One note, it’s really hard to predict where the salary cap will end up being because of the impact of covid last year. If could end up AT 180 million. Who knows.

Secondly, Njoku and Hubbard jump out on that list as 2 guys that could be cap casualties. Both are good players that I wouldn’t mind keeping, they just seem like the most likely can…[Read more]

Valid concern. The issue is the timing. Can we pass on Watt in the hope that we can sign Hendrickson? I don’t think we can. And TECHNICALLY we can’t negotiate with Hendrickson yet, so we have no idea how he feels about coming to Cleveland.

Brady and Manning went to loaded teams that had everything except a QB. If they were even 30, it’d be a different story.

As far as moving to “any other qb”, that implies you wouldn’t be interested in Mahomes if he were hypothetically available, and if that’s the case, we’ll just have to agree to disagree.

Brady and Manning were in their forties when they were free agents. Watson is 25. TWENTY FIVE. Brees was a good QB for San but he didn’t become Elite until he went to NOLA. And he was coming off an injury that made his playing future uncertain. If healthy, he would’ve been a Dolphin.

And Watson is not “another top 10 QB.” He is a top 5 Q…[Read more]

And to be clear, I have never said QB is a problem. Never. In fact, I’ve said the opposite, that we should lock Baker up.

BUT, Watson is probably to the best QB to ever be on the market. In the history of the NFL. If Baker progresses well in year 2 of this offense, best case scenario is that he becomes what Watson already is.

I looked at his career average of 8.4 YPA, which is 1 yard more than bakers average, and over Bakers 489 attempts last year, i rounded to an additional 500 yards passing. I didn’t do the same for rushing, I just added his 300 yards more than Baker. Using the same approach, it would be 100 yards more, or 600 total additional yards of o…[Read more]

Rough math says Watson would add about 500 yards passing and 300 yards rushing over Bakers 2020 totals, just going off Watsons career averages. I would consider increasing your offense’s output by 13.5% to be “a new level.”

The juxtaposition in this thread is really outstanding. I’m apparently the only one that would consider trading for Watson. The stance on everybody else is:

1.) Watson is going to cost sooooo much that it wouldn’t be worth trading Baker for him.

2.) Baker is so good that we shouldn’t trade him for Watson.

Reread those two statements. They…[Read more]

Baker is a franchise qb, on that, I agree. Right now, Watson is better. He just is. Baker may be better in the long run, but in basically every measurable statistic, Watson is better. He lost one of the best receivers in the game this offseason, and his performance went UP.

Outside of Watson and Mahomes, I can’t think of another QB in the L…[Read more]

I’m a big Baker guy, and I wouldn’t even call the Texans for fear of pissing Baker off.

BUT, in a hypothetical situation where I could get Watson for Baker and a 3rd?? I’d have to think about that long and hard. Any more and I’d pass immediately. But that’s the most I’d think about.

Now, let me qualify that statement by saying I don’t see t…[Read more]

So what do you guys think about Deshaun? Personally, I was worried the Steelers would find some way to get him, but it sounds like they’re going to go with Roethlisberger for at least another year. Which, that means Watson won’t be in the division, probably will go the NFC so that’s good with me.

Some have thrown around the Browns as a trade…[Read more]

There’s almost no way OBJ gets traded. In a normal year, it would be possible. But in 2021, the cap will be abysmal due to the reduced revenue from covid keeping stadiums empty. Teams just won’t have $15 million laying around for a receiver coming off 2 down years and a torn ACL.

I am a big fan of Golladay, so if you can somehow swindle som…[Read more]

Refs also let back get sacked by his helmet. Right in front of him. Oh well, it is what it is.

For the defense, the good news is we should (hopefully) get Greedy and Delpit back neck year. They’re pretty unknown still, but that’s like an extra 2 second round picks for this defense right off the bat. Line backer has to be the biggest priority.

Game balls all around! Every fucking player gets one!! The shit they overcame! Unprecedented and unbelievable!

Also, game ball to juju smith-dumbass for, yet again, pointlessly giving his opponent bulletin board material. The little prick doesn’t learn.

Also, game ball to mike Tomlin for being a chicken shit and punting on 4th and 1. I can c…[Read more]

We have to go through Pittsburgh and a Kansas City. Yikes.

Any chance he can play corner? Denzel Ward and Kevin Johnson are both out for tomorrow. Sigh.

Wills was cited as well. All I can think, is Jedrick has to be telling the locker room:

“I was telling Hollywood, where’d he go? And Hollywood was like, where’d WHO go?”

Oh yeah, I agree with you guys completely. I just found it interesting because the narrative for the first half of the season was that the Browns couldn’t play with good teams.

Here’s another crazy stat, the Browns were 4-3 against playoff teams this year. You can make excuses and say “yeah but that includes the WFT and a game against Mason Rudolph” but the fact remains, 4-3 against playoff teams.

Just found it interesting because so many people wanted to point to the Browns schedule this year, and their 2 big losse…[Read more]

If we beat the Ravens and Jets, we would’ve been playing for the division, so nobody would have rested. But don’t let facts and reality stop you from grasping at straws.