by First let’s take a look at the man himself and see if there is anything we can pin down. A lot of fans want to crush him for missing OTA’s. But look at the word, “optional”. I don’t think his play this season has anything to do with that.
It would have given him and Baker a few extra reps to learn each other, but at the end of the day if you think Baker is as good as he thinks he is, then it shouldn’t matter. I personally feel as though it wouldn’t have made the difference people tend to think it would have.
There is a couple things that hold him back and it started in camp with his hip injury. Now we hear word of the sports hernia. It is clear that injuries have played a big role in all of this. He wanted to help the Browns win and make an immediate impact. That is why he opted to not have the surgery earlier in the season when he knew their schedule was going to be brutal.
I can’t blame a guy for that, I just can’t! He wanted to produce and he wanted to win. He has been a model teammate, not throwing anyone under the bus including coaches when it would have been easy to do. I believe he has matured a lot this season and I pray to God they don’t trade him in the offseason.
The only negative thing I can say is his desire to be an individual in a team game. The uniform stuff, the visor, the watch, the shoes, all of that nonsense needs to stop and apparently has. Only time will tell with that.
My advice, keep OBJ, get him healthy and try again next year with a better coach and see what happens.
But, if we’re not blaming OBJ, then who do we blame? Let’s take a look at page 3….
