Kam Wimbley - named Defensive POW

[Jax Dawg]

Per PFT:

Wimbley gets the defensive player of the week award after he had seven tackles, three sacks and two tackles for a loss in the Raiders’ 31-10 win at Kansas City. His constant pressure helped force the Chiefs into two interceptions and just 86 receiving yards. It’s the first player of the week honor for Wimbley, the former Browns first-round draft pick who was traded to the Raiders during the offseason.

He had a decent season this year for the Raiders and now he is a FA - where does he go now?

[Riffer X]

Originally Posted by Jax Dawg

Per PFT:

Wimbley gets the defensive player of the week award after he had seven tackles, three sacks and two tackles for a loss in the Raiders’ 31-10 win at Kansas City. His constant pressure helped force the Chiefs into two interceptions and just 86 receiving yards. It’s the first player of the week honor for Wimbley, the former Browns first-round draft pick who was traded to the Raiders during the offseason.

He had a decent season this year for the Raiders and now he is a FA - where does he go now?

We sign him back adn that means we let the Raiders borrow him for a year and used his pick for Colt. That would be almost as sweet as the Hillis trade for popcorn.

[Sez.EJ]

Wow..it only took 5 years. He's a guy on the rise

[golfer704u]

Originally Posted by Sez.EJ

Wow..it only took 5 years. He's a guy on the rise

That's what Romeo Crennel's coaching did to what ever talent was available to him. I'm telling you in about 3 more years It will be clear who was the bigger problem in the Savage and Crennel years.

[TheBestPlayersPlay]

Another example of a great job coaching up a player that never did much of anything and was a huge disappointment. Coached him up, and got more for him than he was worth imo. I'll take him back if the price is right for some depth. (I'm assuming we'll be upgrading the LB corp. this offseason again)

[Enigmatic Evil]

Meh, no sense crying over spilled milk. The guy has a good game. Doesn't mean he's all of a sudden a drastically improved player.

[MackTruck]

Good God, KAM IS A DE people. He isn't a OLB. How many freaking times does it have to be mentioned. Kam was a turd as a OLB. Nothing more, nothing less.

If the Browns move back to the 4-3, only then does he become interesting.

[Jax Dawg]

Originally Posted by Sez.EJ

Wow..it only took 5 years. He's a guy on the rise

Don't you know? It takes 5 years for LB's to get IT!

[Riffer X]

Originally Posted by MackTruck

Good God, KAM IS A DE people. He isn't a OLB. How many freaking times does it have to be mentioned. Kam was a turd as a OLB. Nothing more, nothing less.

If the Browns move back to the 4-3, only then does he become interesting.

At this point in his career, he can play in both the 4/3 and the 3/4, which makes him very valuable to a team like ours.

[Vegasdogg]

He had 46 Tackles, 12 Assists, and 9 sacks with a FF. Not bad, but certainly not going to break the bank if he were still here. We got Colt McCoy with his pick, so while I am still pissed that yet another 1st rounder is not on this team, I do think we got value in return that we would not have had he stayed.

Marcus Benard had 7.5 sacks with almost 1/2 the playing time.

[Flugel]

Originally Posted by golfer704u

That's what Romeo Crennel's coaching did to what ever talent was available to him. I'm telling you in about 3 more years It will be clear who was the bigger problem in the Savage and Crennel years.

BINGO! The sad thing is RAC is a good guy; and he probably knew immediately that Savage was in over his head.

When Savage came here here thinking the first things he needed to do were sign Gary Baxter to absurd $, make Trent Doofus the face of the franchise and prioritize a contract extension/raise to Andra Davis - I should have noticed how many crimson flags were popping up. Instead, I was too busy enjoying every promise I needed to heard from Savage.

His very first press conference was he was here to build through the draft because that's what successful teams do. Plus, he said he was very strong at drafting people - which was exactly what i needed to hear. Then he signs the same Jason Fisk that ran out of gas 2 seasons before his biggest NFL contract. He signed 4 different dlinemen from 4-3 schemes to play 2 gap football upfront. If that wasn't enough - he traded away the entire day 1 of the 2008 draft and netting us 1 keeper from the 5 guys drafted on day 2. Not only, guess how many draft picks he left us for 2009? Just 4 folks.

[Vegasdogg]

Originally Posted by Flugel

When Savage came here here thinking the first things he needed to do were sign Gary Baxter

I was so damn psyched for this signing.....guess that shows how much I know.

Damn though, two busted knees at the same time?
LeCharles Bentley was a great signing? First practice.....

Savage had some hard luck. Not sure he was dumb, just bad luck.