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  • I think he's one of the best centers in the league and it would behoove us to have him for another season. However at a ridiculous price is probably not worth it. If Jacksonville wants to cripple themselves with a centers salary good luck.

    he seems like the kind of guy who just does it for the money anyway. He doesn't seem like he cares much about football, and that's his own personal decision. Might as well make the most money you can.

    WSS

  • @mike-h said:

    I've been to Jacksonville. It's like being in Painesville with more crackheads.

    its a lot shittier that Painesville...

    WSS

  • Browns expected to match. Idk why everyone's been freaking out.

    @bbedward said:

    Browns expected to match. Idk why everyone's been freaking out.

    The debate is whether or not it is in the Browns best interest to match....or let him go, and use that money elsewhere.

  • @hx214 said:

    I'm still trying to figure out this "insult"

    You come here and tell us to "eat shit" with the very first post.... "eat shit" for what? Having a thread on your site talking about our views on the Mack situation?.... What the hell are you talking about?

    On a side note, it was pretty funny reading through your insults toward us.... I really like the guy that jokes about bottles being thrown on the field.... then you look over at his Avatar picture.... hahahaha. Thats a true jags fan there!

    Thanks for the laugh Jagsfan95. Do all you Jags fans have your own number? You have to be up to like 150 fans by now at least, right?

    I don't get it either.

    Eat shit because we used Jacksonville to negotiate Mack's contract? Or eat shit because they can't say "potty"words on their site and he feels like he is being all badass by saying "shit"?

    The link just goes to a bunch of rednecks, I assume the last 8 or 9 Jaguars fans left, making Cleveland jokes.

    The Modell and Lebron jokes are hilarious and timely, Cooter makes the most of his 30 minutes that Daisy Mae grants him on the old Gateway PC with the dial-up connection once the chickens are fed and the Mullet is washed.

    Zombo

    Zombo said:

    I don't get it either.

    Eat shit because we used Jacksonville to negotiate Mack's contract? Or eat shit because they can't say "potty"words on their site and he feels like he is being all badass by saying "shit"?

    The link just goes to a bunch of rednecks, I assume the last 8 or 9 Jaguars fans left, making Cleveland jokes.

    The Modell and Lebron jokes are hilarious and timely, Cooter makes the most of his 30 minutes that Daisy Mae grants him on the old Gateway PC with the dial-up connection once the chickens are fed and the Mullet is washed.

    Zombo

    Zombo....how ignorant of you.... you know full well they don't wash those Mullets.

  • lol at grown men arguing here like a bunch of little females about other grown men who dont care a bit about you or the city they play in.

  • lol at grown men arguing here like a bunch of little females about other grown men who dont care a bit about you or the city they play in.

    @soju said:

    lol at grown men arguing here like a bunch of little females about other grown men who dont care a bit about you or the city they play in.

    Yea, that is what a sports talk forum is. Grown men and women talking/arguing about richer than sin players who don't give a shit about the fans.

    Welcome to motherfucking America.

  • @soju said:

    lol at grown men arguing here like a bunch of little females about other grown men who dont care a bit about you or the city they play in.

    Yea, that is what a sports talk forum is. Grown men and women talking/arguing about richer than sin players who don't give a shit about the fans.

    Welcome to motherfucking America.

    @the-gipper said:

    Yea, that is what a sports talk forum is. Grown men and women talking/arguing about richer than sin players who don't give a shit about the fans.

    Welcome to motherfucking America.

    Gip,

    Don't be such a fucking potty mouth! There might be some Faguar fans lurking.

  • The way I see it, why not match? Its not our money, and the salary cap isnt a problem. If Jimmy is ok with it, Im ok with it. As long as it gives us an out after next year, itll buy us a year to find a replacement, and another year to groom him. Us Browns fans gotta get used to an owner who doesnt give two shits about giving away millions of dollars. Obviously he wanted to spend more in free agency anyways, but couldn't get the guys they wanted. As long as it doesnt effect the future, go ahead Jimmy, pay the man.

  • I wouldnt match it for 2 reasons!

    1) SCREW MACK who wants him here he made ovious he dont want be a brown so screw him.

    2) i dont think hes as important as alot think id be more worried getting gordon cameron haden signed long term

  • the quote i heard from haslam, although i don't know when he said it, was that he plans on mack being a cleveland brown for years to come.

    all i know is he's not doing himself any favors with the fans of the browns.

    like i said a while ago, it'll take a lot of ass kissing to get back in my good graces.

  • the quote i heard from haslam, although i don't know when he said it, was that he plans on mack being a cleveland brown for years to come.

    all i know is he's not doing himself any favors with the fans of the browns.

    like i said a while ago, it'll take a lot of ass kissing to get back in my good graces.

    @miktoxic said:

    the quote i heard from haslam, although i don't know when he said it, was that he plans on mack being a cleveland brown for years to come.

    all i know is he's not doing himself any favors with the fans of the browns.

    like i said a while ago, it'll take a lot of ass kissing to get back in my good graces.

    Please, between the upcoming draft, contract extensions, mini camps, training camps and all of the pre season hype do you really think anyone will give two craps about the one month period during a contract negotiation when there was chat about "sources saying Alex Mack doesn't want to be in Cleveland" - doubt it.

    Let's say the browns match, (which no one knows details, because he has not signed the offer sheet yet) Mack will come out with a statement (not his agent or through sources) that says how happy he is to play out his career with the Browns and how impressed he was with the new front office and especially the coaching staff. He will go on and on about it being a business and how at the end of the day he got what he wanted all along, a long term deal with the Cleveland Browns. Whether that is true or not, everyone will chill out because we now have a pro bowl center for the next 5 years...

    that being said if he goes to Jacksonville screw him

    GO BROWNS

  • @the-gipper said:

    Yea, that is what a sports talk forum is. Grown men and women talking/arguing about richer than sin players who don't give a shit about the fans.

    Welcome to motherfucking America.

    Gip,

    Don't be such a fucking potty mouth! There might be some Faguar fans lurking.

    @nuckin-futz said:

    Gip,

    Don't be such a fucking potty mouth! There might be some Faguar fans lurking.

    OMG, I'm sorry, LOL.....now STFU

  • Everyone gets there panties up in a bunch if a player looks else where. It is so fucking stupid. This is professional football. How many FA turned down offers from their teams and looked else where? How come everytime it is a Browns player they are the most hated person in the world. OUR team was the one who put a tender on him instead of offering him a deal. We had all offseason before the deadline to offer him one and we didn't. He WANTS a long term deal. Never is there a direct quote from Mack saying he wants to sign with a proven winner. NOT ANYWHERE. He wants to get a long term deal that makes him one of the highest paid centers in the league because he is one of the best centers in the league. Because of the tender put on him, this is the route he has to take in order to get that long term deal. If he signed the tender he would either have to sign a long term deal without seeing what he could make else where with other teams, or risk playing another season and suffering a bad injury that would drive down his price come next offseason. This is his best option. He is going to sign a deal with the Jags that will make him a lot of money and give the Browns the ability to match said deal. Do you really think he prefers the Jags over the Browns? No! But he wants to make what he thinks he is worth and he still wants the option to test the FA market eventually so he isn't going to sign anything that doesn't let him void the contract after one or two seasons.

    This is perfect for Mack. If he likes where he ends up, be it the Browns or Jags, he gets to be the highest paid center in the league for the next 2-3 seasons. If he doesn't like where he ends up he can leave after two seasons and sign where he likes. That doesn't make him a cunt, it doesn't make him a dick, it doesn't make him a pussy. Your all forgetting that this is the same guy who played the week after having major surgery to get his appendix removed. The same guy who has started every single game for the Browns since he was drafted, regardless of injury and regardless of illness. God forbid he weighs his options in the only way we have allowed him to in order to seek a long term deal.

  • Everyone gets there panties up in a bunch if a player looks else where. It is so fucking stupid. This is professional football. How many FA turned down offers from their teams and looked else where? How come everytime it is a Browns player they are the most hated person in the world. OUR team was the one who put a tender on him instead of offering him a deal. We had all offseason before the deadline to offer him one and we didn't. He WANTS a long term deal. Never is there a direct quote from Mack saying he wants to sign with a proven winner. NOT ANYWHERE. He wants to get a long term deal that makes him one of the highest paid centers in the league because he is one of the best centers in the league. Because of the tender put on him, this is the route he has to take in order to get that long term deal. If he signed the tender he would either have to sign a long term deal without seeing what he could make else where with other teams, or risk playing another season and suffering a bad injury that would drive down his price come next offseason. This is his best option. He is going to sign a deal with the Jags that will make him a lot of money and give the Browns the ability to match said deal. Do you really think he prefers the Jags over the Browns? No! But he wants to make what he thinks he is worth and he still wants the option to test the FA market eventually so he isn't going to sign anything that doesn't let him void the contract after one or two seasons.

    This is perfect for Mack. If he likes where he ends up, be it the Browns or Jags, he gets to be the highest paid center in the league for the next 2-3 seasons. If he doesn't like where he ends up he can leave after two seasons and sign where he likes. That doesn't make him a cunt, it doesn't make him a dick, it doesn't make him a pussy. Your all forgetting that this is the same guy who played the week after having major surgery to get his appendix removed. The same guy who has started every single game for the Browns since he was drafted, regardless of injury and regardless of illness. God forbid he weighs his options in the only way we have allowed him to in order to seek a long term deal.

    @harry-buffalo said:

    Everyone gets there panties up in a bunch if a player looks else where. It is so fucking stupid. This is professional football. How many FA turned down offers from their teams and looked else where? How come everytime it is a Browns player they are the most hated person in the world. OUR team was the one who put a tender on him instead of offering him a deal. We had all offseason before the deadline to offer him one and we didn't. He WANTS a long term deal. Never is there a direct quote from Mack saying he wants to sign with a proven winner. NOT ANYWHERE. He wants to get a long term deal that makes him one of the highest paid centers in the league because he is one of the best centers in the league. Because of the tender put on him, this is the route he has to take in order to get that long term deal. If he signed the tender he would either have to sign a long term deal without seeing what he could make else where with other teams, or risk playing another season and suffering a bad injury that would drive down his price come next offseason. This is his best option. He is going to sign a deal with the Jags that will make him a lot of money and give the Browns the ability to match said deal. Do you really think he prefers the Jags over the Browns? No! But he wants to make what he thinks he is worth and he still wants the option to test the FA market eventually so he isn't going to sign anything that doesn't let him void the contract after one or two seasons.

    This is perfect for Mack. If he likes where he ends up, be it the Browns or Jags, he gets to be the highest paid center in the league for the next 2-3 seasons. If he doesn't like where he ends up he can leave after two seasons and sign where he likes. That doesn't make him a cunt, it doesn't make him a dick, it doesn't make him a pussy. Your all forgetting that this is the same guy who played the week after having major surgery to get his appendix removed. The same guy who has started every single game for the Browns since he was drafted, regardless of injury and regardless of illness. God forbid he weighs his options in the only way we have allowed him to in order to seek a long term deal.

    After this rant, it seems that it is you that most of all has his panties in a bunch over this situation....one way or another.

  • @miktoxic said:

    the quote i heard from haslam, although i don't know when he said it, was that he plans on mack being a cleveland brown for years to come.

    all i know is he's not doing himself any favors with the fans of the browns.

    like i said a while ago, it'll take a lot of ass kissing to get back in my good graces.

    Please, between the upcoming draft, contract extensions, mini camps, training camps and all of the pre season hype do you really think anyone will give two craps about the one month period during a contract negotiation when there was chat about "sources saying Alex Mack doesn't want to be in Cleveland" - doubt it.

    Let's say the browns match, (which no one knows details, because he has not signed the offer sheet yet) Mack will come out with a statement (not his agent or through sources) that says how happy he is to play out his career with the Browns and how impressed he was with the new front office and especially the coaching staff. He will go on and on about it being a business and how at the end of the day he got what he wanted all along, a long term deal with the Cleveland Browns. Whether that is true or not, everyone will chill out because we now have a pro bowl center for the next 5 years...

    that being said if he goes to Jacksonville screw him

    GO BROWNS

    @cleinchi said:

    Please, between the upcoming draft, contract extensions, mini camps, training camps and all of the pre season hype do you really think anyone will give two craps about the one month period during a contract negotiation when there was chat about "sources saying Alex Mack doesn't want to be in Cleveland" - doubt it.

    Let's say the browns match, (which no one knows details, because he has not signed the offer sheet yet) Mack will come out with a statement (not his agent or through sources) that says how happy he is to play out his career with the Browns and how impressed he was with the new front office and especially the coaching staff. He will go on and on about it being a business and how at the end of the day he got what he wanted all along, a long term deal with the Cleveland Browns. Whether that is true or not, everyone will chill out because we now have a pro bowl center for the next 5 years...

    that being said if he goes to Jacksonville screw him

    GO BROWNS

    You mean if the Browns don't match the offer fuck Mack? Cause that is his fault how? If the Browns wanted to lock him up they should have either A) offered him a long term deal after the season was over, which they never did, or franchise tag him and work out a long term deal. They used a transition tag allowing him to force a long term deal in his favor. They could have signed him for 7-8 million a year easy, but they didn't cause they kept sitting on their hands.

  • @harry-buffalo said:

    Everyone gets there panties up in a bunch if a player looks else where. It is so fucking stupid. This is professional football. How many FA turned down offers from their teams and looked else where? How come everytime it is a Browns player they are the most hated person in the world. OUR team was the one who put a tender on him instead of offering him a deal. We had all offseason before the deadline to offer him one and we didn't. He WANTS a long term deal. Never is there a direct quote from Mack saying he wants to sign with a proven winner. NOT ANYWHERE. He wants to get a long term deal that makes him one of the highest paid centers in the league because he is one of the best centers in the league. Because of the tender put on him, this is the route he has to take in order to get that long term deal. If he signed the tender he would either have to sign a long term deal without seeing what he could make else where with other teams, or risk playing another season and suffering a bad injury that would drive down his price come next offseason. This is his best option. He is going to sign a deal with the Jags that will make him a lot of money and give the Browns the ability to match said deal. Do you really think he prefers the Jags over the Browns? No! But he wants to make what he thinks he is worth and he still wants the option to test the FA market eventually so he isn't going to sign anything that doesn't let him void the contract after one or two seasons.

    This is perfect for Mack. If he likes where he ends up, be it the Browns or Jags, he gets to be the highest paid center in the league for the next 2-3 seasons. If he doesn't like where he ends up he can leave after two seasons and sign where he likes. That doesn't make him a cunt, it doesn't make him a dick, it doesn't make him a pussy. Your all forgetting that this is the same guy who played the week after having major surgery to get his appendix removed. The same guy who has started every single game for the Browns since he was drafted, regardless of injury and regardless of illness. God forbid he weighs his options in the only way we have allowed him to in order to seek a long term deal.

    After this rant, it seems that it is you that most of all has his panties in a bunch over this situation....one way or another.

    @the-gipper said:

    After this rant, it seems that it is you that most of all has his panties in a bunch over this situation....one way or another.

    I just don't understand. Not every good person we draft is going to remain with the team for ever. The prerogative of the player is to make as much money as possible before his body can't play anymore. It's not like he is taken less money to play else where. He is just doing what the Browns have allowed him to do. I'm not going to hate a good player that gave our team everything he had while he was hear because the Browns sat on their hands and let him slip through the fingers. The Browns are going to have a chance to keep him. They will have to drastically over pay in order to do it, but they still have that option. If he leaves it's their fault not Macks.

  • How to trust Mack now? Besides, the Browns gain 10kkish in cap space and a round 2 pick iinm.

    Miami's Pouncey may be looking around soon.

  • I'll say this...O line is a part of the game that is predicated on continuity. With that being said...if Mack walks...I like our chances better with rookie linemen because they have a clean slate. They're more likely to be receptive to change and their bad habits are easier to correct it may also make the gelling process easier. Now as far as no 4 is concerned...I think our needs go deeper than O Line. A quarterback that holds the ball too long, can't read a defense (before and after the snap), and isn't prepared to play makes an O Line look ineffective. A receiver that can't catch the ball negates the hard work of the O Line. An indecisive runner makes the O Line look bad as well. Before I ramble it'd be best to go skill position with at least the first three picks then worry about O Line.

  • @cleinchi said:

    Please, between the upcoming draft, contract extensions, mini camps, training camps and all of the pre season hype do you really think anyone will give two craps about the one month period during a contract negotiation when there was chat about "sources saying Alex Mack doesn't want to be in Cleveland" - doubt it.

    Let's say the browns match, (which no one knows details, because he has not signed the offer sheet yet) Mack will come out with a statement (not his agent or through sources) that says how happy he is to play out his career with the Browns and how impressed he was with the new front office and especially the coaching staff. He will go on and on about it being a business and how at the end of the day he got what he wanted all along, a long term deal with the Cleveland Browns. Whether that is true or not, everyone will chill out because we now have a pro bowl center for the next 5 years...

    that being said if he goes to Jacksonville screw him

    GO BROWNS

    You mean if the Browns don't match the offer fuck Mack? Cause that is his fault how? If the Browns wanted to lock him up they should have either A) offered him a long term deal after the season was over, which they never did, or franchise tag him and work out a long term deal. They used a transition tag allowing him to force a long term deal in his favor. They could have signed him for 7-8 million a year easy, but they didn't cause they kept sitting on their hands.

    @harry-buffalo said:

    You mean if the Browns don't match the offer fuck Mack? Cause that is his fault how? If the Browns wanted to lock him up they should have either A) offered him a long term deal after the season was over, which they never did, or franchise tag him and work out a long term deal. They used a transition tag allowing him to force a long term deal in his favor. They could have signed him for 7-8 million a year easy, but they didn't cause they kept sitting on their hands.

    Nope, just if the browns don't match the Jags contract he is no longer a brown, than who cares. I am all about people maximizing their compensation/situation - I would not hate the guy, nor would I cheer for the guy -

    looks to be a mute point anyways the offer sheet details are coming up now and there is no way the browns do not match.

  • Details on the offer sheet :

    5 yr $42 million with $18 mil over first 2 years with a player option (team can not tag either) after year 2.

    IMO opinion this is the deal Mack wanted to do with the Browns because he can opt out in year two if there are more changes like he experienced in his rookie contract with us. If the Browns turn it around, no reason - exercise player option in which his contract will still be favorable.