I literally woke my daughter up laughing this morning at 6 am. I walked away from it, went to the closet to get a towel for my shower and started laughing again outside her door. Coming back on just now, i laughed again! Let's go Tribe, let's keep this sliding, er rolling!!
The Tribe's streak looks a bit more impressive when you write down their records before and after.....went from 69-56 to 90-56.
but the NHL allows ties, so they were unbeaten! Not the same thing. The Giants one seems like an asterisk to me. Another baseball technicality stat issue. *.
Either way, they are a part of history in one statistical category and now will continue chasing the 26 game (*) induced record. If they get it, it will be broken without the (*) attached. Everyone wins...well, except the Giants..
Back to football for a second . . . File this under "Don't Look Now": The Browns have set a record for starting QB's since their return that may never be broken. Part of that dubious distinction is they have used 10 different starting QB's (including Kizer in week 1 of 2017) since 2013. I won't bore you with their names . . . you know who they are. But, did you know that the AFC South favorite, Houston Texans (with the announcment that Watson will start week 2), have also used 10 different starting QB's during the same time frame? 2013 - Schaub, Keenum 2014 - Fitzpatrick, Mallett, Keenum 2015 - Hoyer, Mallett, Yates, Weeden 2016 - Osweiller, Savage 2017 - Savage, Watson While the Browns were forced to insert a different QB due to injury most of the time, the opposite is the case in Houston as most of their changes were because Bill O'Brien apparently has very little patience when his QB does poorly. He even cut Ryan Mallett after week 7 in 2015 after he missed the team plane for a road game.
That is interesting Lym, I saw it on NFL Network this morning...Make you wonder how much coaching effects nicely built teams by a GM. This Texans team seems, on paper, to be a contending type team...but they are already on their second starter in as many games, and not due to injury. What happens if the rookie..well, looks like a rookie this week and/or next week..does he go back to Savage..or even someone else at that point? There must've been a reason he didn't start Watson week 1. What changed other than the fact the Texans line opened the flood gates to the tune of 10 sacks week 1..To my knowledge, they haven't signed Duane Brown so that same line will be out there tonight...So Watson gets his first start behind a makeshift offensive line on a short week of practice...Yep, that's how I would want to bring my rookie along.
Speaking of offensive lines, here's an interesting factoid for you; Four out of the five starting O-linemen for the Browns (Coleman is the odd man out), have a salary cap figure larger than the three QB's on the roster COMBINED!
This is something I never thought about, but it makes sense. With the talent around the QB in place and O'Brien's mismanaging of his QBs, O'Brien will be out of a job by season's end. Right now, it's reasonable to expect the Texans to finish 8-8 or worse.
Its almost like O'Brien is embracing fantasy football's "start 'em or sit 'em" methodology. Last year, the Browns went from RGIII to McCown and then McCown to Kessler due to injury. That doesn't even include the use of Clipboard Jesus or Kevin Hogan. The morale here is: Have patience! Every QB in the league will have a bad game or two. Work with him to improve and fix the crap that surrounds him.
haha, I'm hoping for much worse demo...We not only own their first rounder, but their second rounder as well. The worse they do the better for us! I like JJ Watt, but I will be rooting for whom ever they play against each week...including AFC North rivals.
Equal parts all the Browns QBs are still on rookie contracts (and were second, third, and fifth round picks) and in today's NFL teams would rather spend big bucks on linemen in free agency who've been developed than try to develop offensive linemen of their own.
I thought the scouting reports about Erving leading up to the draft that year were hilarious. "Can play all five positions on the line at a Pro Bowl level." I didn't think he'd bust, but if your claim to fame in the NFL is basically being a swing tackle, it's not even worth first-round consideration. I at least thought he'd make an effective guard or center and a servicable right tackle though.
As they should, since none of the QBs we have on the roster have proven to anyone yet they're worth more dollars. Kizer gets a pass since he's a rookie, but he's got a long way to go to think he deserves anything close to Joe Thomas money. I hope he survives the ordeal. Rok
