season is over. Now, in the Jets/Cleveland case with Braylon Edwards, I think there are a lot of circumstances around that, but from a scheme standpoint, there's quite a bit of similarities from the Cleveland scheme to the Jets scheme, and they probably felt like this was a player that they could catch up scheme-wise. Every case is different, but I think that might have tipped the scale a little bit. You see more of those kinds of moves in preseason when there is an advantage to getting the guys in there and being able to spend that kind of time with them and those number of practices.
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Does anyone think Edwards could fit in our offense pretty well too? He seems to be a go-get-it type of tall receiver that would thrive anywhere.
My guess is that he played for Eric Mangini, who probably brought Brian Schottenheimer's style of offense with him to Cleveland. From watching their games, the Browns' offensive play calling has been similar to the Jets' offensive play calling. The only difference is that the Jets are able to move the ball while the Browns aren't.
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My guess is that he played for Eric Mangini, who probably brought Brian Schottenheimer's style of offense with him to Cleveland. From watching their games, the Browns' offensive play calling has been similar to the Jets' offensive play calling. The only difference is that the Jets are able to move the ball while the Browns aren't.
terminolgy is likely similar for that same reason
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"We go down to New Orleans, and ain't anybody give us a chance? Nobody! And what did we say to them?"
You’re probably not aware of this because it’s mostly just chatter among media and fans, but given the fact that a third receiver hasn’t really stepped up behind Randy Moss and Wes Welker, people are saying ‘Well, maybe this guy [Tate], a third-round pick, could fill that role.’ Is that a realistic expectation this year?
Belichick: "I don’t know. He hasn’t been on the field for one play all year, so I really couldn’t answer that. I mean, it’s not his fault, that’s just the way it was. He wasn’t out there in the spring and he was on PUP when we went to training camp, so I’d have to defer to the fans and the media on that one. They probably have a lot more insight into it than I do at this point. I mean, we haven’t seen him play, so I can’t answer that."
My guess is that he played for Eric Mangini, who probably brought Brian Schottenheimer's style of offense with him to Cleveland. From watching their games, the Browns' offensive play calling has been similar to the Jets' offensive play calling. The only difference is that the Jets are able to move the ball while the Browns aren't.
Brian Daboll left here in a snit over not getting the OC nod after 5 years as the WR's coach here and then not even getting the QB's coaching job when Josh was officially named the OC here. Eric named him the QB coach for the JETS so he worked for Shottenheimer and coached his offense for the last two seasons. He was in line to be his replacement since Shotty Jr. was not a Mangini hire and was becoming a scapegoat in NY. Had Brian installed the system he learned here in Cleveland as Josh did in Denver, things might have gone better for he and Eric - not to mention Brady Quinn who ran it for Charlie at ND.
i think Edwards would fit in and make play's with any team
they traded for burgess and he got a whole TC perseason
and he still is not geting it done
seymour was with oakland 3 day's and still got 2 sack's in he's first game
if the BB system is that hard to pick up then maybe he should get a new one
in 10 year's he has not drafted one OLB in the first or 2th round because they dont fit he's system
dont get me worng im not calling for him to get fired
but come on he play's a defense that live's and die's with the play of the LB's yet they do noting to bring in young LB's that can get to the QB
What a crock. You have no idea how Edwards would do anywhere. You're basing judgements on one game post trade adreneline fueled performances. Seymour hasn't replicated his and there is no way to know if Edwards will, either. The knock on Edwards has been inconsistency. Wait 'til teams game plan to shut him down and the drops start coming.
And despite his performance his team lost last week because they couldn't defend the wildcat or stop a rookie QB in his first NFL start, and is tossing each other under the bus postgame like they're from Cleveland... We will have to wait and see how Braylon deals with it if they are blaming the trade for a talented but inconsistent WR for the collapse of Rex Ryan's increasingly shaky and undisciplined defenses performance down the stretch...
Bill believes you have to prove you can walk before you run on offense and defense. As opposed to HC's who believe you win superbowls in September. That's why he's taken teams to 7 of them and helped them win 5 rings in the process. You don't get results like those listening to the peanut gallery's suggestions.
Reading that on this board makes it even funnier. We spend lots of time voicing our opinions, but precious little analyzing game film and none watching the players perform in practice. I'd daresay that most weeks, Belichick (to say nothing of his assistants) probably puts more time into those essentials of player evaluation than the entire Patriots media and fanbase put together. He should be condescending.