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  • Haslam, Farmer and Pettine off on a 3 day retreat to discuss strategy. It will be interesting to see what their strategy going forward will be? I keep seeing hints about going after the franchise qb. I don't know. We have had big problems in this area. I thought Mariota might be worth going after but I agree with some who have posted here about him playing in a gimmicky offense at Oregon. Winston has the personal issues but looks like he would be a good qb. The other option I see is trying to improve the team with our draft, signing Hoyer as a FA, Shaw as back up. That is the one I like.

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  • OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan

    Haslam, Farmer and Pettine off on a 3 day retreat to discuss strategy. It will be interesting to see what their strategy going forward will be? I keep seeing hints about going after the franchise qb. I don't know. We have had big problems in this area. I thought Mariota might be worth going after but I agree with some who have posted here about him playing in a gimmicky offense at Oregon. Winston has the personal issues but looks like he would be a good qb. The other option I see is trying to improve the team with our draft, signing Hoyer as a FA, Shaw as back up. That is the one I like.

    @oldbrownsfan said:

    The other option I see is trying to improve the team with our draft, signing Hoyer as a FA, Shaw as back up. That is the one I like.

    Thats my pick. You cant pick or sign a franchise QB that doesn't even exist

    Build a bullet proof core with 2 solid lines added to that bad ass defensive backfield, and we should be fine.....

    A great team will make an average QB much better......(rarely works the other way though)

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  • And now find a wr we can count on being there. I'd sure love to be a fly on the wall for this meeting now.

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  • If they fuck up another draft then look at another long year.

  • I Itoldyou

    If they fuck up another draft then look at another long year.

    @itoldyou said:

    If they fuck up another draft then look at another long year.

    well with your shitty attitude on this board, it has already been a long year and we're not out of january yet.

    👍
  • T TexasAg1969

    And now find a wr we can count on being there. I'd sure love to be a fly on the wall for this meeting now.

    @texasag1969 said:

    And now find a wr we can count on being there. I'd sure love to be a fly on the wall for this meeting now.

    gordon kinda Fd that all up didn't he? wouldn't be surprised to see a serious statement coming out of that meeting. probably something to the effect that the browns are parting ways with their #1 WR.

  • new draft strategy....avoid drunks and stoners.....

  • MudflyM Mudfly

    new draft strategy....avoid drunks and stoners.....

    @mudfly said:

    new draft strategy....avoid drunks and stoners.....

    So only players from BYU?

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    @mudfly said:

    new draft strategy....avoid drunks and stoners.....

    So only players from BYU?

    @taco918 said:

    So only players from BYU?

    ha!.....yes...... Id definitely take a Jim McMahon about now.......and he had a salty side too, but did show up on sunday.....😉

  • T Taco918

    @mudfly said:

    new draft strategy....avoid drunks and stoners.....

    So only players from BYU?

    @taco918 said:

    So only players from BYU?

    Like the punky QB?

    jim-mcmahon-drunk.jpg

  • and then there's this from the NFL site .......Browns officially reaching out to Hoyer.....

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000462942/article/agent-browns-have-shown-interest-in-resigning-hoyer

    If they sign Hoyer, then "someone" has to go.....because they'll be adding a new name one way or another....

  • i really thought they were going to cut gordon and manziel after the last debacle at the end of the year.

  • The results of the retreat will be interesting, but doubt we'll get much of an insight into their thinking for a while.

    On the QB set up for 2015...

    I'm not seeing a great deal of downside to the same trio as we sported in 2014. Compete again in TC and move on with the winner as our 2015 starter. Maybe Manziel "gets it" and emerges, but I doubt it and if he does not, then Hoyer would have no reason to look over his shoulder.

    If we do enough to shore up the O-line so it can withstand an injury (or two), then the run game/ play action theme is viable for 16 weeks. Hoyer in that system is a better option than forcing a QB move that is really not there.

    That said, I do have a feeling that something is going to emerge on the QB horizon that is a viable improvement.

    As for Gordon... not sweating him one way or the other. He did not show enough in his limited 2014 to warrant any sweat.

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  • They need to hire a few handlers and a PR firm to clean Manziels image to the point of tradeable for a 2nd or 3rd round pick. Best case scenario clean the rep and if the Eagles miss a trade up for Mariotta we trade him his love child Johnny.

  • What a crock of shit.. If they need 3 days to put a strategy together.. Then all 3 morons should just pack up and leave town.. Dumb!

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~

  • If we do have Hoyer, Manziel and Shaw as quarterbacks in 2015 and Hoyer beats out Manziel to start there will be one huge difference. If Hoyer struggles during the season I doubt there will be a huge outpouring of pressure to put Manziel in and replace him if Pettine says the Browns have a better chance to win with Hoyer. I for one will believe him this time. I had to see it for myself in the Bengals game. I had it in my mind Manziel would be a spark for the anemic offense. We saw what happened.

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  • First day of their retreat they find out Gordon is "banished" for a year for failing an alcohol screen.I would have loved to been in the room when they got that information.

  • I can't think of anything better for an owner, GM and HC to do than getting together to work on bettering a team.

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  • I hope they strategize on OL and D. Being able to run on anyone and stop anyone is the only chance this team has at being respectable next year. I will be furious if we do something dumb to acquire a WR now that Gordon has hung himself . . . Especially if the dumbness comes in the draft this year . . . considering the talent we passed on in the draft last year.

  • OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan

    If we do have Hoyer, Manziel and Shaw as quarterbacks in 2015 and Hoyer beats out Manziel to start there will be one huge difference. If Hoyer struggles during the season I doubt there will be a huge outpouring of pressure to put Manziel in and replace him if Pettine says the Browns have a better chance to win with Hoyer. I for one will believe him this time. I had to see it for myself in the Bengals game. I had it in my mind Manziel would be a spark for the anemic offense. We saw what happened.

    @oldbrownsfan said:

    If we do have Hoyer, Manziel and Shaw as quarterbacks in 2015 and Hoyer beats out Manziel to start there will be one huge difference. If Hoyer struggles during the season I doubt there will be a huge outpouring of pressure to put Manziel in and replace him if Pettine says the Browns have a better chance to win with Hoyer. I for one will believe him this time. I had to see it for myself in the Bengals game. I had it in my mind Manziel would be a spark for the anemic offense. We saw what happened.

    There will, it'll just be Shaw not Manziel.

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