Here's the (abbreviated) way I look at it: we've sucked forever with conventional thinking, and clearly are among the worst in the NFL when going down that road.
If we are going to continue to suck, at least it'll be after trying something different and bold. What the fuck do we have to lose? Let's roll the dice.
As a wise bartender once said: 'Anything else is always something better.'
Patricia would seem to be a philosophical match for Brown and DePodesta. I'm thinking given these circumstances (which I have mixed feelings about, but we have to play the hand we're dealt) this is my preferred HC option.
Well, unfortunately, we don't know if your opinion is true or not...because the best players aren't seeing the field.
So your contention is that a bunch of guys riding the pine would justify the continued employment of Ray Farmer? I just want to make sure that's really what you're saying.
The short version of my response, to save me time and the rest of us brain cells, is that I vehemently disagree.
This team sucks. Period. I dont think they're well coached, per se, but I don't know what you can do with a bunch of unwanted QBs, dwarf WRs, aging LBers, and a secondary that may not be objectively bad but has to cover guys for eons.How are you in any position to make that assessment? Are you watching Gilbert and Manziel practice? Because they sure as fuck aren't getting in any games...and it's definitely not because the guys ahead of them are better.
As for Shelton, Haloti Ngata had 31 tackles in his rookie season - all 16 games. Shelton has 25 so far. I think he'll be fine.
And Erving is being asked to play in the one position he never practiced and is not built for. Move Erving to T and then let's see how bad he is.
This reactionary shit right here is part of the reason we suck - placing blame on the completely wrong party without having a reason behind it.
The draft picks have been a D Minus at best under Farmer, and what acquisitions have helped this team? You mention Gilbert and Manziel, who the fuck drafted them?
Are you really telling me this is a playoff caliber team from a talent perspective? Ridiculous.
Thus team is fucking garbage from a personnel perspective. I think Farmer's built a shitty team.
To me, it seems like they probably had Johnny on an unspoken 2 game suspension and he's just getting out of the doghouse. Honestly it's about the only reason I can see as to why he hasn't been in these last two games.
I think the number one problem with this team is the abject failure to put together a talented roster.
I'm no Pettine fan, but if it was between him and Farmer I'm axing Farmer.
Grossi reporting he's hearing Pettine starting Manziel the last 4.
Living in Nebraska, there isn't really a natural team to root for. A lot of Donkey fans around here, and the Pollocks all root for the Packers. I was never interested in either growing up. I'm a die-hard Nebraska football fan, only missed three games since 1993. So, when Scott Frost entered the league when I was 12, I became a fan of the Jets.
NFL was never really my big interest. I'd watch it, but I didn't really care that much about how the Jets did, so when Frosty went to the Buccaneers, it was easy for me to jump ship. Then Frost went to the Browns, and being a douchebag teenager, I didn't want to be a Browns fan, and went back to the Jets.
Fast forward to Bill Callahan running NU football into the ground, and running off to NY. Being a Husker fan made me question my allegiances again. Bear in mind, I still wasn't much of an NFL fan, just felt like I needed to have a team.
I decided to give the Browns a shot. They had classic uniforms, have probably the most collegiate like fan base, and they were really the rightful heir to my allegiance.
Turns out, being a Browns fan was what I needed to jump start my NFL fandom. Nebraska football is still first and foremost, but I find myself living and dying with the Browns on Sundays, just as I do with the Huskers on Saturdays.
I'm ashamed to say I shunned the Browns at one point, but I'm proud to say they're my team now.
That may seem like a stupid reason to be a Fan of a team, or like I'm not really invested in it as much as others, but I am full-fledged Brownies till I die.
It's also a lot better reason than why I'm a Knicks fan. I loved their arena music when I was 8, and just stuck with them.
I'm a Browns fan in Nebraska too. I guess we were just lucky. I've lurked on this board for a long time but your post inspired me to respond.
In all seriousness, when you grow up in Nebraska you generally aren't born into an NFL team. I mean we are a bit of a no man's land for that kind of thing. The western part of the state is mostly Broncos and the eastern part is mostly Chiefs I guess (with a handful of Bears, Vikes, and Packers fans), but really everyone just kind of falls into a team for various reasons. I guess no one can accuse me of bandwagoning on a team due to recent success, haha.
(By the way I've had 18 county plates on my car before. My 96 year old grandma still lives in Gothenburg.)
