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  • cdl15C cdl15

    @opal312 said:

    I predicted Austin Davis would be the starter eventually.

    Since 99 the Browns have started the 3rd stringer like 75 times. And some seasons had to go 4 deep. This prediction was not a long shot by any stretch.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #41

    @cdl15 said:

    Since 99 the Browns have started the 3rd stringer like 75 times. And some seasons had to go 4 deep. This prediction was not a long shot by any stretch.

    Since the merger the Browns have had to start 3 or more different QBs in each of these seasons:

    1970

    1975

    1977

    1987

    1988--4

    1992

    1993

    2000

    2004

    2008--4

    2010

    2013

    2014

    Only in one season before 1970 did they have to start 3: 1956

    That is 13 seasons with 3 or more QBs starting.

    FYI....there have only been 9 seasons where just 1 QB started every game since 1970:

    Phipps 1 year

    Sipe 4 years

    Bernie 3 years

    Couch 1 year.

    The Browns have not had a single QB start every game since 2001 where Couch started all games his one time.

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  • MudflyM Mudfly wrote on
    #42

    Thats a good one gip......Ive always wondered about those #'s

  • cdl15C cdl15 wrote on
    #43

    Embarrassing.

    "We are Americans. We don't quit doing something because it's wrong. We just keep doing the wrong thing till it turns out right." Browns maybe the most American Football team ever.
  • B BaconHound wrote on
    #44

    While the decision making of the organization has been poor at best if the talent evaluators believe he is better than Johnny or Josh then you make the move.

  • gumby73G gumby73

    With Jets, Texans, Dallas, Skins & Bears in QB need I find it odd that A. Davis Agent went to Browns to extend deal. Tells me A. Davis Agent maybe getting some calls on deals on who he represents? Done deal now? Only QB Josh maybe better than is Clausen at Bears again?

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #45

    @gumby73 said:

    With Jets, Texans, Dallas, Skins & Bears in QB need I find it odd that A. Davis Agent went to Browns to extend deal. Tells me A. Davis Agent maybe getting some calls on deals on who he represents? Done deal now? Only QB Josh maybe better than is Clausen at Bears again?

    No shit. Davis seems like a reasonably qualified candidate with the ability to start for plenty of these teams. One does wonder why he was so readily and cheaply available. Or he wasn't and required a long term signing?

    WSS

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  • gumby73G gumby73

    With Jets, Texans, Dallas, Skins & Bears in QB need I find it odd that A. Davis Agent went to Browns to extend deal. Tells me A. Davis Agent maybe getting some calls on deals on who he represents? Done deal now? Only QB Josh maybe better than is Clausen at Bears again?

    MudflyM Mudfly wrote on
    #46

    @gumby73 said:

    I find it odd that A. Davis Agent went to Browns to extend deal. Tells me A. Davis Agent maybe getting some calls on deals on who he represents?

    @westside-steve said:

    One does wonder why you so readily and cheaply available. Or he wasn't and required a long term signing?

    WSS

    So, here's the odd part.....Browns "kind of" implied that Davis(agent) reached out to them...here's Pettines quote....

    "I'm not going to speak specifically on contract issues,'' said Pettine, referring to the fact the team hasn't announced it yet. "But Austin, as I've been very clear with here, is a guy that we liked. A lot of times those windows will open up, sometimes at the request of the agent, and if the two sides are in agreement that there's a window of opportunity to get something done, then you move forward and get it done.

    But then, Austin Davis says this.....

    "I didn't really know that they were going to reach out to try to get something done,'' he said. "Honestly, I was just happy to have a job. And then things kind of went from there."

    So, not that its a big deal, who reached out to who....but it seems odd to me that Pettine added that line in there about the agent reaching out.....kind of a deflection, me thinks.....not sure why tho....

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  • W Westside Steve wrote on
    #47

    Sounds like the Browns had made an inquiry at one time or another and possibly another one of Davis opportunities shut down so they called the Browns?

    You do gotta wonder why he was on the street in the first place.

    WSS

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  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #48

    Interesting. About JM's height, can run, doesn't have a big arm..but smart.

    Broke all? of Favre's records at S. Miss.

    I think next year's Browns' draft will feature a 1st qb, and rounds 2-7

    will be wr, lb, te, wr, lb, te..........

    a lot like that.

  • jcam222J jcam222

    I would speculate that if they trade Manziel this week the next home game will put Bottlegate to shame.

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on
    #49

    @jcam222 said:

    I would speculate that if they trade Manziel this week the next home game will put Bottlegate to shame.

    The fans have wised up since- plenty of booing, I'd hazard a guess at.

    @wargograw said:

    What's bottlegate?

    McCown to Pittsburgh makes sense. Would these teams ever deal with each other?

    Since you missed it W................ Started over a very bad ref call in the 4th quarter. I was at the game.

    Browns would never do a deal with the Steelers in season.

    bottlegate1jpg-ee3a220f1b22fb4f.jpg

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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #50

    There's a few thousand $$$ laying on the field...

    Not a major mitigating factor, but they were plastic bottles.

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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    There's a few thousand $$$ laying on the field...

    Not a major mitigating factor, but they were plastic bottles.

    W Westside Steve wrote on
    #51

    @tour2ma said:

    There's a few thousand $$$ laying on the field...

    Not a major mitigating factor, but they were plastic bottles.

    My suggestion, drink the beer and replace it with urine.

    I was at that game and had played a late gig the night before got a little bit drunk so the next day I was drinking Diet Pepsi in a paper cup. Nothing worthwhile to throw.

    WSS

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  • W Westside Steve

    @tour2ma said:

    There's a few thousand $$$ laying on the field...

    Not a major mitigating factor, but they were plastic bottles.

    My suggestion, drink the beer and replace it with urine.

    I was at that game and had played a late gig the night before got a little bit drunk so the next day I was drinking Diet Pepsi in a paper cup. Nothing worthwhile to throw.

    WSS

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #52

    @westside-steve said:

    My suggestion, drink the (contents) and replace it with urine.

    AKA a "trucker bomb."

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  • W Westside Steve

    @tour2ma said:

    There's a few thousand $$$ laying on the field...

    Not a major mitigating factor, but they were plastic bottles.

    My suggestion, drink the beer and replace it with urine.

    I was at that game and had played a late gig the night before got a little bit drunk so the next day I was drinking Diet Pepsi in a paper cup. Nothing worthwhile to throw.

    WSS

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on
    #53

    @westside-steve said:

    My suggestion, drink the beer and replace it with urine.

    I was at that game and had played a late gig the night before got a little bit drunk so the next day I was drinking Diet Pepsi in a paper cup. Nothing worthwhile to throw.

    WSS

    The Refs got a golden shower as they tried to exit the field the first time, mostly beer- but I don't doubt there were other liquids tossed at them. I still can't believe the League office (considering the circumstances) didn't call a forfeit right then and there, but forced everyone back on the field to finish the game.

    @tour2ma said:

    AKA a "trucker bomb."

    Tour- I was in the lower deck- the empty plastic tossed from the 500 level was of no concern- but quite a few "trucker bombs" were raining down from the upper deck- fortunately, no fans in my section got hit with those piss filled missiles.

  • hoortaH hoorta

    @jcam222 said:

    I would speculate that if they trade Manziel this week the next home game will put Bottlegate to shame.

    The fans have wised up since- plenty of booing, I'd hazard a guess at.

    @wargograw said:

    What's bottlegate?

    McCown to Pittsburgh makes sense. Would these teams ever deal with each other?

    Since you missed it W................ Started over a very bad ref call in the 4th quarter. I was at the game.

    Browns would never do a deal with the Steelers in season.

    bottlegate1jpg-ee3a220f1b22fb4f.jpg

    MudflyM Mudfly wrote on
    #54

    @hoorta said:

    Since you missed it W................ Started over a very bad ref call in the 4th quarter. I was at the game.

    Browns would never do a deal with the Steelers in season.

    bottlegate1jpg-ee3a220f1b22fb4f.jpg

    Worst call in the history of the NFL.....those refs were lucky to get out alive.....

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