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  • Not sure why people keep saying we stole jarvis landry from the dolphins.

    The dolphins only tagged him to trade him...they basically got the #65 pick in the draft for someone as opposed to getting nothing for him.  They already made it clear they werent going to give him the mike evans deal he wanted, so what were their other options?  pay a slot reciever the 16 million tag?  give him a mike evans deal?  let him be a fa?  Obviously getting the #65 overall pick in the draft is far preferable to all these.....

    Look I like landry.  He's fine and Im glad we are getting better players.  But we basically gave up the #65 pick in the draft for the right to negotiate with a good slot reciever for a contract and/or pay him his tag.  Is that a terrible thing?  I guess not.....but lets not act like the dolphins didnt like what they got.  They werent crazy about paying Landry anyways, and to top it off they picked up the #65 pick in the draft

    FlugelF Flugel wrote on last edited by
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    @tacosman said:

    Not sure why people keep saying we stole jarvis landry from the dolphins.

    The dolphins only tagged him to trade him...they basically got the #65 pick in the draft for someone as opposed to getting nothing for him.  They already made it clear they werent going to give him the mike evans deal he wanted, so what were their other options?  pay a slot reciever the 16 million tag?  give him a mike evans deal?  let him be a fa?  Obviously getting the #65 overall pick in the draft is far preferable to all these.....

    Look I like landry.  He's fine and Im glad we are getting better players.  But we basically gave up the #65 pick in the draft for the right to negotiate with a good slot reciever for a contract and/or pay him his tag.  Is that a terrible thing?  I guess not.....but lets not act like the dolphins didnt like what they got.  They werent crazy about paying Landry anyways, and to top it off they picked up the #65 pick in the draft

    You're not missing Dwayne Bowe and Kenny Brat - are you Taco?   When it comes to the WR position - we've had countless things to complain about and this isn't one of them.

    Until today, there wasn't a WR on this roster that could get open immediately.  This guy had 112 receptions in 2017 and 110 receptions in 2015.  Not that 94 receptions for 1136 yards in 2016 sucked. He's only 25 years old and he can play outside or in the slot at 5'11" 208 pounds. 

    Prior to his draft, Mike Mayock said "One of my favorite players in the draft is Jarvis Landry. He's not fast, but he's one of the toughest players in the entire draft."  

  • @tacosman said:

    Not sure why people keep saying we stole jarvis landry from the dolphins.

    The dolphins only tagged him to trade him...they basically got the #65 pick in the draft for someone as opposed to getting nothing for him.  They already made it clear they werent going to give him the mike evans deal he wanted, so what were their other options?  pay a slot reciever the 16 million tag?  give him a mike evans deal?  let him be a fa?  Obviously getting the #65 overall pick in the draft is far preferable to all these.....

    Look I like landry.  He's fine and Im glad we are getting better players.  But we basically gave up the #65 pick in the draft for the right to negotiate with a good slot reciever for a contract and/or pay him his tag.  Is that a terrible thing?  I guess not.....but lets not act like the dolphins didnt like what they got.  They werent crazy about paying Landry anyways, and to top it off they picked up the #65 pick in the draft

    You're not missing Dwayne Bowe and Kenny Brat - are you Taco?   When it comes to the WR position - we've had countless things to complain about and this isn't one of them.

    Until today, there wasn't a WR on this roster that could get open immediately.  This guy had 112 receptions in 2017 and 110 receptions in 2015.  Not that 94 receptions for 1136 yards in 2016 sucked. He's only 25 years old and he can play outside or in the slot at 5'11" 208 pounds. 

    Prior to his draft, Mike Mayock said "One of my favorite players in the draft is Jarvis Landry. He's not fast, but he's one of the toughest players in the entire draft."  

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    @flugel said:

    You're not missing Dwayne Bowe and Kenny Brat - are you Taco?   When it comes to the WR position - we've had countless things to complain about and this isn't one of them.

    Until today, there wasn't a WR on this roster that could get open immediately.  This guy had 112 receptions in 2017 and 110 receptions in 2015.  Not that 94 receptions for 1136 yards in 2016 sucked. He's only 25 years old and he can play outside or in the slot at 5'11" 208 pounds. 

    Prior to his draft, Mike Mayock said "One of my favorite players in the draft is Jarvis Landry. He's not fast, but he's one of the toughest players in the entire draft."  

    He's exactly what this team needs, a real old style football player. The kid just likes to play, gets himself open and catches the damn ball. That to me is a football player.

  • @flugel said:

    You're not missing Dwayne Bowe and Kenny Brat - are you Taco?   When it comes to the WR position - we've had countless things to complain about and this isn't one of them.

    Until today, there wasn't a WR on this roster that could get open immediately.  This guy had 112 receptions in 2017 and 110 receptions in 2015.  Not that 94 receptions for 1136 yards in 2016 sucked. He's only 25 years old and he can play outside or in the slot at 5'11" 208 pounds. 

    Prior to his draft, Mike Mayock said "One of my favorite players in the draft is Jarvis Landry. He's not fast, but he's one of the toughest players in the entire draft."  

    He's exactly what this team needs, a real old style football player. The kid just likes to play, gets himself open and catches the damn ball. That to me is a football player.

    FlugelF Flugel wrote on last edited by Flugel
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    @texasag1969 said:

    He's exactly what this team needs, a real old style football player. The kid just likes to play, gets himself open and catches the damn ball. That to me is a football player.

    Couldn't agree more Aggies!  He's the free agent I wanted most.

    And by that, I meant way back when he was going to be a free agent prior to Miami slapping the tag on him and temporarily crushing my hopes.  He's a proven WR at a Pro Bowl level.  Not counting the supplemental draft - try to think back to the last time Cleveland DRAFTED a Pro Bowl WR.  I go all the way back to BC (Before Cellphones).

  • @flugel said:

    You're not missing Dwayne Bowe and Kenny Brat - are you Taco?   When it comes to the WR position - we've had countless things to complain about and this isn't one of them.

    Until today, there wasn't a WR on this roster that could get open immediately.  This guy had 112 receptions in 2017 and 110 receptions in 2015.  Not that 94 receptions for 1136 yards in 2016 sucked. He's only 25 years old and he can play outside or in the slot at 5'11" 208 pounds. 

    Prior to his draft, Mike Mayock said "One of my favorite players in the draft is Jarvis Landry. He's not fast, but he's one of the toughest players in the entire draft."  

    He's exactly what this team needs, a real old style football player. The kid just likes to play, gets himself open and catches the damn ball. That to me is a football player.

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on last edited by
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    @texasag1969 said:

    He's exactly what this team needs, a real old style football player. The kid just likes to play, gets himself open and catches the damn ball. That to me is a football player.

    Exactamundo, Ag. I don't much give a rat about his only knock- YAC. 8 +8 = move the chains. Browns haven't had a reliable possession guy in like forever. 

    To get a 100 catch a year WR for essentially a low 4th round pick is a steal in my book. Give this move by Dorsey an A+. 

  • T Tacosman wrote on last edited by
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    I got the exact pick wrong, but my overall point is the same- we are investing a ton(assuming we give him a contract...if not we have to tag him) in a slot reciever.  Thats what I mean by the browns tax.  

    Landry was essentially a free agent we are signing....the dolphins only tagged him to trade him they didnt want to pay him the 16 million.

  • S SD_Tom wrote on last edited by
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    Landry,  Gordon,  Coleman,  njoku,  and Duke. 

    Devalve and whoever replaces Crowell... And whichever wrs they draft.  Now we can get some points on the board 

  • Not sure why people keep saying we stole jarvis landry from the dolphins.

    The dolphins only tagged him to trade him...they basically got the #65 pick in the draft for someone as opposed to getting nothing for him.  They already made it clear they werent going to give him the mike evans deal he wanted, so what were their other options?  pay a slot reciever the 16 million tag?  give him a mike evans deal?  let him be a fa?  Obviously getting the #65 overall pick in the draft is far preferable to all these.....

    Look I like landry.  He's fine and Im glad we are getting better players.  But we basically gave up the #65 pick in the draft for the right to negotiate with a good slot reciever for a contract and/or pay him his tag.  Is that a terrible thing?  I guess not.....but lets not act like the dolphins didnt like what they got.  They werent crazy about paying Landry anyways, and to top it off they picked up the #65 pick in the draft

    B boo fagley wrote on last edited by boo fagley
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    @tacosman said:

    Not sure why people keep saying we stole jarvis landry from the dolphins.

    The dolphins only tagged him to trade him...they basically got the #65 pick in the draft for someone as opposed to getting nothing for him.  They already made it clear they werent going to give him the mike evans deal he wanted, so what were their other options?  pay a slot reciever the 16 million tag?  give him a mike evans deal?  let him be a fa?  Obviously getting the #65 overall pick in the draft is far preferable to all these.....

    Look I like landry.  He's fine and Im glad we are getting better players.  But we basically gave up the #65 pick in the draft for the right to negotiate with a good slot reciever for a contract and/or pay him his tag.  Is that a terrible thing?  I guess not.....but lets not act like the dolphins didnt like what they got.  They werent crazy about paying Landry anyways, and to top it off they picked up the #65 pick in the draft

    The Dolphins had no cap space. The Browns are busting at the seams with money.

    Landry is rumored to be looking for 14 mil per season. These NFL players hate playing for the franchise tag money. Yeah, its a lot, but if you suffer a career ending injury youre all done and your shot at big money gone with it. The franchise tag is a death sentience. I cant imagine Bell is happy about it over in Pittsburgh. These guys look for the most signing bonus up front. So, you give Landry a deal in the 30 mil signing bonus range spread out 4 years over the Browns cap plus salary and other incentives averaging about 12 million a season.

    Browns get a plug and play WR. NE does it all the time.

  • @tacosman said:

    Not sure why people keep saying we stole jarvis landry from the dolphins.

    The dolphins only tagged him to trade him...they basically got the #65 pick in the draft for someone as opposed to getting nothing for him.  They already made it clear they werent going to give him the mike evans deal he wanted, so what were their other options?  pay a slot reciever the 16 million tag?  give him a mike evans deal?  let him be a fa?  Obviously getting the #65 overall pick in the draft is far preferable to all these.....

    Look I like landry.  He's fine and Im glad we are getting better players.  But we basically gave up the #65 pick in the draft for the right to negotiate with a good slot reciever for a contract and/or pay him his tag.  Is that a terrible thing?  I guess not.....but lets not act like the dolphins didnt like what they got.  They werent crazy about paying Landry anyways, and to top it off they picked up the #65 pick in the draft

    The Dolphins had no cap space. The Browns are busting at the seams with money.

    Landry is rumored to be looking for 14 mil per season. These NFL players hate playing for the franchise tag money. Yeah, its a lot, but if you suffer a career ending injury youre all done and your shot at big money gone with it. The franchise tag is a death sentience. I cant imagine Bell is happy about it over in Pittsburgh. These guys look for the most signing bonus up front. So, you give Landry a deal in the 30 mil signing bonus range spread out 4 years over the Browns cap plus salary and other incentives averaging about 12 million a season.

    Browns get a plug and play WR. NE does it all the time.

    T Tacosman wrote on last edited by
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    @boo-fagley said:

    The Dolphins had no cap space. The Browns are busting at the seams with money.

    Landry is rumored to be looking for 14 mil per season. These NFL players hate playing for the franchise tag money. Yeah, its a lot, but if you suffer a career ending injury youre all done and your shot at big money gone with it. The franchise tag is a death sentience. I cant imagine Bell is happy about it over in Pittsburgh. These guys look for the most signing bonus up front. So, you give Landry a deal in the 30 mil signing bonus range spread out 4 years over the Browns cap plus salary and other incentives averaging about 12 million a season.

    Browns get a plug and play WR. NE does it all the time.

    the patriots dont give plug and play wrs that sort of money though....landry is going to get a contract from the browns with guaranteed money probably above his value.  Which is fine and all...not my money and we have the cap room and at least hes a good player

  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike wrote on last edited by
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    Let's simplify this......We were NOT going to become a winner "on the cheap". Most teams have 7 (or fewer) picks in entire draft. We had 12 & did not trade ANY of our 5 picks in the 1st 2 rounds for Landry. We are vastly improving without mortgaging our draft as we had before.

    Landry is an established offensive PLAYMAKER  & we can add more by retaining those top picks. With the other trades, we are now able to offer free agents a much better landing spot.........

    All systems GO!!!

    Mike

  • @boo-fagley said:

    The Dolphins had no cap space. The Browns are busting at the seams with money.

    Landry is rumored to be looking for 14 mil per season. These NFL players hate playing for the franchise tag money. Yeah, its a lot, but if you suffer a career ending injury youre all done and your shot at big money gone with it. The franchise tag is a death sentience. I cant imagine Bell is happy about it over in Pittsburgh. These guys look for the most signing bonus up front. So, you give Landry a deal in the 30 mil signing bonus range spread out 4 years over the Browns cap plus salary and other incentives averaging about 12 million a season.

    Browns get a plug and play WR. NE does it all the time.

    the patriots dont give plug and play wrs that sort of money though....landry is going to get a contract from the browns with guaranteed money probably above his value.  Which is fine and all...not my money and we have the cap room and at least hes a good player

    FlugelF Flugel wrote on last edited by Flugel
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    @tacosman said:

    the patriots dont give plug and play wrs that sort of money though....landry is going to get a contract from the browns with guaranteed money probably above his value.  Which is fine and all...not my money and we have the cap room and at least hes a good player

    Of course NE did when they signed a WR with a Pro Bowl background.  You don't think they paid big cake for Randy Moss?

    And let's clarify some stuff here Taco.  Wes Welker wasn't a Pro Bowl player when he arrived in NE while Danny Amendola was an undrafted Special Teamer before he arrived.  Chris Hogan played lacrosse in college so he was just getting acclimated to a little situational football and fill in duty in Buffalo prior to NE.

    I'm so pumped up - I'm not allowed to give out any more cyber fanny pats.  I'm in time out man!

  • Let's simplify this......We were NOT going to become a winner "on the cheap". Most teams have 7 (or fewer) picks in entire draft. We had 12 & did not trade ANY of our 5 picks in the 1st 2 rounds for Landry. We are vastly improving without mortgaging our draft as we had before.

    Landry is an established offensive PLAYMAKER  & we can add more by retaining those top picks. With the other trades, we are now able to offer free agents a much better landing spot.........

    All systems GO!!!

    Mike

    FlugelF Flugel wrote on last edited by
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    @canton-mike said:

    Let's simplify this......We were NOT going to become a winner "on the cheap". Most teams have 7 (or fewer) picks in entire draft. We had 12 & did not trade ANY of our 5 picks in the 1st 2 rounds for Landry. We are vastly improving without mortgaging our draft as we had before.

    Landry is an established offensive PLAYMAKER  & we can add more by retaining those top picks. With the other trades, we are now able to offer free agents a much better landing spot.........

    All systems GO!!!

    Mike

    Well said my friend.  The impressive thing is actually what we did give up.  Again, it was initially reported this guy was going to cost someone 2 first round picks.  I'm EGG-static that changed. And then came Dorsey Doe; and the rest is history and his story...

  • Landry,  Gordon,  Coleman,  njoku,  and Duke. 

    Devalve and whoever replaces Crowell... And whichever wrs they draft.  Now we can get some points on the board 

    L LondonBrown wrote on last edited by
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    @sd_tom said:

    Landry,  Gordon,  Coleman,  njoku,  and Duke. 

    Devalve and whoever replaces Crowell... And whichever wrs they draft.  Now we can get some points on the board 

    Remember though that Hue Jackson is still the head coach 

  • @sd_tom said:

    Landry,  Gordon,  Coleman,  njoku,  and Duke. 

    Devalve and whoever replaces Crowell... And whichever wrs they draft.  Now we can get some points on the board 

    Remember though that Hue Jackson is still the head coach 

    Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven wrote on last edited by
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    @londonbrown said:

    Remember though that Hue Jackson is still the head coach 

    To be fair, Hue's Bengals didn't have a problem scoring points.

    I think Hue was miscast as a head coach of a young team - he's not cut out for that. (Jon Gruden falls under this category). 

    Now the Browns have a vet QB and WR. We'll see if this fits Hue better. 

  • @londonbrown said:

    Remember though that Hue Jackson is still the head coach 

    To be fair, Hue's Bengals didn't have a problem scoring points.

    I think Hue was miscast as a head coach of a young team - he's not cut out for that. (Jon Gruden falls under this category). 

    Now the Browns have a vet QB and WR. We'll see if this fits Hue better. 

    L LondonBrown wrote on last edited by
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    @dutch-oven said:

    To be fair, Hue's Bengals didn't have a problem scoring points.

    I think Hue was miscast as a head coach of a young team - he's not cut out for that. (Jon Gruden falls under this category). 

    Now the Browns have a vet QB and WR. We'll see if this fits Hue better. 

    The pressure is on Hue, he can’t throw vets under the bus like he did the young players. He’s out of excuses. 

  • @sd_tom said:

    Landry,  Gordon,  Coleman,  njoku,  and Duke. 

    Devalve and whoever replaces Crowell... And whichever wrs they draft.  Now we can get some points on the board 

    Remember though that Hue Jackson is still the head coach 

    FlugelF Flugel wrote on last edited by
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    @londonbrown said:

    Remember though that Hue Jackson is still the head coach 

    Still a Head Coach?  Or, FINALLY a Head Coach he was hired to be rather than an OC spending all his time on a rookie QB with accuracy and turnover issues?

  • Let's simplify this......We were NOT going to become a winner "on the cheap". Most teams have 7 (or fewer) picks in entire draft. We had 12 & did not trade ANY of our 5 picks in the 1st 2 rounds for Landry. We are vastly improving without mortgaging our draft as we had before.

    Landry is an established offensive PLAYMAKER  & we can add more by retaining those top picks. With the other trades, we are now able to offer free agents a much better landing spot.........

    All systems GO!!!

    Mike

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
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    @canton-mike said:

    Let's simplify this......We were NOT going to become a winner "on the cheap". Most teams have 7 (or fewer) picks in entire draft. We had 12 & did not trade ANY of our 5 picks in the 1st 2 rounds for Landry. We are vastly improving without mortgaging our draft as we had before.

    Landry is an established offensive PLAYMAKER  & we can add more by retaining those top picks. With the other trades, we are now able to offer free agents a much better landing spot.........

    All systems GO!!!

    Mike

    Miami had a need the BROWNS had a bigger need that's a win/win and then some. Same sorta with BUF and GB although in the long run I think GB did pretty good with Kizer.

    And if it's possible the 2018 BROWNS draft just got even more interesting.  

  • @boo-fagley said:

    The Dolphins had no cap space. The Browns are busting at the seams with money.

    Landry is rumored to be looking for 14 mil per season. These NFL players hate playing for the franchise tag money. Yeah, its a lot, but if you suffer a career ending injury youre all done and your shot at big money gone with it. The franchise tag is a death sentience. I cant imagine Bell is happy about it over in Pittsburgh. These guys look for the most signing bonus up front. So, you give Landry a deal in the 30 mil signing bonus range spread out 4 years over the Browns cap plus salary and other incentives averaging about 12 million a season.

    Browns get a plug and play WR. NE does it all the time.

    the patriots dont give plug and play wrs that sort of money though....landry is going to get a contract from the browns with guaranteed money probably above his value.  Which is fine and all...not my money and we have the cap room and at least hes a good player

    B boo fagley wrote on last edited by
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    @tacosman said:

    the patriots dont give plug and play wrs that sort of money though....landry is going to get a contract from the browns with guaranteed money probably above his value.  Which is fine and all...not my money and we have the cap room and at least hes a good player

    The only thing that really counts is signing bonus. Landry wont get the "salary" part of the contract if he is no longer a Brown. Teams back load these deals with high salary amounts, but usually the player never sees a penny of that money unless he is just stud material and the team converts salary into signing bonus.

    I have to believe that Dorsey scoured the FA slot WR market and saw this as the best option. 

  • @sd_tom said:

    Landry,  Gordon,  Coleman,  njoku,  and Duke. 

    Devalve and whoever replaces Crowell... And whichever wrs they draft.  Now we can get some points on the board 

    Remember though that Hue Jackson is still the head coach 

    B boo fagley wrote on last edited by boo fagley
    #21

    @londonbrown said:

    Remember though that Hue Jackson is still the head coach 

    But Haley is calling the plays and he will tell Hue to go F off in a heart beat.

  • @boo-fagley said:

    The Dolphins had no cap space. The Browns are busting at the seams with money.

    Landry is rumored to be looking for 14 mil per season. These NFL players hate playing for the franchise tag money. Yeah, its a lot, but if you suffer a career ending injury youre all done and your shot at big money gone with it. The franchise tag is a death sentience. I cant imagine Bell is happy about it over in Pittsburgh. These guys look for the most signing bonus up front. So, you give Landry a deal in the 30 mil signing bonus range spread out 4 years over the Browns cap plus salary and other incentives averaging about 12 million a season.

    Browns get a plug and play WR. NE does it all the time.

    the patriots dont give plug and play wrs that sort of money though....landry is going to get a contract from the browns with guaranteed money probably above his value.  Which is fine and all...not my money and we have the cap room and at least hes a good player

    jcam222J jcam222 wrote on last edited by
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    @tacosman said:

    the patriots dont give plug and play wrs that sort of money though....landry is going to get a contract from the browns with guaranteed money probably above his value.  Which is fine and all...not my money and we have the cap room and at least hes a good player

    The thing is we don't have Brady or Belicheck so we aren't close to the Patriots YET. There were plenty of teams interested in Landry. The guys got superglue hands and catches more balls than our combined corps last year minus Duke 

  • B boo fagley wrote on last edited by boo fagley
    #23

    Schefter is reporting a deal with Landry is in progress and he seemed optimistic that it would get done.If Schefter stamps his name on it its golden because he is rarely ever wrong. 

    The WR tag this year is rumored to be 16 million and next year its in the 19 million range if the Browns chose to tag Landry. Thats 35 million guaranteed but Landry is risking the 2018 season to reach that 35 million. Would you rather have about 30 million today after signing a new contract and 2018 salary and other incentives. Or 16 million today adding up to a total of 35 million in 2019 if youre still on the team and not injured or coming off a mediocre season? Im no cap guy, but Landry could pull down 35 million this year and have some insurance if he gets an injury clause included in his contract.

    You take the 30 million today and after agent fees invest the rest living off the interest. Salary is pocket change.