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2015 Browns' D: Time to Put Up or Shut Up -plus- O'Neil's Career Path

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  • wargograw W One Year In One Month Later Week One Done
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    W wargograw wrote on last edited by wargograw
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    Yeah that's all good and well except the discussion was based on things on the field. I put head butting your own wife or intentionally "starting brawls" with your own teammates more in the Retard category than flicking people off but I suppose I'm not abreast of the nuanced standards around here.

    To put my understanding here in simple terms:

    Fight starter-tough guy/welcomed

    Fight winner-punk

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      tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on last edited by
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      Yeah, because I'm sure Jim headbutts his wife literally.

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        What was/is it then? A head tap? A rhetorical head butt? An argument? If so, why is it relevant to his "tough guy" persona? Why is it mentioned next to him being a "meathead" and starting brawls? My best friend and I argue a lot because we love politics. He might even say we "butt heads." I must be a really tough guy!

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          What was/is it then? A head tap? A rhetorical head butt? An argument? If so, why is it relevant to his "tough guy" persona? Why is it mentioned next to him being a "meathead" and starting brawls? My best friend and I argue a lot because we love politics. He might even say we "butt heads." I must be a really tough guy!

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          miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on last edited by
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          @wargograw said:

          What was/is it then? A head tap? A rhetorical head butt? An argument? If so, why is it relevant to his "tough guy" persona? Why is it mentioned next to him being a "meathead" and starting brawls? My best friend and I argue a lot because we love politics. He might even say we "butt heads." I must be a really tough guy!

          ok. now you are anti o'neil because he gets support from fans who otherwise would criticize manziel for what you think is the same behavior? why are you so friggin defensive?

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            What was/is it then? A head tap? A rhetorical head butt? An argument? If so, why is it relevant to his "tough guy" persona? Why is it mentioned next to him being a "meathead" and starting brawls? My best friend and I argue a lot because we love politics. He might even say we "butt heads." I must be a really tough guy!

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            T TexasAg1969 wrote on last edited by
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            @wargograw said:

            My best friend and I argue a lot because we love politics.

            Sicko. LOL! I bet you like Rick Perry too. 😛 😛

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              What was/is it then? A head tap? A rhetorical head butt? An argument? If so, why is it relevant to his "tough guy" persona? Why is it mentioned next to him being a "meathead" and starting brawls? My best friend and I argue a lot because we love politics. He might even say we "butt heads." I must be a really tough guy!

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              Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on last edited by
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              @wargograw said:

              I must be a really tough guy!

              Nah... just a killjoy.

              One person figured out how to both mature and retain an infectious personality while carving out a promising NFL career. That's the story here.

              You should hope that your maligned, fellow former does half as well...

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              • wargograw W One Year In One Month Later Week One Done
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                W wargograw wrote on last edited by wargograw
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                Well. I did. And that's the point. I said I hoped he was good and had the same flair, because it is fun to watch. I was promptly treated to lectures about how choir boys are better and nobody likes a hothead. But in our DC (someone whom we like and don't criticize just to criticize) it's all the rage!!

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                  Well. I did. And that's the point. I said I hoped he was good and had the same flair, because it is fun to watch. I was promptly treated to lectures about how choir boys are better and nobody likes a hothead. But in our DC (someone whom we like and don't criticize just to criticize) it's all the rage!!

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                  miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on last edited by
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                  @wargograw said:

                  Well. I did. And that's the point. I said I hoped he was good and had the same flair, because it is fun to watch. I was promptly treated to lectures about how choir boys are better and nobody likes a hothead. But in our DC (someone whom we like and don't criticize just to criticize) it's all the rage!!

                  wrong!

                  we'd had loved it (and still will) if he had the fire and smack talk and could get it done on the field. too bad he looked like a little kid in a grown-up sport when trying to play in the nfl last year. it was really sad AND hard to watch.

                  hey, he could always be a qb coach. HA!!

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                    DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                    Gotta lot of JFF haters on here obviously.

                    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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                    • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

                      Gotta lot of JFF haters on here obviously.

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                      miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on last edited by
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                      @diehardbrownsfan said:

                      Gotta lot of JFF haters on here obviously.

                      nah, don't hate him, just disappointed so far.

                      farmer's first draft and the guys in the later rounds out-performed the 2 first round picks in gilbert and manziel. just tired of wasted picks. the sit on the bench and learn bullshit is done and gone IMO in the nfl. what, we've had one qb in the past 10 years that has actually done that in rodgers? 2 years tops. show us what you got or get to steppin.

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                        @wargograw said:

                        Well. I did. And that's the point. I said I hoped he was good and had the same flair, because it is fun to watch. I was promptly treated to lectures about how choir boys are better and nobody likes a hothead. But in our DC (someone whom we like and don't criticize just to criticize) it's all the rage!!

                        wrong!

                        we'd had loved it (and still will) if he had the fire and smack talk and could get it done on the field. too bad he looked like a little kid in a grown-up sport when trying to play in the nfl last year. it was really sad AND hard to watch.

                        hey, he could always be a qb coach. HA!!

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                        W wargograw wrote on last edited by
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                        @miktoxic said:

                        wrong!

                        we'd had loved it (and still will) if he had the fire and smack talk and could get it done on the field. too bad he looked like a little kid in a grown-up sport when trying to play in the nfl last year. it was really sad AND hard to watch.

                        hey, he could always be a qb coach. HA!!

                        Ok well then you and I are in agreement. But I was berated for suggesting as much on another thread.

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                          JAFBFJ JAFBF wrote on last edited by
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                          The more I think about, the more I'm undecided on our D this year :

                          Taylor's status coming back from two injuries last year has me questioning if he'll even be available for TC, plus it raises pretty big durability questions.

                          Shelton ?

                          Is he the real deal or another swing and miss we're so prone too, and is he healthy/durable ?

                          We lost Rubin, Sheard (?), and Skrine that I can think of - their replacements are question marks (ability wise) to me right now.

                          Gilbert I'm hoping the switch gets/has gotten flipped, but I think I saw a blurb where he was having to take care of a "personal" issue again - which is what sank him last year.

                          I like Dansby, but he's getting up there in years for the position he plays.

                          Gibson came in injured after holding out and recovering from the knee injury last year . . . so WTF?

                          Kirksey and Mingo I really hope start pulling it together, and I'm cutting Mingo slack since he was playing with one good arm last year.

                          If we can get a handle on our Run D and maintain our Pass D we might be looking at something

                          Sorry to sound like such a downer or rain on people's parade, but we've been sold a lousy Bill of goods about an awesome Defense too many times for me to keep buying it.

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                            C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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                            Your glass is half empty, and the other half

                            doesn't have anything in it.

                            Too bad.Will all our draft picks get taken away on spaceships, and not come back

                            until the season is over?

                            Will a meteorite fall on the Browns' field at midnight sat, and the game is the next day,

                            and all our players will trip and fall over the debris?

                            With the depth and the talent, this team is excitingly on the rise. I don't care that the season

                            hasn't started and they haven't won eight games in ten, only won seven.

                            Whatever. Buck up, dammit. Questions should not lead to depression.

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                              The more I think about, the more I'm undecided on our D this year :

                              Taylor's status coming back from two injuries last year has me questioning if he'll even be available for TC, plus it raises pretty big durability questions.

                              Shelton ?

                              Is he the real deal or another swing and miss we're so prone too, and is he healthy/durable ?

                              We lost Rubin, Sheard (?), and Skrine that I can think of - their replacements are question marks (ability wise) to me right now.

                              Gilbert I'm hoping the switch gets/has gotten flipped, but I think I saw a blurb where he was having to take care of a "personal" issue again - which is what sank him last year.

                              I like Dansby, but he's getting up there in years for the position he plays.

                              Gibson came in injured after holding out and recovering from the knee injury last year . . . so WTF?

                              Kirksey and Mingo I really hope start pulling it together, and I'm cutting Mingo slack since he was playing with one good arm last year.

                              If we can get a handle on our Run D and maintain our Pass D we might be looking at something

                              Sorry to sound like such a downer or rain on people's parade, but we've been sold a lousy Bill of goods about an awesome Defense too many times for me to keep buying it.

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                              @jafbf said:

                              The more I think about, the more I'm undecided on our D this year :

                              Taylor's status coming back from two injuries last year has me questioning if he'll even be available for TC, plus it raises pretty big durability questions.

                              Shelton ?

                              Is he the real deal or another swing and miss we're so prone too, and is he healthy/durable ?

                              We lost Rubin, Sheard (?), and Skrine that I can think of - their replacements are question marks (ability wise) to me right now.

                              Gilbert I'm hoping the switch gets/has gotten flipped, but I think I saw a blurb where he was having to take care of a "personal" issue again - which is what sank him last year.

                              I like Dansby, but he's getting up there in years for the position he plays.

                              Gibson came in injured after holding out and recovering from the knee injury last year . . . so WTF?

                              Kirksey and Mingo I really hope start pulling it together, and I'm cutting Mingo slack since he was playing with one good arm last year.

                              If we can get a handle on our Run D and maintain our Pass D we might be looking at something

                              Sorry to sound like such a downer or rain on people's parade, but we've been sold a lousy Bill of goods about an awesome Defense too many times for me to keep buying it.

                              Rubin, Skrine and Sheard??

                              Rubin is done and wouldn't make this team, Skrine was replaced by a better player (Williams) with a Top Ten pick in the wings, and Sheard just didnt fit the system, didnt make sense to pay him what he could make on the open market when you look at what his role with us would have been.

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                                Why was Sheard not regarded as a fit? I've seen this elsewhere too and was always curious. 6'3" 260, 4.7 kinda guy. Pretty good pass rusher. Is he too big for the 3-4 at OLB? Kruger is bigger than him. Von Miller is the best 3-4 OLB in the league and he is smaller than Sheard. So I assume it had something to do with his skill set, but what was it?

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                                  Why was Sheard not regarded as a fit? I've seen this elsewhere too and was always curious. 6'3" 260, 4.7 kinda guy. Pretty good pass rusher. Is he too big for the 3-4 at OLB? Kruger is bigger than him. Von Miller is the best 3-4 OLB in the league and he is smaller than Sheard. So I assume it had something to do with his skill set, but what was it?

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                                  tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on last edited by
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                                  @wargograw said:

                                  Why was Sheard not regarded as a fit? I've seen this elsewhere too and was always curious. 6'3" 260, 4.7 kinda guy. Pretty good pass rusher. Is he too big for the 3-4 at OLB? Kruger is bigger than him. Von Miller is the best 3-4 OLB in the league and he is smaller than Sheard. So I assume it had something to do with his skill set, but what was it?

                                  Sheard has a very still set of hips and lacks Krugers Ability To Be More Fluid In Space. He's also awful as a pass rusher Fron a 2point.

                                  The best 34 9tech is Huston by far.

                                  Von plays in a system that protects him and his lack of size on early down. It's more of a 43 over with the donkeys subbing out either end for Von on passing downs and essentially playing a 33.

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                                    Hmm. Thanks. In the games I'm watching, his pass rush is pretty solid so that's surprising.

                                    Not to go all Gipper on you, but I could only go off the PFF scores, where Von was better than all but two players, regardless of position, regardless of side of the ball. But I did get confused as Denver is (well, was) a 4-3 team, not 3-4. Von was out of position at 4-3 OLB but like you said, they did maximize his ability on passing downs.

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                                      Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on last edited by Tour2ma
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                                      In any 3-4, Pet's included, you can sacrifice pass coverage ability in one of your regular OLBs, but not two. I think Sheard was #2.

                                      Add that to his contract situation, and Mingo's emerging coverage skills and healed shoulder... Sheard was the odd-man out...

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                                      • JAFBFJ JAFBF

                                        The more I think about, the more I'm undecided on our D this year :

                                        Taylor's status coming back from two injuries last year has me questioning if he'll even be available for TC, plus it raises pretty big durability questions.

                                        Shelton ?

                                        Is he the real deal or another swing and miss we're so prone too, and is he healthy/durable ?

                                        We lost Rubin, Sheard (?), and Skrine that I can think of - their replacements are question marks (ability wise) to me right now.

                                        Gilbert I'm hoping the switch gets/has gotten flipped, but I think I saw a blurb where he was having to take care of a "personal" issue again - which is what sank him last year.

                                        I like Dansby, but he's getting up there in years for the position he plays.

                                        Gibson came in injured after holding out and recovering from the knee injury last year . . . so WTF?

                                        Kirksey and Mingo I really hope start pulling it together, and I'm cutting Mingo slack since he was playing with one good arm last year.

                                        If we can get a handle on our Run D and maintain our Pass D we might be looking at something

                                        Sorry to sound like such a downer or rain on people's parade, but we've been sold a lousy Bill of goods about an awesome Defense too many times for me to keep buying it.

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

                                        The more I think about, the more I'm undecided on our D this year :

                                        Taylor's status coming back from two injuries last year has me questioning if he'll even be available for TC, plus it raises pretty big durability questions.

                                        Well, I see him as getting healthy.....and I see him as having his work load reduced somewhat with the additions....thus he can be more productive in his time in there.

                                        Shelton ?

                                        Is he the real deal or another swing and miss we're so prone too, and is he healthy/durable ?

                                        How can anyone know that until he gets in and plays?

                                        We lost Rubin, Sheard (?), and Skrine that I can think of - their replacements are question marks (ability wise) to me right now.

                                        To me, their replacements are no bigger question mark than those guys would have been .

                                        Gilbert I'm hoping the switch gets/has gotten flipped, but I think I saw a blurb where he was having to take care of a "personal" issue again - which is what sank him last year.

                                        I like Dansby, but he's getting up there in years for the position he plays.

                                        Gibson came in injured after holding out and recovering from the knee injury last year . . . so WTF?

                                        Who is this? We do not have a player on the roster by that name.

                                        Kirksey and Mingo I really hope start pulling it together, and I'm cutting Mingo slack since he was playing with one good arm last year.

                                        Agree.....but I also have hopes for Hayes Pullard to contribute well at MLB.

                                        If we can get a handle on our Run D and maintain our Pass D we might be looking at something

                                        Let's stay healthy.....I see that as the biggest factor of all along our front 7

                                        Sorry to sound like such a downer or rain on people's parade, but we've been sold a lousy Bill of goods about an awesome Defense too many times for me to keep buying it.

                                        Fair enough. As I noted for last year....the Bill of goods came with some defects because we lost so many game days off the DL because of injury.

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