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Love the defensive strategy of keep everything in front and tackle in the back 7 and let the D line eat. If Josh gets a lead you have to consider sitting back there with Groot, Von, Epenesa, and Ed coming in that pass rush package. Thats gonna be a problem for teams.

I dont think we see less Dime. Plan was to have Lewis play dime on passing downs against cards and they just had to move everyone up a peg when taron went down. Dorian has been getting better but he (and Baylon to a lesser extent) are weaker in coverage. Before the Cards game I was trying to figure out who the dime backer would be. I assumed safety like last year but Lewis makes a lot of sense given his ability to play nickel and safety. So in all, Dime is here to stay.

Anderson was rough too. Saw him whiff in the Jumbo set at least once. Im hoping Kromer is just tinkering with Torrence and he takes a small step back while he tries to incorporate the new approaches. My reason for optimism is he seems to be making attention mistakes (false start, not realizing cook stepped up to the A gap for pass pro) but is still really engaged with the team. The conditioning is tough too cause its always gonna be something to watch. He started playing football to keep his weight down. So it can be a struggle so not sure if this normal or a concern basically.

I dont know that hes a great restructure candidate. I think thats the cost they pay to have flexibility in the contract. His salary isnt greater than 10 mil until 2027. With a cap hit of 19 mil itll be interesting cause both cutting him and restructure could be on the table.

I think his clutchness is underappreciated though. He has left the field with a lead so many times and not gotten the credit cause the defense let them down. These are all leaving the field in the last or second to last possession with a lead (most were within the last 2 minutes. CLE 2019 ARI 2020 KC 2021 NE 2023 DEN 2023 PHI 2023 (TWICE!!!) Theres also very close ones like HOU 2019, TEN 2021, MIN 2022, KC 2023 which dont fit the criteria above we either tied the game or just weirdness happened (sometimes josh or kicking). Considering he only has 30 loss in total its crazy to think he should have 10 more wins! Thats in addition to his 13 4th quarter comebacks and 19 Game Winning Drives. 2 comebacks and 3 game winning drives per year not count the 10 i listed here.

I think you have a certain amount of time to win the pass rush (ESPN uses 2.5 seconds). Since Browns pass blocking held up longer than that its not a pass rush win. On the flip side Torrence would get dinged for allowing the rusher in super quick on the 3rd and long that went to Cook even though Josh escaped.

Agree its fair. But the option bonus hits next year. So thats 16 mill more. Then 7.1 mil more in 2026 if hes on the roster (assuming early in the league year, prior to the draft). Thats why people are putting the 45 mil number out there. Cause there are very likely to be earned money that is guaranteed once the contract gets to that point. I agree its a fair deal. The cap hit is pretty manageable through 2026 (that year gets a bit high at 19 mil), and if they want to get out after that year then it saves 7 mil. The downside of this contract seems to be that we cant restructure for a few years so we will be pretty stuck with that 2026 cap number.

I think the 45 million is correct but has a 7 million roster bonus in 2026 that everyone is assuming will be granted (I think this is a good assumption). The reason for the lower number is the option and roster bonus not being included (signing bonus and guaranteed salary only)

If we cut him before the 2026 season we save 2.8 mil. what is so tough about that? Being able to move on after two years (including the final year of his rookie) is pretty easy to me. Being able to get out in 2 years seems super team friendly to me.

Yeah but they are not guaranteed so if hes not performing we can cut him.

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Thanks. I think thats a very reasonable assessment. There were a few processing errors that I found interesting. He misses the blitzer in the B gap on the cook 3rd down conversion after Josh bails Torrence out. The false start. Im hoping they were/are working on a couple things and hell get it sorted. Conditioning is always gonna be a big thing with him. Think he started playing football to keep his weight down cause he was pushing 400' at one point.

Good starting post. I agree on your Buy's and Holds, but added a couple. Buy: Kincaid (for reasons stated) Ed Oliver. He was affecting things last week. I think this week it leads to stats Sell: Torrence or Cook. Torrence I think is gonna need a few weeks to find his footing. Cook I think gets his workload eaten into by the other RBs. Hold: Groot (for reasons stated), Shakir, dude is gonna continue to show out

Broadcast was rough and wanted to hear about the all 22. He still seems very engaged (picking teammates up, running to celebrate). Think this is sophomore slump or is this Kromer working on things in the offseason and so hes taken a small step back before he gets go a better place?

need that picture to better note that its aaron donald hes stiff arming. the flag on the play (its in the frame) made it moot but he got out and made a good play out of this ridiculous.