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  • B Bills-n-Browns-Fan

    I mean think about it...A QB with an arm and accuracy, a stout O-Line, Good-Great running game, serviceable WR's, and a top 10 defense. That sounds like a pretty fucking good team to me. I mean the only weaknesses on this team are WR's and LB's and Donovan McNabb went to Conference championships without elite receivers so lets go Browns 2012 season FUCK YEAH!!! 😎

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    @bills-n-browns-fan said:

    and a top 10 defense........

    Far out!!! When did we get one of those? Our defense has been pathetic since 1999.

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      @bills-n-browns-fan said:

      and a top 10 defense........

      Far out!!! When did we get one of those? Our defense has been pathetic since 1999.

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      B Bills-n-Browns-Fan wrote on last edited by Bills-n-Browns-Fan
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      @roach said:

      Far out!!! When did we get one of those? Our defense has been pathetic since 1999.

      I'm pretty sure our defense was top 10 last year. I'll check again.

      Got it now: Total Yards Defense

      Proud fan of the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns.
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        H Hunt Daddy wrote on last edited by
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        Playoffs... I doubt it, but I hope. I do believe we will actually be competent this year, though. It'll be fun to watch for only the second time since 1999.

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          @roach said:

          Far out!!! When did we get one of those? Our defense has been pathetic since 1999.

          I'm pretty sure our defense was top 10 last year. I'll check again.

          Got it now: Total Yards Defense

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          Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tim Couch Pulls Out wrote on last edited by
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          @bills-n-browns-fan said:

          I'm pretty sure our defense was top 10 last year. I'll check again.

          Got it now: Total Yards Defense

          Because the opposing team always had fantastic field position, they didn't have to go very far to score, hence the low yardage.

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          • B Bills-n-Browns-Fan

            I mean think about it...A QB with an arm and accuracy, a stout O-Line, Good-Great running game, serviceable WR's, and a top 10 defense. That sounds like a pretty fucking good team to me. I mean the only weaknesses on this team are WR's and LB's and Donovan McNabb went to Conference championships without elite receivers so lets go Browns 2012 season FUCK YEAH!!! 😎

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            ErnieCamacho84E ErnieCamacho84 wrote on last edited by
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            @bills-n-browns-fan said:

            I mean think about it...A QB with an arm and accuracy, a stout O-Line, Good-Great running game, serviceable WR's, and a top 10 defense. That sounds like a pretty fucking good team to me. I mean the only weaknesses on this team are WR's and LB's and Donovan McNabb went to Conference championships without elite receivers so lets go Browns 2012 season FUCK YEAH!!! 😎

            I don't think it's that stupid. If Weeden starts nailing it right out of the gate and can stay on it, I think anything is possible.

            A tragic mid-air collision between the Ravens and Steelers team jets in week 7 wouldn't hurt either.

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              chocoC choco wrote on last edited by
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              like the optimism.....but we're not outta OTA's yet.

              maybe schwartz is a flop...then we have no "stout OL"....

              😒

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              • B Bills-n-Browns-Fan

                @gafreleets said:

                you are correct.

                that was stupid.

                You're just jealous.

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                G Gafreleets wrote on last edited by
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                @bills-n-browns-fan said:

                You're just jealous.

                yeah, that's it.

                i mean DAMN! why can't my team reach epic levels of suck-titude that the browns have obtained for the past quarter century?

                congrats, you have the second worst professional team in all of sports besides the pirates (and it could be EASILY argued that you have the WORST team due to the fact that the NFL has a salary cap).

                with all i've heard about Big Ben being a rapist and i go to a online sex offender registry and look up cleveland and Pittsburgh and what do i find? cleveland has a CRAP load more sex offenders (and expecially child molesters) than Pittsburgh.......over 4X as many over all. 2055 of them to Pittsburgh's 421. www.familywatchdog.us better never hear one of you date raping, can't get a woman with my tiny peep unless i hold her down, child molesting hypocrits say anything else about Ben.
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                • ErnieCamacho84E ErnieCamacho84

                  @bills-n-browns-fan said:

                  I mean think about it...A QB with an arm and accuracy, a stout O-Line, Good-Great running game, serviceable WR's, and a top 10 defense. That sounds like a pretty fucking good team to me. I mean the only weaknesses on this team are WR's and LB's and Donovan McNabb went to Conference championships without elite receivers so lets go Browns 2012 season FUCK YEAH!!! 😎

                  I don't think it's that stupid. If Weeden starts nailing it right out of the gate and can stay on it, I think anything is possible.

                  A tragic mid-air collision between the Ravens and Steelers team jets in week 7 wouldn't hurt either.

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                  USFBrownU USFBrown wrote on last edited by
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                  @erniecamacho84 said:

                  If Weeden starts nailing it right out of the gate and can stay on it

                  Freudian slip?

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                  • G Gafreleets

                    @bills-n-browns-fan said:

                    You're just jealous.

                    yeah, that's it.

                    i mean DAMN! why can't my team reach epic levels of suck-titude that the browns have obtained for the past quarter century?

                    congrats, you have the second worst professional team in all of sports besides the pirates (and it could be EASILY argued that you have the WORST team due to the fact that the NFL has a salary cap).

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                    B Bills-n-Browns-Fan wrote on last edited by
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                    @gafreleets said:

                    yeah, that's it.

                    i mean DAMN! why can't my team reach epic levels of suck-titude that the browns have obtained for the past quarter century?

                    congrats, you have the second worst professional team in all of sports besides the pirates (and it could be EASILY argued that you have the WORST team due to the fact that the NFL has a salary cap).

                    Congrats for wasting your time on a rival teams message board, would you like an award for this accomplishment.

                    Proud fan of the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns.
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                    • B Bills-n-Browns-Fan

                      @roach said:

                      Far out!!! When did we get one of those? Our defense has been pathetic since 1999.

                      I'm pretty sure our defense was top 10 last year. I'll check again.

                      Got it now: Total Yards Defense

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                      @bills-n-browns-fan said:

                      I'm pretty sure our defense was top 10 last year. I'll check again.

                      Got it now: Total Yards Defense

                      Our front seven is awful, and our DB's are adequate (only if Ward is healthy). Screw those links. i go to the games on Sundays.

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                      • G Gafreleets

                        @bills-n-browns-fan said:

                        You're just jealous.

                        yeah, that's it.

                        i mean DAMN! why can't my team reach epic levels of suck-titude that the browns have obtained for the past quarter century?

                        congrats, you have the second worst professional team in all of sports besides the pirates (and it could be EASILY argued that you have the WORST team due to the fact that the NFL has a salary cap).

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                        @gafreleets said:

                        yeah, that's it.

                        i mean DAMN! why can't my team reach epic levels of suck-titude that the browns have obtained for the past quarter century?

                        congrats, you have the second worst professional team in all of sports besides the pirates (and it could be EASILY argued that you have the WORST team due to the fact that the NFL has a salary cap).

                        Congrats, you are the king of internet trolls.look-at-him-look-at-him-and-laugh.gif

                        Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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                          gafreleets, I think many would envy the amount of free time you apparently have, but yet many would scoff at how poorly you use it.

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                            TypicalBrownsT TypicalBrowns wrote on last edited by
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                            With Weeden a the helm I could see alot of things change positively. The Browns, if they all frickin stay healthy, would be a formidable foe for EVERY game we play.

                            Weeden needs protection from our offensive line, which has been added to via draft, and it certainly should be a solid performing O line.

                            Richardson MUST be utilized. Call plays that fit him, his style, use him on screens, MULTIPLE passes to him. and PLEASE stay healthy T Rich

                            D is shaping up to be Elite. If our defensive rookies play as well as past ones we've drafted, this should be a defense of studs. notice i say "shaping up", not elite just yet.

                            Shmurmer and Childress, the ball is in their court. Utilize your freakin talent, if this Browns offense gets rolling, the defense will do its job (as it did last year, the D was about solid all year, give or take HOU and TEN.

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                            • G Gafreleets

                              @bills-n-browns-fan said:

                              You're just jealous.

                              yeah, that's it.

                              i mean DAMN! why can't my team reach epic levels of suck-titude that the browns have obtained for the past quarter century?

                              congrats, you have the second worst professional team in all of sports besides the pirates (and it could be EASILY argued that you have the WORST team due to the fact that the NFL has a salary cap).

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                              BendMeOverB BendMeOver wrote on last edited by
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                              @gafreleets said:

                              congrats, you have the second worst professional team in all of sports besides the pirates (and it could be EASILY argued that you have the WORST team due to the fact that the NFL has a salary cap).

                              I agree that's it's utterly pathetic that Cleveland can't even best Pittsburgh in having the worst excuse for a professional sports franchise.

                              To quote Jim Mora: "What's that? Ah -- Playoffs? Don't talk about -- playoffs?! You kidding me?! Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game! Another game!"

                              You just lost your defensive star Phil Taylor for the season and what have the Browns done exactly to improve their defense. Signed a couple of second/third string lineman to try to shore up the run defense. You may be able to run the ball and run the clock this year, but you need points to win. I don't see any wide-out playmakers on your roster.

                              Rushing a QB into action the first year is typically a recipe for disaster. Sure Roethlisberger and Dalton did pretty well, but they had alot of other stars to ease the process along (that the Browns don't appear to have). Also, let's not forget the AFC North is a defensive powerhouse and Weeden struggled in the face of pressure/blitzes in college.

                              Maybe I could get more into this thread if you passed the bong or mad dog around.

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                                @gafreleets said:

                                congrats, you have the second worst professional team in all of sports besides the pirates (and it could be EASILY argued that you have the WORST team due to the fact that the NFL has a salary cap).

                                I agree that's it's utterly pathetic that Cleveland can't even best Pittsburgh in having the worst excuse for a professional sports franchise.

                                To quote Jim Mora: "What's that? Ah -- Playoffs? Don't talk about -- playoffs?! You kidding me?! Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game! Another game!"

                                You just lost your defensive star Phil Taylor for the season and what have the Browns done exactly to improve their defense. Signed a couple of second/third string lineman to try to shore up the run defense. You may be able to run the ball and run the clock this year, but you need points to win. I don't see any wide-out playmakers on your roster.

                                Rushing a QB into action the first year is typically a recipe for disaster. Sure Roethlisberger and Dalton did pretty well, but they had alot of other stars to ease the process along (that the Browns don't appear to have). Also, let's not forget the AFC North is a defensive powerhouse and Weeden struggled in the face of pressure/blitzes in college.

                                Maybe I could get more into this thread if you passed the bong or mad dog around.

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                                The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by The Gipper
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                                Endymion said:

                                I agree that's it's utterly pathetic that Cleveland can't even best Pittsburgh in having the worst excuse for a professional sports franchise.

                                To quote Jim Mora: "What's that? Ah -- Playoffs? Don't talk about -- playoffs?! You kidding me?! Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game! Another game!"

                                You just lost your defensive star Phil Taylor for the season and what have the Browns done exactly to improve their defense. Signed a couple of second/third string lineman to try to shore up the run defense. You may be able to run the ball and run the clock this year, but you need points to win. I don't see any wide-out playmakers on your roster.

                                Rushing a QB into action the first year is typically a recipe for disaster. Sure Roethlisberger and Dalton did pretty well, but they had alot of other stars to ease the process along (that the Browns don't appear to have). Also, let's not forget the AFC North is a defensive powerhouse and Weeden struggled in the face of pressure/blitzes in college.

                                Maybe I could get more into this thread if you passed the bong or mad dog around.

                                For what its worth, in my view the Steelers and Ravens are going to slip slide this year. They may still have a better overall record than the Browns, but their troubles are just beginning. The Bengals seem perhaps to be the team that has made the most improvement.

                                Also, FYI for whomever said it, the Browns are by no means the worst franchise in terms of playoff drought.

                                In the NFL the Bills have gone 12 years without a playoff appearance and the Raiders have gone the same length of time as the Browns at 9 years.

                                In MLB, with fewer playoff teams (until this coming year) you have the following playoff droughts all longer than the Browns:

                                Washington Nationals/Expos 30 years

                                KC Royals 26 years

                                Pirates 19 years

                                Blue Jays 18 years

                                Orioles 14 years

                                Mariners 10 years.

                                In the NBA and NHL where more than half the teams make the playoffs the droughts are less lengthy. Right now in the NBA the Minnesota Timberwolves have gone 8 years for the longest playoff drought in that league and in the NHL it is the Toronto Maple Leafs with 7 years as the longest playoff drought.

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                                  chocoC choco wrote on last edited by
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                                  So your saying...the bucs ....while trying to set the record across all sports for most consecutive losing seasons.....is a better team than the browns?

                                  LMAO!!

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                                    So your saying...the bucs ....while trying to set the record across all sports for most consecutive losing seasons.....is a better team than the browns?

                                    LMAO!!

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                                    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                                    @choco said:

                                    So your saying...the bucs ....while trying to set the record across all sports for most consecutive losing seasons.....is a better team than the browns?

                                    LMAO!!

                                    The Pirates don't need to try...they have already done it. By two years. Here are the longest consecutive losing season streaks in history by teams in the Big 4 major leagues:

                                    18 years Pittsburgh Pirates 1993 to present

                                    16 years Philadelphia Phillies 1933-1948

                                    15 years Sacramento Kings 1983-1998

                                    15 years Vancouver Canucks 1976-1991

                                    15 years Phil/KC As 50s-60s. The As spent their entire existance in KC and never had a winning record until they moved to Oakland

                                    14 years Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1983-1996

                                    14 years Ft.Wayne/Detroit Pistons 1956-1970

                                    14 years Detroit Red Wings 1973-1987

                                    14 years Chicago Blackhawks 1946-1960

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                                      gafreleets, I think many would envy the amount of free time you apparently have, but yet many would scoff at how poorly you use it.

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                                      G Gafreleets wrote on last edited by
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                                      @horn-of-lake-erie said:

                                      gafreleets, I think many would envy the amount of free time you apparently have, but yet many would scoff at how poorly you use it.

                                      post per day average: .48

                                      yeah, i spend SO much time here.

                                      think before you open that flap on your face.

                                      with all i've heard about Big Ben being a rapist and i go to a online sex offender registry and look up cleveland and Pittsburgh and what do i find? cleveland has a CRAP load more sex offenders (and expecially child molesters) than Pittsburgh.......over 4X as many over all. 2055 of them to Pittsburgh's 421. www.familywatchdog.us better never hear one of you date raping, can't get a woman with my tiny peep unless i hold her down, child molesting hypocrits say anything else about Ben.
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                                        @bills-n-browns-fan said:

                                        I'm pretty sure our defense was top 10 last year. I'll check again.

                                        Got it now: Total Yards Defense

                                        Because the opposing team always had fantastic field position, they didn't have to go very far to score, hence the low yardage.

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                                        Dick MellonD Dick Mellon wrote on last edited by
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                                        @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

                                        Because the opposing team always had fantastic field position, they didn't have to go very far to score, hence the low yardage (allowed by the defense).

                                        You are in error sir.

                                        Simple statistics document that the opposite is true.

                                        CLE was 10th in Yards Allowed.

                                        CLE was 5th in Points Allowed.

                                        Yards allowed means little to me coz it's points that win / lose games.

                                        2011 Defenses in Points Allowed:

                                        1. PIT

                                        2. SF

                                        3. BAL

                                        4. HOU

                                        5. CLE

                                        Please notice that the top 4 were all playoff teams.

                                        So, yes, CLE has had a playoff quality defense over the past two seasons.

                                        The defense actually got incrementally better over the past three seasons.

                                        But the offense, which was improving under Mangini / Hillis, has been terrible and even got a bit worse under Shurmer.

                                        So please focus on Points Scored or Points Allowed and not Yardage.

                                        Yardage is the measure of an individuals accomplishments.

                                        Points are the measurement of a teams accomplishments.

                                        To the topic: No, not this year with a rookie QB, one of the toughest schedules, and Shurmer.

                                        PIT with their #1 defense were #21 in points scored by their shitty Bruce Arians offense.

                                        That should give you some perspective of what it takes to make it to the Wildcard game.

                                        Consider the Ravens, They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable are you to God than the Ravens? Book of Luke, Chapter 12, Verse 24.
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                                          @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

                                          Because the opposing team always had fantastic field position, they didn't have to go very far to score, hence the low yardage (allowed by the defense).

                                          You are in error sir.

                                          Simple statistics document that the opposite is true.

                                          CLE was 10th in Yards Allowed.

                                          CLE was 5th in Points Allowed.

                                          Yards allowed means little to me coz it's points that win / lose games.

                                          2011 Defenses in Points Allowed:

                                          1. PIT

                                          2. SF

                                          3. BAL

                                          4. HOU

                                          5. CLE

                                          Please notice that the top 4 were all playoff teams.

                                          So, yes, CLE has had a playoff quality defense over the past two seasons.

                                          The defense actually got incrementally better over the past three seasons.

                                          But the offense, which was improving under Mangini / Hillis, has been terrible and even got a bit worse under Shurmer.

                                          So please focus on Points Scored or Points Allowed and not Yardage.

                                          Yardage is the measure of an individuals accomplishments.

                                          Points are the measurement of a teams accomplishments.

                                          To the topic: No, not this year with a rookie QB, one of the toughest schedules, and Shurmer.

                                          PIT with their #1 defense were #21 in points scored by their shitty Bruce Arians offense.

                                          That should give you some perspective of what it takes to make it to the Wildcard game.

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                                          @dick-mellon said:

                                          PIT with their #1 defense were #21 in points scored by their shitty Bruce Arians offense.

                                          That should give you some perspective of what it takes to make it to the Wildcard game.

                                          So, yeh, CLE can make the playoffs with a shitty offense.

                                          PIT's offense was so shitty that the Browns would have won . . . .

                                          So, the Steelers sent out their assassin, James Harrison to bang Colt on the head.

                                          So, as much as you hate James Harrison and the Steelers defense, you need people like that to rescue your shitty offense.

                                          Consider the Ravens, They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable are you to God than the Ravens? Book of Luke, Chapter 12, Verse 24.
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