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It may not be a fairy tale but if what you say s true, that the GM of the Browns is more concerned about the future of a single players career on another team somewhere over stability of the Browns QB depth they have and even bigger issue than some thought they did.

If the @uarterback situation doesn't get fixed the Browns may not win 2 more games all year.

I think we’ll win today, and it won’t be close.

jfan...you conveniently left out the name of Chief Strategist that Haslam hired on Jan.05, 2016, Paul DePodesta, the baseball guy.

It's Depo's name at the top of Browns Guardrails that have been followed since 2016. Guardrails link

As long as the Browns follow Depo's Plan of Operation, it will come back to hurt the franchise's goal of winning a Super Bowl.
For example: Depo's first guardrail listed on the top left..."DON'T PAY FOR DEPTH"
How did that Guardrail work out for the Browns at QB this season?

How do you know the guardrails haven't evolved over time?

That's actually one of the foundations of the guardrails.

first rule of guardrail, is don't talk about the guardrail.

" old colddawg" " I think We are going to win today and it won't be close" ...
I would LOVE to see that.

I think Joe and Kevin look like each other

Kev looks more like Clooney.

lol !!

I seriously thought that too!

so he's back on the PS now.. wtf

Most likely a procedural move.

Flacco was on the practice squad and called up for the Rams game. After the game he automatically returns to the practice squad. We can call him up again (I think 4 times. total) or put him on the 53

Flacco will be our starter again until he's injured IMO

IIRC, we can only have 3 PS players brought up to the active roster at a time, and those can only be for 3 weeks until they are either signed or cut.

Right now we have at least 2 holes we need help with, at WR (depending on Cooper's condition) at CB (Ward) plus any potential needs at S. We'll probably have to sign someone to the active roster, and that's probably going to be Flacco. (but probably not til Friday, or so)

If I was Jax, I'd try to sign Flacco off of our practice squad

They are not allowed to per league rules (something about we are allowed to promote him to the full roster 3 times)

I hope you are right.

Clearly we can see the difference between a veteran like Flacco, who has been where the Browns want to go...a Super Bowl (win)...and a rookie like DTR who is just happy to get playing time but has no experience at winning playoff games in the NFL.

Experience does matter...get DTR and PJ ready to backup Flacco, if needed..!

agreed Mac

That seems to be a much more popular sentiment on the board now than it was only a couple of short weeks ago.

Jc

I just had a weird day dream where Flacco led the browns to a playoff victory in Baltimore.

As a Dawg who lives around hundred of thousands of Steelers and Ravens fans, I would LOVE to see that!

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the Browns tactic of placing Flacco on the practice squad. One of my major concerns was that the Browns would be taking a chance of losing Flacco to another team that needed help at QB.


Just as was explained by some board members who knew about rules that apply to the use of the practice squad, I found the following article that explains how the tactic being used by the Browns works. 


 
Joe Flacco to Remain on Browns' Practice Squad

The Browns announced on Tuesday that they will keep Joe Flacco on the practice squad despite speculation that opposing teams could attempt to pluck the veteran from Cleveland

ANTHONY MOEGLIN14 HOURS AGO
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The Cleveland Browns announced on Tuesday that Joe Flacco was going to remain on the team's practice squad before their upcoming game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. 

While this is standard procedure in the NFL, this news sent Browns' nation into a bit of a panic as some fans believed that this would make him eligible to be signed and picked up elsewhere.Do not worry! Joe Flacco will be a Cleveland Brown next week and throughout the remainder of the season. 

Do not worry! Joe Flacco will be a Cleveland Brown next week and throughout the remainder of the season.

At the highest level, the practice squad rules are pretty straightforward:

Practice squad players can be placed on the gameday roster THREE times during the season
After those first three designations, they revert to the practice squad
Upon the fourth designation to the gameday roster, they must be signed to the 53-man roster
If they are not signed to the team's 53-man roster after their fourth game, they will then go to the waiver wire and be available for any team to pick up
Teams are allowed to activate two practice squad players per week

We experienced this same thing earlier in the season when quarterback PJ Walker was going through the same routine. After his third game of the year, he was placed on the 53-man roster and is a part of the active roster now.

ahouldn't matter if DTR is in concussion protocol or not for a team thats clinging to the laughable playoff aspirations, the only QB on this roster that will even give them a shot if Flacco.. All this cloak and dagger BS is just more shenanigans of an incompetent FO.

How does keeping your opponent guessing make one incompetent?

yeah.. they are really guessing.. gmab. Theres 15 years of tape on Flacco, and DTR scares noone

To even suggest that DTR belongs above Flacco on the depth chart is laughable and a slap in the face to long time Browns fans who have seen enough good football to recognize the difference between a veteran like Flacco, playing the QB position vs a rookie, like DTR playing the position.

The first tip off might be whether the QB throws a 5 yd pass with the same velocity as a QB who is throwing a 15yd curl.

DTR might show some QB talent but he has a lot to learn from a veteran like Flacco. Flacco can teach DTR and PJ a lot if the Browns coaches allow Flacco the opportunity to teach them.

DTR has not been cleared yet. Depending on if he had any symptoms after practice he might be on track to be cleared.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-concussion-protocol-process-return/neo5aga3ey4c4zzvshu6exwf#:~:text=The%20player%20is%20taken%20to,or%20a%20focused%20neurological%20exam.

thats adorable you think KS will run the ball when the situation calls for it

Thus why I don't think it is cloak and dagger stuff, just procedural. If the Browns signed Flacco to the 54 man roster, they would have to cut somebody from the roster. By elevating him to the gameday roster they don't have to cut anybody. Flacco just takes somebodys place on the gameday roster.

By waiting, the team may not have to cut anybody. Guys get hurt, and late in the season it becomes easier to just IR them the rest of the season.

In what world is saying nothing suggesting anything? Nobody has "suggested that". I think you are looking for excuses to be outraged where none exist.

lol you are wrong on every point... running attempts vs percentage of the playcalls are different... and running alot and running when you're supposed to are two different things as well.. and you should also know our tackles suck in the run game. oh and the defensive tendencies.... oh please enlighten me on how when playing the worst run defense in the nfl we had 16 carries...or against seattle when we need a single yard and we throw a pick instead.. sounds like you're better off just eating your applesauce and waiting for jeopardy

So where do the Browns rank in "running attempts vs percentage of the play calls"? Let me ask you, do you think the smart thing to do is call a running play when that's exactly what your opponents are expecting you to do? Run when they have 8 men in the box? Because it would seem you think that down and distance are the only two factors in play calling.

Don't forget that in the last 2 games the defense wasn't shutting the other team down. We were behind the entire game. Even with how relatively run-heavy we are, I'd like to see us run more but when you're behind in a game you have to start throwing eventually (especially when the deficit is growing).