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  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    I didn't realize the season started tomorrow.

    Of course it doesn't. It started today. Actually it started before Monday. We made our first choices already by not signing, while saying we want to retain our free agents.

    Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tim Couch Pulls Out wrote on last edited by
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    @texasag1969 said:

    Of course it doesn't. It started today. Actually it started before Monday. We made our first choices already by not signing, while saying we want to retain our free agents.

    What time was kickoff? I must have missed it.

  • @mudfly said:

    Or "they" made their choices....

    Mack made his years ago.....and both Farmer AND Sashi tried to sign Benji for months.....

    Fair enough on Mack, but they tried to "cheap" Benji compared to what SD is offering. And now what are we doing to retain Schwartz and Gipson?

    Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tim Couch Pulls Out wrote on last edited by
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    @texasag1969 said:

    Fair enough on Mack, but they tried to "cheap" Benji compared to what SD is offering. And now what are we doing to retain Schwartz and Gipson?

    How many wins did Benji net us in his career?

  • Flyin JF Flyin J wrote on last edited by
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    With the cap going up a huge amount this year, seeing teams overpaying guys with front loaded contracts was a given...

  • @mudfly said:

    Or "they" made their choices....

    Mack made his years ago.....and both Farmer AND Sashi tried to sign Benji for months.....

    Fair enough on Mack, but they tried to "cheap" Benji compared to what SD is offering. And now what are we doing to retain Schwartz and Gipson?

    MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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    @texasag1969 said:

    Fair enough on Mack, but they tried to "cheap" Benji compared to what SD is offering. And now what are we doing to retain Schwartz and Gipson?

    Benji got $6million....that is nowhere near "cheap"....he's not worth it.....he aint Antonio Brown guys....

    @calfoxwc said:

    this is exactly correct. RaidersBaltiwhore's OL Osemelee gets 36.6 million in the first 3 yrs of a 5 yr,58.5 deal to go to the Raiders.

    Janoris Jenkins signs with the Giants ... for MORE than 12 million a year. The Jags' deal with DL Malik Jackson is 90

    million over six years...42 million guaranteed.

    This stuff is stupid, especially for the Browns, who need more than one or two players to be a playoff team.

    Exactly.....if we were close, then maybe.....but overpaying average talent gets us nowhere, except into regrettable contracts

    And, history shows that overpaid FA's usually end up getting cut or restructured almost immediatey.....ask Miami....

    Bengals are way closer than we are, yet didnt see the need to keep Jones @ $8m.....

    Im good if we sign Scwartz and think he's the most important of the guys we are faced with losing.....I had Mack gone long ago.....and Gipson/Benji just aint all that.....

  • @texasag1969 said:

    Fair enough on Mack, but they tried to "cheap" Benji compared to what SD is offering. And now what are we doing to retain Schwartz and Gipson?

    How many wins did Benji net us in his career?

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    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    How many wins did Benji net us in his career?

    Hello cpt shortsight, per usual.

  • C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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    i'm ok with not overpaying guys from other teams tbh. I wouldn't have minded Jones but hey, if Detroit gives him more money AND he's got Matthew Stafford throwing to him....waddya gonna do? He probably would have still chosen Detroit even if we offered a few more bucks because of that.....Stafford vs McCown/draft nub....not a hard call.

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    How many wins did Benji net us in his career?

    Hello cpt shortsight, per usual.

    Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tim Couch Pulls Out wrote on last edited by
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    @clevfan4life said:

    Hello cpt shortsight, per usual.

    Please enlighten me, then, on how losing Travis Benjamin is going to set this franchise back for years.

    I'd love to hear that explanation.

  • @clevfan4life said:

    Hello cpt shortsight, per usual.

    Please enlighten me, then, on how losing Travis Benjamin is going to set this franchise back for years.

    I'd love to hear that explanation.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Please enlighten me, then, on how losing Travis Benjamin is going to set this franchise back for years.

    I'd love to hear that explanation.

    It won't, but we do need some dynamic Kick returners on this team. Who do you think those will be?

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Please enlighten me, then, on how losing Travis Benjamin is going to set this franchise back for years.

    I'd love to hear that explanation.

    It won't, but we do need some dynamic Kick returners on this team. Who do you think those will be?

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    @the-gipper said:

    It won't, but we do need some dynamic Kick returners on this team. Who do you think those will be?

    Danny Shelton or Xavier Cooper. Let em try to storm downfield and try to slap them

    into the turf. Ain't happenin.

    Cooper used to play soccer, he has quick feet. And Shelton could average Benjamin's return average in a lava. 😎

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Please enlighten me, then, on how losing Travis Benjamin is going to set this franchise back for years.

    I'd love to hear that explanation.

    It won't, but we do need some dynamic Kick returners on this team. Who do you think those will be?

    Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tim Couch Pulls Out wrote on last edited by
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    @the-gipper said:

    It won't, but we do need some dynamic Kick returners on this team. Who do you think those will be?

    One of the multitude of quick, undersized guys we currently have on our roster. I'm pretty sure Taylor Gabriel is still hanging on.

  • MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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    We have good kick returners and Benji wasnt one of them.....Moore and Gilbert do that quite well and Benji only did it in 2014 and was terrible(20 yd average).....Heck, Gilbert was one of the best in the league, so Id expect to see more of that with Hue....

    Punt returns?....yeah, benji was pretty good there, but lets be honest, the difference between the top punt returners and middle of the pack guys is about 3 yards per return(tops)....or less than 5 yards per game avg....so, its not that big of a deal really....

  • @the-gipper said:

    It won't, but we do need some dynamic Kick returners on this team. Who do you think those will be?

    Danny Shelton or Xavier Cooper. Let em try to storm downfield and try to slap them

    into the turf. Ain't happenin.

    Cooper used to play soccer, he has quick feet. And Shelton could average Benjamin's return average in a lava. 😎

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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    @calfoxwc said:

    Danny Shelton or Xavier Cooper. Let em try to storm downfield and try to slap them

    into the turf. Ain't happenin.

    Cooper used to play soccer, he has quick feet. And Shelton could average Benjamin's return average in a lava. 😎

    That would be fun to see...if nothing else.

  • We have good kick returners and Benji wasnt one of them.....Moore and Gilbert do that quite well and Benji only did it in 2014 and was terrible(20 yd average).....Heck, Gilbert was one of the best in the league, so Id expect to see more of that with Hue....

    Punt returns?....yeah, benji was pretty good there, but lets be honest, the difference between the top punt returners and middle of the pack guys is about 3 yards per return(tops)....or less than 5 yards per game avg....so, its not that big of a deal really....

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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    @mudfly said:

    We have good kick returners and Benji wasnt one of them.....Moore and Gilbert do that quite well and Benji only did it in 2014 and was terrible(20 yd average).....Heck, Gilbert was one of the best in the league, so Id expect to see more of that with Hue....

    Sorry, Moore sucked ass. Didn't see much of Gilbert returning kicks.....so I do think he should....at least get some use out of his sorry ass.

    Punt returns?....yeah, benji was pretty good there, but lets be honest, the difference between the top punt returners and middle of the pack guys is about 3 yards per return(tops)....or less than 5 yards per game avg....so, its not that big of a deal really....

    Still, need a guy that could take it all the way....like Benji did. Something certainly Moore could not do.

  • A Alkid3 wrote on last edited by
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    My sources say we low balled the shit outta him. He signed with DET

  • @mudfly said:

    We have good kick returners and Benji wasnt one of them.....Moore and Gilbert do that quite well and Benji only did it in 2014 and was terrible(20 yd average).....Heck, Gilbert was one of the best in the league, so Id expect to see more of that with Hue....

    Sorry, Moore sucked ass. Didn't see much of Gilbert returning kicks.....so I do think he should....at least get some use out of his sorry ass.

    Punt returns?....yeah, benji was pretty good there, but lets be honest, the difference between the top punt returners and middle of the pack guys is about 3 yards per return(tops)....or less than 5 yards per game avg....so, its not that big of a deal really....

    Still, need a guy that could take it all the way....like Benji did. Something certainly Moore could not do.

    Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tim Couch Pulls Out wrote on last edited by
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    @the-gipper said:

    @mudfly said:

    We have good kick returners and Benji wasnt one of them.....Moore and Gilbert do that quite well and Benji only did it in 2014 and was terrible(20 yd average).....Heck, Gilbert was one of the best in the league, so Id expect to see more of that with Hue....

    Sorry, Moore sucked ass. Didn't see much of Gilbert returning kicks.....so I do think he should....at least get some use out of his sorry ass.

    Punt returns?....yeah, benji was pretty good there, but lets be honest, the difference between the top punt returners and middle of the pack guys is about 3 yards per return(tops)....or less than 5 yards per game avg....so, its not that big of a deal really....

    Still, need a guy that could take it all the way....like Benji did. Something certainly Moore could not do.

    The three total punt + kicks he returned in his four year career aren't enough to keep him, IMO.

    Mediocre receiver, slightly above average return man at times. Let's not glorify this kid. Cribbs had two different seasons where he returned 3 or more punt + kicks for TD's.

  • @mudfly said:

    We have good kick returners and Benji wasnt one of them.....Moore and Gilbert do that quite well and Benji only did it in 2014 and was terrible(20 yd average).....Heck, Gilbert was one of the best in the league, so Id expect to see more of that with Hue....

    Sorry, Moore sucked ass. Didn't see much of Gilbert returning kicks.....so I do think he should....at least get some use out of his sorry ass.

    Punt returns?....yeah, benji was pretty good there, but lets be honest, the difference between the top punt returners and middle of the pack guys is about 3 yards per return(tops)....or less than 5 yards per game avg....so, its not that big of a deal really....

    Still, need a guy that could take it all the way....like Benji did. Something certainly Moore could not do.

    MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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    @the-gipper said:

    @mudfly said:

    We have good kick returners and Benji wasnt one of them.....Moore and Gilbert do that quite well and Benji only did it in 2014 and was terrible(20 yd average).....Heck, Gilbert was one of the best in the league, so Id expect to see more of that with Hue....

    Sorry, Moore sucked ass. Didn't see much of Gilbert returning kicks.....so I do think he should....at least get some use out of his sorry ass.

    Punt returns?....yeah, benji was pretty good there, but lets be honest, the difference between the top punt returners and middle of the pack guys is about 3 yards per return(tops)....or less than 5 yards per game avg....so, its not that big of a deal really....

    Still, need a guy that could take it all the way....like Benji did. Something certainly Moore could not do.

    Moore was 25.7, which is middle of the pack...not great, but not sucked ass either......Gilbert was much better...

    And Moore is not a punt returner....just like Benji is not a kick returner....

  • My sources say we low balled the shit outta him. He signed with DET

    MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by Mudfly
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    @alkid3 said:

    My sources say we low balled the shit outta him. He signed with DET

    He signed for $8 million....you think he's worth that?.....top 20 money?....should we have paid him 10 mil?

  • C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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    You can draft a small school speedster, who is tough and can really returns kicks,

    in a late round, imho.

  • We are fucked

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on last edited by hoorta
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    @darren15 said:

    We are fucked

    ? Losing out on Jones, and Benji going to the Chargers? Let's take this a step at a time. RE: Jones, as others have opined, Detroit could afford to overpay for Jones with Megatron's $11 million coming off the books. RE: Benji- do you think adding him to the Chargers is going to be the piece that lets them overtake the Raiders, not to mention Denver? Don't think so. Hey, if we're gonna suck in 2016, let's suck real bad- so we have another top 5 pick in 2017.

    @logicisforsquares said:

    Shamu is a mean run blocker.

    He eats up the opposition. 🙂

  • Maybe then, Bowe isn't stupid, and won't be in the doghouse

    with Hue at the helm !

    FA isn't over yet.... btw and it sounds like Jones wanted to go

    to a winning team. whatever.

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    @calfoxwc said:

    FA isn't over yet.... btw and it sounds like Jones wanted to go to a winning team. whatever.

    Winning team? Detroit?

    @clevfan4life said:

    We always do this, a dude plays his ass off for us and we don't reward him. The one thing Cleveland could say is that we're loyal to our players that "play like a Brown".

    "Pay like a Brown?"

    @mudfly said:

    He signed for $8 million....you think he's worth that?.....top 20 money?....should we have paid him 10 mil?

    $8mm for a top tier WR2 is not unreasonable... $10 would be.