When people have more than enough already yet can't seem t stop squeezing every dime they can from everyone else, that's greed. Such is the case is here. Claiming there are actually 24 college teams in this country with a legitimate shot to win the NCAA college football championship each year is pure insanity.
Jerry Jeudy is an important vet for at least the WR room. We need to keep Jerry Jeudy.
I also always wondered if he's one of those guys that can look unstoppable as a #2 WR, but kinda falls apart when he's the focus of the opposing secondary.
Other than trump and many of the MAGA crowd. They only think it's fair when they win and it's always rigged when they lose. But then again you cleared that up by saying what most same individuals acknowledge.
Probably because you are the ones who always cheat.
I am not worried about the Gators anymore. I think we have the right coach, and they never entered my thought when I made my comments.
I think a 3 loss team would be a long shot no doubt, but again, it depends on the three losses coupled with any signature wins. Lot's of 2 loss teams in most seasons would be viable teams in the playoffs and was probably one of the drivers for the expansion. Again, it would depend on the losses and what sort of schedule those teams faced.
As for greed, I think you equate greed and making money as the same thing. IMO if there is money to be made and you have a chance it make it, you are stupid not to do so if it makes sense for you. I can't think of any business for profit or person for that matter that isn't interested in making more money.
Sure, if you are happy with your station in life and comfortable enough, great, but don't call people greedy because they want more.
No way in hell did I believe that was possible before the season began.
Which 6 games are you thinking?
I'm not saying we can't - I'd just be surprised unless we get some significantly better play at QB .... Titans and Colts. Yes. Saints. Maybe. I'm not seeing a strong chance to beat any other teams on the schedule without being better and also staying healthy.
Darnold looks bad because Seattle let the best runner in league go. Falcons at 2-4, Ski gets C- grade, Browns at 4-2, Monken gets A+......guess we got the head coach right so far.......Go Browns!!!!!
I honestly feel that we already have our Anthony Richardson project in Taylen Green. We should try and develop him first with all his physical skills. JMO
I get the intrigue over Richardson but as for myself I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole. As for the WR I believe you may be thinking of Josh Downs.
I do agree that any fire sale would have to be something the new GM would have to agree on going into this. But for me that would severely limit which candidates would be willing to accept the position.
How this all plays out will be an interesting story to watch.
I disagree. Depending on how the expiring contracts fall, you could be setting up a new GM with a bevy of picks in what could be a really exciting draft.
I don't disagree with your stance on Richardson, but QB reclamation projects are very en vogue right now. Finding the next Darnold would be great, and the guy has some skills (was taken with the 4th pick), and the trade would be of the low-risk variety. IMO, though... I'd rather look more at the QBs we have vs spend to bring additional guys in.
I'm with you to an extent. The more elements of "unknown" you can eliminate, the better. I think a lot of boxes on the checklist need to be in place. From that standpoint, it comes down to which boxes are still unchecked and the perceived odds of checking them.
The nice thing is (as long as a reliable ear is to the ground), there is evidence of how the player has adapted to the league, how he's adapted to the lifestyle, what kind of work ethic is there now that he has some money, what kind of crowd he's been entertaining, and how he has handled failure/adversity. You can usually have a decent grip on how the player handles a learning curve as well.
If all the tools are in the belt, I'm not opposed, as long as the sample size hasn't established traits or habits that seem to be unfixable.
BTW, Darnold looks like chicken-fried-doodoo this year. A lot of changes took place under the hood in Seattle, but he has not adapted well.
Other than trump and many of the MAGA crowd. They only think it's fair when they win and it's always rigged when they lose. But then again you cleared that up by saying what most same individuals acknowledge.
You are correct that I'm looking at a single part of it. In the end you have to pay the guaranteed portion of the contract. That accounts for dead cap space when you have to pay a player when they leave. If you are paying your cap increase in dead cap money you're not gaining cap space by doing that.
I just try to look at the odds and base things on that. For every one Darnold there are 50 "reclamation projects" that fail.
And I would like to remind you that Darnold wasn't actually "reclaimed" until he was on his 5th NFL team. Maybe we should wait until Richardson has been shopped around the block a little more first?
I get that he was taken with the fourth pick thing but we can go from Tim Couch to JaMarcus Russell, who he has some similarities to Richardson, to Ryan Leaf to Heath Shuler and the list goes on to see that is often times quite misleading.
And BTW I don't mean that to indicate that I'm right and you're wrong. We just see it differently and arrived at different conclusions.
The only thing about those cap increases that get presented as if it offsets to paying dead money. It's true that it offsets the dead money. It's also true that every other team in the NFL gets that same salary cap increase. Which means you lose the advantage of that salary cap increase that teams without all that dead money do get. because all of your salary cap increase went towards paying dead money instead of investing that increase in building your team. And at the very same time salaries increase across the league as the salary cap increases putting you at an even greater disadvantage.
Of course you can just keep back loading contracts the same way you can just pay the interest rate on your credit card.
You are only looking at a single part of the equation Pit. It isn't just about the dead money, it's the carry over cap that Haslem allows Berry to work with and how that plays a role in the roster. Each of these years, the Browns have been leaders in both paid salary to the roster AND cap space available. That's because teams like the Bengals don't carry over their entire allotted cap space because it costs the owners cash in escrow. Without that leeway, Berry wouldn't be able to do what he has done.
So, every team in the NFL gets the cap increase.. BUT, not every team has an equal salary cap because they don't work the system for carry over because they don't want to wrap up cash in escrow. The Browns have a distinct advantage to the salary cap because of Jimmy Haslem.. like him or hate him, but all he wants to do is win and he is willing to put his money where his mouth is. He just needs to stay out of trying to micro manage.
2016 dems in the WH - election not rigged 2020 repubes in the WH - election rigged 2024 dems in WH - election not rigged 2026 repubes in WH - election ?rigged
While I'm sure we could scour Twitter and find some goof claiming Trump came to power via rigged election, the overwhelming majority of election-rigging allegations come from MAGA and Trump himself. He's still going on about 2016.
Most sane individuals acknowledge extremely small amounts of random, one-off election fraud while maintaining that elections, overall, are secure.
I get the intrigue over Richardson but as for myself I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole. As for the WR I believe you may be thinking of Josh Downs.
I do agree that any fire sale would have to be something the new GM would have to agree on going into this. But for me that would severely limit which candidates would be willing to accept the position.
How this all plays out will be an interesting story to watch.
I disagree. Depending on how the expiring contracts fall, you could be setting up a new GM with a bevy of picks in what could be a really exciting draft.
I don't disagree with your stance on Richardson, but QB reclamation projects are very en vogue right now. Finding the next Darnold would be great, and the guy has some skills (was taken with the 4th pick), and the trade would be of the low-risk variety. IMO, though... I'd rather look more at the QBs we have vs spend to bring additional guys in.
It sounds to me like, when all is said and done and you look at it after taking out all the emotion/frustration, there was no real off-ramp from the Watson experience once we signed that fully-guaranteed contract. Sure, it was technically possible to cut him earlier, but not without kicking off 2-3 additional immediate problems.
