Colt McCoy is on the Browns’ roster bubble

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/...for-colt-mccoy/

 

In recent days, a report/rumor emerged in Cleveland that quarterback Colt McCoy, widely regarded as a steal in round three, could be cut. Coach Eric Mangini did nothing to dispel the speculation, explaining that he could keep four quarterbacks on the roster -- or he could keep only two in Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace.

 

The situation suggests that there's something about McCoy's skills, work ethic, and/or demeanor that troubles the Browns, and that they're trying to get the rookie to realize that he's not on scholarship for 2010.

 

In three preseason appearances, McCoy has played like a guy who couldn't earn a scholarship to Prarie View A&M. He has generated a passer rating of 34.3, which is lower than the passer rating from throwing an infinite number of passes that bounce off the ground.

 

After the final play of Saturday's loss to the Lions, cameras provided a glimpse of the frustration that McCoy has caused for coach Eric Mangini and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.

 

After McCoy heaved a final-play Hail Mary that landed well to the right of the end zone, Daboll met McCoy at the sideline, gesturing and speaking in a way that suggested that Daboll was saying something along the lines of,"Why in the hell didn't you throw it in bounds?" Then came Mangini, with a priceless mixture of impatience and exasperation on his face as he gestured toward the 500-square-yard target into which the football should have landed. McCoy made the mistake of trying to explain himself, which resulted in more chatter from the coach.

 

Though I'm no lip reader, I think Mangini eventually said something like, "Just f--king throw it up." Or maybe he said they should sweep together.

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/...-still-growing/

 

Browns coach Eric Mangini is thrilled with the preseason performance of his veteran starting quarterback -- and disappointed with the preseason performance of his rookie third-string quarterback.

 

"He's been outstanding the whole preseason," Mangini said of Delhomme, per the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "He's pretty close to 80 percent completion, and the way that he runs the offense and gets us into a good play when we're not necessarily in the best situation, that's what I'm looking for out of our quarterback -- to be efficient and also be a really good decision-maker."

 

At the end of the Browns' loss to the Lions Saturday night, Mangini could be seen chewing out McCoy on the sideline. Mangini said McCoy made mental errors on each of the last two plays of the game: On the second-to-last play he completed a short pass in bounds even though the Browns were out of timeouts and needed to stop the clock, and then on the last play he threw the ball out of bounds instead of into the end zone.

 

"He's still growing," Mangini said. "On that short pass, you just throw it away and go to the next play. On the last play, whether there are receivers there or not, you throw it up in the end zone and see what happens. You don't throw it out of bounds. I'm chalking it up to age and inexperience and we'll get that fixed."

 

Based on how McCoy has looked so far, getting that fixed is going to take a long time.

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Throwing the ball 5 yards out of bounds on a hail marry indicates he aint too bright but he's not going anywhere.

 

Right- Mangini chewed him out for that errant bomb, but it's really rare for a third round pick to get cut- too much money tied up in them. And this was Holmgren's pick- he's not going to dump McCoy without giving him at least a year. You can bet if the the Browns waived McCoy to try and sneak him on the Practice Squad, some other team would pick him up.

 

IMHO this was just some pot stirring by a blogger with zero inside info.

 

 

 

[Gips]

Colt has great feet and a decent but not great arm...i think that he is very raw but his drive against detroit shows the propensity to be an nfl caliber player...he looks like an average raw rook to me dabs has him somewhat limited in options and targets at this point until he learns certain things as well, he hasnt done anything to stand out from the crowd yet nor shown us or the coaches why he is better or smarter than an average 3rd round rook QB..he has to find a way to step up with what he has on the field in order to move forward, things are never perfect in the nfl and you have to strive and lead as a QB to prove you can make things work, and i think the way daboll and mangini are handling colt is good for him, and he has a great mentor in jake delhomme and he will grow or shrink according to what he is made of inside and i believe soon we will see his inner warrior emerge to heed the call..

 

I would love to hear what our QB coddling prez personally thinks of the mangini way of handling of colt....hehehehe