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Jimmy Higgins said:
Because the Browns paid a fortune's fortune on Watson. It was a bad gamble to start with, as he was coming off a significant injury, and mobile QBs usually have unpredictable expiration dates on them. It was never a good idea, but let's be clear, the Browns offensive line is about as good as the Patriots... and the Patriots weren't looking to go the Super Bowl this year.
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Yes, but they had Flacco as Watson's backup, he got them to the playoffs when Watson was taking them to oblivion, and then they didn't bother to try to keep him. Their paying a fortune for Watson doesn't stop them from paying a few million for a competent backup. They're swimming in cap space after restructuring Watson.
 
Tharmas said:
After last year's playoff debacle, Jerry Jones repeatedly declared that he was "All in" with the Cowboys and determined to take them to the Super Bowl this year. At 2 and 2, they look average at best. At long last the fans are beginning to seriously grumble. However the smart money says that Jerry will die before hiring a real General Manager.
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Cowboys fans, after watching Derrick Henry posterize their defense: "Why didn't you sign him? He wanted to be here!"

Jones: "We couldn't afford him because we had to overpay our underperforming players."

Fans: "Oh, right, that's what we do. Never mind."
 
You could never trust Sports Illustrated to break this scandal.

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DALLAS—Facing serious consequences for multiple violations of the league’s HR guidelines, local NFL referee Greg Clancy reportedly came under fire this weekend for watching pornography on his work instant replay device. “Unfortunately, Mr. Clancy was caught using his device for inappropriate...
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The Patriots showed great mental maturity in games 1 and 2. Where in the heck did that disappwar to?! Over 100 yds in penalties against the Dolphins. Defense allowed nearly 400 yds, but gave up only 15 pts. Still lost. Had a decent shot late but it fell apart. Brissett keeps phasing between good QB to adequate QB.

Browns might need a new stadium as the fans might burn down the existing one. It is a shit show! Shitty coaching, awful offensive line, decent QB making more than Tom Brady deserved. Defense didn't do much. I'm so happy Mayfield got to get out of this.


WTF?!
 
Denver Donkeys’ rookie QB Bo Nix becomes their first ever rookie QB to start and win 3 games in a row. 🍾🎉👏
 
The Browns are praying for a way to get out of that contract. I hope they never find it.

Meanwhile, in southern Ohio, the Bengals head coach is valiantly trying to lose his job. Given the opportunity to win in overtime, having watched his QB slice and dice the defense for four quarters, he runs up the middle three times from the opponent’s 45. He then calls timeout with his FG team already lined up. Does that ice the kicker? Oh, no. He ices the holder, who botches the placement. Two plays later, the game is over and the Bengals drop to 1-4, making the Ohio teams a combined 2-8. And Joe Burrow hasn’t even had his annual injury yet.
 
hurtinbuckaroo said:
The Browns are praying for a way to get out of that contract. I hope they never find it.
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It isn't just Watson. They took a massive gamble with Watson, but forgot you need a whole team (and a coaching staff). Haslam thought he was doing a Tampa, but in Tampa, they built a team for Brady to lead to a Super Bowl. In Cleveland, they had some good players that they mistook for a team and figured Watson would get them over the hump to the Super Bowl. Watson isn't what he was, but then again, look at Mayfield in Tampa Bay now (I mean while Tampa is still currently on a map and not blown across the state 20 miles from Orlando).

Watson is being sacked 5.2 times a game. The second worst team is 4.0.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
hurtinbuckaroo said:
The Browns are praying for a way to get out of that contract. I hope they never find it.
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It isn't just Watson. They took a massive gamble with Watson, but forgot you need a whole team (and a coaching staff). Haslam thought he was doing a Tampa, but in Tampa, they built a team for Brady to lead to a Super Bowl. In Cleveland, they had some good players that they mistook for a team and figured Watson would get them over the hump to the Super Bowl. Watson isn't what he was, but then again, look at Mayfield in Tampa Bay now (I mean while Tampa is still currently on a map and not blown across the state 20 miles from Orlando).

Watson is being sacked 5.2 times a game. The second worst team is 4.0.
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They had a team: excellent defense, very good run game, good WRs. But they lost Chubb to that gruesome injury, and their offensive line is in tatters. Add a QB who doesn’t seem to care, and you get the Browns Browning as usual. It could be this way for the rest of the decade.
 
hurtinbuckaroo said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
hurtinbuckaroo said:
The Browns are praying for a way to get out of that contract. I hope they never find it.
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It isn't just Watson. They took a massive gamble with Watson, but forgot you need a whole team (and a coaching staff). Haslam thought he was doing a Tampa, but in Tampa, they built a team for Brady to lead to a Super Bowl. In Cleveland, they had some good players that they mistook for a team and figured Watson would get them over the hump to the Super Bowl. Watson isn't what he was, but then again, look at Mayfield in Tampa Bay now (I mean while Tampa is still currently on a map and not blown across the state 20 miles from Orlando).

Watson is being sacked 5.2 times a game. The second worst team is 4.0.
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They had a team: excellent defense, very good run game, good WRs. But they lost Chubb to that gruesome injury, and their offensive line is in tatters. Add a QB who doesn’t seem to care, and you get the Browns Browning as usual. It could be this way for the rest of the decade.
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Watson probably cares, it is that he can't live up to the salary (a near impossible task for most) and the offensive line is making his life heck. I'm hardly a strong supporter of Watson, but I don't want to see him take more of the blame than he deserves. You can have all the talent, but you need the game plan and it needs to adapt as other teams adapt to it. Stefanski is clearly out of his league in the NFL. The trouble becomes, you can't just fire Stefanski, you need a plan and Haslam's plan was "sign Watson, win Super Bowl". I see no path forward for Cleveland here that isn't painful.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
hurtinbuckaroo said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
hurtinbuckaroo said:
The Browns are praying for a way to get out of that contract. I hope they never find it.
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It isn't just Watson. They took a massive gamble with Watson, but forgot you need a whole team (and a coaching staff). Haslam thought he was doing a Tampa, but in Tampa, they built a team for Brady to lead to a Super Bowl. In Cleveland, they had some good players that they mistook for a team and figured Watson would get them over the hump to the Super Bowl. Watson isn't what he was, but then again, look at Mayfield in Tampa Bay now (I mean while Tampa is still currently on a map and not blown across the state 20 miles from Orlando).

Watson is being sacked 5.2 times a game. The second worst team is 4.0.
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They had a team: excellent defense, very good run game, good WRs. But they lost Chubb to that gruesome injury, and their offensive line is in tatters. Add a QB who doesn’t seem to care, and you get the Browns Browning as usual. It could be this way for the rest of the decade.
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Watson probably cares, it is that he can't live up to the salary (a near impossible task for most) and the offensive line is making his life heck. I'm hardly a strong supporter of Watson, but I don't want to see him take more of the blame than he deserves. You can have all the talent, but you need the game plan and it needs to adapt as other teams adapt to it. Stefanski is clearly out of his league in the NFL. The trouble becomes, you can't just fire Stefanski, you need a plan and Haslam's plan was "sign Watson, win Super Bowl". I see no path forward for Cleveland here that isn't painful.
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I find it bizarre that you think a man who has been named “NFL Coach of the Year” twice in the past four years is “clearly out of his league in the NFL”.
 
I care absolutely nothing about the NFL, so I'll just sit over here pretending I understand what 'three-peat' means while secretly wondering if it's a type of bird.
 
Gospel said:
I care absolutely nothing about the NFL, so I'll just sit over here pretending I understand what 'three-peat' means while secretly wondering if it's a type of bird.
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Three consecutive championships. It’s a term not bound to any particular sport, though it originated in basketball.
 
I generally don't watch sports but I can see the value in them.
 
Maye got his first start. Hoping he was suffering from nervrs as his accuracy was not remotely reliable. A mixed game for the Pats. Went down early but the defense recovered. Offense was... having issues. They did string three TD drives though. The outcome of the game was only in doubt with the score at 14-7 but then the Pats gave the Texans a very short field and it became 21-7.

The biggest problem was Maye's accuracy, hopefully it improves.
 
Washington has the best rookie QB I've seen in decades. Plus their idiot owner is gone. They may win the NFC East.
 
Man, 3-3 being awful... I'd like the Patriots to be that awful. :D

Meanwhile, Baker Mayfield keeps doing impressive things like getting a near 100 QB Rating, while throwing 3 INTs.

Browns fans at odds with whom to blame the most, Stefanski, Haslam, or Watson. Watson is the plurality selection among the faithful. Most, however, seem to be oblivious as to why they are sticking with Watson. I can think of tens of millions of reasons why. Watson also sacked 5 times. He definitely appears to be a shell of his former good production. But again... running QBs, especially ones coming off a big injury are unpredictable, and rarely worth gambling the entire franchise for the next several years over.
 
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