SpearSrai

People lose their jobs every day for comments far less 'racist' than what you just said here. Even if it were true, it is considered racist in our society to point out differences between persons of varying skin-pigment. That said, the games of Jeff Garcia, Steve Young, and Rich Gannon are not entirely unlike those of McNabb, McNair, and Vince Young, though you rarely hear this comparison made. And there are certainly sure-handed, shifty, quick receivers who play like Wes Welker - (i.e. Davone Bess) you just don't hear about them as much because there are fewer physical similarities.

Oh, you took my tone all wrong... I was ripping on Clayton for what he did, not defending it. I'm saying that creating expectations for yourself makes you work harder to prove yourself (good for the team) and deflecting expectations gives you room to slack off (bad for the team). I'd definitely love to see a fiery guy in there at receiver to get Joe riled up. When you hear about all of the time Manning spends working with his receivers on his own time, it's no wonder he's nearly flawless on the field. At the very least, you always know that a trash-talking guy puts his on-field performance as a priority, and is likely working around-the-clock to prove himself.

Compare this to the 4-year, up-to 40 million dollar contract Devin Hester signed with Chicago in 2008. Special-teams gunners make more than Cribbs is being offered. It's ridiculous to suggest that a player of Cribbs' talent take less than 2 or 3 million a year. Especially not for a team like the Browns.

Plus it doesn't hurt when that team just stomped the life out of your former team in the playoffs.

Unlikely. They receive dozens of complaints during the course of a game, and it's perfectly reasonable to ask a guy to step outside for a minute to assess his soberness. Judging by the way the guy fought off the officers, I'm sure he was equally resistant when asked to step outside. And if that was the case, then he left the officers no choice but to remove him forcibly.

A side-effect of talking trash is that you create expectations for yourself that you must then work to achieve. Someone who talks themselves up is then forcing himself to meet those requirements, as to avoid looking like a fool. By making the comment that the team needs a playmaking receiver, Clayton is relieving himself of the expectation that he himself is a playmaker, and is essentially putting it on the front office to find one, rather than putting it on himself to become one. The difference between QB-frustration and WR-frustration is that WR-frustration generally stems from "not getting the ball". Since QB's start with the ball on every play, QB-frustration is generally based on WR drops, bad playcalls, punting in 4th-and-short situations, and being-pulled-out-of-the-game-when-you-have-the-opportunity-to-cement-your-legacy-with-an-undefeated-season-while-also-closing-the-gap-between-yourself-and-Tom-Brady-as-"best-quarterback-of-your-generation".

I was mostly joking, but you have to admit that it's somewhat racist that people refer to white receivers as "Wes Welker-types" and "Joe Jurevicius" types, and black quarterbacks as "Michael Vick-types" and "Donovan McNabb-types". The only time I ever hear black quarterbacks compared to white quarterbacks is when comparisons are being drawn to Ryan Leaf. (read: JaMarcus Russell)

Why settle for an imitation when you can have the real thing? Bring in Dilfer! He'll be 38 in March...

If you're healthy enough to play in the AFC Divisional Round, you're healthy enough to play in the Pro Bowl. :-/ Damnit Joe...

Sure, but it's also possible that: 1) the surrounding fans didn't see the guy "headbutt" the officer. 2) the officer interpreted something as a headbutt that everyone else felt was innocent. 3) the fans saw the "headbutt", but were dismissing it because the guy "wasn't doing anything wrong" to make the officer come over to begin with.

Maybe if Mark Clayton started running his mouth, he'd learn how to beat press coverage.

Reportedly the guy was reported by fans for public intoxication, and headbutted an officer when he was asked to step outside. That's when the edit comes in.

Julio Jones cannot is too young to be drafted. He's only a sophomore. And unless we go 4-12 next year, we have no shot at him.

So basically what you're saying is, he would make the perfect target for JaMarcus Russell. Sounds like an Al Davis type of guy. Look for Oakland to pick him up early.

At least they didn't taze him.

From Scouts Inc's Senior Bowl blog on ESPN.com: North team: bad days Missouri WR Danario Alexander -- Alexander has good size (6-4, 221 pounds) and threw his weight around at times, but he also had a hard time sinking his hips and getting in and out of cuts. He is not nearly as fluid as fellow North receivers Jacoby Ford and Mardy Gilyard, and we also have concerns about his hands. Alexander beat California CB Syd'Quan Thompson down the field during one-on-one drills and elevated to go after the jump ball, but the pass bounced off his hands. Alexander has to make that play and make more plays in traffic. He did flash the ability to shield the ball from defenders but his overall receiving skills need work. http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/insider/news/story?id=4863148 Another Scouts Inc blog: "A tough week continues for Missouri WR Danario Alexander, who looked stiff getting in and out of the bags during individual work and also dropped one pass and body-caught another." And a few of the other guys: "Florida WR Riley Cooper continues to show strong hands. He snatched the ball out of the air with a nice one-handed catch." "Clemson WR Jacoby Ford is finding seams in zone coverage and he beat Boise State CB Kyle Wilson over the top in 1-on-1s. Ford's big-play ability is finally showing up but he dropped another pass and hands continue to be an issue." "Cincinnati WR Mardy Gilyard got off the line better than any other wideout duping 1-on-1 drills against press coverage. He beat both Ohio State S Kurt Coleman and Virginia CB Chris Cook cleanly." "We're looking for a little more consistency from Cincinnati WR Mardy Gilyard today. He has shown good quickness during the week but he dropped too many balls on Day 2 and has to clean that up." http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/insider/news/story?id=4862497

A bit racist.

Small-and-fast isn't a bad thing; QB's can be successful with all small-and-fast guys. It's an offense full of small-and-slow guys who can't get open who are the ones you want to avoid. That and big-but-can't-catch guys (Clarence Moore, Demetrius Williams) Big guys who can catch will have much more success in the NFL, especially in the red zone, which is what we need at this point. Cooper and Hernandez were pretty much Florida's offense this year, aside from Tebow.

I maintain that our receiving corp has more talent than it plays with on Sundays. Maybe we don't get to see these guys in practice, but it seems like guys like Kelley Washington should be a bigger part of the gameplan than they are. When I see a guy making big third down grabs, that tells me that we should be designing more plays to go his way. Look how the Patriots are able to force a rookie, Edelman, immediately into a Wes-Welker (read: Pro Bowler) role. Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie are putting up 100 yard games in the playoffs against the top NFL defense, and I can't put that all on Peyton Manning. If Demetrius Martin and Kelley Washington were dropping 2 or 3 passes a game, or were getting overthrown constantly on deep balls, then I wouldn't have such a gripe, but what it seems like is we take one shot, and if it doesn't work, we go away from it. That's not how you grow confidence in your young receivers. We can sit in the middle of the pack, on the cuff of a playoff birth every year, with a conservative offense. But will we ever be able to keep up with good teams when they start scoring first? Against good defenses? The Steelers will be back next year, and Peyton Manning isn't about to retire. Can we really keep hinging our playoff hopes on holding Pro Bowl QB's scoreless? We played Manning pretty well, held the Colts to 20, and lost. Huh? Until we take that next step on offense, which may include bringing in a new OC, we're never going to be able to do what the Saints, Vikings, Colts, Packers, Steelers, Cardinals, Cowboys, and countless other offenses can do. And it's not because we don't have the talent.

I'll be the first to say it: the guy looks like an alien. Or at least, what I would expect an alien to look like in football pads.

In 3 of his last 4 regular season games, he had over 200 yards receiving - and was close the other time too. He also had double-digit receptions in all of those games.

This is just incredible news.... :-/

I'm just really against coaches and coordinators who have a reputation for resorting to ultra-conservative gameplans in big games and situations. It seems like these guys (Norv Turner, Marty Shottenheimer, Brian Billick?, etc.) always come up short in the postseason, regardless of how well their teams do in the regular season. I think if you looked at it closely, we probably have had our biggest days offensively when we used a loose, non-traditional gameplan. I remember when we introduced the "Suggs" package in 2008... where did that stuff go this year? Our first series against the Colts featured "trick plays", and we scored our only points of the day on the drive. So it's not so much that I hate Cam, or that I believe Hue is the next coming of Jesus Christ; I'd just rather take a chance with a coach who may take a chance with our offense, rather than stick wtih a guy who I believe will always let us down in the big games.

And yet, just like the Ravens, they kept running the ball even as the clock ticked down to the end.

I like trash talk when it comes from accomplished guys who will back it up. That's why the 2000 Ravens got away with it... the trash-talking was their way of coping with the fact that no one was picking them to win in any of their playoff games. The 85 bears even made a music video midseason that said they were going to win the Super Bowl. It's when guys start talking after 3 or 4 wins, and then fall apart, that trash-talk blows up in your face. Trash talk can also intimidate weaker opponents and get players fired up. The problem is that sometimes it fires up your opponent just as much.