Has there ever been a more pivotal/important season for the Browns?
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I don't know about other "plans", but the thinking was to keep as much of the "feel" of the old stadium. Bad move. That's my biggest gripe. There's very little room behind the stands. Sardine city. Go to any of the newer stadiums- Paul Brown, Lucas Oil, Ford Field, or Reliant- there's at least 3, and sometimes 5 times more room there when you want to run out and grab a beer, or hit the rest rooms at halftime.
I know that there is actual talk from the Haslams, and maybe the city about building a new Stadium. And lets face it....at minimum it would have to be a retractable dome if they do so.
https://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2018/05/browns_say_they_are_exploring.html
I know that there is actual talk from the Haslams, and maybe the city about building a new Stadium. And lets face it....at minimum it would have to be a retractable dome if they do so.
https://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2018/05/browns_say_they_are_exploring.html
If you ever want to attract a possible Super Bowl or other big event use up north it better include a retractable roof single use stadium.
Same with baseball too for March/April and late September/October no rain or snow out games......and comfy too!
GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND! -
I don't know about other "plans", but the thinking was to keep as much of the "feel" of the old stadium. Bad move. That's my biggest gripe. There's very little room behind the stands. Sardine city. Go to any of the newer stadiums- Paul Brown, Lucas Oil, Ford Field, or Reliant- there's at least 3, and sometimes 5 times more room there when you want to run out and grab a beer, or hit the rest rooms at halftime.
I know that there is actual talk from the Haslams, and maybe the city about building a new Stadium. And lets face it....at minimum it would have to be a retractable dome if they do so.
https://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2018/05/browns_say_they_are_exploring.html
I know that there is actual talk from the Haslams, and maybe the city about building a new Stadium. And lets face it....at minimum it would have to be a retractable dome if they do so.
https://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2018/05/browns_say_they_are_exploring.html
Yeah Gip, in my visiting other NFL stadiums tours, First Energy isn't all that great by comparison. Could it be updated? Sure, but it would cost almost as much as building a new one. As in home remodeling, if you have enough money, you can do just about anything. Build out the exterior 150' and toss a roof over it? BTW, I liked what they did remodeling the Dolphins stadium, and AFAIK, no talk of replacing Arrowhead or Ketsup Field.
I just don't get the one upmanship NFL owners are doing in regards to stadiums. Ohio State's (or Michigan's) are absolute dumps by comparison. It's not about the fans bitching either. At OSU, you're probably paying $20,000 a year for an open air bleacher seat with a detachable back. Incindentally, the rest rooms are atrocious there.
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I know that there is actual talk from the Haslams, and maybe the city about building a new Stadium. And lets face it....at minimum it would have to be a retractable dome if they do so.
https://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2018/05/browns_say_they_are_exploring.html
If you ever want to attract a possible Super Bowl or other big event use up north it better include a retractable roof single use stadium.
Same with baseball too for March/April and late September/October no rain or snow out games......and comfy too!
If you ever want to attract a possible Super Bowl or other big event use up north it better include a retractable roof single use stadium.
Same with baseball too for March/April and late September/October no rain or snow out games......and comfy too!
I love football outside in the elements. Love snow football, mud football, etc....
But fiscally there are not many things more useless than an open-air football stadium in the North.
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i had no idea the rams were ever in clev. had to.look that up, they left during ww2. holy fuk how old are some of u?
i had no idea the rams were ever in clev. had to.look that up, they left during ww2. holy fuk how old are some of u?
1906.
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If you ever want to attract a possible Super Bowl or other big event use up north it better include a retractable roof single use stadium.
Same with baseball too for March/April and late September/October no rain or snow out games......and comfy too!
I love football outside in the elements. Love snow football, mud football, etc....
But fiscally there are not many things more useless than an open-air football stadium in the North.
I love football outside in the elements. Love snow football, mud football, etc....
But fiscally there are not many things more useless than an open-air football stadium in the North.
You would have loved the Ol'Muni.......wait you're 42, you remember numbers painted on frozen mud, freaking cold winds coming off of Lake Erie, baseball infield in play including the pitcher's mound, players huddled around kerosene heaters, unbelievablly smelly men's restrooms.
Ahhhhhh, football in NE OHIO!
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i had no idea the rams were ever in clev. had to.look that up, they left during ww2. holy fuk how old are some of u?
They have these things called books and also this new thing called the Internet with her things where you can go and read stuff about stuff you know like history including football history
They have these things called books and also this new thing called the Internet with her things where you can go and read stuff about stuff you know like history including football history
i prob have to.pull up some microfische at the library to go back that far
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like nassib for example, if he hasnt made significant strides in technique as well as power/speed by his 3rd year.....some of that has to be put on the organization.
Keep in mind, you're talking about Ogbah's backup (the 3rd best DE on an 0-16 team). Just a week or 2 before Ogbah went on IR - PFF ranked him as the #1 rated DE against the run while he also led us in sacks. Is that improvement or horrific coaching?
Jamie Meder was the #2 rated DT against the run when he went on IR. Again, horrific coaching or bad luck with injury? Coley was also enjoying his best season.
Schobert moved to MLB and was tied for the most tackles in the NFL during a Pro Bowl year. Having said that, his pass defense responsibility was both inside hook zones while our rookie FS was lining up in Toronto every play to explain those challenges with zone transitions.
Coaches aren't miracle workers. To get a better understanding of that comment - try challenging someone to a game of chess where you give up all your major attack pieces and only use pawns while allowing your opponent to use all the major attack pieces plus the pawns. Fair or not, let me know how smart you feel 5 minutes into that kind of matchup.
Does anyone really think Barry Switzer was the best NFL Football Coach on the planet when he won a SB the year his biggest concern was "who's got the pretzels?" Who here even thinks he knew the names of half his starters? The setup he inherited had that team winning in spite of him. IMO, you're only as good as what the FO provides. Do you really look at THIS off season and feel strongly that THIS is the year to complain?
Back in BC (Before cellphones) I got hired to take over a football program that didn't win a football game in 3 years. The 2nd year, we came in 2nd place and knocked off our undefeated cross town rival the last week. The first year we won 1, tied one, and lost the rest by competitive margins under 7 points. The tie, were were down 20-0 at half before knotting the score at 26 and missing a 41 yard yard FG just to the right of the goal post. Do you know how much easier it was to call plays when I had 6 different RBs that could score from anywhere on the field vrs hoping we had just 1 guy that could do that? The 2nd year I had a parent of a returning starter say everyone can't believe how much your play calling has improved. You're the talk of the town. I told him I appreciate the compliment but I can assure you I'm not any smarter than I was last year so please give the credit where credit is due. Don't overlook this kind of thing when you see a team going 1-31. We want and need it to be as easy as replacing just 1 coach but we needed to improve the following positions: QB, WR, CB, S, RB while it's also important to have both edge rushers healthy for a full year fwiw.
Keep in mind, you're talking about Ogbah's backup (the 3rd best DE on an 0-16 team). Just a week or 2 before Ogbah went on IR - PFF ranked him as the #1 rated DE against the run while he also led us in sacks. Is that improvement or horrific coaching?
Jamie Meder was the #2 rated DT against the run when he went on IR. Again, horrific coaching or bad luck with injury? Coley was also enjoying his best season.
Schobert moved to MLB and was tied for the most tackles in the NFL during a Pro Bowl year. Having said that, his pass defense responsibility was both inside hook zones while our rookie FS was lining up in Toronto every play to explain those challenges with zone transitions.
Coaches aren't miracle workers.
1) this is why i hate pff, they're morons. Rating ogbah as even serviceable against the run was the same as ranking our offensive line as the best in football a few years back when they were greenlighting primary edge rushers right into our qb and getting them killed. Pff has no idea how to properly analyze a football player. They're just fantasy league jackoffs that blow it out their asses in order to stimulate interest in players/teams for their fantasy leagues.
"Anubody" that played interior line defense or has any knowledge whatsoever about interior line play, could see ogbah losing outside leverage constantly and uncoincidentally teams ran to his side. Obviously the presence of collins on the other side had something to do with that, but u could see on every replay of a run that broke right...the LDE got his sht pinched.
The one thing nassib does better than ogbah is not letting blockers gain leverage on his outside shoulder. When collins got hurt some runs did stsrt to break myles way but even on a bad ankle garrett did better at keeping hiscarms extended and fighting upfield toward the developing point of attack. He still got his arms collapsed alot and tgats something i critisized him for. Cause Bosa was stout at the point from day one but myles was supposed to be this "once in a lifetime" freak....yet bosa has more sacks in 2 seasons than our entire front.
2) developing players is almost job #1. I present william of house belichick as exhibit A. He's obviously not the only coach/team that gets players coached up to elite tgat werent necessarily blue chip coming out, but why is it that players get drafted by the browns and for the most part....what they are when drafted is what we get...why? As good as bosa was 1st year, he got even better the next. Thats alot to do with him obviously, but thats also chargers staff no question whatsoever.
Going back to the 4-3 and getting him back to his old position and skillset is on them, they adapted their scheme to fit their talent. How many years were we screaming at the browns to stop playing the 3-4 with 4-3 talent? Kruger and sheard standing up and trying to run downfield with rb's and slot wr's? that sht just doesnt happen anywhere else. Kruger and sheard might actually have made some major noise in the NFL if they werent stuck playing underweight and with their hands NOT in the dirt. We all remember feelibg pretty fukking good about sheard as our up and coming DE after his first year under Jauron. Then he goes to NE a few years later and has a mini renaissance in his skillset, go figure
Nassib was a solid player with VERY solid technique coming out of college. Leg strength was his issue being 6'7....the fact he hasnt really made improvements in his strength and power is on the staff. Other players come out of college with far less of a skillset yet made more strides than nassib has. This guy was big 10 dpoy, we should be getting better out of him.
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They have these things called books and also this new thing called the Internet with her things where you can go and read stuff about stuff you know like history including football history
i prob have to.pull up some microfische at the library to go back that far
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i prob have to.pull up some microfische at the library to go back that far
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No, just get the Sporting News Guide to Pro Football....or the like.
You are beginning to start to sound like a Steeler fan: "nothing in the world ever happened before I was born...or nothing ever happened in the world before 1970" Seriously....lets not have our patrons on here...Browns fans anyway, start sounding as dumb as Steeler fans. Please. I beg of you.
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i prob have to.pull up some microfische at the library to go back that far
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No, just get the Sporting News Guide to Pro Football....or the like.
You are beginning to start to sound like a Steeler fan: "nothing in the world ever happened before I was born...or nothing ever happened in the world before 1970" Seriously....lets not have our patrons on here...Browns fans anyway, start sounding as dumb as Steeler fans. Please. I beg of you.
No, just get the Sporting News Guide to Pro Football....or the like.
You are beginning to start to sound like a Steeler fan: "nothing in the world ever happened before I was born...or nothing ever happened in the world before 1970" Seriously....lets not have our patrons on here...Browns fans anyway, start sounding as dumb as Steeler fans. Please. I beg of you.
Steelerz fans: like when the cops show up at a crime scene......1933-1970 "I don't recall, I didn't see anything".
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Paxton Lynch.
Are we just throwing out random names on this thread?
Johnny Getangry
Mike Junkin
Ben Francisco
Humbo Nooney
Tuney Lucas
Jim Beam
Jack Daniels
John Walker
Bob Dobalito
Minnie Goldie Swartz
Lulu Leona Higgins
Damon Runyan
Garth Algar
Khan Noonien Singh
Zoilo Versailles
Arbuta Reputa
Zelmo Beatty
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Paxton Lynch.
Are we just throwing out random names on this thread?
Johnny Getangry
Mike Junkin
Ben Francisco
Humbo Nooney
Tuney Lucas
Jim Beam
Jack Daniels
John Walker
Bob Dobalito
Minnie Goldie Swartz
Lulu Leona Higgins
Damon Runyan
Garth Algar
Khan Noonien Singh
Zoilo Versailles
Arbuta Reputa
Zelmo Beatty
Are we just throwing out random names on this thread?
Johnny Getangry
Mike Junkin
Ben Francisco
Humbo Nooney
Tuney Lucas
Jim Beam
Jack Daniels
John Walker
Bob Dobalito
Minnie Goldie Swartz
Lulu Leona Higgins
Damon Runyan
Garth Algar
Khan Noonien Singh
Zoilo Versailles
Arbuta Reputa
Zelmo Beatty
No "TOUCHDOWN" Tommy Vardell?
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