Califan007 The Constipated Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 If you stayed for the entirety of the Cleveland Browns trip to the Washington Redskins, you saw that oddest of things. A game where the quality and watchability seemed to get better as the backups got in. Yes the first half was not one of the purest as flags rained down like a tropical monsoon and the quarterbacks made the kind of decisions that left us all smacking our heads on the table. It was not pretty. But there were some notable takeaways beyond a raised finger and we’re going to debut them in a new style. Washington Redskins Performances of Note Bashaud Breeland, CB, +4.0 Breakdown: This fourth round pick is making a case for playing time now. Made himself known with a fumble recovery but that was a tip of the iceberg as he came up quickly to make a couple of tackles for short gains on passes, dislodged a ball from Anthony Armstrong and then broke on a ball to nearly intercept Johnny Manziel. Very active. Signature Play: 8.52 in Q3 he breaks on a fourth down pass attempt and gets his helmet on the ball to dislodge the pass and end the drive. Kirk Cousins, QB, -2.8 Breakdown: He’s not helping his trade value is he? There are worse stat lines than 12-of-21 for 145 yards with a pick and touchdown, but it was the manner of the performance. Too many off target throws and one particularly bad throw on a scramble that Jim Leonhard should have picked off. Signature Stat: When blitzed his grade dropped to a -2.2. Gabe Miller, OLB, +2.1 Breakdown: Miller hasn’t done a whole lot in his NFL career so you’d think him a longshot to latch on. Well those odds will come down if he continues to make an impression like this. A sack and three hurries saw him top the table with four QB disruptions, while he added some decent work in the run game. Signature Play: With 19 seconds of the game left he speeds past Reid Fragel to record a pressure on Connor Shaw. PFF Game Ball There weren’t many shining stars in this one which made Bashaud Breeland stand out all the more. https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/08/19/refo-browns-at-redskins-preseason-week-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Bash-aud. Rambo turned up too in this one. That's two solid games for him. Our secondary is looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible_Red40 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 The throw Kirk had to make was the one he missed Aldrick on, late in the 2nd. He had a step on the DB and was an easy TD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sean and Laron show Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Rambo, Breeland, and Amerson might provide the youth and talent infusion our secondary has sorely lacked the past seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawBBQSauce Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Thanks for this, Cali. Good stuff. Eating it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4eva Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Breeland jumped off the screen--uber talented and great instincts. Needs to stay out of trouble, but if he does, he looks like an absolute steal. I thought that Compton and Robinson also looked excellent. They play downhill and with spead, which is essentially what you want from your LBs. I also thought Amerson looked very good. He reminds me of someone, but I can't quite place it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Breeland jumped off the screen--uber talented and great instincts. Needs to stay out of trouble, but if he does, he looks like an absolute steal. I thought that Compton and Robinson also looked excellent. They play downhill and with spead, which is essentially what you want from your LBs. I also thought Amerson looked very good. He reminds me of someone, but I can't quite place it yet. Fred Smoot perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf85 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Bash-aud. Rambo turned up too in this one. That's two solid games for him. Our secondary is looking good. Listen I believe Rambo and Breeland looked good as well, but to say our secondary looked good is another thing. There were completions on more than one occasion to be had. The Browns QBs is the reason why our secondary looked so good. A better QB would've made our starters look a lot worst than what we actually saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice_of_Reason Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Fred Smoot perhaps? That's mean. He's got a lot of crazy to get to before he teaches that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Listen I believe Rambo and Breeland looked good as well, but to say our secondary looked good is another thing. There were completions on more than one occasion to be had. The Browns QBs is the reason why our secondary looked so good. A better QB would've made our starters look a lot worst than what we actually saw. I disagree. We got sacks and hurries because of coverage. Even guys from the front seven gave them credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4eva Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Fred Smoot perhaps? Maybe--that was kind of who I was thinking of. He plays a little bigger than Smoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinC Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Bash-aud. Rambo turned up too in this one. That's two solid games for him. Our secondary is looking good. Its certainly looked better than I expected thus far but its not really been tested yet. The Browns QBs were flat bad - they had open receivers and just missed easy throws and easy reads. Brady sat when we played the Pats. The best QB we have faced so far might be Pats rookie Jimmy Garoppolo - and that says more about the rest of the QBs we have played than Garoppolo. We might get more of a test against the Ravens with Flacco (though I'm not personally a big Flacco fan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Yea the Browns left a lot of plays on the field due to inaccurate passing. We seem to be tackling better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConcordNCSkinsFan Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Porter will get the call early but Breeland will be the 3rd CB by midseason and Porter won't be around in 2015. Just needs to stay away from the sticky icky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 There were completions on more than one occasion to be had. The Browns QBs is the reason why our secondary looked so good. A better QB would've made our starters look a lot worst than what we actually saw. Agreed. I don't know if it was bad QB play, or the musical QB routine, or what. But I saw a lot of timing problems, and a lot of just plain dropped passes by guys who were wide open. Not saying our D stank. But they weren't as good as the stats might suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrelgreenie Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Its certainly looked better than I expected thus far but its not really been tested yet. The Browns QBs were flat bad - they had open receivers and just missed easy throws and easy reads. Brady sat when we played the Pats. The best QB we have faced so far might be Pats rookie Jimmy Garoppolo - and that says more about the rest of the QBs we have played than Garoppolo. We might get more of a test against the Ravens with Flacco (though I'm not personally a big Flacco fan). I think Flacco will be a good test for our coverage. He's not a dink and dunk guy that beats pressure and coverage with quick throws. Flacco throws intermediate and deep. He'll challenge our coverage but it will be good test of our pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Acre Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Maybe--that was kind of who I was thinking of. He plays a little bigger than Smoot. Didn't Smoot also have a "kind" of problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4eva Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Didn't Smoot also have a "kind" of problem? Oh yeah...maybe that's why I made the connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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