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  • I did see a Sumo wrestler on our D line. That didn't work too well though. Maybe we should try a few Amish guys on the team now. They're about as tough a group as you can get. I live in NE Ohio and the pitchforks and torches are getting broke out early. I wonder what the anal guys are thinking now? ohh, I know....lets raise ticket prices. Throw da bums out now and hire some clown from the woods. He couldn't do much worse

  • @unsympathetic said:

    Shelton was the 5th highest graded Brown defender per PFF. Kirksey and Davis were 1 and 2..

    I'm more interested in watching the opposition at this point. I took off work tomorrow, watching all the throws from Robert right now.

    Vintage Jim Schwartz. He might be one of the very best in the league at creating pressure with four man fronts and getting creative with as little blitzing as possible.

    He was very ready for a lot of the tells on our formations, personnel groupings and patterns. To the point where defenders early on are just watching RG3's eyes and falling off assignments very early.

    I like coach Horton, I respect his designs. Schwartz was the guy I wanted though and it sucks seeing Philly's defense could actually take a step forward in year 1.

    @tiamat63 said:

    I'm more interested in watching the opposition at this point. I took off work tomorrow, watching all the throws from Robert right now.

    Vintage Jim Schwartz. He might be one of the very best in the league at creating pressure with four man fronts and getting creative with as little blitzing as possible.

    He was very ready for a lot of the tells on our formations, personnel groupings and patterns. To the point where defenders early on are just watching RG3's eyes and falling off assignments very early.

    I like coach Horton, I respect his designs. Schwartz was the guy I wanted though and it sucks seeing Philly's defense could actually take a step forward in year 1.

    hell, i liked schwartz as a HC candidate.

    i say pull mangini out of retirement, have pettine run the D and hue the offense, no wait.

  • @gumby73 said:

    Honestly.. STFU. Take a year off. Watch the rewind. Haden made plays.Our OL pass protection did not give up a sack till 3rd Quarter adjustments not matched by us. Than with time & score, both sides of the ball up front were gassed..Some hope for better around here but, you have not 1 post of a real fan..Get off Our Lawn!!

    poor little gumby....still the iq of a vegetable...

    @browns52 said:

    poor little gumby....still the iq of a vegetable...

    @browns52 said:

    poor little gumhead...he thought that fake punt was a great call...heheheheee...fucking moron thinks our oline is good...what a football moron .....

    Yoa, "I only Bitch52". My positive post will be here weekly. Don't ask someones opinion, than make it that i said anything about "great or good"..You are the pricks on this board that just got my attention All 17 Weeks..Enjoy the Ride..I will..

  • @browns52 said:

    poor little gumby....still the iq of a vegetable...

    @browns52 said:

    poor little gumhead...he thought that fake punt was a great call...heheheheee...fucking moron thinks our oline is good...what a football moron .....

    Yoa, "I only Bitch52". My positive post will be here weekly. Don't ask someones opinion, than make it that i said anything about "great or good"..You are the pricks on this board that just got my attention All 17 Weeks..Enjoy the Ride..I will..

    @gumby73 said:

    Yoa, "I only Bitch52". My positive post will be here weekly. Don't ask someones opinion, than make it that i said anything about "great or good"..You are the pricks on this board that just got my attention All 17 Weeks..Enjoy the Ride..I will..

    I admire your optimism Gumby. You can at least escape the negativity. Here the fans are getting squirrely...with cause. I want to see them win too. Go in the hardware store, circle k or any store or shop and it's pitchfork and torch burning time. At least the weather is good, the Tribe is good, the Cavs should be. You need to be about 30 to remember the Browns as anything other than the NFL jv squad. Dee is running around town having sex in the back seat of the limo while Jimmy drives...oh the fun! at least in NC they like to talk civil war battles, but that don't happen here.
  • circle k? haven't seen one of those since i left po-dunk az.

  • circle k? haven't seen one of those since i left po-dunk az.

    @miktoxic said:

    circle k? haven't seen one of those since i left po-dunk az.

    I think you have that confused with circle-j mik. 😛

  • circle k? haven't seen one of those since i left po-dunk az.

    @miktoxic said:

    circle k? haven't seen one of those since i left po-dunk az.

    Welcome to podunk oh mik. There are 2 of em within 3 miles of me. At one time they were Lawson stores.....back in the days of real Cleveland Browns football and redcap beer. Its so bad now that even the stool fans say good luck and mean it when I wear Browns gear. That is the bottom of the barrel for me

  • @miktoxic said:

    circle k? haven't seen one of those since i left po-dunk az.

    I think you have that confused with circle-j mik. 😛

    @texasag1969 said:

    I think you have that confused with circle-j mik. 😛

    Something unique to Texas?

  • While getting a rare Monday off from work, I was listening to Cleveland sports radio this morning.

    It was at 7:15 the station received its first "fire Hue" caller.

    I don't care who the HC is, but damn we can't keep firing coaches every year or two.

  • let's say the Browns had drafted Wentz. Do you honestly think he would have looked that good on the Browns behind a shitty O-line and with our receiver corps? Part of the reason Wentz looked so good is because our secondary is shit and he wasn't constantly on the run from our guys bringing pressure. Nassib, Ogbah and Kirksey had some moments but it takes more than 1 or 2 good plays to win.

    I get what the new FO is trying to do but I'm getting very impatient, getting very sick of building for the future instead of building for now. The Browns are more than just 1 QB away. The Browns need good offensive and defensive linemen, a good secondary (Tramon Williams can't keep up with anyone anymore and Haden is not getting any younger), and some linebackers that can actually pressure a QB. Offense seems a bit further along (I know I know, not one first down in the 1st quarter but hear me out), Crowell was finding gaps and I saw him make a few good blocks that bought RG3 some time, and I like the long passes to Coleman and Pryor. I think the playmakers are there, they just need to get the timing between QB and receivers worked out. Once RG3 gets injured and McCown takes over I think there will be lots of improvement on that side of the ball, at least McCown could get first downs.

  • my point is these rebuilds shouldn't take this long. i mean 1999? there has to be some meat on the bone from other regimes where the new regime just doesn't throw it all out and then start from scratch. amazing how the good teams might be thin one year at a position, draft or acquire and then they are back on top. yet the browns franchise just can't figure it out?

  • I'm getting very impatient, getting very sick of building for the future instead of building for now.

    OK, fine, I get that...

    The Browns are more than just 1 QB away. The Browns need good offensive and defensive linemen, a good secondary (Tramon Williams can't keep up with anyone anymore and Haden is not getting any younger), and some linebackers that can actually pressure a QB.

    ...which means it's going to take a couple of years to turn it around. There's no real difference between 'building for the future' and 'building for now' apart from maybe one or two older players who are currently slightly better taking reps away from younger players who will probably be better at the end of the season. See Campbell/Whitner, Schobert/Kruger etc.

  • @miktoxic said:

    circle k? haven't seen one of those since i left po-dunk az.

    Welcome to podunk oh mik. There are 2 of em within 3 miles of me. At one time they were Lawson stores.....back in the days of real Cleveland Browns football and redcap beer. Its so bad now that even the stool fans say good luck and mean it when I wear Browns gear. That is the bottom of the barrel for me

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    Welcome to podunk oh mik. There are 2 of em within 3 miles of me. At one time they were Lawson stores.....back in the days of real Cleveland Browns football and redcap beer. Its so bad now that even the stool fans say good luck and mean it when I wear Browns gear. That is the bottom of the barrel for me

    They have a circle K at the Marathon about 3 miles from here. They have Lawsons and Circle K in Japan also, along with 7/11.

  • Those are bad examples.. Whitner and Kruger would not earn time on a team that had any talent behind them.

    The only reason Kruger has a job right now is because the Saints have found ways to be worse than the Browns at defense. Not coincidentally, they were led by RobRyan for the last 3 years.

  • @flyingfooldoug said:

    Welcome to podunk oh mik. There are 2 of em within 3 miles of me. At one time they were Lawson stores.....back in the days of real Cleveland Browns football and redcap beer. Its so bad now that even the stool fans say good luck and mean it when I wear Browns gear. That is the bottom of the barrel for me

    They have a circle K at the Marathon about 3 miles from here. They have Lawsons and Circle K in Japan also, along with 7/11.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    They have a circle K at the Marathon about 3 miles from here. They have Lawsons and Circle K in Japan also, along with 7/11.

    Kinda funny but there hasn't been a 7/11 around here in years. Circle Ks are about it now for stand alone stores...with or without gas pumps. All the other convenience type shops are gas stations too.

  • @diehardbrownsfan said:

    They have a circle K at the Marathon about 3 miles from here. They have Lawsons and Circle K in Japan also, along with 7/11.

    Kinda funny but there hasn't been a 7/11 around here in years. Circle Ks are about it now for stand alone stores...with or without gas pumps. All the other convenience type shops are gas stations too.

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    Kinda funny but there hasn't been a 7/11 around here in years. Circle Ks are about it now for stand alone stores...with or without gas pumps. All the other convenience type shops are gas stations too.

    Go down south, there is one about every mile or so. Also CA has a shit load. There are a few around here.

  • @diehardbrownsfan said:

    They have a circle K at the Marathon about 3 miles from here. They have Lawsons and Circle K in Japan also, along with 7/11.

    Kinda funny but there hasn't been a 7/11 around here in years. Circle Ks are about it now for stand alone stores...with or without gas pumps. All the other convenience type shops are gas stations too.

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    Kinda funny but there hasn't been a 7/11 around here in years. Circle Ks are about it now for stand alone stores...with or without gas pumps. All the other convenience type shops are gas stations too.

    Theres one on 185th st. in Cleveland ,just north of Muldoons..

  • @flyingfooldoug said:

    Kinda funny but there hasn't been a 7/11 around here in years. Circle Ks are about it now for stand alone stores...with or without gas pumps. All the other convenience type shops are gas stations too.

    Go down south, there is one about every mile or so. Also CA has a shit load. There are a few around here.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Go down south, there is one about every mile or so. Also CA has a shit load. There are a few around here.

    We have Circle K over here. They bought out the local Wareco. They're open 24/7 and while I'm feeling chatty let me tell you something it's been bugging me.

    I'm in manager training right now for six weeks I'm in week four starting this afternoon. I was opening for three weeks now I close for three weeks. I have to work 10 and a half hrs a day. Minimum of 50 hrs a week I get Sundays and Tuesdays off...anyway..

    Driving from my small town into the city is a 45 minute trip. When I open the store I have to be there at 4:30 am so I get up at 3 am. Ok I stop at the Circle K and they guy working is smoking outside the gas station. I do my meds before I leave for work and need carbs to maintain my blood sugar level. So...I go into the store I'm waiting at the counter, he finally comes in talking on his cell phone and gives me the "hold on a sec finger"

    I pay for my things and prepay my gas and told him I'll never be back and he's a lazy MFer.

  • I'm getting very impatient, getting very sick of building for the future instead of building for now.

    OK, fine, I get that...

    The Browns are more than just 1 QB away. The Browns need good offensive and defensive linemen, a good secondary (Tramon Williams can't keep up with anyone anymore and Haden is not getting any younger), and some linebackers that can actually pressure a QB.

    ...which means it's going to take a couple of years to turn it around. There's no real difference between 'building for the future' and 'building for now' apart from maybe one or two older players who are currently slightly better taking reps away from younger players who will probably be better at the end of the season. See Campbell/Whitner, Schobert/Kruger etc.

    @gftchris said:

    I'm getting very impatient, getting very sick of building for the future instead of building for now.

    OK, fine, I get that...

    The Browns are more than just 1 QB away. The Browns need good offensive and defensive linemen, a good secondary (Tramon Williams can't keep up with anyone anymore and Haden is not getting any younger), and some linebackers that can actually pressure a QB.

    ...which means it's going to take a couple of years to turn it around. There's no real difference between 'building for the future' and 'building for now' apart from maybe one or two older players who are currently slightly better taking reps away from younger players who will probably be better at the end of the season. See Campbell/Whitner, Schobert/Kruger etc.

    Right, what I"m saying to all of the people who are lamenting the fact we didn't get Wentz, is that drafting Wentz would not have made a difference on this team. I get why the FO traded down for more picks in this year's draft. I think the guys they drafted will turn out OK, didn't see any glaring busts yet but it's only 1 game. I want to see some progress this year once all of these rookies get more accustomed to the NFL, meaning I want to see wins now. Not next year, not 2-3 years down the road when we fire this coach and start from scratch again, but now. It would be nice to win more than 4 games a season.

  • Guys, I just hate this crap. I HATE IT.

    In a previous post I made last week, I stated that we would lose this game because "It just makes too much sense." The Browns losing to the QB that "wasn't good enough" and wouldn't be "in the top 20" that we could've drafted made too much sense. It would become a fantastic story line, and one that would make the sporting world laugh at us hysterically. Boy, was I right. Not only did we lose, but we lost in glorious fashion. Our QB looked terrible. Even the two long balls were awful. Pryor pushed off, and Coleman's ball was thrown into triple coverage. Everyone in the universe knew that we'd kick a FG after Coleman's catch, and we should've kicked a FG after Pryor's but got saved by pass interference.

    Carson Wentz will have his fair share of struggles this year, as virtually all rookies do. But here's the thing, if Wentz turns into viable starting QB, or god forbid a SUPERSTAR, then our front office is doomed. I'm telling you now, if we blew the chance at getting a franchise QB, our management team is gone. Now, this is ONE GAME, and nobody is anointing Wentz the next Big Ben. But here's what I can tell you: I've never, and I mean NEVER heard of a rookie QB missing the last 3 preseason games, not being the starter in OTA's or minicamp, practicing ONE WEEK before the start of the season, and winning the first game.

    RG III was awful and I hate it. Yes, it's week 1, but let's remember this: NOBODY ELSE WANTED HIM as a starter. Hue Jackson wants everyone to trust him, but why should they? He drafted Cody Kessler. Cody freaking Kessler. And while nobody is calling him a bust, I think it's safe to say that nobody is predicting him to EVER be "the man" for us.

    We had no first downs in the first quarter. I'm all excited about football, and those assholes come out looking like pieces of shit. If we're going to absolutely suck, why not play Kessler? What do we have to lose? Let's see if he has what it takes! What do we gain by playing RG III? Are we hoping that he magically turns into a drop back QB? That he magically develops an internal clock?

    RG III missed Hawkins in the end zone for a TOUCHDOWN. You can't miss those throws. Jesus man. What's worse? It's pretty much the same throw that Wentz made for TD's. He made it TWICE.

    Yeah, I knew we'd be bad this year. I really did. But fuck this team. Screw them for a fake punt that everyone is laughing at. Screw them for dropping four passes. Screw them for SNAPPING THE BALL TO NIGERIA.