He supposedly was furious about the playcalling and lack of offensive philosophy this season and wants assurances that it’s going to change before next year. It doesn’t sound like he’s pulling a “me or him” with Stefanski, at least not verbatim.

I totally agree with the latter, he’s coaching one of the most talented teams in the NFL as though we’re an underdog. We should be setting the pace and forcing the opposition to adjust to us, not vice versa. We have zero identity.

Could be AVP got the vibe he was going to be a scapegoat after the season. Or that Stefanski is on the outs.

Van Pelt is fine but nothing special.

You’re losing me on the conspiracy stuff, that would be beyond an Urban Meyer level of pettiness.

But I agree that Stefanski is garbage. He was fantastic when he was new, but once opponents got some tape and studied his tendencies he’s shown no ability to adapt.

I’d be shocked if there wasn’t some noise from Chubb’s agent this off-season. Nick…[Read more]

Country point for Baker is that you already have 59 games worth of film to evaluate him on. He’s playing hobbled, and it’s very likely a some of the supporting players are going to start phoning it in. Is there really anything new to be learned in one last game with the Steelers and then against the Bengals backups?

Baker has clearly not been himself since the injury, and Stefanski should have forced him to sit from the game he separated his shoulder up until at least after the bye week. He’s always been very accurate on all of his throws, and clearly can’t hit his spots this year.

I’ve really gotten an “inmates running the asylum” vibe from the Browns this…[Read more]

Honestly, we’re down like 16 players and probably still doesn’t even make the top ten list of worst lineups the Browns have fielded in the past 20 years.

I’m weirdly excited for this one.

Sounds like postponement didn’t change much. We get Josh Johnson back, buy that’s about it. Go Nick Mullens!

Yep, lots of running Saturday. Case Keenum just tested positive.

Yup. Can’t catch a fucking break, we were set up perfectly to take first place this week, too.

Time for the backups to step up, I guess.

The league just said definitively they won’t postpone the game.

Fuck, Baker just tested positive as well.

Oof, yeah.

If it was exposure (and assuming they’re vaccinated), they’d be able to come back if they tested negative twice. But since they’ve tested positive today, they’d pretty much need to magically test negative tomorrow and again on Friday. So basically zero chance.

In terms of size they’re very close, and their footwork is eerily similar as well. Both have fantastic accuracy and arms which are bigger than you’d assume from the types of throws they make. Both Brees and Mayfield are very patient at working through their progressions, and move very well in the pocket. They both seem more likely to spread the…[Read more]

This seems eerily reminiscent of when Drew Brees got hurt and San Diego decided they were better off moving on. They also had the benefit of a #1 pick with a generational prospect available, which we do not in this case.

Baker is beaten to shit and Stefanski can’t call plays to save his life. Giving up on him in these circumstances is insanity.

100% agree, that’s just disrespectful. Liked sit down, read through the roster with the production team, make notes on the names that trip you up. Takes maybe 10 minutes. Especially inexcusable for former players.

See, none of that bothers me. Coaches always say “keep it in the locker room”, and he did. Obviously I’d rather have a refund on the draft picks we traded.

If anything, I’m more angry at Stefanski and Berry for letting it get to this point. If OBJ wanted out this badly now, there’s zero chance they didn’t know this was coming a year ago when we…[Read more]