Hopefully the realization that he can be replaced gets him back into his early-season form. I am already embarrassed by all the idiots at the stadium who will boo him if he throws a pick.

soup wrote:

More disturbing than anything – which goes right in with my Gordon thread – is that Gordon has been targeted more than any other player in the NFL the past 2 weeks. That needs to immediately cease. Shiny new toy mentality is hurting us. We need to go back to pund it – take a couple 3 and outs running 3 times if you have to. Then pop them with play action.

I basically agree, but with Austin and (likely) Cameron and Barnidge out, I don’t see the trend of throwing to Gordon changing.

We should definitely run the ball a silly amount, Indy has had serious trouble vs the run. Crowell is hurt, but hopefully he’s back for the game.

Soup is dead on with Hoyer forcing the ball to Gordon. In Hoyer’s defense, even when Gordon is not open he’s actually open, but still the offense needs more than just one target in the passing game. Gabriel deserves some attention and my current favorite Browns player Andrew Hawkins should be targeted much more than he has been lately.

Has anyone else noticed that winning and losing has much less to do with Hoyer than it has to do with how effective our running game is? Hoyer can have a shit day but if we get 150 yards on the ground we’re probably gonna win, and the opposite is also true.