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  • Very nice read. Nick Saban told Johnny in front of the ESPN cameras that he was one of the greatest competitors he has ever seen in his 40 years of coaching football. Once they take the bit out of his mouth and tell him he can just compete and not have to "act like a backup", they will see a completely different person. Right now he's toning it down under orders and saying what they want him to say. You'd think they'd bought a nag from a dog food factory instead of what he is.

    @texasag1969 said:

    Very nice read. Nick Saban told Johnny in front of the ESPN cameras that he was one of the greatest competitors he has ever seen in his 40 years of coaching football. Once they take the bit out of his mouth and tell him he can just compete and not have to "act like a backup", they will see a completely different person. Right now he's toning it down under orders and saying what they want him to say. You'd think they'd bought a nag from a dog food factory instead of what he is.

    To me the whole show seems like a smart way to get the most out of Johnny. If I'm an ultra competitive guy and you put me at the bottom of the depth chart and tell me I'm a backup that's going to motivate the hell out of me to prove that I'm no backup and I certainly don't belong at the bottom of the depth chart. Seems like a much better way to motivate him then telling him he's the man and the job is his oh and by the way thanks for all the jersey sales.

  • Unfortunately, sick people seem to stalk people like JFF. Kid better watch his back.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Unfortunately, sick people seem to stalk people like JFF. Kid better watch his back.

    But surely they're all here...

    ... and since JM is too (under his secret identity) he can keep an eye on them.

  • @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Unfortunately, sick people seem to stalk people like JFF. Kid better watch his back.

    But surely they're all here...

    ... and since JM is too (under his secret identity) he can keep an eye on them.

    @tour2ma said:

    ... and since JM is too (under his secret identity)

    as is Teddy Twatwater i hear......

  • we have auto-correction now?

    now that is cool.

  • Just bumped into a Jags fan at Wal-Mart. He said most Jags fans wanted Manziel over Bortles. I think the whole experience was the beginning of a joke. So a Jags fan and a Browns fan are standing in line at Wal-Mart.....

  • Do the Manziel 😕

  • Just bumped into a Jags fan at Wal-Mart. He said most Jags fans wanted Manziel over Bortles. I think the whole experience was the beginning of a joke. So a Jags fan and a Browns fan are standing in line at Wal-Mart.....

    XxDaBuckeyexX said:

    Just bumped into a Jags fan at Wal-Mart. He said most Jags fans wanted Manziel over Bortles. I think the whole experience was the beginning of a joke. So a Jags fan and a Browns fan are standing in line at Wal-Mart.....

  • @douche-nozzle said:

    .until the Browns actually do it, it's just the same old Browns.

    100% correct.

  • You put stats in quotes like they're fake. They are real. Those are what stats are...numbers that categorically gauge how a player plays.



    The rest of the shit you listed? Those are excuses. TCPO


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    No, I put them in quotes because they are illegitimate indications of how good or bad a qb is.


    Football is a team game. Stats are indications of how PLAYERS PLAY. Using them as the sole


    gauge on one player is not ..necessarily valid.



    You think Archie Manning was a crap qb? "look at the stats" ? Baloney. Even Jim Brown


    gave huge, huge credit to his offensive line for his success. If he had a poor oline, and bad stats,


    he would have been a rotten rb? Analysis needs to be more comprehensive than that, imho.


  • @douche-nozzle said:

    You should be excited! I don't agree that there is a growing belief that the Browns are a tweak or two away but that's why we are fans and not paid NFL professionals. The Steelers have their issues as well as the Browns, there are many of us who question whether the head coach has succeeded on his own or on Cowhers coat tails.

    This is the kind of football discussion that could go on here if it weren't for the mods who aren't man enough to allow people to be proven wrong instead of editing and deleting posts so that the world can only see what they want to be seen.

    While it is refreshing to see a Steeler fan actually admit he has some uncertainty around his team's future, most of their posts, including yours, are subjective hand-waving. And that is anything but a "discussion" inducing approach.

    Then disagreement follows and the requisite name-calling ensues. From what I have seen that's when our Mods step in... as well they should. Tone, not content, is what requires their actions.

    The reasons fans visit another team's forum vary. But all such visitors are guests and should behave as such even if their "welcome" is less hospitable than they might deserve. Once they react (or "take the bait") they set themselves upon a path leading downhill to a place from which they can never return.

    Doesn't mean we still can't have a convo... just means the distance is going to introduce some noise.

    I agree about the questions with Tomlin. While he has the requisite Steeler HC stoicism, just not sure he has the fire. But regardless, IMO, he is not the biggest coaching question you have in front of you. I think the biggest question is... what do you do when a 76 yo Dick LeBeau decides to retire?

  • .until the Browns actually do it, it's just the same old Browns. dn

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    Actually, this is not correct. The old Browns couldn't do it. Weren't able.

    If these Browns do it, then they were able.

    Huge difference. Things are really looking up from a lot higher vantage point now.

  • @douche-nozzle said:

    You should be excited! I don't agree that there is a growing belief that the Browns are a tweak or two away but that's why we are fans and not paid NFL professionals. The Steelers have their issues as well as the Browns, there are many of us who question whether the head coach has succeeded on his own or on Cowhers coat tails.

    This is the kind of football discussion that could go on here if it weren't for the mods who aren't man enough to allow people to be proven wrong instead of editing and deleting posts so that the world can only see what they want to be seen.

    While it is refreshing to see a Steeler fan actually admit he has some uncertainty around his team's future, most of their posts, including yours, are subjective hand-waving. And that is anything but a "discussion" inducing approach.

    Then disagreement follows and the requisite name-calling ensues. From what I have seen that's when our Mods step in... as well they should. Tone, not content, is what requires their actions.

    The reasons fans visit another team's forum vary. But all such visitors are guests and should behave as such even if their "welcome" is less hospitable than they might deserve. Once they react (or "take the bait") they set themselves upon a path leading downhill to a place from which they can never return.

    Doesn't mean we still can't have a convo... just means the distance is going to introduce some noise.

    I agree about the questions with Tomlin. While he has the requisite Steeler HC stoicism, just not sure he has the fire. But regardless, IMO, he is not the biggest coaching question you have in front of you. I think the biggest question is... what do you do when a 76 yo Dick LeBeau decides to retire?

    @tour2ma said:

    While it is refreshing to see a Steeler fan actually admit he has some uncertainty around his team's future, most of their posts, including yours, are subjective hand-waving. And that is anything but a "discussion" inducing approach.

    Then disagreement follows and the requisite name-calling ensues. From what I have seen that's when our Mods step in... as well they should. Tone, not content, is what requires their actions.

    The reasons fans visit another team's forum vary. But all such visitors are guests and should behave as such even if their "welcome" is less hospitable than they might deserve. Once they react (or "take the bait") they set themselves upon a path leading downhill to a place from which they can never return.

    Doesn't mean we still can't have a convo... just means the distance is going to introduce some noise.

    I agree about the questions with Tomlin. While he has the requisite Steeler HC stoicism, just not sure he has the fire. But regardless, IMO, he is not the biggest coaching question you have in front of you. I think the biggest question is... what do you do when a 76 yo Dick LeBeau decides to retire?

    Dont worry...according to Vagitron they have a star defensive coordinator in waiting,in Keith Butler who is one of theyre def position coaches.

  • @tour2ma said:

    While it is refreshing to see a Steeler fan actually admit he has some uncertainty around his team's future, most of their posts, including yours, are subjective hand-waving. And that is anything but a "discussion" inducing approach.

    Then disagreement follows and the requisite name-calling ensues. From what I have seen that's when our Mods step in... as well they should. Tone, not content, is what requires their actions.

    The reasons fans visit another team's forum vary. But all such visitors are guests and should behave as such even if their "welcome" is less hospitable than they might deserve. Once they react (or "take the bait") they set themselves upon a path leading downhill to a place from which they can never return.

    Doesn't mean we still can't have a convo... just means the distance is going to introduce some noise.

    I agree about the questions with Tomlin. While he has the requisite Steeler HC stoicism, just not sure he has the fire. But regardless, IMO, he is not the biggest coaching question you have in front of you. I think the biggest question is... what do you do when a 76 yo Dick LeBeau decides to retire?

    Dont worry...according to Vagitron they have a star defensive coordinator in waiting,in Keith Butler who is one of theyre def position coaches.

    @nickers said:

    Dont worry...according to Vagitron they have a star defensive coordinator in waiting,in Keith Butler who is one of theyre def position coaches.

    Yep, you should know him actually. He was the LB coach in Cleveland from 99-02.

  • @douche-nozzle said:

    The reason I come here is because it is often mind numbingly comical to read what Browns fans actually believe. It's kinda like going to the zoo to see the animals who pick nits from each other and eat them, or stick their finger up their butt and lick it.....it's just hard to believe what you are seeing/hearing.

    As far as LeBeau is concerned, I don't know what they will do but the odds are it will work out because that's how they do things. You don't repeat things year after year, decade after decade, by luck.

    lets see. are you denying that your team might be sliding? Would you consider some of Tomlins early success because he inherited a good squad?

  • @douche-nozzle said:

    😁

    I didn't say they weren't in a slide, their record proves that! The question is whether or not they got it corrected by playing as well as any team in the league for the second half of last year. What I don't get is how you guys love to poke fun at the Steelers when they slide back to 8-8 when you would kill for your team to be that good.

    You are a steeler fan we are browns fan. It's part of the fun 😁

  • i'm not going to hate on the kid for having a good time, because given the same situation i'd be doing the same.

  • @walterwhite said:

    People are now outraged he's partying in Vegas including a lot in the sports media circle in Cleveland, it's completely ridiculous.

    I'm outraged as hell......Outraged I wasn't invited.

  • @walterwhite said:

    People are now outraged he's partying in Vegas including a lot in the sports media circle in Cleveland, it's completely ridiculous.

    well he must have known if he did it there'd be people bitching about it. he's not that dumb.

    doesn't mean those people are right. you know there are people that think if you're the QB of the football team they root for you better thinking about football 24/7. sorta like peyton manning or tom brady. hell they might party more than JF. you just don't hear about it.

  • @walterwhite said:

    People are now outraged he's partying in Vegas including a lot in the sports media circle in Cleveland, it's completely ridiculous.

    well he must have known if he did it there'd be people bitching about it. he's not that dumb.

    doesn't mean those people are right. you know there are people that think if you're the QB of the football team they root for you better thinking about football 24/7. sorta like peyton manning or tom brady. hell they might party more than JF. you just don't hear about it.

    @miktoxic said:

    well he must have known if he did it there'd be people bitching about it. he's not that dumb.

    doesn't mean those people are right. you know there are people that think if you're the QB of the football team they root for you better thinking about football 24/7. sorta like peyton manning or tom brady. hell they might party more than JF. you just don't hear about it.

    It's memorial day weekend. Shit I can't remember half the BBQ parties I attended at his age.

    Fuck, I am on the computer looking up pricing for a Mongolian spear axe. lol Exciting shit I tell yeah......... LBC Mike

    Pool side drinking a beer with bikini clad chicks, ringside at UFC fights, parties.... Tuesday work (football) Manziel