So much for being the next Melton. Briscoe is intriguing. Though I'm sure omegasupreme has his thoughts on the type of WR he is.
Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 2 in 207 lb 331⁄2 in 91⁄2 in 4.66 s 1.60 s 2.68 s 4.57 s 7.10 s 33 in 9 ft 7 in 9 reps
Right on Bob. It's all a big transparent blob of stupidity that Jason has with offensive free agents. When in Dallas Bill Parcells described how he wanted the personnel department to see players through his eyes. Jason seems to have requests the same from the personnel dept and seems to disregard need and talent at the skill positions and just pick up players that have backgrounds in his ridiculous backyard football scheme. Brizcoe spent his most time playing in Tampa with Greg Olson as OC and even started 2 games in 2011. Greg Olson is a part of the Linehan fraternity which includes the guy who was a part of drafting Briscoe to the Bengals and that was Bob Bratkowski. Let's look at what people are saying about Bratkowski:
From cincy jungle article: "This year's coaching staff will feature a very familiar face for the Cincinnati Bengals. buried within the Bengals media guide is the name of a former coach who many Bengals fans still cringe at hearing the name of. Roaming the sideline again will be the former offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski.
Many remember the much-maligned and heavily-criticized Bengals offensive coordinator’s decade in Cincinnati as one with a run of a few spectacular years mixed with maddeningly inconsistent units that struggled to reach the endzone. When in Cincinnati, he was often criticized for his offensive system, but even more so his predictable play-calling. A poor offensive line did not help a offensive playbook that contains many slow-developing plays. His offensive system was often accused of being stale and ineffective. It seemed as though he used a playbook consisting of mainly four passing plays, but sometimes, it seemed even less than that. The trick was the option routes, adjusted based on coverage. Remember all the interceptions that led directly to Carson Palmer yelling at Chad Johnson? Many times those were a result of Chad not properly reading overages and subsequently adjusting his route. One strength of Brat though was his ability to adapt to the talent on the roster."
Doesn't that sound familiar?
Anyway...
Briscoe is not fast (which other than Benford, and Washington, the WR corp is lacking), not even remotely quick (which other than Beasley, the WR corp is lacking), his 10 yards is slower than James Hanna, his vertical is pathetic, and at 9 reps he is just weak.
But hey...he knows the scheme so Jason doesn't have to coach him the "intricacies" of "if the DB is here, run here. If the SS moves in, we change run to pass. If QB gets sacked while waiting for you to run away from DB who seems to know your routes better than you do, diagnose offensive line as weak".
