Monday, December 13, 2010

Ugly times for Browns offense, coaching staff, fans

Well "mud" as I suspected the visibility of the Browns short-term future was last week, wasn't the proper viscous  semi-liquid, unfortunately. 

The offensive production of the Browns versus the former two-win Buffalo Bills was an abomination.  The blame?  Where does it fall?  The ineffective play calling by offensive coordinator Brian Daboll and coach Eric Mangini?  The (supposed) lack of wide receiver talent that led (supposed) NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme to reduce the passing offense, yet again, to a series of 4 yard out patterns?  The front office?  Was Mangini forced to stay with Delhomme instead of giving Seneca Wallace a chance in the second half, when the Browns' offensive ineptitude was apparent?  The sheer edge-of-your-seat drama every time a Brown touched the ball, given the 27-or-so fumbles the Browns had on Sunday?

Regardless, it's apparent to everyone that, no matter what a good guy Delhomme is, he is not even the short term solution for the Browns.  If McCoy isn't healthy enough to go next week versus the Bengals, Wallace needs to get the snaps.

Interesting statistical analysis from AdvancedNFLStats.com.  They  have a stat called "Win Probability Added" and can rank skill players on that...do they add the probability for their teams to win.  Unfortunately, among quarterbacks, Jake Delhomme is so far in last place in this stats, he can't even smell the jocks of such luminaries as Clausen, (2010 edition) Favre, and Palmer.  See the ranking tables here, and click on the header to sort by WPA/G, or see a snapshot below.

Ugly.

PlayerTeam


WPA/G ▴

AttCmpCmp%PassYds

Int

17-J.DelhommeCLV


-0.37

1499362.4872

7

2-J.ClausenCAR


-0.17

22411551.31163

7

4-B.FavreMIN


-0.12

35121260.42446

18

9-C.PalmerCIN


-0.09

49730060.43187

18

14-R.FitzpatrickBUF


-0.08

37822158.52518

11

14-Sh.HillDET


-0.07

35121561.32206

11

3-D.AndersonARZ


-0.07

32716951.72065

10

3-M.MooreCAR


-0.06

1437955.2857

10

5-K.CollinsTEN


-0.05

17810458.41051

5

9-T.RomoDAL


-0.04

21314869.51605

7

4-K.KolbPHI


-0.04

1539763.41035

4

7-C.HenneMIA


-0.04

38623460.62673

14

11-A.SmithSF


-0.02

26916059.51809

9

8-M.HasselbeckSEA


-0.01

42325359.82903

15

8-K.OrtonDEN


0.01

49829358.83652

9

8-S.BradfordSL


0.03

47428660.32884

12

12-C.McCoyCLV


0.03

1278163.8975

3

5-D.McNabbWAS


0.04

47227558.33377

15

5-B.GradkowskiOAK


0.04

1588352.51059

7

3-J.KitnaDAL


0.08

26117265.91945

10

10-E.ManningNYG


0.10

40126064.82982

17

7-M.CasselKC


0.10

35421259.92503

4

10-V.YoungTEN


0.10

1569359.61255

3

6-M.SanchezNYJ


0.11

44123553.32852

12

6-J.CutlerCHI


0.11

34421361.92697

12

8-J.CampbellOAK


0.12

23613557.21763

6

7-B.RoethlisbergerPIT


0.12

29118061.92336

5

17-P.RiversSD


0.14

43929066.13868

11

18-P.ManningIND


0.16

57037866.34028

15

8-M.SchaubHST


0.16

40325864.03088

8

5-J.FreemanTB


0.19

39022858.52708

6

7-M.VickPHI


0.19

29418763.62513

4

12-T.BradyNE


0.22

42528466.83398

4

9-D.GarrardJAX


0.22

29019065.52141

12

12-A.RodgersGB


0.23

41026865.43289

10

5-J.FlaccoBLT


0.27

39824862.32988

8

1-T.SmithSF


0.29

1266652.41023

3

2-M.RyanATL


0.32

47530063.23147

8

9-D.BreesNO


0.32

52536269.03855

18