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  • Obviously we don't see what goes on in Berea but who knows, maybe starting Gilbert will give him the kick start he needs to get some kind of career going.

    I've seen enough of Bademosi and with Poyer out won't Desir be starting at safety?

  • Obviously we don't see what goes on in Berea but who knows, maybe starting Gilbert will give him the kick start he needs to get some kind of career going.

    I've seen enough of Bademosi and with Poyer out won't Desir be starting at safety?

    @londonbrown said:

    Obviously we don't see what goes on in Berea but who knows, maybe starting Gilbert will give him the kick start he needs to get some kind of career going.

    I've seen enough of Bademosi and with Poyer out won't Desir be starting at safety?

    It'll be Gipson and Campbell.

  • Slightly off topic, but, for fuck's sake, can we please dispense with "the Browns still have

    a chance to make the playoffs" talk? It's embarrassing. The only way this train wreck is

    making the playoffs is if several team planes fall from the sky this weekend.

  • at this point, to shut these loose-lipped monday morning HCs, start everyone. send in the backup's backups.

    manziel fans will not be happy until they see him come in the game and do some collegiate heroics. just do us all a favor: please don't ever use the term 'play him, we have to see what he's got" when he's spread across our own 5 yard line like a lifeless mannequin with crime scene tape around the area and a chalk marked outline on the field showing how his legs were in 2 different directions.

    play them all. gilbert too. loved the pick. hate his performance. but this should be it. no more, "well he needs time to develop" or "he needs to sit and learn"...... FUCK THAT.

    you're going in tonight and you're playing the rest of the season. let's see how they develop with on-the-job-training. if they can't then you or i can't say shit when we discover that the coaches have known all along alot more than what us douchebag fans have known.

  • @londonbrown said:

    Obviously we don't see what goes on in Berea but who knows, maybe starting Gilbert will give him the kick start he needs to get some kind of career going.

    I've seen enough of Bademosi and with Poyer out won't Desir be starting at safety?

    It'll be Gipson and Campbell.

    @gftchris said:

    It'll be Gipson and Campbell.

    Thought Gipson was out my mistake.

  • The Training Wheels better come off a much of players tonight. RCB- T. Will., K. Will., Gilbert... LCB- Desir, Badass, De Ante Saunders (up off PS)... FS- Gipson, Don Jones.. SS- I. Campbell (excited to watch this kid grow). Our WR core tonight-- WR1- Gabe, M. Moore.. WR 2-- Benji, Bowe.. Still sitting on PS. 2 DB's Kendall James, Chance Casey? WR--Darius Jennings all 5'10". Bengals bring size we don't have at either. Honestly we should get embarrassed. Nobody wants to say it but coach Pet with non talent staff does not let no one team embarrass us yet. Tonight will show a lot now with no depth or his best talent given on the Field. Pet needs a Win & A Big Cigar if he pulls this game off.. Go Browns!!

  • I see what you guys are saying, but I have a difficult time believing Gilbert is THAT bad. I mean, he was taken #8 overall, and many other teams, including the Steelers, coveted him. But I guess you all have to be right. I mean, if he was good...he'd be out there.

  • I see what you guys are saying, but I have a difficult time believing Gilbert is THAT bad. I mean, he was taken #8 overall, and many other teams, including the Steelers, coveted him. But I guess you all have to be right. I mean, if he was good...he'd be out there.

    @jiggins7919 said:

    I see what you guys are saying, but I have a difficult time believing Gilbert is THAT bad.

    He's not......

    Im too tired to go over "why" that is....again....but he's not.....

  • I see what you guys are saying, but I have a difficult time believing Gilbert is THAT bad. I mean, he was taken #8 overall, and many other teams, including the Steelers, coveted him. But I guess you all have to be right. I mean, if he was good...he'd be out there.

    @jiggins7919 said:

    I see what you guys are saying, but I have a difficult time believing Gilbert is THAT bad. I mean, he was taken #8 overall, and many other teams, including the Steelers, coveted him. But I guess you all have to be right. I mean, if he was good...he'd be out there.

    love gilbert.

    time to put up or shut up when it comes to him and manziel.

    this 2 year bullshit about let's sit a starter to see what we got has to stop and it starts tonite.

  • I see what you guys are saying, but I have a difficult time believing Gilbert is THAT bad. I mean, he was taken #8 overall, and many other teams, including the Steelers, coveted him. But I guess you all have to be right. I mean, if he was good...he'd be out there.

    @jiggins7919 said:

    I see what you guys are saying, but I have a difficult time believing Gilbert is THAT bad. I mean, he was taken #8 overall, and many other teams, including the Steelers, coveted him. But I guess you all have to be right. I mean, if he was good...he'd be out there.

    Richardson, Leaf, RG3, Gabbert, Ponder, Locker, Joeckel, Fisher, countless others taken pretty high in the draft, many were considered slam dunks and ranged from didn't work out to ball of flames.

  • I have a very bad feeling about tonight's game. This is an undefeated team, and they killed Johnny last year...

  • I have a very bad feeling about tonight's game. This is an undefeated team, and they killed Johnny last year...

    @jiggins7919 said:

    I have a very bad feeling about tonight's game. This is an undefeated team, and they killed Johnny last year...

    i have a bad feeling everyday. starts when you hit 50.

    the game's outcome tonite will have no effect on that bad feeling, just the amount of the 'goose' taken out of the bottle. and then another bad feeling tomorrow.....win or lose.

    i think we bust their ass tonite.

  • @jafbf said:

    There's been some weird shit going on with the Roster as far as who's active and who's not - could be part of our Dumpster plan . . .

    Or just a reflection of whose injured?....possibly?......

    Or.....maybe we are putting Whitner, Hawkins, Harttline, Haden and McCown in a dumpster?

    @mudfly said:

    Or just a reflection of whose injured?....possibly?......

    Or.....maybe we are putting Whitner, Hawkins, Harttline, Haden and McCown in a dumpster?

    Referring to Bibbs and Bowe primarily.

    Bowe was reportedly looking good in TC, crash and burn since then

    Bibbs definitely looked better than anything I've seen from Housler, yet Housler was always active.

    WTH is RB Glenn ?

    They were supposedly high on this guy last year, he was injured in TC and was supposed to be back when Benji came back - still no sighting.

    Desir vs Bademosi ?

    I don't know.

    I like Bademosi, but Desir has been okay and has better length.

    Few others

  • @jiggins7919 said:

    Honestly, I don't know how someone could argue against your post. I mean, so what if they play worse? Does that mean we'll just lose by MORE points? At this point, who cares? We simply have to know if any of our first round talent can play ball. Maybe some of these guys are just "gamers", and don't do well in practice, but shine when the lights are on? Can anybody tell me with a straight face that Johnson Bademosi is a better cornerback than Justin Gilbert? I don't really think that Manziel can do any better than McCown, but I do think Johnny needs to be in the damn game to see where he is at. Maybe Johnny has a high ceiling that we don't know about? Perhaps his legs and ability to run the ball will help offset the constant pass rush, and maybe even *gasp* open up the running game for our backs? And do we really want to wait until training camp to see what we have in Erving?

    When you are still in contention for a playoff spot, you don't give up and say screw it. The Browns still have a chance check the numbers.

    The problem with playing Manizel if he sucks as bad as last year has two major effects.

    1. You set him back further. He plays like crap because he isn't ready. They drafted him in the 1st round. If it take 3 years to get ready, guess what.... they have to wait. If it takes 4.... they have to wait. They screwed up picking him, now they have to do what it takes to get something out of him. This "See what we have" doesn't work for a guy in his second year, who had MAJOR issues last year, wasn't NFL ready and still isn't. Pet knows what he has, and its not an NFL QB yet.

    2. When you play and get your ass kicked because you "Want to see what he has" the rest of the team regresses. Manizel going in and getting lit up like he did last year against the Bengals not only messes him up, but it screws the rest of the team. How much work is Duke going to get when JM goes in and goes 3 and out every time they get the ball? How much practice is Danny going to get playing 50 min. a game because the offense can't stay on the field. Gary B.? Benji? The issue is everything centers around the QB. Josh can run the offense better with broken ribs than Johnny can healthy. Putting Gilbert in might be ok, but if the team is hanging on in a game and the guy lets up two big bombs then the game is out of reach. CB isn't the best position to put a guy on an island either.

    @hx214 said:

    When you are still in contention for a playoff spot, you don't give up and say screw it. The Browns still have a chance check the numbers.

    The issue is everything centers around the QB. Josh can run the offense better with broken ribs than Johnny can healthy. Putting Gilbert in might be ok, but if the team is hanging on in a game and the guy lets up two big bombs then the game is out of reach. CB isn't the best position to put a guy on an island either.

    I've checked the playoff numbers previously- and they don't add up. As I posted elsewhere, does a team shop their Pro Bowl LT if they haven't already thrown in the towel on the season? The Browns have to essentially go 7-1 (or undefeated) against a much tougher schedule than they had in the previous 8 to even have an outside chance. I disagree about Josh- he's good- at not being good enough. Screw the stats. If you think the Browns can take the division- you're out of your mind. Bungles only need to play .500 the rest of the way to lock it up. They might even manage that if Dalton or AJ Green get hurt. Don't forget the Jets, Raiders, and Chargers already have tiebreakers against us if you're thinking wildcard.

    @dste-ace said:

    Slightly off topic, but, for fuck's sake, can we please dispense with "the Browns still have

    a chance to make the playoffs" talk? It's embarrassing. The only way this train wreck is

    making the playoffs is if several team planes fall from the sky this weekend.

    ^ Thank you.

  • He won't take that bet Mark. Dude doesn't have the balls... All mouth.

    @d-bone said:

    He won't take that bet Mark. Dude doesn't have the balls... All mouth.

    But he does put balls in his mouth.

  • Manziel can prove a lot tonight with a solid performance. Cincy has a very good D and they lit him up last year. Even if the Browns lose if he is able to complete 60% for 200+ yards and more TDs than turnovers it will be a step in the right direction.

  • @d-bone said:

    He won't take that bet Mark. Dude doesn't have the balls... All mouth.

    But he does put balls in his mouth.

    @usfbrown said:

    But he does put balls in his mouth.

    Now that's talent! ( One I don't want )

  • I was in Cincy last year for this game while on business. I was staying at the Crowne Plaza so headed down to the bar and barked while saying here kitty kitty to the pussy cat fans. Took quite a bit of shit until we started beating the hell out of them. Here kitty kitty and the barking just got louder and more obnoxious from me. I say tonight the stars align and we stomp there asses again.

  • Not sure if you heard them but I was stunned, they were basically that..... he's made some plays outside the pocket but we need him to stay in the pocket, you can't argue with his production but we need to calm him down.

    And that was just after a 92 yard TD drive.

    Second half we haven't moved the ball.

  • Not sure if you heard them but I was stunned, they were basically that..... he's made some plays outside the pocket but we need him to stay in the pocket, you can't argue with his production but we need to calm him down.

    And that was just after a 92 yard TD drive.

    Second half we haven't moved the ball.

    @londonbrown said:

    Not sure if you heard them but I was stunned, they were basically that..... he's made some plays outside the pocket but we need him to stay in the pocket, you can't argue with his production but we need to calm him down.

    And that was just after a 92 yard TD drive.

    Second half we haven't moved the ball.

    And Cincy keeps him in the pocket in the 2nd half....