On a positive note, The Ratbirds are getting rid of Earl Thomas.

I just had to make sure it wasn’t 2003 and I’ve been having a 17 year long bad dream

MLB is up to 32 postponements in under a month, so I wouldn’t be surprised. Football involves larger groups of dudes in close proximity than baseball, as well.

I’m just waiting for a pitcher to scream “MY BUBBLE!” when a batter charges the mound.

I know, just being facetious.

Hell, we’ll have to see if the season can even make it to the finish line, this year. MLB certainly has been a mixed bag, a few weeks in.

Alternately, you could say our front office deserves credit for leaving our bench so thin we might start a late-round rookie at center.

He’s sticking around! That seems fairly unheard of after demanding a trade, so our front office must know what they’re doing.

Semi-related thought; with all the players opting out, this is probably a serious seller’s market for any trades.

In case anyone was wondering what’s up with MLB. Not Browns news, but a likely preview of how the NFL season might go.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29564864/phllies-halt-activity-stadium-positive-tests-coronavirus

I think there’s going to be many, many more players opting out, especially now that a few stars are doing it. Lower level players have an incentive to do so, and established players are already millionaires, so why take a risk playing this year? It took baseball one weekend to start postponing games. How is the NFL going to deal with that?

I wonder what fraction of $125 million it would cost to rent several billboards on I-80 with a picture of himself smiling, captioned “Suck it, Rudolph”?

Hopefully Hunt’s pass catching and blocking ability can make up for the loss. Not the same position, obviously, but at the end of the day he does a lot of the same things.

To be fair, this is not a big loss in a vacuum. However, Njoku will be a big loss to the system we want to run. He has questionable hands, but David is a big dude who demands coverage. Hopefully the guy we drafted this season can step it up.

@shooter Ben Gay once fumbled a handoff, recovered the fumble, ran for like 20 yards, and fumbled again! It was the mid-2000s Browns summed up in one play.

Anyone who accuses Baker of not having enough spine to say/do what he wants doesn’t know Baker Mayfield.

Nothing about taking a knee disrespects the military or the flag, and that has been stated repeatedly. It’s showing respect for those who are treated unjustly in our nation. I’d be surprised if there are many players who do not take a knee this year.

Interesting that you’d be interested in Clay Matthews. My understanding is that, in our scheme, the linebackers rarely rush the passer, which is far and away his greatest strength. Do you think he’s good enough, at this phase in his career, to change our scheme for? Or is he just “better than what we have”?

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Interesting that you’d be interested in Clay Matthews. My understanding is that, in our scheme, the linebackers rarely rush the passer, which is far and away his greatest strength. Do you think he’s good enough, at this phase in his career, to change our scheme for? Or is he just “better than what we have”?

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Here’s somewhat of a follow up, as Joe Thomas picks his five greatest teammates. List includes two linemen I wish we still had!

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2020/06/joe-thomas-ranked-his-top-five-teammates-with-the-browns.html

All factors, of course, and all things we’ll never know. Much more than fields, the main differences are kicking style and specialization. My understanding was that, in Lou’s time, the ball was kicked straight forward as opposed to with the side of the foot (as is done in the modern era). Also, there were no substitutions, so your kicker had to…[Read more]