All this public posturing over Kevin Shaffer. The NFL spin machine is rotating away once again. Did you see Crennel's statement today about the (ex) starting LT?
"I didn't talk to him about playing right tackle or whether he could play it or not, because right now he's the starting left tackle," Crennel said. "We'll let him compete and see what happens."
Cmon! He'll happen to "compete" and miraculously "lose" the job to Joe Thomas after a "hard fought" battle.
I'm pretty sure Crennel doesn't believe what he says. So much of today's generic NFL soundbites are USELESS. The bulk of a story was written about a subject we know is BULL.
Cleveland (duh) drafted Joe Thomas to play LT. Period. If Shaffer was any good at LT they would have spent the overall #3 somewhere else.
Here's how I'd break it down. "You're a valuable member of the Browns and we think you have a future at RT or RG. Unless Joe Thomas comes in and pulls a Gallery, your days at LT are over."
You know damn well that's probably how Crennel communicated it to Shaffer.
But you know what we get? Spun up pablum like everyone has a chance to "compete."
The Browns have hitched their long term stars to Thomas and also Brady Quinn. Somehow they'll get their chance to start at QB and LT no matter how many training camp "battles" are waged.
Turn off your spin machine Romeo, I'm not buying it.