Darnold ruled out for Monday

[jrb12711]

@jiggins7919 said:

This is now the perfect storm. The Monday night, the backup QB, the being favored to win....

This is Scott Mitchell against the Browns in 1993 all over again. Oh yeah, I totally remember. Dan Marino gets injured and Browns are going to win the game, but nooooo....Scott Mitchell comes in and somehow leads the Dolphins to victory. Anybody know the Browns record against backup QBs? Isn't it like 1-107, with the one victory coming against Charlie Whitehurst and the Titans? We ALWAYS make backup QBs look like Kurt Warner and I hope to God it doesn't happen again. In fact, I'd RATHER play Sam Darnold than Simien, and it's not close. Darnold completed 56 passes last week for 116 yards or something like that. I'm totally cool with that, but what I DON'T want is some guy coming in with something to prove who is going to push the ball all over the field (or at least try to). 

Laugh all you want, but this sounds like it could be the Brownsiest game ever. Lord I hope not. 

Trust me, we're all thinking this I feel haha. It may end being a good thing for this game in particular they got embarrassed last week, cause they'll still be coming out hungry.

@tour2ma said:

Rob Ninkovich had the line of the day on NFL Live...

"Mono? What is this High School?"

Fans I'm sure are going to get creative in the heckles, that's for sure. Doesn't help Sam still looks 16 years old in the face.

[Icecube]

@alkid3 said:

Due to illness.... interesting.

Such a lucky break for the Browns. And Jets have no WRs to speak of and Bell is hurt. This is as guaranteed win as they come. 

[Icecube]

@tour2ma said:

And it ain't just Darnold they might be missing...

This is a slam dunk win. If they can't beat this team, with all these players out, who can they beat?

[gumby73]

@mjp28 said:

WebMD.....

Mononucleosis, often called "mono," is an illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. When mono occurs during adolescence or adulthood, symptoms are more severe --high fever that can last up to three weeks, swollen lymph glands in the back of the neck, and severe sore throat. Rare but major complications that can develop from mono include rupture of the spleen. 

   

      When the Browns get you down? just Listen to a Jets fan ?...

[browns52]

@tour2ma said:

Darnold had "Mono"... a/k/a "the kissing disease"...

Trevor Siemian, recent Elway savior turned castoff, is the NYJ backup. Numbers he racked up in Denver are decent... for a backup.

And our history vs. backups is littered with bad results. Once upon a time it seemed that whenever we knocked out a starter, the #2 beat us.

I doubt Gase is going to put the game on Trevor's shoulders. Expect them to "pound the rock" early and often.

to make matters worse, it appears bell may not be able to go, but not 100 percent sure at this time...i have seen this time and time again...this looks like a recipe for disaster for the browns....they will as you say, run run run and rely on their d which is quite good....this game will be closer than anyone thinks..

[browns52]

@gumby73 said:

   

      When the Browns get you down? just Listen to a Jets fan ?...

i recall alot of classmates way back in the day....eh, grade school as a matter of fact.....came down with it....don't remember what they treated it with...probably penicillin...that's about all they had  back then...

[hoorta]

@jrb12711 said:

My buddy got mono senior year high school (12 years ago, to be fair) and they would absolutely not let him play football (or any contact sport) for a month based on his spleen being "sensitive".  That didn't have to do with his case being severe, just standard practice, On top of that as you've noted, this really has almost pneumonia type symptoms. I have zero clue how they treat this nowadays, but I'd bet he misses a full month.

It's a viral infection- there's still no effective  way to treat it, other than doing symptomatic relief stuff.....

"Because your spleen may become enlarged as a result of infectious mononucleosis, you should avoid contact sports until you fully recover. Participating in contact sports can be strenuous and may cause the spleen to rupture."  You can bet the Jets Docs will do an ultrasound on Sam to check on his spleen before they let him resume contact... 

A ruptured spleen can be life threatening due to internal blood loss....  

[hoorta]

And ESPN is having a hissy fit on how they're going to market this game now.... 

[flyingfooldoug]

@hoorta said:

And ESPN is having a hissy fit on how they're going to market this game now.... 

That’s a shame. Did they run out of knife murderers for commentary? 

[Dutch Oven]

@flyingfooldoug said:

That’s a shame. Did they run out of knife murderers for commentary? 

Who is a knife murderer? 

[Dutch Oven]

@hoorta said:

And ESPN is having a hissy fit on how they're going to market this game now.... 

Considering OBJ just called Gregg Williams dirty and that he expects the Jets defensive players to take cheapshots at him, I think they've been handed an angle. 

[Icecube]

Browns win easy, but then here comes back all the over-hype which hurts them like in week 1. OBJ is really gonna want to excel with the game being in NYC. He wants to make the fans sorry he was traded out of NY, even though this isn't the team who did it. 

Jets secondary is terrible. Bakes should rip it to shreds. I'm gonna say, Browns 24, NY 13. 

[Coyote]

Perfect trap game.   If I was Freddie I'd coach these fuckers up like we are going up against the Patriots.   If I saw one ounce of lazy shit  I'd flip the fuck out on them.    

[jiggins7919]

@coyote said:

Perfect trap game.   If I was Freddie I'd coach these fuckers up like we are going up against the Patriots.   If I saw one ounce of lazy shit  I'd flip the fuck out on them.    

You completely crushed it. This just has ALL the feeling of a trap, and it's going to be popping in NY! 

[TexasAg1969]

Le'Veon Bell with negative MRI will be ready to play Monday night.

[Orion]

@tour2ma said:

our history vs. backups is littered with bad results

@jiggins7919 said:

Anybody know the Browns record against backup QBs? Isn't it like 1-107

YUP!!   First thing I thought when I heard it on the radio today at work.

Second thing I thought was, we're now in a no win situation.  If we win, it's because the Jets were without their QB.  And if we lose....well...you know....

[Coyote]

Just win Baby!!!!  

[jcam222]

@orion said:

YUP!!   First thing I thought when I heard it on the radio today at work.

Second thing I thought was, we're now in a no win situation.  If we win, it's because the Jets were without their QB.  And if we lose....well...you know....

From a media perspective you are totally right, that said it will still count as a W

[Mudfly]

@orion said:

we're now in a no win situation.  If we win, it's because the Jets were without their QB.  And if we lose....well...you know....

Screw the media....its a win win if we win..cause a win is a win is a win.....

Besides...they're more worried about what Odell will be wearing then if we actually win......

[Orion]

@mudfly said:

Besides...they're more worried about what Odell will be wearing then if we actually win......

.....it just seems that SO many want us to fail.  We're not the lovable underdog I guess.