Zombo said:

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm BOOBS

@cobra-kai said:

Yorba Linda.

Zombo said:

maybe because THEY are the girlfriends?

She's not an engineer though.

She's a nurse.

But she has big boobs.

Typical Browns Board Cover Corner Thread ... No one mentions how much money their girlfriend makes in those Johnny threads.

Zombo

@cobra-kai said:

I see what ya did there.

Joe Haden: Gilbert was my ‘number one dude’

Pro Bowler already has advice planned for the rookie Months before the Cleveland Browns selected cornerback Justin Gilbert, Joe Haden was busy researching.

“He was the number one dude I had on the board as a cornerback,” said Haden on Monday.

An admitted NFL draft fanatic, Haden put Gilbert’s highlight tape on repeat and raved about his explosion. Haden’s eyes popped when he later looked at the Oklahoma State alum’s interception numbers – seven in 2013 alone.

It’s Gilbert’s mindset when he gets the football that left a lasting impression on Haden. Gilbert scored eight touchdowns in four seasons in the Big 12 Conference, all either on special teams or on defense.

“That helps out a lot when he gets interceptions,” said Haden. “You can tell it turns automatically into a return game.”

When he met the media for the first time on Friday, Gilbert said he’s hopeful Haden will be a mentor for the rookie. The Browns Pro Bowl cornerback wouldn’t have it any other way. A top-10 pick himself, Haden can relate to the shoes Gilbert is being thrust into. He’s already thought what he’s going to tell Gilbert: just relax.

“Everything is going a million miles an hour right now,” described Haden about the whirlwind process of being drafted. “At the end of the day, it’s still football. I tell him just get your cleats together, put your pads on… Because when we get out there, all that hype and everything, it’s out the window.”

“There is not a rush,” Haden continued about his advice for Gilbert. “You are going to come into your own. Just learn the plays and learn the system and watch me. I’ll show you the right way.”

Yes, many are predicting Gilbert will one day be a top-flight cornerback with Pro Bowl potential. There isn’t a Browns rookie who will be handed anything on a silver platter, though.

“We got people like Buster [skrine] and dudes in the room that are not giving up spots,” Haden said. “Everybody is going to have to grind.”

On paper, at the very least, the Cleveland Browns arguably have the best secondary in the AFC North.

Haden and Donte Whitner have become regular guests in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl. We’ve profiled the rise of safety Tashaun Gipson. Either Gilbert or Skrine will make an adequate nickel back, while the other earns the starting nod. Isaiah Trufant, a cornerback and special teamer with the Jets under Pettine, was flying all over the place during minicamp.

The Browns’ secondary will have to be on point from the get-go. Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees, Joe Flacco are the first three quarterbacks on the docket in September.

With Haden’s careful instruction, the learning curve for Gilbert could be a short one. Immediate impact from the rookie would give Cleveland a leg up.

@the-gipper said:

first vcr i bought from the PX in germany was a pioneer top loading indestructible steel joint that weighed about 60 lbs. and cost $700 . first personal computer was an $1200 amiga 2000 with a $600 graphics board because it ran their native OS and mac classic and had the 'top of the line' graphics programs available for it. ugh.

damn i'm old.

@gftchris said:

Calculators with equation solvers and programmable memories - those were the shit, walk in to an exam with one of those and have all your formulae written down for you? Yeah, I'll take that.

Until they made you show your work.

@tour2ma said:

Calculators with equation solvers and programmable memories - those were the shit, walk in to an exam with one of those and have all your formulae written down for you? Yeah, I'll take that.

@mike-h said:

Your insecurity and jealousy is seeping through my phone man. I'm going to have to get a restraining order, because you're legit scaring me with your obsession.

Delusions of grandeur paired with paranoia is a classic symptom of schizophrenia, Mikey.

If you seek help, they can be controlled. If you don't, then I'm here for you.

@the-gipper said:

IBM 360? Dude, any math I had to do was done with a slide rule....or an abacus. God, what a day when Texas Instruments came out with a calculator that would only cost you about $400.00 (you know, the kind that people give away now for free as promotional material)

LOL... I remember when the hp35 price dropped from the original $400 to $300 and I jumped on that bargain.

And the controversy was "should the calculators be allowed for tests".

@calfoxwc said:

IBM 360? Dude, any math I had to do was done with a slide rule....or an abacus. God, what a day when Texas Instruments came out with a calculator that would only cost you about $400.00 (you know, the kind that people give away now for free as promotional material)

@mike-h said:

So? Your girlfriend pulls trains?

(sorry, couldn't resist that setup)

@cvcanedy said:

Do I perhaps trump you all? I am a guy that on occasion can put other guys on an involuntary basis into a place where they are or can be actually forced to measure each others dicks....for real.

@calfoxwc said:

Ugh, assembly script. Horrible stuff.

you big dummy. lol

Okay, so my first year, I wrote mortgage payment calcs in assembler

on some old IBM 360 mainframes for 42 banks. Never made a mistake.

Left there to do dbase and foxpro stuff. A lot more fun. Assembler was no fun.

@calfoxwc said:

COBOL and Pascal, LOL.

nicely paid consultant with some huge companies in the latter years, and my Wonderful Cute Wife always made more money than I did.

Master's degree, etc.

So, I win.

@miktoxic said:

thanks for that link tour. prob wouldn't have seen it without your post.

yw, my man... that wry little smile was a cool moment.

@choco said:

Oh...the irony.

I almost feel sorry for you....MBA in journalism (lol....journalism) and you write for a fan rag. Doing well....

To your earlier post....I'm an engineer. You get paid for opinions on entertainment....a non critical society function...I get paid....well, very well....because I have an intimate understanding of science and help my employer make millions of dollars a year. So yeah.....I guess there's lots of reasons to be jealous of you.

Totally justified, the size of you head is.

Ah... a fellow engineer... and probably a fellow mouthbreather as well...

@cvcanedy said:

I was actually replying to choco...his post just became all braggy. I actually really like your posts/articles, Mike. Not sure how those wires got crossed.

The dick measuring contests on here about professions get a little silly.

I thought that was pretty clear, but forgive Mikey... he's a little paranoid these days.

Profession comparisons had not been in the discussion. Just one of the latest places Mikey has taken the convo in a futile attempt to puff himself up more.

Not only can Mikey not construct a logical argument, but also he cannot tolerate being anything less than the voice of authority here. Quite a conundrum... So he has simply fallen back on name-calling and what is clinically known as "making shit up" about others here.

Classic insecurity reaction...

@mike-h said:

I'd expect a lot better insight from an educated man. Mouthbreathers like Tour have an excuse to be wrong, but you're just lazy, I guess.

And I make a lot more than my engineer girlfriend at my 9-5. The fact that I get paid for a hobby and passion on the side is icing on the cake.

So cool bro, keep it up.

"I make more than my girlfriend."

Classic!... and so very manly...

@harry-buffalo said:

I am a professional dick measurer. Don't ask

@harry-buffalo said:

Like I said Harry Buffalo, Gilbert is a great fit for the scheme of the Browns and I am sure the coaches can coach him up and at least make him a better tackler, but as a coach it just would give ME a concern. I can't think of the perfect word for it, because I don't think it is a lack of effort, but in some of the highlights that is the appearance it gives off. Like I said, I don't think that's what it is, but I don't have the perfect word for it. One way that I can somewhat describe it, though not as bad (though not nearly as talented either) is remember how Deion want to/never did tackle, but if there was a tackle that had to be made, he could make it? He reminds me somewhat of that. Gilbert is a better tackler than that, but that is what popped into my head.

I am obviously no scout, and if I was the team would suck because of my mentality, and I do have a completely different mentality/style of football than in pros which effects how I view things like that. But I can tell you, that I do have to watch a lot of film and with MY mentality/style, if he was on my team and doing that he wouldn't be on field until it was corrected and wouldn't "recruit/draft" him. Thats why I am not in charge of a team.

The funny thing is, with all that said, I think it was a good pick, and with the extra picks, it was a GREAT pick. I also have a funny feeling that Pettine has some of that same mentality/style as me in him. It's just a different game in NFL and he knows that, but he will make both of those CB tougher

@gunz41 said:

I agree that not being a great tackler can be irksom, but at the same time it is probably one of the easier things to fix in a CB. I'm not talking about turning him into some kind of thumper, but teaching him how to tackle effectively while also protecting his own body. When Haden came into the league, he had the same lable as a below average tackler. But if he was, the past coaches got it fixed before he even stepped on the field for his first game. He never blows anyone back, but he raps around the legs and takes them down.

@cvcanedy said:

I was actually replying to choco...his post just became all braggy. I actually really like your posts/articles, Mike. Not sure how those wires got crossed.

The dick measuring contests on here about professions get a little silly.

I am a professional dick measurer. Don't ask