As unbelievable as it is, this is the #1 seller right now in Cleveland Browns merchandise; I think it sums up this operation pretty well...
All I can say is if Haslam was wanting the world to "lol" at him, he sure succeeded when he gave Hue the most undeserved vote of confidence EVER.... Although, FWIW, they were already laughing at this fiasco anyway...
I have yet to meet anyone, Browns fan or not, that is more embarrassed about going 0-16 or 1-31 than the fact that the coach that led them to that record is not only still around but endorsed.
@SAS .....7th rd pick #220 - Ryan Finley - That's an interesting pick. He was supposed to be "the man" at Boise State, but injuries made him sort of fall off the map. I watched some of the North Carolina game this year and came away impressed with Finley. If he declares, I don't think there's any way he lasts until thew 7th...He's put on some weight since his days at Boise when he looked like a string bean...He can throw and move around pretty good. Plus, there's just something about those NC State QB's.....Four of them started in the NFL this year. (Wilson, Rivers, Glennon, Brissett)
Congratulations, Cleveland Browns! You went 0-16! Before you all jump into Lake Erie to celebrate your awful season, let’s all congratulate the Cleveland Browns on going 0-16. It was bad, real bad. We didn’t think we’d see it happen again, but it did. The horror show that was the inert 2008 Detroit Lions was almost unbearable to watch. Nobody lost like them. That is, until the Cleveland Browns decided to join the party of not winning any football games nine years later. The Browns entered 2017 with somewhat of an optimistic mind set. They had two picks in the top 12 of the NFL Draft, including No. 1 overall. Cleveland got to see all the best seniors in the world down in Mobile in the Reese’s Senior Bowl. I mean, they were going to win a game for Hue Jackson this year, right? Well, that would be a no, as the Browns somehow managed to go 0-16 this season. The coaching staff for the Pittsburgh Steelers could have played and still probably won on Sunday. At some point in the year, we all thought Cleveland was going to win a game. Except not Cleveland, as their dysfunctional tank-tastic Moneyball front office wanted no part of W’s in the win column. To not win a game in a football season, your levels of bad have to be through the roof. First, you must take a defensive end out of an underwhelming SEC school first overall, hands down. Second, you must trade the No. 12 overall pick to another team that doesn’t have a quarterback and see the Houston Texans draft Deshaun Watson. You know, the guy that beat Alabama in the national championship for Clemson. Not to be outdone, the Browns would draft the other Deshaun in this draft in the not-ready DeShone Kizer out of Notre Dame. He won four more games quarterbacking the 2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish than he did the 2017 Browns. Of course, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said Kizer wasn’t ready, because he wasn’t. You know who might have been ready? Brock Osweiler, who the Browns traded for to collect a draft pick. Osweiler didn’t make the team out of training camp. He would have definitely won at least two games quarterbacking the Browns because Bröck Röcks! Of course, there were reasons that the Browns went home at 5:00 p.m. ET the day before the trade deadline. Jackson wanted A.J. McCarron of the Cincinnati Bengals to be his quarterback. Former general manager Sashi Brown did not and that’s why the paperwork to the league office to orchestrate the trade was late and incomplete. It got so bad that Brown had to go from the Browns. Coming in was former Kansas City Chiefs general manager John Dorsey, who said some interesting things at the podium after getting hired. While Sam Darnold might be okay with playing in Cleveland, Josh Rosen is not. He’d prefer to fall in the draft and Dorsey is all about Baker Mayfield anyway. Jackson once told us that he would take a swim in Lake Erie if the Browns didn’t win a game this year. Well, where are your trunks, dude? If Cosmo Kramer can swim for meters and meters in the East River, you can celebrate this mediocrity with a brief dip in the one of the Greatest Lakes in the world. What the 2008 Lions taught us is that one is the loneliest number. Cleveland has now joined them, as two is the second loneliest number. Maybe the Browns can draft the heir apparent to Bernie Kosar in 2018? Is it Darnold, Rosen or some guy we haven’t even heard of yet? Congratulations on putting us through one of the worst seasons in football history! Browns fans, we’re here for you in spirit. Now let’s see Hue swim because winning is hard.
Yeah that really sucks...I knew there was no way they could want him down there. Hell, some of Hue's most non-competitive efforts came against Cincinnati. Why would they want that? For that matter, why would they ever want him to leave Cleveland?
To be fair Hue was only jumping in the lake if he went 1-15. For the last game it would have been celebratory if anything. Unfortunately he and the owners are men of their word.
Ugh... still can't believe Sashi Brown took Justin Gilbert over this guy. #AnalyticsFail Wait... that was the former player and life-long-scout-turned-GM formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs who the Browns were ecstatic to have in their front office because he was a "classic football guy". Why does that sound familiar?
Could have had a ripple effect. Aparently tomlin was high on gilbert so maybe if you all take mack gilbert falls to the steelers and we then miss on shazier.
Butterfly Effect: Draft Edition Actually, the post was more just to remind folks to be weary what they wish for. We were so eager to run Sashi Brown out of town that we're welcoming Dorsey as a conquering hero. No GM possibly ever will have a more lucrative draft to work with. If he doesn't get it right - as Farmer didn't in 2014 - it can torpedo an organization in spectacular fashion.
Adjust expectations. With Hue looking to hire yes-man Ken Zampese, the veteran QB we're getting this offseason is going to be none other than Mr. Katherine Webb: Man... Tony Grossi's gonna be pissed.
