Look, HBO Films does such a good job with Hard Knocks they can follow around a high school JV team and make it compelling, must see TV. Not sure how to feel about this though. On one hand it’ll be awesome for the Browns to have a national TV audience every Tuesday night on HBO… but on the other hand when’s the last time a team on Hard Knocks had a successful season (aside from the 2013 Bengals)?
I’m probably one of the few people who LOVED that little series “Road Tested” a few years ago, and this is would be about 500x better. SO SO many storylines with this team:
- What the hell is going to happen with Johnny Manziel?
- Can Justin Gilbert have a bounceback year after he underachieved in his rookie season?
- Will they mention Josh Gordon?
- Textgate
- NEW UNIFORMS AND LOGOS
- Jimmy Haslam
And these are just a fraction. Wait till after the draft and the time in between training camp when the NFL hype train wheels really start turning.
Every season of Hard Knocks always has that one guy who is great on camera and steals the show. Last year it was the Falcons Defensive Line coach Bryan Cox. Who could you see being this season’s Bryan Cox on the Browns? My vote is for Billy Winn, just seems like the type to sneak up on a rookie during an on screen interview and fart in his face. GREAT TV.
On that note, I’m all in on this. Great for blog material and I NEED to see Billy Winn farting on somebody’s face on camera. BRING HARD KNOCKS TO BEREA.
Bottlegate 