OFFICIAL NFL Discussion Thread: 2015-16 Season - Congrats to the Denver Broncos and their fans! SB 5

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Man yall really do hate my bills lmao. What we do to yall? We wont make the playoffs or win a superbowl relax lol
 
Browns: Other QBs Johnny Manziel's size successful in NFL

BEREA, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns won't allow Johnny Manziel to use his height as an excuse for not playing well.

One day after Manziel said he can't see down the field because of his stature, both coach Mike Pettine and offensive coordinator John DeFilippo said his height shouldn't matter.

"There's other quarterbacks in this league that are his size and are having some success," DeFilippo said.

"There are other quarterbacks of his stature that have been successful," Pettine said.

Manziel said he stands 5-foot-11½, which is short in a league where most teams want their quarterback to be at least 6-foot-2. Manziel said his height matters because, for instance, the Cincinnati Bengals' defensive ends are 6-7 and 6-9.

But Pettine said that's part of Manziel's learning curve.

"I see part of it as a positive," Pettine said. "The realization is that he's going to have to understand where to move in the pocket to create some throwing lanes. When you study a Drew Brees, you can see that he's not a scrambler but he has great sense in the pocket as far as where to move in relation to who he's throwing to and where the potential throwing lane would be. Russell Wilson is similar in that aspect as well."

In the loss to Cincinnati, Manziel admitted that there were several easy short throws he missed or did not see. Pettine said reviewing video of the game will help.

"Any quarterback who's in that position has to learn it," Pettine said. "Sometimes the only way to learn it is the live reps and get a sense of the game, and when you get a chance to get to the film and say, 'Wow, that guy is wide-open and I didn't see him.'

"That blind faith or that trust has to be information gathered."

"You keep working," DeFilippo said. "You keep working with him, and you keep being positive because he's still a very young quarterback. You show him what he missed, and he sees it."
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Taylor Lewan: “Shot to my ego” to lose captaincy, but I get it
Posted by Josh Alper on November 13, 2015, 8:04 AM EST

The Titans made a change at head coach last week with Mike Mularkey taking over on an interim basis for the fired Ken Whisenhunt and Mularkey has started to put his own mark on the team.

One of the ways he’s done that is by making a change with the team’s captains. Left tackle Taylor Lewan was stripped of the “C” on his jersey in favor of running back Dexter McCluster in a move that Mularkey said was based on McCluster having more experience than Lewan. The 2014 first-round pick admitted the move was a blow, albeit one he understands.

“It was a shot to my ego,” Lewan said, via the Tennessean. “But it would be an even bigger shot to my ego if it was based on the way I was playing. At first, I was really taken aback and then after he explained to me the situation and why it was happening, I was like, ‘Yeah, I get it. I totally understand that.'”

Lewan said that the “hardest thing to do is lead guys that have been there and done that” when you’re younger and less experienced than many of your teammates. McCluster, a six-year veteran, shouldn’t have that problem, although it remains to be seen if a change in captains will be the impetus for rapid improvement over the second half of the Titans season.
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Rex gonna go home & put 2 whole feet in his mouth

piece of ****
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Dude on ESPN really wrote 1000+ words on why he was disgusted at Rex Ryan's captain's choice for last night? :lol: :rofl:

Glad he's (author) getting roasted in the comments section.
 
 Richie Incognito quietly having a pro bowl caliber season after that "bullying" fiasco in Miami.
 
JJs07 said:
Dude on ESPN really wrote 1000+ words on why he was disgusted at Rex Ryan's captain's choice for last night? :lol: :rofl:

Glad he's (author) getting roasted in the comments section.
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Not sure if Rex thought that all the way through, as Geno doesn't even play :lol: would've meant a lot more with Geni actually out there.

Jason Witten during this Dez explosion :lol: :lol: they gotta leave Dez alone
 
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