@ballpeen said:

No doubt Woods needs to go.  My darkhorse candidate for DC is Jim Leonhard.  I am hoping he isn't named the full time head coach at Wisconsin before we can talk to him.

I would look to trade Hospital Ward.  If we could get a 2nd rounder, I would take it.  We have the corners to do that.

When I look at our defensive roster, I see a player make-up that would be better suited to a 3-4, so I hope we make that switch.  We would need to add a NT, who you can usually find both in FA and the draft.  I think a guy like Phillips would benefit with a switch to the outside.  With his speed he could be a pretty good standup rusher off the edge.

I hope we lock up Pocic and don't try to go back to Harris.  I am not willing to go back to that.   Pocic is excellent in the pivot.  Berry needs to swallow his pride and keep the guy over one of his draft choices.

We need to just cut Anthony Schwantz.  Schwantz is a waste of time.

Interesting.  Phillip's, who has an average 40 time, average 10 & 20 yard split, below average wingspan, a poor first step, average play strength and is, at best, a poor tackler - you would have play as an on- ball 2pt edge backer...? 

Would you be more of a 1 gap scheme like Wade Phillip's or play more 2 gap calls like Belichick? 

What about Myles? His strength is a 3pt edge, are you going to play him as a 2pt backer or run more of those under looks with a LEO like Seattle did? 

How do you address Togiai and Elliot as personnel and also their positions? 

I'm really curious how you arrived at this conclusion and would like to know more.  

I would look to trade Hospital Ward.  If we could get a 2nd rounder, I would take it.  We have the corners to do that.

When I look at our defensive roster, I see a player make-up that would be better suited to a 3-4, so I hope we make that switch.  We would need to add a NT, who you can usually find both in FA and the draft.  I think a guy like Phillips would benefit with a switch to the outside.  With his speed he could be a pretty good standup rusher off the edge.

I hope we lock up Pocic and don't try to go back to Harris.  I am not willing to go back to that.   Pocic is excellent in the pivot.  Berry needs to swallow his pride and keep the guy over one of his draft choices.

We need to just cut Anthony Schwantz.  Schwantz is a waste of time.

Jimmy Haslam faces bankruptcy and sells the team to a Consortium of Cleveland people including possibly even brain damaged Bernie. The league finds the Houston Texans guilty of fraud and gives us back the three number one picks while invalidating DeShaun Watson's contract. And one of my songs winning an Oscar, and Jennifer Aniston as my date to the awards ceremony. 

WSS 

@sdbacker80 said:

We need a MIKE.  As pointed out every other play we are weak in the middle but it extends beyond the interior Dlineman.  

And the new defensive coordinator needs to figure out if he can use Johnson and fix Delpit.   I am cautiously optimistic that the secondary and some of the components can be fixed although that was Woods supposed strength. 

And on offense Kevin needs to watch some Siranni and Jalen Hurts this offseason for some ideas with Watson.  So his play caller and Kevin (see what I did there) can deploy the best offensive attack next season.

We are toast in 2022. 

Very true; but we do need to keep in mind we don't have a 1st round draft pick when we're patching holes.  It all starts up front.  If you're DTs aren't getting dominated - then we can keep bodies off the Backers.  One of my favorite ILBs/MIKE was Mike Johnson who was undersized at 6'1" 220 lbs.  He played in 3-4 as well as a 4-3 (as the MIKE) and we ALWAYS had the IDL that kept blockers off him.  On top of that, he had great 1st step instinct. He made 2 Pro Bowls for us and I think he was an All Pro in 89.

Anyway, for this conversation and next draft - I hope they make IDL a priority.  Maybe free agency can help us at LBer and IDL.

I like a lot of your points above.  

and...

never mind.

dammit.

@flugel said:

Upgrade the DT position and fire Woods is an ideal start; and let's add some gravy with another edge rusher.

We need a MIKE.  As pointed out every other play we are weak in the middle but it extends beyond the interior Dlineman.  

And the new defensive coordinator needs to figure out if he can use Johnson and fix Delpit.   I am cautiously optimistic that the secondary and some of the components can be fixed although that was Woods supposed strength. 

And on offense Kevin needs to watch some Siranni and Jalen Hurts this offseason for some ideas with Watson.  So his play caller and Kevin (see what I did there) can deploy the best offensive attack next season.

We are toast in 2022. 

@tiamat63 said:

- Ana De' Armas 

- New pair of Cole Haan dress sneakers

... this is what the thread's about, right? 

Ana DeArmas!... Wowza!.. Always liked Eva Mendes too when she was younger..

- New pair of Cole Haan dress sneakers

... this is what the thread's about, right? 

@runyon27 said:

I think they devalue linebackers with the analytics but maybe this year will wake them up. We need to address the middle of the line. We need some DTs that can play. What we got in there now is replacement level players. Another pass rusher would be on the list too. And get rid of woods, I agree 100%, he doesn't adjust his game plan when its not working, which is alot. I think we need to be more creative on defense to create pressure when rushing 4 isn't working.

Upgrade the DT position and fire Woods is an ideal start; and let's add some gravy with another edge rusher.

@browns149 said:

A new owner, a new gm and a ALL NEW COACHES

There you go!  

Seriously, think about it. The Steelers suck now but they won't be on the bottom for long, they are a well run organization and have been for years, I would say that 2 years at the most and they will be back in it again. Cinci has a young team and a franchise QB, Baltimore is loaded with talent, so that leaves us. Watson better be the next Tom Brady 2.0 or we are in danger of being in the basement for the next decade plus. 

@berniesuperbowl2 said:

I can't give you an exact date on the nightmare ending. But I can tell you the nightmare won't end in our lifetime on this planet. 

The date this nightmare ends is when the Haslam’s don’t own the team

Otherwise it will continue on 

@berniesuperbowl2 said:

I can't give you an exact date on the nightmare ending. But I can tell you the nightmare won't end in our lifetime on this planet. 

Sure is crazy. It's nearly impossible in a parity driven league to suck so often. 

@bob806 said:

I wish my Dad (RIP) took me to Severance Hall so I could bitch about the 3rd chair violinist instead of Cleveland Stadium?

When is this 30 year nightmare going to end?

I can't give you an exact date on the nightmare ending. But I can tell you the nightmare won't end in our lifetime on this planet. 

When is this 30 year nightmare going to end?