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  • Or do what we'll do in keeping with Browns recent tradition of having Lucy as our spotter so we can blame her instead of this choker when we lose 2-3 games at crunch time. How many knuckleballs do we have to watch before we replace him?

  • Kevin Stefanski: ‘I think Cade (York) is very talented’

    ....hmm....I guess he must play the piano or something...

  • Kevin Stefanski: ‘I think Cade (York) is very talented’

    ....hmm....I guess he must play the piano or something...

    @orion said:

    Kevin Stefanski: ‘I think Cade (York) is very talented’

    ....hmm....I guess he must play the piano or something...

    His talent is missing kicks

  • Hopkins K Chargers is in 

  • Link?

  • Oh well..  see ya bubba!

  • Link?

    @nickers said:

    Link?

    Twitter usual suspects Rappaport and Schefter 

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    @nickers said:

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    Mary Kay Cabot@MaryKayCabot
    Updated: #Browns are cutting kicker Cade York and have traded for #Chargers kicker Dustin Hopkins, with details on when York will end up on the waiver wire cleveland.com/browns/2023/08…
  • ESPN

    Resisting the urge to be cynical about Hopkins.. who if he's not in the top tier of league K, he's at least in the tier of very-good.

    Hopkins salary

  • ESPN

    Resisting the urge to be cynical about Hopkins.. who if he's not in the top tier of league K, he's at least in the tier of very-good.

    Hopkins salary

    @unsympathetic said:

    ESPN

    Resisting the urge to be cynical about Hopkins.. who if he's not in the top tier of league K, he's at least in the tier of very-good.

    Hopkins salary

    He's been very automatic on extra points and inside 40 his whole career. 40-49 is still around 83%, which is just fine. His overall make % is actually 20th all time, as I was curious: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career.htm (of course, hasn't been kicking as long as many of those guys). 

    50+ is why he's been battling roster spots for the last three years, though. Still very excited-with how Stefanski goes for it in the 50 yard FG range it's hypothetically a range that will come up 5 times throughout the season. He makes 2-3 of those but buries close to 90% of stuff closer? That's all that's needed.

  • ESPN

    Resisting the urge to be cynical about Hopkins.. who if he's not in the top tier of league K, he's at least in the tier of very-good.

    Hopkins salary

    @unsympathetic said:

    ESPN

    Resisting the urge to be cynical about Hopkins.. who if he's not in the top tier of league K, he's at least in the tier of very-good.

    Hopkins salary

    No need to be cynical. Any way you look at it, this is an upgrade. York was the worst full-time kicker in the NFL last year. And he only made 50% in the preseason. This move will probably equate to 2 or 3 extra wins this year.

  • @unsympathetic said:

    ESPN

    Resisting the urge to be cynical about Hopkins.. who if he's not in the top tier of league K, he's at least in the tier of very-good.

    Hopkins salary

    He's been very automatic on extra points and inside 40 his whole career. 40-49 is still around 83%, which is just fine. His overall make % is actually 20th all time, as I was curious: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career.htm (of course, hasn't been kicking as long as many of those guys). 

    50+ is why he's been battling roster spots for the last three years, though. Still very excited-with how Stefanski goes for it in the 50 yard FG range it's hypothetically a range that will come up 5 times throughout the season. He makes 2-3 of those but buries close to 90% of stuff closer? That's all that's needed.

    @jrb12711 said:

    He's been very automatic on extra points and inside 40 his whole career. 40-49 is still around 83%, which is just fine. His overall make % is actually 20th all time, as I was curious: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career.htm (of course, hasn't been kicking as long as many of those guys). 

    50+ is why he's been battling roster spots for the last three years, though. Still very excited-with how Stefanski goes for it in the 50 yard FG range it's hypothetically a range that will come up 5 times throughout the season. He makes 2-3 of those but buries close to 90% of stuff closer? That's all that's needed.

    Add in our punter is pretty darn good.  With an improved D, playing the field position game isn't bad strategy.

  • The Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Chargers have agreed to the following trade:

    Browns receive:

    K Dustin Hopkins

    Chargers receive:

    2025 7th round pick

    Hopkins is entering his 10th NFL season out of Florida State. Originally a sixth-round pick by Buffalo in 2013, Hopkins has appeared in 109 career games with the Commanders (2015-21) and Chargers (2021-22). He has converted 190 of 224 field goal attempts (84.8%) and 221 of 234 extra points (94.4%) for 791 total points. Last season, he connected on 9 of 10 field goal attempts and all 12 PATs in five games with the Chargers before being placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. He was named the Special Teams Player of the Week for the third time in his career following a four field goal performance, including a 39-yard game winner during Week 6 in 2022.   

    *All NFL trades are pending a physical. 

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    We've gotta win now.  A lot of people's jobs are on the line.  

  • @unsympathetic said:

    ESPN

    Resisting the urge to be cynical about Hopkins.. who if he's not in the top tier of league K, he's at least in the tier of very-good.

    Hopkins salary

    No need to be cynical. Any way you look at it, this is an upgrade. York was the worst full-time kicker in the NFL last year. And he only made 50% in the preseason. This move will probably equate to 2 or 3 extra wins this year.

    @browns57 said:

    No need to be cynical. Any way you look at it, this is an upgrade. York was the worst full-time kicker in the NFL last year. And he only made 50% in the preseason. This move will probably equate to 2 or 3 extra wins this year.

    I don't know about that.  York was a guy who can win games Hopkins can't.  It does make you feel better when you can't look back at a missed FG from 39 yards and start playing "what if".

  • Now we sit and watch how this new kicker deals with kicking on the lakefront. 

    Always a fun game for all!

  • Now we sit and watch how this new kicker deals with kicking on the lakefront. 

    Always a fun game for all!

    @dutch-oven said:

    Now we sit and watch how this new kicker deals with kicking on the lakefront. 

    Always a fun game for all!

    But it's the same for both teams.  Our opponents make them against us.  The way he's mentally struggling in August...he'd be a basket case from Thanksgiving on.  Or not.  But they're not taking that chance.

  • @dutch-oven said:

    Now we sit and watch how this new kicker deals with kicking on the lakefront. 

    Always a fun game for all!

    But it's the same for both teams.  Our opponents make them against us.  The way he's mentally struggling in August...he'd be a basket case from Thanksgiving on.  Or not.  But they're not taking that chance.

    @orion said:

    But it's the same for both teams.  Our opponents make them against us.  The way he's mentally struggling in August...he'd be a basket case from Thanksgiving on.  Or not.  But they're not taking that chance.

    I'm not upset the Browns moved on from York.

    I'm saying that the new kicker has his work cut out for him 

  • Today, I heard a guy asking, What would you think of the Browns organization if they didn't bring in another kicker and move on from York? I thought that was a great question because that would show a complete lack of awareness and send a message that they were not really doing everything they could to win this year. Kind of like when they kept Shwartz last year. 

  • Now we sit and watch how this new kicker deals with kicking on the lakefront. 

    Always a fun game for all!

    @dutch-oven said:

    Now we sit and watch how this new kicker deals with kicking on the lakefront. 

    Always a fun game for all!

    His orientation day should be four hours with Phil and let Phil deliver his dissertation on wind patterns and stadium flag analysis.