00:00It's time we check in with one of our favorites here, 92.3 The Fan's very own Cleveland.com,
00:06local coaching legend. I'm going to say that right now. On the Weishart Wright,
00:10we make it right. Call Kyle Wright Hotline, Lance Reisland joining us. Lance, welcome to the show.
00:15What's going on, guys? Happy Monday to you.
00:17Happy Monday to you, sir. Obviously, today we've spent a fair amount of time talking about the
00:22quarterback performances from Deshaun and Shador over the weekend. What did you see from, I guess
00:29we'll start with Deshaun. What did you see from Deshaun?
00:32Well, you know, obviously, everybody talks about the length he threw the ball. I'm going to bring
00:36one series in. When they, you know, first series, they get a tripping. It's first and 25. I thought
00:41he did a nice job on first down, finding White Hart, even though I think he missed Boston on a
00:46dig route. Then he comes back and he throws a really good ball to Judy. And then with motion,
00:51because of Monk, and then he finds Denzel Boston to get a first down. And I think that's a big
00:55step for this offense. You know, it'd be first and 25 because that's been an automatic punt over
00:59the last couple of years. So that was really good. Obviously, he threw some good balls. He threw
01:03a nice spot route to Casey Concepcion. He threw a good curl route. He threw some nice balls. And
01:07then I thought Shador does what Shador does. He comes in, he throws a great deep out route to
01:12Larva Dan. Did a nice job with pressure, seven man pressure hitting Flory over the middle. Had a
01:18couple of fumble snaps. Once again, the operation stuff, stuff that we don't know, I think he'll get
01:23better and better at. But he was impactful when he was in there. And I think both of the, you
01:27know,
01:27the idea that he can't learn this and that Watson can't get better. I thought they both did a really
01:32nice job. And as a coach, we take the wins, not always wins and losses in the game, but there
01:37was a step forward. And I thought they both did a really nice job. Do you think that this is
01:41going
01:41to be the Deshaun we'd see during the regular season, or are we going to see him actually throw
01:45the ball down the field? Well, it depends on what the defense gives him, JP. So when you look at
01:49what
01:50the Bears did, so I thought he did a good job. But when you get to like first and 25,
01:54that's what makes
01:55it so hard in the NFL. If you get the first and 25, they put those two safeties deep. They
01:59play man
01:59under and they're, they make you throw the ball underneath. Now you can stretch it vertically and
02:05you will make some plays, but chances are, you're going to make more mistakes than you are making
02:09plays. But what the Browns have is they have some guys that can make some, make some plays when they
02:13throw it short now. And one of the things I've liked about camp is, you know, we always talk about
02:17check, check downs, going to running backs with Munkin's offense. They check it down to receivers and
02:22they check it down to tight ends and they check it down to different people who can win
02:25in space. So the, you know, throwing it underneath, once again, that's kind of a, if you look at
02:31like Dylan last year, Dylan, the check downs early were really good. And then when things
02:35start to open up down, down the field, that's when his, that was his problem is he wasn't
02:40able to stretch it when those opportunities are there. But as a quarterback, if they're playing
02:44too high and keeping everything in front, you got to take what they give you and you got
02:48to keep yourself out of first down and long situations. Coach, I said that I've got to
02:53kind of grade the quarterbacks on a, on a bell curve here because of how I thought the offensive
02:58line played. And I think it's a credit to the quarterbacks having any success with the way
03:03the offensive line played. Do you agree that the offensive line was, was, was wanting and
03:09lacking on Saturday? Well, you know, they were, it was interesting because the bears were basic,
03:14but then they brought some double cat blitzes where they brought both corners. This was a
03:19six man pressure. They brought some interior pressure. So I thought pass protection struggled
03:23a little bit, just kind of seeing who's where, but they'll iron all that out. A couple of things
03:27that, you know, I've, I've been talking about, like they had a number of third down and two
03:31runs and fourth down and one runs where they struggled. And when you look at it as a coach,
03:35when you watch the all 22, there's two ways to look at it. Are you getting your butt kicked?
03:38Because that's a problem. I didn't see that. So if you see the first third down and two where
03:42they ran the ball three times and then they punted on that third and two, uh, Tevin Jenkins
03:47and Tyus Howard, they get a tremendous double team. They knocked the guy off the screen,
03:52but no one chips off onto the linebacker. So as a coach, I'm okay with that because I go,
03:56Hey, listen, got to get your head up here. If you get your hat on this two linebacker,
03:59we have a football play. And that's the interesting thing about an offensive line is that one guy can
04:04do it wrong or one guy can kind of miss his guy. And it looks like, uh, you're kind of
04:08getting your,
04:08you know, what kick. I didn't see a ton of that. Uh, there was definitely room for
04:12progress. Now they just got to make sure when they go back and watch the film, uh, there's not a,
04:16there's not a problem with toughness. They like to move people off the ball. They just got to make
04:20sure they get their head up, make sure they're fundamentally sound. Um, and, and then in pass
04:24protection, just a matter of, uh, sorting it all out. We'd like to say, right. And again,
04:28you have to keep yourself out of second, third and long, because that's when these defenses put
04:32five, six, seven guys on a line of scrimmage and you have to sort it out. If you keep it
04:36second
04:37in medium, you got a chance because they'll play base defense.
04:40A lot's been made about your doors interception. Some are just trying to make the case. The ball
04:44was wet. How did you see that play? Well, it was, you know, once again, though, it's everything is
04:49broken down. It's so high and low is bad throw. He made a bad throw. Now I will say this,
04:53uh,
04:54sometimes in the, when you get a hot game like that, those centers who are working their butts
04:57off, they get sweaty and they just start, they get over the ball and they start dripping on it. And
05:01if you go back and watch the film, you see him flip it a couple of times in his hand.
05:05He's just
05:05looking for a dry spot. Now that's not an excuse. He doesn't want it to be an excuse. It was
05:09just a bad
05:09throw. Now they ran a dagger concept, which really is just simply where they're going to
05:13run the inside guy. They're going to run them off to get the safety out of there. Uh, that was
05:17Wilson. And then Malachi Corley is going to run the dig route underneath it. Uh, it made the right
05:21read through to the right guy. He just air mailed it for whatever reason. So, uh, once again, though,
05:26that's, that's the, when he makes a great throw, like he did to Floria, you work on the footwork
05:31because the footwork wasn't great and he was too deep. Uh, so it's kind of in the middle, right?
05:35And then that play terrible throw, but it was the right read. I thought a footwork was pretty
05:39solid there. He just made a bad throw. So you take the goods and the bad. Uh, and when you
05:43watch
05:43the film, it's never usually as good or bad when you see it on film. So bad throw, good read,
05:48uh, live the fight another day. Did you see a gap between Deshaun's performance and
05:53Shador's performance? And if so, how big a gap was it? I didn't, you know, I don't see a gap
05:58and
05:58here's why, because I think the more and more you, the more and more you see these guys play,
06:03uh, you see the experience come in for Watson. And once again, the idea,
06:07it's the idea of not having, uh, you know, confirmation bias, the idea that Watson can't
06:12do it because we've seen him not do it before. And Shador can't get the operation down because
06:18he hasn't done it. Those things don't make a lot of sense to me. I think both of these guys
06:22have done some really good things. Now in the heat of the battle, uh, Shador is going to have
06:26to get the play in, you know, and work on that stuff. So he's not first and 15 and have
06:29these penalties and this anxiety is pre-stamp anxiety because of the fact he can't get the
06:33plays in just because they're long and he's learning. And then Watson's going to have to
06:37make plays, uh, when the game starts. But I think both of them have done a really nice
06:42job. And I do think it's a, a very fair, uh, competition. And it's just that it's a
06:47competition. You know, I, I don't think it matters to Munkin where people were drafted,
06:51how much money they're making. At least I hope, I hope not. Uh, cause if that's the case,
06:56then they're not going to win anyway. But I think these guys are neck and neck and it's
07:00going to come down to the small details. And it's, let's say it was the Sean week one
07:03because of the operation issues. Well, Shador will continuously get better at that. And then
07:07maybe it's his shot, but the idea that we're going to play somebody early because we play
07:12this defense, it has not, I hope Munkin thinks like I do it. He doesn't care. He's going to
07:16win week one and then we'll make a decision after week one, which offensive player impressed
07:21you the most in this game. Well, I would say Casey Concepcion and not because obviously
07:26he made some plays, but if you look at like the, the touchdown run on the fly suite from
07:30underneath center, that's so helpful for a quarterback. And what they did is they ran,
07:34I love Munkin, but he gives the false read. So they actually ran pin and pull to the left.
07:39So Fano pulled, Whipler pulled to the left. That kept the linebacker inside. Uh, and then
07:44Tylan Wallace did a good job of blocking the safety. But what you do on that play is you leave
07:47the backside defensive tackle and the defensive end unblocked. And they're kind of reading at
07:52the line of scrimmage, but with Casey Concepcion, if you don't move, he runs right by you. And that's
07:57what I liked about Casey Concepcion is that as good as Boston is, as good as Fano is, and these
08:02guys
08:02are great. A guy like Casey Concepcion, not everybody has to be perfect, right? And sometimes when you,
08:08when you throw in the ball down the field or in the run game, you know, all 11 have to
08:12be perfect.
08:13Casey doesn't have to have everybody be perfect for him to be successful. And that's really
08:17important for this offense. Uh, one of the two plays, right? Well, the one, obviously the curl
08:21route, but just a little, they ran a little jet sweep. He got seven yards that puts the Browns
08:25at second and three at second three. This offense has a chance to be successful because they're not
08:30going to get the exotic blitz as Nick, where you talk about pass protection. Now they can pass
08:34protect because they know who they have. Uh, you know, you can run, you can pass. They got to stay
08:38out third and long, a second long. And that's what Casey Concepcion does. I thought he was
08:41outstanding all game.
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