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December 15, 2016The Cleveland Browns lost their thirteenth game of the season, falling to the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-10. The Browns passing game was a complete disaster against the Bengals, unable to produce any big plays or consistency.
Following the game, rookie receiver Corey Coleman noted how he has struggled in his first season, but he stated that his struggles are not all his fault. Coleman said, “It’s really hard but we’ve been through a lot of quarterbacks.” He did not single out the quarterbacks for his struggles, but he spoke about the consistent change under center has really been difficult for him, along with his early season injury. Coleman believes that he let people down. But how much can we blame on Coleman?
In this week’s film room, I will look at why Corey Coleman struggled to produce with his team-high eleven targets versus the Bengals. I will examine Coleman’s game and categorize the reasons why the play was not completed by Coleman.
Coleman received 11 targets on the day, catching just three of the passes for 26 yards. So with the eight incompletions, I have classified who was at fault for the incomplete pass to Coleman. Spoiler alert: Coleman’s not wrong.1
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Bad Protection
On one of the incompletions that was thrown Corey Coleman’s way, the pass was doomed by a lack of protection allowing Griffin to throw the ball cleanly. Here is the play.
On the play, the Browns have five blockers in charge of blocking five Bengals rushing defenders. The Browns have three receivers wide, a tight end on the right side of the line and running lined up to the right of Griffin in the shotgun. Coleman is running a comeback route about ten yards down field. Griffin has little time to throw after the interior of his protection breaks down. He is hit while throwing, causing him to throw the ball out of bounds. Coleman’s route, along with the rest of the receivers’ routes, needed a little more time to develop. The protection was the downfall of this play.
Inaccurate Pass by Robert Griffin III
The biggest reason for the lack of success for Corey Coleman on his eleven targets is the inaccuracy of quarterback Robert Griffin III. Five of the eight incompletions that were thrown toward Coleman were caused by inaccurate passes by Griffin. Here are the five plays.
On the play, the Browns are in a shotgun with three receivers wide, a tight end on the right side of the line and a running back in the backfield. Coleman is running a crossing route from the left side of the field to the right. Coleman is immediately open underneath, but Griffin waits too long and throws it when Coleman is already on the other side of the line. On top of that, Griffin throws it too hard and too high over Coleman’s head, giving the receiver no chance to catch it.
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On this play, the Browns are in a single-back formation with a receiver on both sides of the field. The play is a designed play action pass with Coleman running a streak route and Pryor running a route across the field and underneath Coleman’s route. Pryor’s route leaves Coleman one-on-one with the safety.
Griffin waits too long to throw the ball, letting Coleman get too far down the field. Griffin puts everything he has on the throw, but Coleman is already way down the field, so the pass is extremely short. Coleman has to stop and play jump ball with the safety, which is not his best asset. The inaccurate pass negates Coleman’s speed to beat the safety deep because it is short allowing the safety to be right with the receiver. Had the pass been earlier and more accurate, it could have been a big play because Coleman was beginning to get behind the safety before he had to slow down.
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This is yet another play that was unsuccessful due to an inaccurate pass by Griffin. The Browns line up with two receiver on the left side and in a single back formation. The play is a play action pass with Coleman running a stop and go on the far left. Griffin once again waits too long on the play. When Coleman stops and then starts up again, he causes the cornerback covering him to get off balance. This allows Coleman to get separation from him. But Griffin waits too long, which gives the corner time to recover.
Beyond that, the pass is just so inaccurate. Rather than throwing toward the sideline where only Coleman can get it, Griffin throws it toward the coverage, allowing the corner to separate the ball from Coleman. It is another bad throw down field.
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On this play, the Browns are in a shotgun formation with three receivers wide, a tight end on right end of the line and a running back on the left. Coleman is running a curl route about 20 yards up field. Coleman gets past the underneath coverage and finds an open gap in the coverage. Griffin waits too long once again to throw the ball and then rushes the throw on the run, leaving the ball short and off target to Coleman. It could have been a nice gain had Griffin located Coleman early on.
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On this play, the Browns are in a pistol formation with a running back on left and behind him. Coleman is motioning to the left, ending right next to the other receiver out wide, Terrelle Pryor. Coleman is running a short crossing route back to the right side of the field, sitting down when he reaches the middle of the field. He gets to the middle of the field and finds open space for Griffin to deliver an easy pass. Griffin throws the pass short and to the left of Coleman, giving him no chance to catch it.
Missed Opportunity by Robert Griffin III
On one of the incompletions in the game that Corey Coleman was targeted, it was a missed opportunity by quarterback Robert Griffin III and not the fault of Coleman. Here is the play.
On the play, the Browns are running a play action pass with Griffin rolling out of the pocket towards the right sideline. Coleman is running a 15-yard out route. Griffin progresses toward the sideline looking down field for an open target. Coleman is initially covered, but when he breaks toward the sideline, the cornerback gets caught looking into the backfield, leaving Coleman open behind him. Coleman shoots up field and is wide open. But, Griffin misses this late opening and just throws the ball away. It could have been a big play for the Browns and Coleman.
Throw Away by Robert Griffin III
One of the eight incompletions thrown in the direction of Corey Coleman was due to a throw away by Robert Griffin III. Here is the play.
On the play, the Browns line up in a shotgun formation with three receivers wide, a tight end on the left side of the line and a running to the left of Griffin. I would put most of the blame for this play on Griffin. He receives a little pressure, which really gets him flustered. Instead of keeping his head down field, he decides to scramble and leave the pocket, cutting the receiving options down to half the field. He could have moved in the pocket, while still looking down field. There were two targets in the middle of the field that were open for a period of time.
Griffin runs out of the pocket and into more pressure, which forces him to throw the ball way. The throw was towards the sideline where Coleman was running, so the target was given to Coleman, even though he was not the real target on the play.
Highlight of the Game
The highlight of the game versus the Cincinnati Bengals was Emmanuel Ogbah. Ogbah had a really good game, especially in the pass rushing area. He had six tackles, one tackle for a loss, three quarterback hits and one and a half sacks on the day. He was consistently in the backfield, wrecking havoc on the Bengals offense.
Lowlight of the Game
The lowlight of the game versus the Cincinnati Bengals was quarterback Robert Griffin III. Griffin completed just 12 of 28 passes for 104 yards and an interception. He was bad. There is no other way to put it. He was not good enough for the Browns to win the game. He held the offense back with his inaccurate passing throughout the day.
- One incompletion was due to poor protection forcing a bad throw, five incompletions due to inaccurate passes, one incompletion due to a missed opportunity by the quarterback and one incompletion due the quarterback throwing it away. [↩]
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I saw him running around on special teams a couple of weeks ago and had to do a double take.
Tip O’Neill?
man, I forgot how weird he spelled it. subconscious trying to block things out I suppose
http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/roster/oniel-cousins/acaa8cb7-d5a3-4cf9-a7d9-a99828013ded/
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Hue is making a lot of the same mistakes that got Chudzinksi fired.
Accepting a job with the Cleveland Browns and understanding the FO was going to punt the first year when you are the head coach?
Then: “Let’s put the ball in the hands of Brandon Weeden, running game be damned”
Now: “Let’s put the ball in the bands of RG3 and Cody Kessler, running game be damned”
We might have a good plan,do we have the right people to implement it,not so sure about that. Hue and company are looking as desperate as anyone else we have had as coaches,basically going away from the run,even when it works,when we fall behind and becoming pass happy. Which as we have seen all to often lead us to more losses.
a pattern of themes?
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well, hold on, Banner traded Trent but left Chud only with a broken down Willie McGahee as the RB. I think Chud would have loved to have run the ball more that year.
On the other hand, you could counter that every HC has promised that since Mangini’s playbook was code-named “Peyton Hillis, All Day Long.”
had to change it from “30 carries per game for Jerome Harrison until we kill him” after they completed that mission
yeah, me too. Hopeful Browns fans compare him to Kessler, as if he’s just entering the league and just needs time to learn. If you aren’t comfortable scanning the entire field from within the pocket you are asking a team to build a boutique-y offense around your running skills. That doesn’t work in today’s NFL of huge, fast defensive players and creative defenses that blitz from everywhere. But even if it did, Griffin has proven that even his young person’s body can’t take the pounding that results. No one should expect his older body to fare better.
False. Chud told them Bobby Rainey was useless. This is documented. Bobby Rainey was cut and in less than a month, had a 200-yard game for a crap Tampa Bay team.
I do’nt remember that exact quote from Chud, but he obviously didn’t care too much when he was cut. 1000 yds over the entirety of his 5 yr career though indicates that Chud was not far
his career has not much to do with the fact he demonstrated he could be immediately productive.