gman....need to pick your brain on brownies/skins

[gardenweasel]

i have a pool pending(or a parlay card)with the skins at pick.......i took the skins,not out of any handicapping rationale,but because of the pointspread differential....

first,"what`s your take on the browns mental coming in?"..

second,and it`s the same question i always ask,"what`s suggs` status?"...i think the guy is a star in the making...

thirdly,what are you thinking about this one....the skins seem to be getting considerable love here...they are erratic at best...

probably going to off a little or a lot in a middle attempt,and/or to ensure some sort of payoff here....

appreciate your time....

g.l.

 

[gman2]

wrote some scattered stuff on this game in my thread a little earlier. specifically (in regard to your ?s), browns 'mental' is fine, however garcia has been very vocal about getting the offensive playcalling to be more aggressive. the only part of the week that i didnt like was the back-and-forth between garcia and davis/robiskie (off.coordinator) when garcia was saying right now the team needs an identity and needs to attack more and the browns coaches (at least publicly) dimissed that. it really depends how you interpret that. to me, that (him speaking out and challenging his guys) is garcia being a leader and its something that couch never did. with this game being at home, theres no doubt in my mind the browns playbook (at least for one week) will be much more wide open in an attempt to placate the qb (and fans too, as theyll be restless if team starts slow like they did vs. cowboys and giants).

as for suggs, he is 100% healthy and (in my estimation, based on what ive heard) he was basically 100% healthy last week but the browns were just being extra careful because part of them thought they could beat the giants w/o him and give him an extra week just to be sure. but he is ready to go. doesnt seem like theres any hesistation on his end or the coaches/doctors.

as for the result, i tried some on the moneyline. im normally not one to plop down money on the clowns but this is really a must win for them for lots of reasons, the least of which is the upcoming schedule (road game with pitt, home game with philly) so things could snowball downward in a hurry if they arent sharp today.

i just dont think you can underestimate how much suggs helps the offense (as you are aware) and while the browns have a lot of other injuries, they did get some key defensive guys back healthy for this week.

 

[gardenweasel]

...for me,suggs is the straw that stirs the drink(as reggie would say...lol).... i think they are a live dog with suggs healthy and playing....

can you say,"2- two hundred yard rushers in one game?"...that might be stretching it a bit...but not much,imo...

much appreciated...

 

[gardenweasel]

how `bout `dem brownies.....wasn`t pretty,but they got home...

thanks for the info...