The Cleveland Browns have undergone plenty of changes so far this off-season but Colt McCoy seems as if he will remain a constant at the quarterback position.
The Browns have gone through 16 different quarterbacks since 1999 but the team has never run any sort of West Coast offense, and especially not the kind that Pat Shurmur is bringing in.
Colt McCoy has been knocked ever since his days at Texas about his arm strength. People have said that he doesn’t have what it takes to become an elite quarterback in this league and that after a certain distance his throws become easy to pick off.
What Shurmur will do next season is focus on what McCoy is good at and utilize him in a way that Brian Daboll and Eric Mangini did not. The West Coast offense that Cleveland will run consists of many short routes run by receivers and many “fake” routes that are meant to pull defenders into certain area’s of the field.
This will fall right into McCoy’s strengths for two reasons. The first of which is his accuracy. McCoy showed last season that he can put the ball into incredibly tight windows and can pinpoint routes very well. He also showed (with the exception of the final game) that he can make good decisions about when to force the ball or tuck it and run.
The second thing that will help McCoy is the complexity of the new offense. McCoy is a student of the game. Every week in 2010 he prepared like he was going to be the starting quarterback even if he was listed at the third spot in the depth chart. It is that type of education and desire to be great that can help him learn the in’s and out’s.
McCoy’s numbers from last season were mediocre but he did something for the Cleveland Browns franchise that went beyond the football field.
The fans and the organization as a whole are believers that he can take this team to the top and maybe the West Coast offense is exactly the system to help him do it.
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