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there are weird rumors on Twitter that he may be in an out-patient rehab thing right now and this is all being used to cover that up.

Could just be stupid talk ... and that's the problem: when we are so unforthcoming, rumors spread and it gets worse

Maybe I'm being lazy here, but doesn't the NFL have strict rules about accurately reporting injuries?

yeah I think so .. but I think you can get loose with the phrasing of injuries to keep it more ambiguous. It's a gray area for sure

I would guess stupid talk is putting it mildly. It could be true I guess, but it reminds me of the in-season trade rumors I keep reading on Facebook.

yeah for sure .. you get into the area of people just spouting off wild stuff to see what sticks. It's the risk you run when you sign a controversial guy and then aren't very open about sharing what's going on

And then he "gets hurt" but never shows any sign of being hurt... pops up from a hit, finishes the game with a smile on his face, gives no sign of an injury until late that week, ends up missing a game, luckily before a bye week, still isn't well through the bye week, misses the next game... with reports of the injury being likely to sideline him for multiple weeks.

I suspect, by next week, he'll have cancer of the shoulder and will need experimental surgery.

All this, on the heels of a QB that would play with a broken shoulder and severed limb.

Only in Cleveland -- this is fun!

I seriously have not been this 'checked out' since we realized Charlie Frye wasn't going to be a HOFer.

This is where I am at. I'll watch with passing interest moving forward. If the team ever gets over the hump I'll amp up the interest level.

Count me in that group. It's seriously a clown car of one letdown after another. I'm probably taking the grandson to the zoo tomorrow.

Getting rid of my season tickets may be one of the most rational decisions I’ve made as an adult. 😀

It’s the same story every year, huge offseason hype. Most talented team on paper they’ve ever had! Inevitably, they manage to puke all over themselves.

I feel basically the same as the four posts above. Though I think that point came for me during the crumbling of the 2014 season after Hoyer's 7-4 start.

However, as hard as I've tried or promises I've made to myself to stay away from the TV on Sundays (including Hue's years), I find myself sitting in my chair watching the whole game. I've turned it off a few times during the 4th quarter, but that's the exception. When 10am rolls around (even when it was obvious we were going to lose going in), the self-loathing and masochism amps up I guess.

The worst part is that I gave up drinking years ago which, of course, has made the entire situation clearer.

I'll watch most of it out of morbid curiosity. Like rubber-neckers looking at a car crash.

We should all be preparing ourselves for another long week after Sunday's game. Actually, it's starting to look like another long, losing season.

that was my issue too Fate ... he finished the titans game with zero issue or sign of injury

If the weather is trash, I'll watch just for something to do during the day, but if it isn't raining, I've got plenty of other ways out in the yard/pasture of wasting a day while inflicting pain upon myself.

For me I'll watch. It isn't as painful once you become numb to it. I became numb to it some time ago.

Does it really surprise anyone that the Browns are worse off after a Bye week?

haha the bye beats us again

I dont understand why we are starting a QB from the practice squad? Is that REALLY the best we can do? Its like quitting before we even play. Why was there not a better plan?

The Browns have clearly said winning this game is not important because it's a non conference game, and I am sure in their minds they'll get serious again in week 6 on their way to the playoffs.

What a message to send the team. I wonder if Stef talked about putting in the work this week. What a clown.

So is it then your contention the Browns would have a better chance of winning if they started DTR? I find it odd that people aren't blaming the people that created this situation rather than the person having to deal with it.

Makes that Dobbs decision look even more foolish.

I assume that Watson actually has an injured shoulder. I do wonder if it is worse than we know.

That being said I do not think Watson wants to be here.

He made some awful decisions and poor throws versus the Bengals last week. I have a hard time believing he would make much of a difference right now.

I guess he might be better than what we currently have but he's not winning games either with this current lineup we will be starting with all the injuries.

I certainly don't think it would make a difference this week against the 9'ers. But the next two games are against the Colts and Seahawks. If watson can't play in those games the upgrade to Dobbs could have certainly have made the difference between W's and L's. While I agree Dobbs isn't a world beater at QB, he has a completion rate of 65.8% with 6td's to 2int's. Nothing outstanding there but a pretty good completion rate and not many mistakes. That may have been just enough at QB to beat some of those marginal teams the Browns may be facing.

I've always believed that it's a GM's job to upgrade and maintain the best talent on the roster possible within financial reason. We had Dobbs on the roster to begin with. Now we don't and I believe the QB position is worse off for it.

I had to go back and look... wow, that little bundle is almost seven months already! Have fun!

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...f-injury-browns-targeting-week-7-return/

They think Watson will play Week 7.

we better hope

Was the plan to dump all of the NFLs problems on the city of Cleveland, because the fans wlll put up with anything.
analytics.

It might be better that DW doesn't play against the 49er's; for obvious reasons.

They thought he was playing against the Ravens. They thought he was playing against the 49ers. I'll be floored if he plays against the Colts. I don't believe a word out of Berea until he's actually on the field and playing on a Sunday.

(This isn't a shot at you, Eve.)

Fair enough, can't disagree with that. It definitely isn't worth a 7th round draft choice to be even deeper in this mess.

lol thanks Tom Withers