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Gosselin: If I'm Cleveland Browns, I'm calling Jerry Jones today and offering Johnny Manziel
SportsDayDFW.com
Published: 08 September 2014 11:28 PM
Updated: 09 September 2014 08:17 PM
SportsDay columnist Rick "Goose" Gosselin hosted a chat Tuesday morning to talk everything sports. Here are some of the highlights.
Question: All the jabbering about Johnny Manziel worries me. Jones wanted him, and if we get a high draft pick, which i am sure from what I saw yesterday we will, Jerry Jones will screw that up too or he will trade away picks to get Manziel.
Gosselin: If I were the Cleveland Browns, I'd call Jones today and offer him Manziel for a first round pick in 2015. The Browns fleeced the Colts out of their one for RB Trent Richardson last year and might also get the Cowboys to bite this year. Jones clearly has been mourning his decision not to take him in the 2014 draft. The Browns might wind up with a Top 10 pick in return for a guy who's not even playing for them right now.
Question: If Tony keeps playing like he did Sunday for the next couple of weeks, how long before we see Brandon Weeden? Big salary could wind up costing Ws?
Gosselin: Brandon Weeden's not the answer. The rap on him at Cleveland was his poor decision with the football. We've already had our fill of those with Romo.
Question: Should Jason Garrett have benched Romo for the second half, since the game was already out of hand and he continued to make bone-headed mistakes? It would have at least sent a message to the team.
Gosselin: I thought that myself. He took a couple of hellacious hits on sacks. Justin Smith absolutely crushed him twice. At 28-3 at halftime, I didn't see the Cowboys coming back against a team that has played in three consecutive NFC title games. And down four scores, the Cowboys were going to have to throw, throw, throw to get back in. So the 49ers were going to be bringing a rush every down. Any hit could end Romo's season. That said, Romo played fewer than 50 snaps in the preseason and, in my opinion, wasn't ready for the season. His body wasn't ready, his arm wasn't ready. So the second half of that game gave him snaps he sorely could have used in training camp. Maybe he'll be better prepared to play against Tennessee now than he was the 49ers.
Question: Are there rumblings and/or discontent from the rest of the team about the pitiful play of Romo? The D, although not spectacular, was good enough, and D. Murray was a beast. Surely, they must be aggravated by a QB who essentially threw away the game. Aren't some of the players annoyed/frustrated by him making the same mistakes year after year?
Gosselin: When the doors are open to the press, they say all the right things to us. Not sure what's said behind closed doors. But it's a quarterback's game and everyone in that locker room knows Romo still gives them their best chance of winning. He's capable of playing well. But sometimes he goes off the grid and throws the bonehead pass that sends his team spiraling to defeat. I do think the Cowboys could neutralize some of that with handoffs to Murray -- but the organizational philosophy is to throw the ball. The owner, GM, head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterback all want the ball in the air. So they are resigned to live with the results.
SportsDayDFW.com
Published: 08 September 2014 11:28 PM
Updated: 09 September 2014 08:17 PM
SportsDay columnist Rick "Goose" Gosselin hosted a chat Tuesday morning to talk everything sports. Here are some of the highlights.
Question: All the jabbering about Johnny Manziel worries me. Jones wanted him, and if we get a high draft pick, which i am sure from what I saw yesterday we will, Jerry Jones will screw that up too or he will trade away picks to get Manziel.
Gosselin: If I were the Cleveland Browns, I'd call Jones today and offer him Manziel for a first round pick in 2015. The Browns fleeced the Colts out of their one for RB Trent Richardson last year and might also get the Cowboys to bite this year. Jones clearly has been mourning his decision not to take him in the 2014 draft. The Browns might wind up with a Top 10 pick in return for a guy who's not even playing for them right now.
Question: If Tony keeps playing like he did Sunday for the next couple of weeks, how long before we see Brandon Weeden? Big salary could wind up costing Ws?
Gosselin: Brandon Weeden's not the answer. The rap on him at Cleveland was his poor decision with the football. We've already had our fill of those with Romo.
Question: Should Jason Garrett have benched Romo for the second half, since the game was already out of hand and he continued to make bone-headed mistakes? It would have at least sent a message to the team.
Gosselin: I thought that myself. He took a couple of hellacious hits on sacks. Justin Smith absolutely crushed him twice. At 28-3 at halftime, I didn't see the Cowboys coming back against a team that has played in three consecutive NFC title games. And down four scores, the Cowboys were going to have to throw, throw, throw to get back in. So the 49ers were going to be bringing a rush every down. Any hit could end Romo's season. That said, Romo played fewer than 50 snaps in the preseason and, in my opinion, wasn't ready for the season. His body wasn't ready, his arm wasn't ready. So the second half of that game gave him snaps he sorely could have used in training camp. Maybe he'll be better prepared to play against Tennessee now than he was the 49ers.
Question: Are there rumblings and/or discontent from the rest of the team about the pitiful play of Romo? The D, although not spectacular, was good enough, and D. Murray was a beast. Surely, they must be aggravated by a QB who essentially threw away the game. Aren't some of the players annoyed/frustrated by him making the same mistakes year after year?
Gosselin: When the doors are open to the press, they say all the right things to us. Not sure what's said behind closed doors. But it's a quarterback's game and everyone in that locker room knows Romo still gives them their best chance of winning. He's capable of playing well. But sometimes he goes off the grid and throws the bonehead pass that sends his team spiraling to defeat. I do think the Cowboys could neutralize some of that with handoffs to Murray -- but the organizational philosophy is to throw the ball. The owner, GM, head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterback all want the ball in the air. So they are resigned to live with the results.
if we had two ex-Browns at QB.
