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"Not At All" Hard to Leave Cleveland (Benjamin)

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  • He wasn't talking about the city, he was talking about the organization. He's right. No debate.

  • C Clevfan4life

    He wasn't talking about the city, he was talking about the organization. He's right. No debate.

    @clevfan4life said:

    He wasn't talking about the city, he was talking about the organization. He's right. No debate.

    MKC says that he wasn't referring to the city or org but his gay ex lover named Cleveland.

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  • I can't bash Benjamin. He was my favorite player on the team last year. But that's sucks he said that.

    Tour2maT 1 Reply

  • I do find it funny that the biggest debbie downers are the first to slob on the knob of an ex player, particularly the so called "big" free agent we lost. Dude had one good year and the douche bags who only like to bitch and moan are taking his word as gospel as well as acting like he's Jerry Rice incarnate.

    Guess what, if any other human being gets paid way more than their worth at a different company, they won't feel bad about talking shit about their old employer.

    In two years when's he's cut, I'm sure he'll be singing a different story. I'd hope those same douche bags singing his praises will do the same but I'm sure they'll have a new boytoy to bitch about.

  • Fuck the players that want to leave. It's that simple.

    Z BillMurrayB 2 Replies

  • it sucks he felt that way, and sucks more he didn't care enough about us to word his response better.

    **closes eyes and mentally voodoos an acl sprain his way...happy hanukah mothafu...**

  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike

    I'll not join in on the bad mouthing of Benjamin. The kid played hard & well here for a very disjointed coaching staff & FO. Of course it wasn't hard for him to leave.

    He's gone, I wish him well, & it's time for us to move on by showing some class.

    Mike

    @canton-mike said:

    I'll not join in on the bad mouthing of Benjamin. The kid played hard & well here for a very disjointed coaching staff & FO. Of course it wasn't hard for him to leave.

    He's gone, I wish him well, & it's time for us to move on by showing some class.

    Mike

    Yep, good kid, stayed out of trouble, improved significantly as a WR despite steady turnover (3 different coaching staffs w/ 4 different OCs in 4 years), also gave us a reliable-elite performance in the return game. Somebody had to be committed enough to lead our WR Corp in 2015 even if it wasn't a #1 WR pedigree.

    Nobody will ever mistake him for a superstar; but he wasn't bad for a 4th round draft pick in Cleveland. It would have been fun to see a reliable #1 WR here teaming up with Benjamin, Barnidge and Duke out of the backfield.

    Post-exhale, the group we looked to in 2014 when our running game was efficient was very helpful to our 6-4 start before we got Gordon back for our 1-5 finish. I see no reason we can't find a group willing to give us what we got over the first 10 weeks of 2014. Seems easier to tap upside when guys are prioritizing football. Very sad I have to type such a thing; but it is Cleveland where reasonable fans are trained for the unreasonable.

    I welcome the only Defensive Coordinator to earn a Superbowl Ring in New Orleans while understanding Revenge of the Nerds is a sequel. "Come get some!"
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  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike

    I'll not join in on the bad mouthing of Benjamin. The kid played hard & well here for a very disjointed coaching staff & FO. Of course it wasn't hard for him to leave.

    He's gone, I wish him well, & it's time for us to move on by showing some class.

    Mike

    @canton-mike said:

    I'll not join in on the bad mouthing of Benjamin. The kid played hard & well here for a very disjointed coaching staff & FO. Of course it wasn't hard for him to leave.

    He's gone, I wish him well, & it's time for us to move on by showing some class.

    Mike

    +2

    Mike check your PMs for a message I sent concerning your Texas visit.

  • I am not as upset with the changes that always come as much as I am upset with who the browns organization decides is worth keeping and giving extra chances. It seems like we do our best to keep junk but find valuable things easy to replace. They may not have been the best players in the NFL but players like Manziel and Gordon should be the first shown the door every year not players like A Mack, Shwartz, and Benjamin.

  • A Alkid3

    I can't bash Benjamin. He was my favorite player on the team last year. But that's sucks he said that.

    @alkid3 said:

    I can't bash Benjamin. He was my favorite player on the team last year. But that's sucks he said that.

    Sucks, but from a strickly football perspective, understandable. We can only hope that in two to three-years time the relative directions of the Browns and Chargers franchises give him reason to regret his words.

    @flugel said:

    ... Cleveland... where reasonable fans are trained for the unreasonable.

    Possible title of the most depressing, season highlight film of all time...

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
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  • Oh boy, this is where the ugly side of our fan base shows up. A player tells the obvious truth, something bad about CLE, and now some feel the need to bad mouth the player. Even if that is a former player.

    Lovely

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
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  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody

    Oh boy, this is where the ugly side of our fan base shows up. A player tells the obvious truth, something bad about CLE, and now some feel the need to bad mouth the player. Even if that is a former player.

    Lovely

    @mld-woody said:

    Oh boy, this is where the ugly side of our fan base shows up. A player tells the obvious truth, something bad about CLE, and now some feel the need to bad mouth the player. Even if that is a former player.

    Lovely

    So you're surprised by human nature?.....boy meets girl, falls in love, she dumps him and then he hates her....thats how it goes....

    My perspective is that Benji shoulda taken the high road first and not swung at Cleveland, after jilting us for more $$$...So, if he's gonna take swipes, then he should expect the same in return, right?.......Mack found a way to at least say nice things on his way out the door...heck, even Johnny issued a nice final statement after getting axed.....so, you reap what you sow....

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  • MudflyM Mudfly

    @mld-woody said:

    Oh boy, this is where the ugly side of our fan base shows up. A player tells the obvious truth, something bad about CLE, and now some feel the need to bad mouth the player. Even if that is a former player.

    Lovely

    So you're surprised by human nature?.....boy meets girl, falls in love, she dumps him and then he hates her....thats how it goes....

    My perspective is that Benji shoulda taken the high road first and not swung at Cleveland, after jilting us for more $$$...So, if he's gonna take swipes, then he should expect the same in return, right?.......Mack found a way to at least say nice things on his way out the door...heck, even Johnny issued a nice final statement after getting axed.....so, you reap what you sow....

    @mudfly said:

    So you're surprised by human nature?.....boy meets girl, falls in love, she dumps him and then he hates breaks her eardrum....thats how it goes....

    Fixed...

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
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  • MudflyM Mudfly

    @mld-woody said:

    Oh boy, this is where the ugly side of our fan base shows up. A player tells the obvious truth, something bad about CLE, and now some feel the need to bad mouth the player. Even if that is a former player.

    Lovely

    So you're surprised by human nature?.....boy meets girl, falls in love, she dumps him and then he hates her....thats how it goes....

    My perspective is that Benji shoulda taken the high road first and not swung at Cleveland, after jilting us for more $$$...So, if he's gonna take swipes, then he should expect the same in return, right?.......Mack found a way to at least say nice things on his way out the door...heck, even Johnny issued a nice final statement after getting axed.....so, you reap what you sow....

    @mudfly said:

    So you're surprised by human nature?.....boy meets girl, falls in love, she dumps him and then he hates her....thats how it goes....

    My perspective is that Benji shoulda taken the high road first and not swung at Cleveland, after jilting us for more $$$...So, if he's gonna take swipes, then he should expect the same in return, right?.......Mack found a way to at least say nice things on his way out the door...heck, even Johnny issued a nice final statement after getting axed.....so, you reap what you sow....

    Is it supposed to be hard to leave arguably the worst franchise (currently) in the NFL?

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody

    @mudfly said:

    So you're surprised by human nature?.....boy meets girl, falls in love, she dumps him and then he hates her....thats how it goes....

    My perspective is that Benji shoulda taken the high road first and not swung at Cleveland, after jilting us for more $$$...So, if he's gonna take swipes, then he should expect the same in return, right?.......Mack found a way to at least say nice things on his way out the door...heck, even Johnny issued a nice final statement after getting axed.....so, you reap what you sow....

    Is it supposed to be hard to leave arguably the worst franchise (currently) in the NFL?

    @mld-woody said:

    Is it supposed to be hard to leave arguably the worst franchise (currently) in the NFL?

    Nope....but there is a little something call tact and knowing when and how to use it is a big part of being successful in business and in life....and its a true skill to be tactful and classy.....so there are plenty of ways to say you're happy to be in SD and excited about new opportunities, while still expressing positive thoughts about the city, team and teammates you just left....

    That 'worst franchise" is the one that drafted him....gave him his opportunity .....and the one that was bad enough that he finally got a chance to play #1 receiver for a season....which is the whole reason he even got a deal in SD......cause for 3 years prior, even with our crapola receivers, he wasnt good enough to start or play....so, maybe if he landed in another city, with a better team, he'd still be riding the bench and sure as hell wouldnt have a $6m contract....guaranteed

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  • Its not like if we didn't draft him, no one else would have

    But yes, we were so incompetent that it gave him an opportunity, and he capitalized on it

    Sure, he could have just said nothing at all. Or, he could have lied and said it was hard to leave. I don't think he really took a swing at us. I don't think his answer warrants negative responses from the fanbase

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!

  • No it doesnt warrant a neg response. Hes right. Our fury should be at the team that players cant wait to leave and college kids are terrified of being drafted to.

    I got a good laugh at the report that bosa's bro was walking around osu's pro day decked out in titans swag. He should have worn a shirt that said pls for the love of god dont let my bro fall to cleveland

  • Uh...why? Nashville doesn't have shit on Cleveland and neither do the Titans.

    :neutral_face:
  • P Pumpkin Eater

    Uh...why? Nashville doesn't have shit on Cleveland and neither do the Titans.

    @pumpkin-eater said:

    Uh...why? Nashville doesn't have shit on Cleveland and neither do the Titans.

    i think it's more the organization than the city. I doubt he really wants to play for either though, but if TN takes him he'll always have that he was a first pick.

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