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I can't believe I'm writing this:
He actually deserves to start next week. Nothing I think about him personally or long-term has changed, but on the field, he played well.
If the O-line had given him decent protection, especially in the first half, this may even have been a comfortable win.
Damned Watson... can't even get tanking right! ??
I hear that. And I agree almost 100%. Again though, fan view from 5000'. And that's not how you coach. You have to play the best players at each position (for the job at hand). That's what the HC owes the players. Sure, when the game is hopelessly lost you can sub in some backups to get them some playing time to see how they do. And the same holds true for the season. Once the season is lost you can give more time to backups. It's a little different if you've just drafted one of the best QB's in the draft who is to become your long term franchise QB. You'll be wanting to get him on the field as soon as you can....without rushing him in there before he's ready. So, he may go in there before he's technically better than the current veteran starter. (Sanders was drafted in the 5th round)
So, at this point in the season (the very beginning) the argument is about Who is the better QB. Not who is the most popular with the fans. Not who might be here next year and who may not. We're one game out of first. The new HC, with no loyalty, no ties to either player, has determined that neither Sanders, Gabriel, or Green had shown to be better than Watson.
Something, something, tank and rebuild.
The question is not "Who is the better QB," the question is: "who is the better scapegoat?" The obvious answer being Watson.
You were absolutely right that the team would have been better off doing that last season to get Mendoza, but that level of decision making is beyond this ownership and their cronies.
Somehow when Stan died ownership of this board was able to be transferred over to Steve.
You've offered twice to take the board over from Steve, and have been blown off twice.
This is a deliberate choice.
You have a guy that seems to have both the willingness and technical knowledge to take over the board, among a small bunch of people where either is rare. If the choice to blow him off is deliberate, it is an odd one to say the least.
Having actively tried to find alternatives when the board was down before, I can honestly say this board is the best I have ever come across by miles, and it would be a loss it were to die.
The main question being, will we be drafting one at the top of next year's draft. Here's my take: Yes (short answer)
I agree, but with a slightly different version of your take on QB1.
Watson starting is confirmation to me that we are tanking. The fan base hates him already, so the FO can blame the lost season on him, while getting the early picks they want. Maybe Sanders gets a few games towards the end of the season, when all is already lost (as intended). Thereby taking away any counter to drafting a QB and revamping the room.
Joe Milton released by Dallas. Would probably be an improvement over any of the four QBs on our roster. Do we take a swing?
Lawsuits and a gambling addiction? This guy has Browns QB1 written all over him!
Also means I can drop from r/Browns Discord. My god that place is horrible ?
We’re back!
We're soooo back!
I'm on record that this team is being built for Brookpark, which opens in four seasons.
The new stadium is not really on my radar, as someone living outside of OH, or the US for that matter, so hadn't considered that. Hope you are right, which would mean at least some strategy is in place. As opposed to Jimmah going 'attaboy' and 'keep doing what you are doing' to Berry & Co, which haunts me in my nightmares.
I have been an advocate of a Browns rebuild, and opposed to what looks like the current maintaining of the status quo. Myles is the greatest asset we have. Keeping him while getting ever closer to his inevitable decline locks the Browns deeper into that status quo.
The offer to let him go would need to be otherworldly, and it is uncertain we would get that. But if otherworldly is on the table, I would jump at the chance.
For whatever reason l just love cooking onions low and slow.
Low and slow is the way to go!
Ty Simpson offered 6.5M next year to stay in college. New norm…if you aren’t in the top 5 as a QB you will get paid more to stay another year in college
Love to see it. All this get to the big leagues early stuff has gotten out of control. Another year of education while getting paid seems in the best interest of the human being that is the player.
Merry Christmas! Sending warm thoughts to you snow dwellers from the Caribbean ?️
After seeing the Bills game, surely QB cannot be our first priority. While not ""legendary"" by any means, Shedeur is serviceable enough to give a legit shot. Bot he and the RBs are in desperate need of a better OL in front of them. Would also be nifty if would could stop the run now and then.
So OL, DT and a buddy for Schweinburger?
Rumor on The Fan out of Nashville (Charles Robinson) is that the Eagles are "hot for Myles" and would offer three first rounders for him.
You don't trade away generational players.
See below. Browns ain't going nowhere the next couple of seasons. All the while, his value would be diminishing. If you would like to see a Browns team stacked with talent again, you have trade away your aging stars, for a combination of younger talent and draft capital. I would have liked to see the start of that this past off season.
we will never make the playoffs for at least a few more drafts, Myles wont have shit left in the tank by then
They might be putting on a brave face in Berea about knowing they are rebuilding the team
Are they though? What surprised me most this off season is that they didn't in my view.
When you make the decision to write off your three 1st rounder and change investment, you have to tear off the band-aid. I am on record stating as much at the time of the trade. That means moving as many players you can get value out of.
Instead, they kept all the pieces and went for some half-assed soft landing. Sure, it didn't help that Myles asked for a trade, but they also kept Ward, and I am sure there are other players at the end of or past their prime they could have gotten value out of. Now we are watching a team that we already knew at the start of the season was not going to contend for the post season. All the while, the remaining value of potential trade pieces is diminishing. That doesn't bode well for the seasons to come.
Pierre Strong was released, so a Judkins signing very soon? Also sounds like the NFL may be ruling on the Judkins suspension as early as today. We shall see.
Didn't see that one coming.
@ibleedbrown's comments might as well have come out of my mouth.
That's the biggest issue. I want to be the channel that football players watch for their shit and feel like theyre hearing their language. But I also want to draw in all manner of crowd because this game is so expansive, so binding, and there's so much too cover that I want to welcome all and not overwhelm them.
Although @texasag1969 makes a good point about this, I could also see that in some videos you would just like to go balls to the wall on football abracadabra. As the channel matures, you may want to segment videos into something like 'RT9 Pro Series', and 'RT9 All Aboard.' This manages expectations on the viewer side, while giving yourself direction when you make the video.
In the meantime, I will be blissfully unaware about every one of the terms you used, while still coming away with the sense that I learned something ?
