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Who Knows? None of us for sure.

I just chalk it up to one of life's unknown mysteries.

"These are depth players from offensive and defensive units and as such you're not going to see significant differences in raw talent from team to team."

I liked the bullpen analogy - and kind of agree that's how I feel about the Browns special teams... surprise you when you don't expect it but for the most part failed to do their job.... I also agree with the rare exception, ST are made of of bit players. So coaching matters very much ... and you just have to look at the stats posted to see where the Browns were. I said during the season he ST coach should have been fired around week 10 or 11. Glad he's gone - the fact the Rams took him doesn't change a thing.

Well I gotta get this one out of my system.

Worst choice of all the people we interviewed IMO. Hate this choice for a few reasons.



That being said. Welcome (back) to Cleveland Monkman Please prove me wrong and make me eat crow.

Source: https://www.nfl.com/stats/team-stats/special-teams

Browns 2025
Punt Ret Avg Yds Allowed 12.7 yds (Rank: 26th)
Punt Ret TD Allowed 2 (Rank: T 30th)
Blocked Punts Allowed 2 (Rank: T 29th)
KO Ret Avg Yds Allowed 27.8 yds (Rank: 28th)
KO Ret TD Allowed 1 (Rank T 26th)

Punt Ret Avg Yds 7.2 Yds (Rank: 26th)
Punt Returns Fumbled 5 (Rank: 32nd)
KO Ret Avg Yds 23.7 (Rank: 31st)
KO Ret Longest 34 yds (Rank: 32nd)

Draw your own conclusions

Dude must have some awesome interview skills.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ims-29-friends-cut-secret-deals-DOJ.html

Ghislaine Maxwell has claimed that 29 friends of Jeffrey Epstein were shielded through 'secret settlements' by the Justice Department.

The disgraced socialite filed a habeas corpus petition on December 17 seeking to overturn her conviction, arguing that prosecutors cut deals with Epstein associates while prosecuting her as if no such agreements existed.

Maxwell alleges that 25 men reached undisclosed deals, while four alleged co-conspirators were known to investigators but never charged. She does not name the individuals.

That’s putting it mildly. We could not cover a punt or kickoff if our lives depended on it.

So long bubba , won’t miss ya

Adam Rank is a boob and swings and misses a ton. Haslam's ineptness seems to trump all.

Rome did a pretty funny 15 minute bit on the whole debacle yesterday. Here's a clip and I still can't get over how they didn't read the room on Schwartz.



Audio link with the 15 minutes discussing the Monken hire. Begins at the 1:35 mark.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...ts-football/id1435335050?i=1000747087382

Maybe I just don't know baseball, but I always considered special teams coaching issues to be the easiest to spot. There are maybe a handful of teams that have a true ST "ace". Other than that, it's full of guys that are 1-2 bad plays from being cut and generally (at least in the case of kick/punt units) are filled with guys that don't see the field much except for those situations. These are depth players from offensive and defensive units and as such you're not going to see significant differences in raw talent from team to team.

Adam Rank criticizing this hire makes me feel loads better.

This is great. Love Jose.

Just a couple more months and it'll be time to get back to the corner of Carnegie and Ontario.

Over and over again these Democrats spew this nonsense thinking it works......it does not.

Oh, CNN......

Outspoken doesn’t seem like a trait this organization would have desired.
I kinda like a guy who has a fiery response as long as he’s thought it through a bit…

Jimmy aims for the stars and shoots himself in the foot. Didn't like him when he was here as OC definitely didn't want him as HC.

His special teams were the main culprit in two losses by the Browns last season. Bad special teams play factored into other losses but not the main culprit.

Game 1 vs Bengals - Lost by 1. Missed extra point and missed inside 40 yard field goal.

Jets game Browns outgained the Jets by 109 yards lost by 7 and gave up 1 punt return for TD and 1 kick return for TD.

There were numerous other gaffs that were inexcusable for an NFL team.

Jan. 6 Defendant Tells ‘Patriots’ To Go to Minneapolis To Support ICE

https://www.newsweek.com/jan-6-defe...IiNpdw8pHPMijNM5KL7gw#Echobox=1769704317

An actual domestic terrorist.

He was so bad one of the best teams in the NFL snagged him up.

In general our special teams were not very good.

For me, special teams is like the bullpen in baseball. When you expect them to be good, their not. When you expect them to be bad, they surprise you. In other words, it can change in a blink of an eye for reasons unknown.

I’m not sure if we’re looking for an indictment of Bubbas coaching or the inability of Berry to fill out a solid bottom end of roster or both…