Former FB Heath Evans was outspoken about the Browns Wednesday / (Photo by Matthew Sharpe/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND (92.3 The Fan) ? Count NFL Network analyst and former NFL fullback Heath Evans as someone who doesn?t appear to be a big fan of Mike Holmgren and his current regime with the Browns.
Evans, who played for the Seahawks, Dolphins, Saints and Patriots, came on with the ?Bull and Fox? on 92.3 The Fan on Wednesday, and opened some eyes wondering if Holmgren is truly the answer for the Browns.
?I?m not sure if Mike Holmgren?s the guy to actually turn this thing around in Cleveland,? Evans said. ?There is so much more of a bigger need than replacing Colt McCoy in Cleveland.?
Count Evans as a fan of McCoy, but at the same time he feels that an offense that leads the team in drops is a huge reason why the QB hasn?t gotten the credit he?s deserved this season.
?If you take away half the drops, Colt McCoy is right in the middle of half the quarterbacks right now,? Evans said.
The analyst was asked more about Holmgren, who he played under while with the Seahawks. While saying that there was a lot of dysfunction while with Seattle, Evans said on ?Bull and Fox? that Holmgren simply hasn?t adopted to the style of today?s NFL.
?Mike Holmgren tries to squeeze everybody into that system, I?ve got news for ya, the west coast system is not a world beater anymore,? Evans said. ?In the 80?s early 90?s it caught everybody off guard the crossing routes all the mix and matches. Now if you?ve got good DC?s and disciplined players on the defensive side of the football it?s not beating anybody.?
While Evans doesn?t appear to be a big fan of Holmgren, one coach he does admire is Bill Belichick, who still is looking for another Super Bowl ring with the Pats. Evans says that unlike Holmgren, Belichick has adopted to today?s NFL style.
?We were a game plan team in New England, they still are,? Evans said. ?That?s why a majority of the time they come out on the winning side of the football.?
Evans says a big issue with Holmgren is how he forces the issue with players. He says that on the offensive side of the ball, the Browns are way to simple, and it goes back to what Holmgren has done with the roster.
?I think Mike just has a problem for seeing what each individual player can add to a team, instead of trying to stuff everybody into a system,? Evans said. ?I watch this offensive football team (the Browns) and I can call most of the plays.?
Then there?s the saga with running back Peyton Hillis. The bruiser ran himself into injuries that cost him six games this year, and Evans says from the people he?s spoken to about it, Hillis may not have been as banged up as he claimed to be.
?I just hear a lot of mixed emotion from players coming out of there about his position,? Evans said. ?You talk about guys questioning if he could have played, so many different things that have stirred up my thought process, hamstrings are funny things. This guys gets right back on the field and has big games, hamstrings don?t act that way.?
Evans says while he has not actual proof that Hillis was tanking it, there?s a number of reasons to believe that the running back was only looking out for his best interest when thinking about the future.
?Can I comment with facts? No, but there?s a lot coming out of that locker room that has raised my ear and made me say what is truly going on there,? Evans said.
The future of the Browns is for sure up in the air. The team is heading towards a likely 12 loss season, and with it, Evans said Wednesday that things need to change for the team to finally take a step to the next level.
?There?s some dysfunction there if the Cleveland Browns want to be successful have to be corrected, especially in that division,? Evans said.
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