Written By Larry M. Glicken "LG"
Pat Shurmur has a guy the Browns used their number one draft pick
for, his name is Trent Richardson. He can make some big plays if he can
get the ball in his hands. Yet the Cleveland Browns have only handed him
the football 26 times in the last tow games.
That is how many times he
should be getting the ball per game. Richardson has shown if given the
chance he can make things happen. Yet Pat Shurmur refuses to let
Richardson have the chance to show why Tom Heckert used the number one
pick to fill the void Cleveland had in their backfield.
Richardson
only had 12 carries in the Browns loss to the Bills and he only got 14
carries against the Browns divisional rival Ravens.
Sure throwing the
ball down field for big gains looks pretty, but it doesn't help the
Browns offense control the pace of the game when Weeden throws 27
incomplete passes. If the Browns would have handed half of those
incomplete passes to Trent Richardson he would be getting the number of
touches he should be getting in a game.
Pat Shurmur's inability to
use the player he has correctly is a huge part of the reason the Browns
are 0-4 now. The Cleveland Browns have lost 25% of their season already
and we are only in week 4. Why take a beast like Trent Richardson if
you are not going to give him the chance to be a play maker. Pat Shurmur
give up to quickly on the running game. With a guy like Trent
Richardson you have to give him the chance to make something happen, you
have to give him the ball more than 14 times in a game especially when
the weather conditions are what they were in Baltimore.
You have a
Trent Richardson in your backfield who has already shown his is a force
to be dealt with win he gets into the open field and you refuse to give
him the chance to make things happen. It doesn't make any sense to me,
but what do I know. If I had a play maker who is the only guy that found
the end-zone against the Ravens, I am going to hand him the football.
Just one more reason Pat Shurmur has to go....
Larry Glicken is the owner of www.clevelandsports360.com and the host of the Cleveland Sports 360 Show, an online streaming sports video show at www.streamingsportstalk.com
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