Man I wish I had seen this while I was in my meeting. We have a HUGE Steelers fan at church. It would have been hilarious to see his reaction.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
One thing he wrote about briefly, talking about Mayfield not being a wallflower. I think baker has a strong enough personality that he won't tolerate BS from anybody. I think he will be able to handle Beckham, it it's necessary.
Whew, it's a good thing my ban from the board due to Palus Politicus expired and I can celebrate the good news!!!
I know there had been rumors on and off for a couple weeks about OBJ coming to the Browns and I had seen the photos with Mayfield and Jarvis. I just never thought this would actually happen. Dorsey is the freaking man. He is a genius at all levels. It hurts some to give up Peppers because I really like him and he was part of the Browns turn around, but man o man I'm just so pumped right now!!!!!!
When I first found out about it in the car I laughed and screamed with joy! I immediately turned it to ESPN radio and relished in the moment.
Whew, it's a good thing my ban from the board due to Palus Politicus expired and I can celebrate the good news!!!
I know there had been rumors on and off for a couple weeks about OBJ coming to the Browns and I had seen the photos with Mayfield and Jarvis. I just never thought this would actually happen. Dorsey is the freaking man. He is a genius at all levels. It hurts some to give up Peppers because I really like him and he was part of the Browns turn around, but man o man I'm just so pumped right now!!!!!!
When I first found out about it in the car I laughed and screamed with joy! I immediately turned it to ESPN radio and relished in the moment.
It's dangerous to be intoxicated while driving....
A month or two ago my Bro said we should have went in on season tix at Cleveland Browns Stadium last year.
Seems he was right.
Stadium gonna be packed for this show. I wanna go to at least two games next season.
I decided to get tickets last season, because I had pretty high expectations...and got to 1 game (Jets), the rest went to my family. I'm glad I was right, I'm stoked to come back again this season for a game. And the playoffs (hopefully)
A month or two ago my Bro said we should have went in on season tix at Cleveland Browns Stadium last year.
Seems he was right.
Stadium gonna be packed for this show. I wanna go to at least two games next season.
I decided to get tickets last season, because I had pretty high expectations...and got to 1 game (Jets), the rest went to my family. I'm glad I was right, I'm stoked to come back again this season for a game. And the playoffs (hopefully)
I don't think there will be any issue for the Browns selling season tickets this year. If we play as good as I think we will, get ready to pay big scalper prices for any chance to see a game, let alone a play off game.
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
Rappaport saying this might not be a done deal as OBJ wants to restructure his contract a la AB. Anybody worried about this? He could still nix the deal.
Rappaport saying this might not be a done deal as OBJ wants to restructure his contract a la AB. Anybody worried about this? He could nix the deal.
We were supposedly his first choice. He wants to be on the team. Also, I am sure we were made aware of his desires before the trade. Not worried at all.
Just in case anyone wanted to know how they last did together at LSU:
Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. Statistics
Code:
Receptions Yards TDs Average
Landry (2013) 77 1193 10 15.5
Landry (career) 137 1809 15 13.2
Beckham Jr. (2013) 59 1152 8 19.5
Beckham Jr. (career) 143 2340 12 16.4
p.s. 2013 was with Zach Mettenberger throwing to them, but in a pro style offense. That's over 2,300 receiving yards on 136 receptions and 18 touchdowns
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
You might be onto something, but I think they would only play two at time. Down, distance, and field position would determine which combos would be inserted.
Interesting. Curious as to why. Do you think we gave up to much?....Doesn't fit with the team chemistry?.....Not an area of need?
jfan...everything you listed, plus.
Watching this dude on the side lines, he will be a super distraction and one helluva headache for the teammates, coaches.
His game is about him, not about the team and working hard to win. From the example he set with the Giants, he appears to be the type that if he is not happy, he will take his ball and go home...or begin being a distraction to call more attention to himself.
Don't know what kind of issues he may have, but there is something not right about this guy.
It seems like another one of the moves Haslam would pull, imo.
So there I was tonight, at work and on lunch break, watching ESPN on one of the TV's in one of the break rooms. Seemingly out of the blue they announced the Browns & OBJ trade. It was fairly quiet in there until then. As soon as I heard the news I starting involuntarily yelling, cheering, with my arms up in the air. I was PUMPED. I had to catch myself, but then did it again and pointed to the TV I was watching so people wouldn't think I was crazy. I embarrassed myself, but I don't give a hoot, this is the best news Browns fans have had in years! It's all coming together finally. We aren't gonna suck anymore. Those days are over. You can bank on it.
A co-worker is a Raven's fan (from Baltimore, so I let it slide) and he is upset that Baltimore didn't go get OBJ since he was available.
Giving a stud #1 WR to Baltimore would be like giving my dog a submarine. It's be nice to be one of the few who has one, but WTF is he going to do with it? My dog doesn't have an ocean, and the Ravens don't have a thrower.
How does a league celebrating its 100th season only recognize the 53 most recent championships?
of all nights for me to get sick and go to sleep early
and I wake up to THIS!!!
LOL LETS GOOOO
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Odell Beckham: Leaving Giants for Browns bittersweet
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By Kevin Patra Around the NFL Writer Published: March 13, 2019 at 07:42 a.m.
Parties are being thrown in Cleveland while fires are set in New York following the trade of Odell Beckham from the Giants to the Browns on Tuesday night.
The man in the middle of the trade has mixed feelings about the move.
Beckham told NFL Network's Kimberly Jones shortly after the swap went down that leaving New York is "bittersweet, but it is what it is. It's life."
"At this point, I have no idea what to think. I'm trying to process it right now," Beckham told Jones.
The dynamite receiver added that he had a "brief" conversation with GM Dave Gettleman after the trade was agreed to on Tuesday night.
OBJ's mixed feelings are natural. He surely liked playing for the Giants, and the spotlight that comes with the Big Apple. On the flip side, he's going from a team on the downward slope, with seemingly no rudder, to the NFL squad streaking upwards at the steepest rate. Beckham goes from Eli Manning to Baker Mayfield. And he gets a reunion with BFF Jarvis Landry in Cleveland.
The Browns with Beckham, Mayfield, Landry, Myles Garrett, Olivier Vernon (also acquired in a separate trade with New York), Denzel Ward, et al. will see their expectations soar higher than they've been in eons.
Once OBJ has time to process the trade, he could be happy to move from New York to Cleveland -- which is a statement few have made in any football discussion in generations.
This was the first tweet I saw this morning and it kinda summed up the trade for me. Look, Jabrill Peppers is a stud and always like us keeping 1st rounders, but it feels like we were gifted OBJ by Gettleman. This feels like such a lop-sided deal it's almost sad. And for the record, were are essentially giving up two first rounders and a third. It's just that the NYG have the known quantity (Peppers) instead a a future unknown pick. If there is anything the Giants can be happy about, they get a Landon Collins-type player, just cheaper and the chance to hit on another WR with the #17 pick.
For the Browns, it's simple....you now have your #1 WR. Hopefully, this moves Landry almost exclusively inside, and you play Higgins/Calloway on the other side or line up all of them in 4 WR sets.
It will be interesting to see what happens contract-wise now with some of our players, assuming you are keeping Odell throughout the deal (or this new restructured deal news that may give him even more money: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2825...wns-after-trade) and we're expecting to extend Garrett and Mayfield to massive contracts within the timeframe we have Beckham here. That's three power contracts. Perhaps part of the reason Peppers was moved was the idea that a handful of players in 2-3 years won't/can't be extended because of other guys who take priority around the same time? Other players might fall into that box too now with this deal.
And there is certainly risk with this trade. Giving up two assets for a guy that has missed games in his career, is reportedly demanding an Antonio Brown-like restructured deal that will possibly hamstring you in other player acquisition opportunities, has been called out for route running by Manning and certainly falls into the Diva category that is a top-notch WR. Still all that said, I think the deal was a good one.
I was talking with my buddy ( a stooler fan). he said "this doenst make them any better, they are still under us". After laughing and peeing my pants, I presented him this scenario.
Baker under Center Top 3 RB in the NFL split left, one of the best young RB in the NFL split right.
Odell, Jarvis, callaway lined up at WR.
Tell me, how Pittsburgh defense plans to stop and hold that under 35 points.
I get it. But I don't think OBJ is a distraction in the locker room. From what I've read, teammates love him. I think any player can get frustrated, become a headache and a distraction if you're losing. I don't think we're going to lose, however.
Making this type of deal for this type of player 3 years ago would have resulted in probable disaster but not now.
I feel like we've fleeced the Giants, twice perhaps. OBJ is hall of fame talent, we most likely aren't going to draft that at 17, but possible of course.
This move suggests we are all in now. The only 2 reasons I wouldn't like this deal is that 1) was it really necessary? and 2) I am worried about the long term effect on the browns and how will we keep all these guys, but i'll worry about that when the time comes.
That's three power contracts. Perhaps part of the reason Peppers was moved was the idea that a handful of players in 2-3 years won't/can't be extended because of other guys who take priority around the same time? Other players might fall into that box too now with this deal
This was my thinking. Baker, Myles, Ward, Chubb, and you probably can only keep either Njoku or peppers. Right now, you get OBJ for peppers and let Njoku walk.
I think this move was done knowing that either njoku/peppers were not going to be retained at some point.
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Haha. Steelers fans are delusional. Im getting the same thing. I mean we gave away more for OBJ (which still wasn't that extreme) than the steelers got for AB. But i'm hearing that the steelers are just rebuilding. Have fun rebuilding with your 3rd and 5th rd picks while we kick your a.....
By Marc Sessler Around the NFL Writer Published: March 12, 2019 at 10:08 p.m.
As pro football's first-overall pick in 2017, Browns pass-rusher Myles Garrett was chained to a wandering Cleveland squad that lost 16 consecutive games amid the chuckles of millions.
Are those dark days of torture gone for good?
On the heels of a headline-exploding swap for ex-Giants wideout Odell Beckham, Cleveland's football team finds itself stationed in alien territory.
"Absolutely," Garrett told NFL Network's Total Access on Tuesday when asked if the Browns were the new team to beat in the AFC North. "I think the tide has turned and we can't wait to get out there and prove it."
Browns general manager John Dorsey has been full of surprises during his brief run in Cleveland, but Garrett acknowledged his teammates, as a collective, felt a disturbance in the Force in recent days -- the good kind of disturbance.
"I did," Garrett said. "I'm not going to say I predicted anything, but it was surprising to me that we had a very quiet Monday [in free agency] and we were hearing a lot of inklings about OBJ coming to us, getting him on a trade, so, you know, making this happen, I was kind of expecting something big."
Former LSU barnstormers reunited, Beckham and bestie/wideout Jarvis Landry create one of the game's juiciest -- and richest -- receiver rooms, but the Browns were willing to pay big bucks for the finest tandem they've housed since Reggie Langhorne and Webster Slaughter laid waste to the rough-and-tumble AFC Central of days old.
All of this is a pleasant surprise for Garrett, who came to the Browns when they were a national joke, deconstructed daily by hobby-horse bloggers, talkers and desk-jockey tweet-elves during his early days with the franchise. Per his words: "I think it's amazing for us."
We live in new times. Eras uncharted. The Browns making moves and floating upward from football's deepest swamp to airy new climes. And we've yet to discuss the pieces -- Olivier Vernon and Sheldon Richardson -- added to a dangerous defensive front tasked with scattering the Steelers, Ravens and Bengals.
Perhaps all of this crumbles away. With signal-caller Baker Mayfield, though, anything seems possible. With Odell Beckham flying beside him, we've moved into new territories of the mind.
Good luck finding a more interesting team in the AFC. Or the NFL. Or anywhere.
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