@tour2ma said:

Likeable guy that was extremely charitable in the community that filled in admirably for Dansby last month or 2 in 2014. I thought his play really improved from when his oft-maligned 2013 season where his hook zones where bullseyes to OCs. Then again, it wasn't like there was a chance it could have gotten worse anyway. He's definitely replaceable but I appreciate the efforts he put forth here.

@killerinstinct3 said:

I'm sure all the smart money just went on the Saints for the SB.

Zombo

@texasag1969 said:

Good read, Ag... the companion, embedded one is actually a little better... better context for some of DePo's comments.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/paul-depodesta-ready-to-answer-doubters-in-nfl-role/#hOMQJqwxqvXI8xkr.97

“When I was going to the Browns,” DePodesta said, “I had met with the ownership, Jimmy and Dee Haslam, and they asked me, ‘What do you want out of an owner?’ And I said, ‘Well, I’ll tell you what I don’t want."

@texasag1969 said:

Yep.....green, inexperienced, unschooled rookies......but, hey, they're smart

How good can the analytics be without data?.....I guess we are about to find out.....

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/14/depodesta-says-hes-heard-other-team-officials-mock-him-browns/

"In baseball, I had a 20-year library of players and transactions and all that sort of thing that I don’t have right now, very admittedly,” he said. “As we were going through free agency this week, I was talking to some of the guys in the room and I was asking a lot of questions, but I said, I literally am not trying to lead the witness here, I truly don’t know and don’t have an opinion one way or the other. So that’s a real challenge for me, and just trying to take our mindset and bring it into football and create processes and systems around that is challenging."

@tour2ma said:

Not too worried to see him go.....only sorry that we wont get better at the position when he does(which is needed).....

We seem content to let FA's go and then sign similar talent to replace them.....

@tour2ma said:

As noted, we got Tuggle to replace him. A wash?

@westside-steve said:

Exactly Steve!

If the culture has to change - let's welcome those trying to change it and their different way of doing so. Keep in mind, it isn't like last year's free agents we overpaid helped us win any more than a lot of the recent first round draft picks we invested in. That said, the FAs we haven't overpaid to bring here like Gary Barnidge and Jamie Meder remind us good help can be found while everyone else is competing to sign the bigger names/upper tier. Josh McCown wasn't bad money spent either.

This is my 2016 theme:

I may be old. I may be tired.

But that doesn't mean I'm uninspired...

Could be the team's that plunder our players for the last couple years are fools and overpaying for bad talent in which case I would expect them all to be 3 and 13 as well but...

And of course I don't want guys who would play somewhere else for less money. And of course we can probably replace anybody.

And looking on the bright side it's probably harder to go 3 and 13 than it is 5 + 11 just thanks to the luck of the draw.

Then again flip a coin, turns up heads 50 times in a row the odds are still 50/50 on the 51st flip.

WSS

@westside-steve said:

True Steve but when you do go 3-13 - how many guys are you already starting that shouldn't be starting anyway?

In 2014 we started off 6-4 with a bunch of WRs that didn't start on our 2013 team that only finished 4-12. Not only that, but 2014 marked the first year Brian Hoyer won a starting QB job in training camp at age 29. Meanwhile, the Gary Barnidge we got from Carolina was a part timer at most here when we had this hope Cameron could keep playing like a Pro Bowl TE. Even though they played 2 different versions of TE - Barnidge became a more complete TE capable of either role than Cameron gave us. The Rams were 5-11 in 1998 and won the Superbowl in 1999 with the following new faces in the lineup: rookie WR Torry Holt, Marshall Faulk and former grocery bag specialist Kurt Warner filling in for injured/well paid FA Trent Green. They paid the BIG QB contract for Green but the true color of money came from Kurt Warner. They also made big mistakes betting on rewiring the character of Lawrence Phillips.

It may seem like Risky Business but like the quote in the movie said "sometimes you just gotta say what the fuck."

@mudfly said:

Yes, if those 3 wins are home games vs Pitt, Balt, & Cincy

@unsympathetic said:

How is this even worth a thread? Robertson didn't have any impact against the run. This undrafted FA is the definition of replacement-level, and if someone else wants to pay him money, good for him.

I think he was our best run defender last year. The only time i saw our ilb'ers make pro quality reads on the ball and make first contact on the offensive side of los.... It was robertson. The other guys made some plays, im not saying robertson was head and shoulders above them.....but he also wasnt a starter. I would have liked to see him as the d cpt next yearband see hownthe run d was impacted

@clevfan4life said:

Again, we could do a lot worse.

Lets put it this way: Jimmy Haslam wanted to bring the Browns to Columbus for training camp.

Instead.....lets bring Columbus to the Browns....by drafting OSU players.

@opal312 said:

Draft all OSU! Bosa #2, Thomas #32 Tyvus Powell #65, Cardale in like round 4/ WTF...we could do a lot worse.

@westside-steve said:

Just checking, this coming season the team will be made up of guys who couldn't start last year on a 3 and 13 team? Alrighty then

WSS

Why do see that as a problem when its a wonderful opportunity for young.........ah fuck it i cant polish that turd. Anyone else wanna give it a go?