Some assorted notes as we wrap up this Monday night:
- The Falcons will audition safeties on Tuesday in the wake of Keanu Neal‘s season-ending injury, head coach Dan Quinn announced. Neal suffered a torn Achilles during Sunday’s loss, and the team turned to Kemal Ishmael for the rest of the game. While Quinn didn’t disclose any names, Eric Berry, George Iloka, and T.J. McDonald are among the top free agents at the position.
- The 1-2 Browns currently rank 26th in the league with 16.3 points per game, but head coach Freddie Kitchens isn’t ready to hand over play-calling duties. Kitchens made it clear to reporters that he’ll continue to call plays this weekend against the Ravens. “You can write that if you want to, but that’s not even feasible,’’ Kitchens said (via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com). “That’s not being considered. No, it’s not…it’s not going to happen.” As Cabot writes, Kitchens “dismissed the notion that serving the dual roles of head coach and playcaller are too much for him,” and he scoffed at the suggestion that offensive coordinator Todd Monken could handle the duties.
- JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington believes that Redskins offensive guard Brandon Scherff is likely heading towards free agency. Finlay writes that the front office never made an enticing offer to the 27-year-old, and despite Scherff’s Pro Bowl pedigree, the organization is wary of paying him more than $13MM per season. On the flip side, Finlay says the organization could always use the franchise tag on the lineman if they want to retain his services.
- Seahawks running back Chris Carson has three fumbles through three games, but the team will continue to rely on the 25-year-old. Head coach Pete Carroll told Pro Football Talk’s Curtis Crabtree that the team will play the back as he works through his case of the yips. “Because we do believe in him, we’re going to continue to show him that,” Carroll said (via PFT’s Charean Williams). “He’s a terrific football player, and we want to make sure and maintain that level of play from him, so we’ll work at it and work with him on it.” Carson has compiled 159 rushing yards and one touchdown on 45 carries this season.
Baker is a completely different player this year, they need to figure it out. Has a lot to do with play calling and offensive line. RPO isn’t a long term solution.
The browns need to get back to fundamental football again in running ball more in games and have a stout defense, and rest will develop as the season goes along for the browns
I look forward to when the Browns are out of contention and all those egos erupt! Who would have thought that a 2nd year QB and 1st time HC would struggle? We’ve never seen that before in the league.
As for B Scherff, I couldn’t properly judge the Skins QB last night. On every drop back, a D player was on him by his 3rd step. Point being, a top 5 paid guard isn’t the solution in DC.
Maybe if the redskins top 5 LT would actually honor his contract and play their offensive line wouldn’t be so bad
He isn’t. Deal with the reality of that. a HoF LT wouldn’t
have slowed down that pass rush last night. Terribly built team & coached (0-3 say any thing else?). Trade your chips and build for the new QB. But Dan is simply to bull headed to do that, hence the holdout for 5 months now.
Who will be next browns coach? Fire in the kitchens. Mayfield bad pick @ 1. Las Vegas loves it…all those super bowl tickets!!!
Seahawks need to start Penny. Why draft him in the 1st round, just to have him be a backup?
Rex Ryan calling Baker Mayfield over rated is interesting since Ryan is the most over rated coach ever. What a pathetic jerk.
Kitchens needs to go. Period.