Stalled pass-rusher Carl Nassib 'trying to figure out how to play in this league' and 3 other Browns takeaways

Rookie pass-rusher Carl Nassib seems to have hit the rookie wall. The problem is he hit it about nine games ago.

The nation's leading collegiate sacker last season with 15.5 at Penn State, Nassib has only 1.5 this season -- and only half of one since returning from his broken hand nine games ago.

Defensive coordinator Ray Horton suggested Friday that the third-round pick must expand his array of pass-rush moves, and increase his strength to get past NFL blockers.

quickness and strength, and at that position, it's a lot of really speed,"His thing is a young man growing and trying to figure out how to play in this league,'' said Horton. "We're not hiding from the fact we have to get better. We have to affect the quarterback more.''

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"We are counting on guys to continue to grow, and I challenged them today in our meeting about how can they get better."

Despite that, Horton believes Nassib can still be a double-digit sacker in the NFL.

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"We need just more guys around him to help him. Is he growing and maturing and getting better? Yes. Is he going to be better next year than he was this year? He better be, and I think he will be."

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Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott were almost instantaneous superstars.

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“I never meet my own goals,” Collins said during the last week of mini-camp.

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“[My goal is to] be the best player I can be so that I always keep improving,” Collins said. “That’s how I set my goals. I don’t really do it statistically. Then you’re out there chasing stats. The goal is to improve every day. If I’m not improving every day then I’m doing something wrong.”

Marinelli is known to have coached a number of defensive linemen into their primes. He coached players like Warren Sapp and Simeon Rice as a defensive coach for Tampa Bay.

Collins plays the “Three-Technique” tackle under Marinelli’s system and the effectiveness of the defense relies in some part on a player like Collins’ ability to cause disruption. Collins says he doesn’t necessarily need the voices of the Cowboys coaches or teammates to explain to him what is expected. Collins is a historian of his own position.

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All of those players Collins mentioned dominated offensive lines at one point or another through the years. To Collins, the formula isn’t all that complicated. He wants to emulate that domination.

“You try to meet those standards,” he said.

And So Does Competition for the Toughest Non-QB Job,NFL Training Camps Begin

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That loan blemish on his record in Glendale—a 24-yard miss on Dec. 29, 2013 (with the laces facing in, mind you)—was followed by a career-long-tying 56-yarder and a 40-yard game winner as time expired. The quarterback of the winning team was Colin Kaepernick. The head coach was Jim Harbaugh. Much has changed, but this sweet, 19-million pound baby crawling in front of Dawson never has.

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Paxton Lynch made his move in final two weeks of offseason

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It’s not that Lynch has overtaken Siemian. It’s just that his game is now in legitimate position to compete once training camp opens July 27 and the preseason schedule begins Aug. 10 at Chicago.

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“Yeah, making the guys around us play better.’’, I mean it’s been fun, making us play better,’’ Lynch said. “I think it’s made me and Trevor both better players going through it. Also, I think it’s made the offense even better as well. Us competing

when Peyton Manning handed off only to allow receivers like Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders to catch their breath.,The offense McCoy installed this offseason is a passed-down version of the New England system with a few twists. It’s pretty much the same offense McCoy passed down to Adam Gase in 2013 and 2014

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One of the more simplistic features of the McCoy offense is it will allow the quarterback to operate more often from the shotgun position than Peyton Manning, Siemian and Lynch did the previous two years under coach Gary Kubiak., Brock Osweiler

even Siemian. But Lynch’s shotgun preference is even more pronounced.,All quarterbacks prefer to play from the shotgun

the quarterback competition will carry on through the first three weeks of training camp and the preseason. How will it go down?,After two months of offseason work

“I’m not really sure, get better every day and then whatever happens after that will happen.’’,’’ Lynch said. “I guess it’s up to the coaches to decide. They get paid that kind of money to make those decisions. All I can do is go out there and play

What to expect from the Denver Broncos’ rookie class in 2017

After a grueling learning curve, rookies are still chewed up and spit out by the league. By most first-hand accounts, a hot training camp and the longest season they have ever experienced, it’s not until the start of their second season that players are truly able to grasp everything the league throws their way. If they make it that far.

Last year, the Broncos were a prime example of this. While the top of Denver’s draft had developmental players — i.e. Paxton Lynch and Adam Gotsis — there were other rookies the Broncos hoped would have an impact.

At season’s end, although every rookie played except for guard Connor McGovern — who was inactive for much of the season — only Devontae Booker played a significant role on either side of the ball.

Although every team would like to see their first-round pick be an immediate starter, all in all Denver’s rookies weren’t far off from the typical impact to most NFL teams.

Looking ahead, left tackle, but perhaps in a different way: While there will likely be impact from at least one of the later-round picks (read below), Garett Bolles, much of the same production can be expected from 2017’s batch of rookies, should deliver the greatest impact of the group, much as a first-round pick should.

As the offseason wrapped up, to platooning on the first team with Ty Sambrailo. If his development continues into training camp, Bolles moved from the backup left tackle during OTAs, it’s hard to imagine Bolles not locking up the left side of the line before the September 11 opening-night game against the Los Angeles Chargers.

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Henderson and Kelly are all longshots to see the field with the depth ahead of them,Langley, leaving Walker and Butt as probably the only two other players likely to make an impact.

Even as a second-round pick that was highly productive in college — leading the nation in sacks per game — Walker enters a crowded defensive line. As a pass rush specialist, currently listed at 280 pounds, Walker, will need to get as close to 300 pounds as possible in order to be anything more than a third-down pass rusher.

not only was Butt the best tight end in college football— winning the John Mackey Award — he was originally one of the top prospects in the draft. That was until he tore his ACL during Michigan’s bowl game in December,In 2016, dropping him from a top-round prospect to the fifth-round.

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Lions defensive front seven ranked No. 30 by PFF

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Pro Football Focus settled on the second option.,Two days later

based largely on Ansah and Kerry Hyder’s poor Pass Rush Productivity marks last year.,PFF’s Louis Benjamin ranked the Lions’ front seven the third-worst in the NFL

It’s no secret Hyder’s eight sacks came almost entirely in the first quarter of the season. With a diminished Ansah failing to draw attention from the rush end, which weighed heavily in PFF’s thinking., Hyder struggled to get to the quarterback for much of 2016. The biggest knock Detroit took from national analysts this offseason was failing to add either an outside or inside pass-rusher

” Benjamin wrote. “Detroit fans will bank of [sic] rookies Jarrad Davis and Jalen Reeves-Maybin making immediate impacts this season for help along the front seven.”,“DI Haloti Ngata saw a career-low grade of 47.8 last year – his career low by almost 30.0 points

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Detroit Lions: T.J. Lang adds much needed veteran presence to O-line

The addition of long time Green Bay Packers’ veteran guard T.J. Lang to the Detroit Lions’ offensive line this season helps inject experience into a young unit.

Retooling the offensive line was a major focus for the Detroit Lions this offseason. Following the losses of both offensive guard Larry Warford and right tackle Riley Reiff to free agency, the Lions’ front office spent a lot of monies signing their replacements.

$47.5 million contract, Detroit inked former Baltimore Ravens right tackle Ricky Wagner to a five-year,In March, making him the second highest paid player at his position in the league.

The Lions also signed former Green Bay Packers’ veteran guard T.J. Lang in free agency, landing the long-time divisional foe for three years at the price of $28.5 million.

won a Super Bowl with the Packers his second year in the NFL. Despite being in the league for eight seasons now, a fourth round selection out of Eastern Michigan in 2009,Lang,<a href='http://www.brownscheapstore.com/carl-nassib-jersey-cheap' title='womens Carl Nassib Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>womens Carl Nassib Jersey</strong></a>, the 29-year old was named to his first Pro Bowl just last year.

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second-year center Graham Glasgow,The Lions current offensive line includes fourth-year center Travis Swanson, and rookie center Leo Koloamatangi. At guard along with Lang are third-year players Brandon Thomas and Laken Tomlinson.

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The Detroit Lions appear to have a nice mix of veterans and youth along their offensive line this season. Training camp should go a long way in determining just how quickly this group and come together as a unit in 2017. The veteran presence of a player like T.J. Lang should only aid in that effort.

Green Bay Packers: Why Trent Cole could be the missing link

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The front office uncharacteristically opened up the coffers in an effort to supplement the roster with veteran free agents at the tight end and guard positions,<a href='http://www.billscheapstore.com/dion-dawkins-jersey-cheap' title='womens Dion Dawkins Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>womens Dion Dawkins Jersey</strong></a>, but unproven edge defenders on defense., but Ted Thompson and company have chosen to stay the course with their young

All this means is that Green Bay could be counting on the likes of Kyler Fackrell and Jayrone Elliott in the starting lineup if one of their injury-prone starters were to go down for any amount of time.

As a rookie, but his deficiencies in the areas of strength and stamina prevented him from blossoming into a weekly contributor., the 6-foot-5 Fackrell showed glimpses of his quickness and ability to convert speed to power

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The Cleveland native wasn’t able to build off his Week 2 heroics, however, particularly when it came to setting the edge versus the run., as he progressively saw his snaps reduced due to his inability to play with discipline

which clearly suggests that the team believes in the 26-year-old’s untapped potential.,Thompson recently re-signed the fourth-year veteran

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the Packers franchise boasts an enviable collection of emerging homegrown depth. But all the optimism in the world on the development of these players won’t be enough to deliver new titles to Titletown.,<a href='http://www.billscheapstore.com/lorenzo-alexander-jersey-cheap' title='Authentic Lorenzo Alexander Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>Authentic Lorenzo Alexander Jersey</strong></a>,<a href='http://www.pantherscheapstore.com/christian-mccaffrey-jersey-cheap' title='Authentic Christian McCaffrey Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>Authentic Christian McCaffrey Jersey</strong></a>,<a href='http://www.pantherscheapstore.com/curtis-samuel-jersey-cheap' title='Authentic Curtis Samuel Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>Authentic Curtis Samuel Jersey</strong></a>,<a href='http://www.pantherscheapstore.com/taylor-moton-jersey-cheap' title='Authentic Taylor Moton Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>Authentic Taylor Moton Jersey</strong></a>,Overall

This franchise is past the stage of merely being content to qualify for the playoffs every year. Eight consecutive seasons of being the bride’s maid and never the bride can wear on an organization and its fanbase.

So how will this franchise get over the championship game hump and into another Super Bowl?

Let’s turn the page and find out …

Packers defense in 2016: Really good with pressure, really bad without it

Pressure was the fulcrum point for the Green Bay Packers defense in 2016.

Scott Kacsmar of Football Outsiders looked at pressure and how it changed the overall effectiveness of NFL defenses, and no team was more dependent on pressure than the Packers last season.

so the Packers were just a tick below average in pressuring the quarterback in 2016.,Overall, the Packers ranked 16th in pressure rate, tallying 172 plays with pressure over 638 total plays, good for a percentage of 27.0. The NFL average was 27.1

the Packers fell to 28th. No team had a bigger gap between respective DVOAs.,The more interesting numbers came in the Packers’ DVOA,<a href='http://www.jetscheapstore.com/morris-claiborne-jersey-cheap' title='womens Morris Claiborne Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>womens Morris Claiborne Jersey</strong></a>, otherwise known as the defense-adjusted value over average,<a href='http://www.49erscheapstore.com/garry-gilliam-jersey-cheap' title='Authentic Garry Gilliam Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>Authentic Garry Gilliam Jersey</strong></a>, or FO’s weighted metric that compares teams in all situations based on the league average. When the Packers applied pressure,<a href='http://www.49erscheapstore.com/rashard-robinson-jersey-cheap' title='womens Rashard Robinson Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>womens Rashard Robinson Jersey</strong></a>, the defense ranked fifth in the NFL in DVOA. When pressure was absent

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The discovery isn’t at all surprising.

The Packers were beat up at cornerback in 2016, opposing quarterbacks feasted through the air. The numbers also exposed the Packers as only average in applying pressure, so whenever pressure didn’t help the secondary,<a href='http://www.jetscheapstore.com/morris-claiborne-jersey-cheap' title='Authentic Morris Claiborne Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>Authentic Morris Claiborne Jersey</strong></a>,<a href='http://www.49erscheapstore.com/pierre-garcon-jersey-cheap' title='Authentic Pierre Garcon Jersey' target='_blank'><strong>Authentic Pierre Garcon Jersey</strong></a>, which was likely a result of hamstring and shoulder injuries to Clay Matthews and the deteriorating impact of Julius Peppers.

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Packers QBs: Rodgers is making mid-point turn

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” the Green Bay Packers quarterback said in an interview with NFL Network’s Alex Flanagan. “But I think I’m just kind of starting the back nine. This will be my 10th year starting; I got to sit for three years. So I’m not the typical 13-year pro,“I think I’m on the back nine of my career, having (had) the opportunity to sit for three years and not take the wear and tear (and be able) to learn the game.”

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Here’s a closer look at the quarterback position as the Packers prepare for training camp, which kicks off with its first practice on July 27

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Foreman, was taken into custody and later released on bond. Six other men were cited for possession of marijuana and released., whom police described as the owner of the firearm

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" Lewis said in the statement.,"D'Onta appreciates the professionalism of the officers involved in his arrest and in his booking at the Travis County Jail. We are confident this matter will be resolved justly once the State of Texas applies the applicable law to the facts

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He was a third-round pick of the Texans and expected to compete for a backup running back job.

The Texans issued a statement that said the organization is aware of the situation and gathering additional information.

D'Onta Foreman was a third-round draft pick by the Texans after starring at running back for the University of Texas.

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Michelle Alexander is correct: The new slavery is the prison industrial complex.

“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,Noted in Alexander’s best selling book,” more African Americans are under correctional control today than were enslaved in 1850.

680 annually — this amount is equal to a life-sustaining salary.,According to the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, the annual cost to incarcerate one person in Pennsylvania is $840 a week, which is $43

particularly impoverished communities because they are losing members to the prison system the most. When they become absent from the community,The fiscal burden of incarcerating people at this expense is taxing on our communities, they are unable to do their part to sustain and grow the community.

the City of Philadelphia has invested $6 million in an initiative aimed to reduce the city’s prison population by 34 percent in three years.,To that end

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This study shows that Blacks are arrested at twice the rate of whites for comparable offenses.

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