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Landry Jones.

i forgot he was still in the league. my bad.

Your point still stands. We are going to lose to Landry Jones.

Wouldn't be the first time.

Hey, Dobbs might as well...

so you're telling me there's a chance

If they rest Big Ben and Bell? There is indeed a chance.

In Pittsburgh
Hue calling the plays
Kiser throwing it 50 times
Peppers in position, in the next county
Crow and Johnson splitting a single carry

If Pitt forfeits there’s a slim chance.

Our only chance, Run the ball!

Sadly, Hue doesn't understand this.

Huebris.

lol, you're most likely correct, sir.

Hey! Slow down. How apropos.

You been studying vocabularlarlar...words?

Yes, we will join the Detroit Lions in the record books as the second franchise in NFL history to go 0-16 in a season.

Haslam will be mentioned, along with the Fords, as one of the most incompetent owners in the league.

I expect a pick 6 for Haden.

Seems he tries harder for a winner.

Point spread that started at 15 is now 6.

To finish the year by avoiding 0-16 and to get a win in Pittsburgh by any means necessary (no Ben, no Bell and no Brown) has to be the focus. I don't care if the team is without 3 of its best players...we need a win. The embarrassment of 0-16 and the stink that it will forever stain our organization with has to be avoided at all costs. As awful as this season has been I may be in tears if we win on Sunday. I will probably be in tears either way.

Us Steeler fans try to forget that Landry Jones is still in the league too.

Did Hue get fired?

No, the Steelers decided to forfeit. With Hue at the helm they realized they literally don't have to show up to win.

Yeah, he's going to tell Kizer to keep throwing the ball inaccurately like he has been all year. Poor Kizer, the scapegoat because he's a terrible QB.

I think by the 3rd quarter, when Kizer's fingers fall off due to frostbite, Hue will reluctantly begin to run the ball.

I think we’ll be down by 3 and Hue, believing it to be a desperate situation, will put in Hogan to continue throwing it.

What hurts, is I could actually see this happening.

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/arti...a6-bfa6b0fe581c

1. The Browns travel to Pittsburgh this weekend hoping to avoid the franchise’s first winless season. In his final pep talk of 2017, head coach Hue Jackson said he won’t dwell too much on that possibility.


“We all hope to be beyond that by this point. We’re not. So that within itself is disappointing,” he said Friday. “I think to keep talking about it, what does that do? I don’t think it does anything for our football team.”

2. DeShone Kizer’s rookie season comes full circle this weekend against the Steelers. After an encouraging debut against Pittsburgh in the opener, Kizer hopes to end a year of highs and lows on a high note.

“I’ve learned quite a bit since then,” Kizer said, referencing that 21-18 loss to Pittsburgh back in September. “Hopefully I can apply some of the tools that we have now to that performance and hopefully edge one out over a really good team.”

Kizer struggled in Sunday’s loss to the Bears, throwing two interceptions. While the former Notre Dame star and second-round NFL Draft pick has showed promise, he leads the NFL with 19 interceptions.

3. Wide receiver Josh Gordon could be matched up against a former teammate and friend in Joe Haden, who signed with the Steelers shortly after the Browns released the cornerback back in September.

“My first couple years here, he helped bring me along and we helped each other grow I think as players more than anything just on the practice field,” Gordon said, “figuring out as a younger player how to develop myself when it came to the practice field, the amount of effort it’s going to take to get open on a Pro Bowl-caliber cornerback. He gave me the best look at practice that I’ve ever seen.” The pair both earned nods to the Pro Bowl in 2013 and were teammates from 2012 to 2014 before Gordon was suspended indefinitely.

4. The Browns are expecting the Steelers to play their starters Sunday despite clinching a first-round playoff bye last week. “If they surprise us and don’t play them, then they don’t play them,” Jackson said, “but I think we have to expect that they are going to put their best people out there.” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was non-committal earlier this week when asked whether he’d rest players like quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, running back Le’Veon Bell and other key members of Pittsburgh's roster. The Steelers can earn home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a win over Cleveland and Patriots loss to the Jets.

In his final pep talk of 2017, head coach Hue Jackson said he won’t dwell too much on that possibility.


“We all hope to be beyond that by this point. We’re not. So that within itself is disappointing,” he said Friday. “I think to keep talking about it, what does that do? I don’t think it does anything for our football team.”

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Well if that doesn't get them going, I don't know what will......

I just want it to end

x2

What exactly has Kizer learned and what of it has he actually applied?
At times his play looks like a looped tape.

I'm pretty sure they've beaten us without those guys a handful of times. We make Charlie Batch, Rashard Mendenhall and Plaxgimpo Burress look like all pros this time of year.

Going 0-16 will always be with every coach, player, Browns fan and anyone associated with the entire Browns organization. I would do whatever it takes to keep from losing to Pittsburgh. I am not sure how many players and coaches feel this way.

I bet we punt it every time on 4th down.

i wouldn't wish the 0-16 scarlet letter on anybody