runyon27 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Being reported that Chis Gocong got hurt today, could be serious. http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/3712/chris-gocong Browns WLB Chris Gocong was carted off with a right leg injury in Saturday's practice. We typically wait for more details before reporting on camp injuries, but the consensus among Browns beat writers is that Gocong's injury is serious. ESPN Cleveland's Tony Grossi speculates it's an Achilles issue. We'll know more soon, but it sounds like Cleveland's weak-side linebacker is dealing with a possibly season-ending injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRREBEL Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Lame, but injuries are part of the game.. We can over come this loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Buffalo Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 It makes me made because he is a starter and he did show up for the last half of the season last year and because Fujita is already out the first 3 games, but he isn't the most talented guy on the defense. Its not like when I heard Taylor was out. That hurt. Imagine if we read this about Haden, Ward, Rubin, Sheard, of Jackson. JMJ can replace him, he has been having an awesome camp, and someone can fill in during the first 3 games when Fujita is out. Miava can stand in for a few games. Plus our young LB have been having a great camp. aparently LJ Fort has been doing good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsane Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 We dont have enough depth at LB to be missing two starter for any amount of time. I hope he is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClevelandSound Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 There goes the run defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Buffalo Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 We dont have enough depth at LB to be missing two starter for any amount of time. I hope he is ok. Never a good sign when you go down after just planting a foot. Was down before anyone even hit him or landed on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 We dont have enough depth at LB to be missing two starter for any amount of time. I hope he is ok. Ditto. If he is out 3 0r 4 weeks, that is fine because the rookies will get more game action and practice. But he is a solid guy and we can't really afford to lose any starters anywhere. Zombo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 i know i'll sound like a broken record but after drafting TR, weeden and schwartz, for heckert not to package some picks to move up and draft one of the 'stud' LBs in the draft is inconceivable to me. i don't think there has been a draft in recent history so deep with quality LBs. and we walk away with 2 special teamers? with 12 picks? worse moves heckert has made since being here. gocong solid? another philly connection is all he is. if he played for the cardinals heckert wouldn't have even looked at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Buffalo Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 i know i'll sound like a broken record but after drafting TR, weeden and schwartz, for heckert not to package some picks to move up and draft one of the 'stud' LBs in the draft is inconceivable to me. i don't think there has been a draft in recent history so deep with quality LBs. and we walk away with 2 special teamers? with 12 picks? worse moves heckert has made since being here. gocong solid? another philly connection is all he is. if he played for the cardinals heckert wouldn't have even looked at him. Who the hell did you want since you think the draft was so choke full of deep linebacker talent? JLJ was considered the 4th or 5th best 4-3 linebacker in the draft by a lot of people and we got him in the 4th. So how deep did that draft really go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambridgeho Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Just and thought, maybe we can trade Hardesty to a team for a lb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 well seeing as there were 14 LBs picked before we got JLJ you tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieDawg Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 figures that a serious injury would come from the weakest sub squad. I hope he isn't too bad either, next we we will address this area in full but this year we still need a far more solid performance out of our LB corp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt Daddy Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Looks like JMJ is certainly going to get a lot of playing time now if this is serious. I'm excited about him, but I'm not necessarily excited about throwing him to the wolves for an entire season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearTheRoo Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 There goes the run defense. The run defense that seemed to give up 200 yards rushing every game? But I guess look on the bright side. We knew injuries would happen, just like every year. If we can get Taylor back midseason, which is what I have been hearing, and Gocong is the only other major injury. I can deal with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Gocong out for the year http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland-browns/cleveland-browns-1.270107/browns-lb-chris-gocong-out-for-season-with-torn-achilles-tendon-1.324816 The Browns can't catch a break http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2012/08/breaking_browns_linebacker_chr.html#incart_more_sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoeticG Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Browns starting weakside linebacker Chris Gocong tore his right Achilles tendon this morning during practice, coach Pat Shurmur said this afternoon. Gocong will be out for the season. Gocong will have surgery, Shurmur said. The procedure could be done as early as Monday. "I don’t want an injury at any position," Shurmur said. "We just keep moving ahead. ... Nothing can stop the train. We’ve got to keep going." Gocong suffered the injury during an 11-on-11, goal-line drill. As he tried to defend a touchdown pass to tight end Jordan Cameron, he planted his right leg, then lifted it, grabbed it while the ball was in the air and fell to the ground. Gocong could not put weight on his leg as trainers helped him onto the cart. He was visibly upset, and starting strongside linebacker Scott Fujita immediately consoled him. "He’s come so far as a player," Fujita said. "He was rewarded [with a contract extension] last season by the club. He came back this offseason and worked really, really hard. He came into training camp in great shape. He’s making so many plays out here in training camp. It’s tough when you see things like that happen." Kaluka Maiava and rookies James-Michael Johnson, a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and Emmanuel Acho, a sixth-round selection, could get chances to fill in for Gocong. Linebackers L.J. Fort and Craig Robertson have also caught the attention of the coaching staff, Shurmur said. Gocong's injury is a significant blow to the defense. Fujita is suspended for the first three games of the season for his alleged role in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal. Starting defensive tackle Phil Taylor suffered a torn pectoral muscle in May and won't be back until late October at the earliest. "Every year it's something," starting middle linebacker D'Qwell Jackson said. "With injuries or what have you, it's a part of the game that unfortunately you don't get used to it. But every time it happens it's a surprise for everyone. For the guys we do have on deck, guys are going to have to step up -- myself and everyone's going to have to take it to the next level." http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland-browns/cleveland-browns-1.270107/browns-lb-chris-gocong-out-for-season-with-torn-achilles-tendon-1.324816 --------------------------------------------- Man, this is a blow to our defense... BUT, if there is a positive in this anywhere it's in that this happened kinda early as opposed to later in Pre-Season... we will have time to compensate and figure something out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 There goes the run defense. What run defense?,,,He sucked anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Buffalo Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 well seeing as there were 14 LBs picked before we got JLJ you tell me. Pick out the 3-4 outside linebackers from that number and shoot it back this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Buffalo Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 The only problem with Gocong was that he doesn't have the speed to go to the sideline. He steps in a gap he is money which is why he was great in goal line situations. He should have always played on the short side of the field to make up for this fact but the problem was Fujita and Miava arn't any faster so it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRREBEL Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Guys it was a lot worse last year when Hodges tore his Achilles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choco Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Ugh....5 of 22 now rookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Did I hear right that GoCong is out for the season? Crap. But the Browns will have a couple of guys to step in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Pick out the 3-4 outside linebackers from that number and shoot it back this way. so an ILB can't play the OLB position? an OLB can't play as a DE? a WR can't play the QB position? wow. you've got GMs past and present rolling around in their graves. you're a gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadNewsBrowns Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Fuck it. Cribbs you're our new OLB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Fuck it. Cribbs you're our new OLB. i say a cribbs/weeden QB tandem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoorta Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Did I hear right that GoCong is out for the season? Crap. But the Browns will have a couple of guys to step in. Correct. Like Gocong was Pro Bowl material? Hardly. Not like the Browns run defense was stellar last year. Bring in the young guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choco Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Maybe theyll be a cut or 2 that can provide depth and form a rotation for the year. No much to be done at this point.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gips Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Gocong is serviceable at best, he has many holes in his game and is easy to exploit so i believe you can grab about any notable undrafted LB and by mid season have a better player than gocong at his best.. The same goes for fujita the guy is barely serviceable and after the 3 game suspension the rookie johnson will be permanently taking his job and fujita knows it... H&H are under heavy pressure to win now and impress jimmy haslam and having guys like fujita and gocong manning the OLB positions as starters will not help them get there.. They need to take some calculated chances @ OLB and make it pay off big.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRREBEL Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Holmgren knows he is on his way out regardless if they win now.. His position was useless, I guess it gave him time to concentrate on his weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 JMJ - this kid should be exciting to watch. When GoCong came out of college, he was a quick, undersized college DE. He impressed a lot of folks at the combine. But, now that the Browns have at least a little depth at every position, it should pay off handsomely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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