Not so fast:

“The Cleveland Browns will place T Jack Conklin, LS Charley Hughlett and K Cody Parkey on the reserve/COVID-19 list.*

*This reserve list category was created for a player who either tests positive for COVID-19 or who has been quarantined after having been in close contact with an infected person or persons. Per agreed upon NFL-NFLPA…[Read more]

Well, shit. Hope it doesn’t go much farther; I was just reading an article about how tests aren’t reliable for up to 5 days after exposure, so who knows how many practices (not to mention the game) it’s been.

Positive vibes!

Dude. Announcers mispronouncing names is such a huge pet peeve of mine.

It’s your fucking job, and in the NFL you have a whole week to prepare. How much time does it take to sit down with a list of player names and learn to pronounce them correctly? If I’m not mistaken (I know this is true for MLB at least) the team’s media departments issue a…[Read more]

Also, finally a Browns coach gives Soup his dream game on offense.

Baker: 20 passing attempts.

Chubb: 19 rushes.

Hunt: 19 rushes.

Hunt reminds me a lot of Jerome Berris (smaller, obvs), with the way he never stops pumping his legs until after the whistle, no matter if he’s waiting for a block or has three defenders on top of him. That gets him so many extra yards in a game.

Chubb reminds me of Shaun Alexander. Excellent vision and decisiveness when making his cut, then it’s…[Read more]

That was excellent. Chubb is the man, and for whatever reason Hunt is lights out when Nick is also in the game. Truly a 1-2 punch.

Bold prediction; Higgins will finish as our leading receiver. He needs to make up about 250 yards on Landry with 7 games left, but he has undeniable chemistry with Baker.

Yup. Our run game should be back to 100%, and Houston has one of the worst run defenses in the league. It’s a no brainier; run the ball, control the clock, don’t turn it over. This doesn’t look like a big game, but we desperately need a “W” to keep our playoff hopes alive.

If Stefanski fucks that one up, you’ll have to race me to the “gameballs…[Read more]

It’s Hubbard. No other players were determined to be “close contacts”. Hopefully that’s the end of it!

Also, I’d like to file a missing persons report for our entire linebacking crew. I saw lineman peeling off their blocks to contain the edge, and chase down plays. I saw corners in the box trying to bring down running backs. I’m pretty sure I saw Wilson and Takitaki before the snap once or twice? Cannot confirm.

Also, I’m unclear on helmet-to-helmet, but is that only a “front to front” hit penalty? The defender who jarred the ball loose from Landry on that late game incompletion rammed the lower back part of Landry’s helmet with the point of his own, but no call? Does that kinda depend on the angle?

Stefanski’s worst game as a coach by far. Too many bootlegs and slow developing pass plays on a day with nonstop 30moh winds. Hunt was looking great when he got carries.

I wouldn’t be mad about any of this, but personal preference if they go DE in the first round of rather go the speedy, athletic pass rusher route. Basham is more of the big, strong edge-sealer with limited rushing ability. I’d rather a front four we can consistenly rely on to provide pressure on every down without help, freeing up the rest of our…[Read more]

No, I dig that and I’ll give it a go. I just usually listen to podcasts while running, and youtube tends to turn itself off while i do. But I’ll put it on while doing some house stuff later this week.