@tour2ma said:

Don't worry about, Joe... 1st ballot lock... Book it! .

Oh I feel he should be a first year of eligibility HOF inductee player maybe depending on who else is in his class when he actually retires. And the NFL does have bigger classes than the stingy MLB HOF in Cooperstown.

Still I believe he would have an even better lock had he played elsewhere, some other players have had to wait longer or passed by playing for bottom feeder teams......oooh that does sound dreary doesn't it.

@mjp28 said:

Zombo said:

Sure would be interesting if Redfern loses that competition.

@texasag1969 said:

Can't help to take a look at this guy.

I like the thinking, Don't hand the job to Redfern, give him some competition this week. Can only make the position better.

Zombo

@mjp28 said:

Don't worry about, Joe... 1st ballot lock... Book it!

@d-bone said:

Depends on what he gets in return, who he's targeting and whether or not he believes he can still get that player lower in the 1st, ect..., ect...., ect.... Short answer: Maybe

Depends more on who is there and how much they believe in him. If they are sold on the consensus, top QB in the draft, no offer will be big enough to pry the pick away.

http://fox8.com/2016/08/30/cleveland-browns-sign-punter-michael-palardy/

@stillmotion said:

Depends on what he gets in return, who he's targeting and whether or not he believes he can still get that player lower in the 1st, ect..., ect...., ect.... Short answer: Maybe

Still might as a Cleveland Brown, who knows? If they jettison some of the other guys you mentioned it will remind me of the mid to late 1960s Indians, get rid of stars for cash and/or get new or worn out old players in return.

GO BUCKEYES! Good luck BROWNS.

@mjp28 said:

and we should see a few more salaries veterans cut or traded soon enough.....At this point, Hawkins, Traymon, Haden and Thomas all suddenly feel expendable too........add McCown, cause who really cares if we have a QB anymore....it's not necessary...just get Kessler in there....

as so many have said about Lee and Gordon and Thomas.....team only won 3 games with these guys, so they suck....cut em too...get us some more middle & late picks.....maybe if Sashi has 20 picks next year, he'll hit on more than a few.....

@hoorta said:

An appropriate reply could be: "why don't you play my Magic Flute".

@hoorta said:

More apropos would be Mozart's "Requiem" in D minor.

or would that be a D minus?

Zombo said:

I thought Mozart was dead. They have a piano player returning kicks now? That's thinking outside of the box. Hey, instead of wiener dog races, they can hire the Cleveland Orchestra for the Halftime show, all about trying something "different". They can play Chopin's Funeral March after every loss. Er- I suppose every game this year. .

Zombo said:

Let's hope so.

@the-gipper said:

I think we are set with Mozart and Coleman, Gip.

Zombo

@hoorta said:

Hey, with these I guess we should be looking to see if there could be someone the Browns could use. Don't be surprised if they make some moves. If not now, when the teams have to go down to 53.

Oh, and I see that Ishmaily Kitchen was waived. He was a halfway decent DL for us for some time. You never know, he could be back.

And I see the Steelers cut Jordan Zumwalt, OLB....who had been with that team for a while.

No real surprises, though I did think They'd keep Coons to handle the kicking.

@orion said:

WR-D.Parks. TE-D.Reeves, Holtz. G-K.Johnson,C.Tucker. C-Gerhart. RB/FB-G.Winston,M.Johnson. NT-C.Anunoby. DE-K.Adeyemi. OLB-C.Johnson,J.Neill. FS/SS-S.Baker,T.Scott. K-T.Coons ...15 for now but We may cut 20 to try out any walking OL/DL/LB..Tuesday by 4PM,You too can build a team & call it Ghoolie

@gumby73 said:

FIFY....

@tour2ma said:

Right...last year it was painful "waiting" for the QB(McC) to get the ball out...forget the stat, but we were slowww compared to the rest of the league.....and it was blamed on our receiver corps inability to get open.....soooo the QB's were forced to hold the ball

Now....RGIII looks slow.....and, supposedly, he has a large group of WR studs.....but, to my eye, McCown looked sharper in terms of identifying the open man and getting it out......

And....YES.....Gabe looked good because he was playing with 2nds......YET, when I critique Kessler, Higgins, Payton, Schobert and all.....Im told they dont look good "because they are playing with 2nds?"

Cant have it both ways.....

@mudfly said:

Second team and all, but still Gabe was clearly running routes well, getting to spots on time and being open when he got there. McC is a timing guy, but RG needs the same... especially if he's the one-read-wonder I think he is.

Add that Gabe looked a little dangerous (and fearless) in his punt/kick return opportunities...

Personally, I'm not feeling Hawk again this year.