Fantasy Tip Of The Day From TheHuddle.com
By BigLeadSports
SHURMER WILL HAVE THE DAWG POUND BARKING IN CLEVELAND
By John Tuvey
When the Cleveland Browns went shopping this offseason for their fifth coach in the past 13 years, speculation centered on team president Mike Holmgren stepping out of the front office and back onto the sidelines.
Shurmer has plenty of familiarity with the West Coast offense, and that’s what he’ll run in Cleveland. The dink-and-dunk approach fits well with the skill set of Colt McCoy, the Browns’ second-year quarterback, and should also take advantage of the receiving talents of workhorse back Peyton Hillis.
And there won’t be any philosophical debating, either, as Shurmer eschewed hiring an offensive coordinator and will handle play-calling duties himself in Cleveland.
But similarities between the Rams offense Shurmer leaves behind and the Cleveland attack he inherits aren’t limited to just the scheme. Shurmer gets at least some of the credit for helping develop Sam Bradford into the 2010 Rookie of the Year. The expectation is that he will provide similar guidance for McCoy.
Steven Jackson is all too familiar with the workload Hillis shouldered for Cleveland in 2010, but at least fantasy owners can feel comfortable that last year’s surprise fantasy stud shouldn’t see too dramatic a drop-off in touches. And neither St. Louis nor Cleveland boasts a go-to receiver, falling instead into the committee approach that seemed prevalent with Reid’s teams in Philly.
The bad news with all this familiarity is that Shurmer’s St. Louis offense clocked in only three spots higher than the 29th-ranked Browns last season. But a fresh start and some new faces (second-round pick Greg Little, a healthy Montario Hardesty and newly acquired Brandon Jackson) should at least be enough for Shurmer to transition the Browns from the boredom-inducing offense they fielded under Eric Mangini.
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