I don't know. I never intended to go back anyway, so I am fine with it. The ones I like most are here.
Looks like our small band of freedom fighters got out just in time. Damned cyborgs over at cBS wiped everyone off the face of the earth!!!!!!! [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4o99k-aPKk[/video]
And finally one more just to get this whole cBS thing off my chest: [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb4eZ7Z5yk8[/video]
Thanks for the info Bluez. Unfortunately, ye olde filter at work won't let me get there. I'll just have to wait 'til I get home. Here's a "Breakfast" Kool-Aid for ya =======(_)>
Any team interested in signing a restricted free agent to an offer sheet has only two days left to act. Don?t hold your breath. Or any other bodily function. Teams simply don?t do it. Sure, the Patriots signed receiver Emmanuel Sanders to a measly one-year offer sheet, which the Steelers matched. Since 2010, an uncapped year in which every fourth- and fifth-year player without a contract was a restricted free agent, only one restricted free agent has changed teams. Other than Sanders, no other offer sheet has been signed. Whether it?s collusion or laziness or failure to appreciate the potential benefits of getting a head start on negotiating a long-term deal with a player who could be unrestricted in a year, few teams use this tool for securing young players. As former Patriots V.P. of player personnel and former Chiefs G.M. Scott Pioli explained on Tuesday?s edition of Pro Football Talk, bringing in a restricted free agent and getting to know him and getting a feel for his long-term contractual expectations before signing him to a one-year offer sheet can become a great strategy for securing the player?s services, either now or 12 months in the future. Still, teams don?t do it. And it makes no sense. With all the bravado about getting better, more teams should be spending less time talking about it and more time trying to do it by taking full advantage of the opportunity to pursue players who otherwise would be off limits. This year, teams have two days left to act. Given the rash of restricted free agents who have signed their one-year tenders in recent days and will remain with their current teams, it?s safe to call that possibility unlikely.
I gotta say cBS was the only board i posted on, now, it's pretty much just this one (and an "Artist Forum" where I post Colored Pencil works I've done, to get feedback and critiques.... try to start making some extra cash doing "Pet Portraits") Haven't met anybody off these boards, or any others for that matter, I don't dedicate a whole lot of time posting to boards (unless I'm at work, apparently there is some perks to being the boss! )
JYD did you get my pm ? it took a couple days for me to check mine . they ought to give a person a heads up when they recieve one .
i got directed twoards a site called sportshoopla ..wow ..they allow quite a bit there . i will be posting some over there. its wide open pretty much . lot of the off topic cBS posters signed up over there .i see why . i checked the Browns board not much going on
By Fred Greetham OBR Senior Browns Reporter Posted Apr 17, 2013 Browns newest outside linebackers, free agent acquisition Paul Kruger and former defensive end Jabaal Sheard talked about their new teams, positions for 2013. BEREA?The Browns prize acquisition of free agency took his first reps on the practice field wearing the orange and brown this week. After practice, Paul Kruger admitted that he feels the pressure as being the marquee acquisition in free agency for the Browns. However, he welcomes it. ?Absolutely,? he said. ?It puts a ton of pressure on you (but I accept it).? Kruger was signed on the first day of free agency, March 12, to a five-year contract worth more than $40 million. The Browns are hoping Kruger can provide the pass rush from the outside as the team switches from 4-3 to the 3-4. He is expected to be lined up as the left outside linebacker. Meanwhile, the team?s leading pass rusher the past two seasons is learning a new position. Jabaal Sheard is being switched from defensive end to outside linebacker. He lined up opposite Kruger as the starter on the right side. ?I embrace (the switch to linebacker),? Sheard said. ?I think I?m athletic enough and I wanted to be back there.? Sheard said when he was preparing to be drafted he visited with the Patriots, Steelers and a number of 3-4 teams that were looking at him as an outside linebacker. He said he?s not worried about the transition. Neither is Rob Chudzinski. "He has picked things up very well,? Chudzinski said. ?Interestingly, I know there were a number of 3-4 teams that looked at him when he was coming out of college that were really interested in him. He has picked it up well and I've been impressed with him from a mental stand point and what he has been able to bring out to the field." Chudzinski says if a player can play, he can play regardless the system. ?They?re learning a new system, but at the end of the day if they?re a good player, they will be able to play well. Right now, they?re just learning new terminology.? Sheard played very well as a pass rusher with 15.5 sacks in his first two seasons. He has led the Browns in each of his first two seasons in sacks with 8.5 as a rookie and 7 in 2012. However, the switch to linebacker means he will be asked to cover receivers at times. ?The biggest thing is recognizing who my man is,? Sheard said. ?I think I?ll be good at dropping back (in coverage).? Kruger is impressed with what he?s seen of Sheard thus far and thinks he will make the transition. ?He?s an athletic guy,? Kruger said. ?He?s going to be fine. He looks like he didn?t skip a beat (in making the switch).? D?Qwell Jackson has no doubts that Sheard will be fine. ?Jabaal?s doing a tremendous job,? Jackson said. ?It?s an adjustment at first, but it?s a long time until we play. ?(Sheard?s) bright and he will pick it up quickly.? Kruger is coming off a career year where he helped the Ravens win the Super Bowl with nine sacks on the season. He also added 4.5 sacks in the post-season, including two in the Super Bowl. Kruger played his first four seasons with the Ravens after being a second-round pick (57th overall). Kruger said the differences between the Ravens team he played on last year was much different from the current Browns, but he?s impressed with what he sees developing with the Browns. ?In Baltimore, we had a ton of vets,? he said. ?We had a lot of confidence and experience, but the vibe around (Berea) is off the charts.? Kruger said he feels the Browns defense is learning a lot already in minicamp. ?I was surprised how much we were on the same page,? Kruger said. ?It seems very fluid. The basics are important and we?re focusing on the fundamentals.? Although the Ravens play the 3-4, Kruger is very exciting to play under defensive coordinator Ray Horton. ?It?s a big difference, but there are similarities,? Kruger said. ?It seems pretty aggressive and an attacking defense.? With several prominent pass rushers available at the top of the draft, it will be interesting to see if the Browns feel they have enough firepower with Kruger and Sheard along with free agent acquisition Quentin Groves as the team moves forward. Notebook Chud Mum on Geno: There has been some speculation the Browns might use their sixth overall pick to take West Virginia QB Geno Smith. Chudzinski was asked about him. "We've had the chance to work out a number of guys and all have gone well,? Chudzinski said. ?I'm not going to get too much into detail on those. I know that we're going to talk later on this week about some of the draft things." The Browns have reportedly worked out Matt Scott from Arizona, Ryan Nassib from Syracuse, Matt Barkley from USC, in addition to Smith. They also are expected to work out Florida State?s E.J. Manuel in the near future. For Starters: Craig Robertson lined up opposite D?Qwell Jackson at ILB. Meanwhile, Tashaun Gipson was at free safety and Buster Skrine was the cornerback opposite Joe Haden. Kruger lined up at left outside linebacker while Sheard was on the right side. Pinkston, Nelson Out: As expected, OL Jason Pinkston (blood clot) and WR David Nelson (ACL) did not participate in the second day of minicamp practice. Schedule Out: The NFL is expected to announce the 2013 schedule on Thursday night at 8 p.m. In addition to playing the Ravens, Steelers and Bengals at home and away, the other home games will be against the Bills, Bears, Lions, Jaguars and Dolphins. Meanwhile, the Browns will play the Packers, Chiefs, Vikings, Patriots, Jets on the road, in addition to the AFC North opponents. The Browns will play at least one prime time game. Last year, they played the Ravens in Baltimore in a Thursday Night game. No Talk with K2 about returning: Chudzinski said he has kept in contact with former Browns TE Kellen Winslow, but has not talked about him joining the Browns. ?I?ve kept in touch with Kellen, but have not talked to him about coming back here.?
Seen this in a local pizza joint (in Sarasota FL) and LOVE IT!!! Really think it needs to be hung up in the new DPL... unless there's any objections? "RIGHT CHURCH, WRONG PEW"
Over the course of linebacker D?Qwell Jackson?s career with the Browns, he?s seen a lot of good defenses wearing Ravens and Steelers uniforms push his team?s offense around on the way to victories that propelled Baltimore and Pittsburgh to the playoffs. Jackson would like to see a defense like that in Cleveland this season and feels new defensive coordinator Ray Horton is just the man to put such a defense into place. Jackson is excited to be in an aggressive defense that calls on him to blitz more often than he did in Dick Jauron?s defense over the last two seasons and just as excited to bring that kind of scheme into meetings with Cleveland?s AFC North rivals. ?It?s going to be good to finally get after the Baltimores and the Pittsburghs and actually give them a little dose of their own medicine,? Jackson said, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ?They play aggressive. I watch all the top defenses and Baltimore and Pittsburgh, they get after people, and that?s what Ray brings here.? Scheme only counts for so much since the best one in the world can only take you so far without the right talent. The Browns signed Paul Kruger to play outside linebacker and they?ve shifted holdovers like Ahtyba Rubin and Jabaal Sheard to new spots as they transition to Horton?s 3-4 look. There are more spots that need to be filled or upgraded in the draft, though, and the Browns will need to fill them before Horton can fully turn loose the dogs on Baltimore, Pittsburgh and the rest of the Browns? schedule this year.
JYD ..Nice ..Pew or Poo describes the black & gold ..funny ! this 60 second post thing is on my last nerve here
bluez - I am going to run a test on eliminating the 60 second rule. Unforunately I cannot test it myself being that I am logged in directly through the server. I am going to make the adjustment now, please let me know if it corrects this issue or f you continue to experience the same problem. Thank you for your patience.
thank you ..i understand you want to keep spamming down and for that i am grateful . i guess i can wait before posting . its not like i am a fast typer . i ony use two fingers . i am a puter idiot and admit it
Nope, the owner went to school with and/or played football with Steve Everett The Browns Backer meeting place is further away from my house than I'd like to drive with the amount of alcohol that I'm forced to consume when watching the Browns (There's a place I watch right down the street), plus where the Browns Backers meet to watch is on the patio outside... outside in September/October in Florida? NO THANKS!!
this old hound dosen't like hot weather one bit . some move to Florida for the winter .if i had my way i would be in Canada for the summer ..or somewhere in the far UP . I understand not wanting to be out for to long . i could handle Florida for Speedweeks in Febuaray then i would be outta there ..i have family & friends in Tampa ..they tell me to come down to escape the winter .. they still dont understand that i like it .
the thing that i am most worreid about with the agressive defense which will be welcome change is stopping the run . i hate it when teams just get gashed on the ground . i am a person who loves blitzes but you have to do it at the right time & not get burnt by draws & screens .
