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I hope we aren't going to be to the point soon where other games are more meaningful, but I'm looking forward to Buffalo/Miami tomorrow

I'm kinda already at the point where I'm thinking it makes more sense to just proactively reclaim my Sundays.

Well, I'm feeling that way this year too. It just seems like a lost cause to invest too much emotion into our team

I mentioned this a little tongue in cheek before the season started, but Stefanski has not had two successful seasons in a row to date. Following that pattern this is on pace to be a down year. He also exceeds expectations when they are low and underperforms expectations when they are high. Those expectations coincide with the every other year pattern.

If we lose to Jax this season is going to be a 5ish win season. Kev isn’t a rally the troops kind of guy when the chips are down. He’s a project manager bringing organization to chaos, keeping everyone on schedule, and hoping that leads to the project getting done on time and on budget i.e., wins. No one's running through a wall for Kev.

If the losses start piling up, the injuries will start piling up because guys won’t want to play. This has a high probability of being a very long, unenjoyable season. The sucky part is we are wasting a ton of guy’s primes.

your final point is my big thing. Back in 2015-2018 ... who cares if we sucked? We had no good players and no hope

This year feels like a waste of a lot of talent and potential

So that was the plan. Get the expectations as low as possible as fast as possible this season.
Super Bowl bound! Wait, wait, wait. ...I mean 1st pick here we come!


Honestly, I think we just need to figure out how we're going to handle this look. We'll probably see the Jags try to use it this week.



Going heavy and running at the unprotected LBs up the middle seems like it could be the answer. Might be the year the running game comes back around as the "winning formula."

Yeah, our run game has to be better to alleviate our poor passing game. Not sure Ford and our patchwork OL can do it, but we have to try

I hate that I nodded in agreement to almost everything here.

We have Freeman and Strong too. Both are capable of running the ball. I’d like to see more of what Strong can do.

Yeah, We need to find something in the run game. Strong or Freeman might be a little change up or spark

J/c



I'm not sure how much Morgan Freeman has left in his legs. Foreman might see some more use for us.

I do think the trend of smaller, faster LBs might make bigger RBs more the counter to use.

j/c...

Tua looks like he just suffered another bad concussion.

That might be his career ender. Hope he was smart with the money he’s made.

Yeah his fingers did that curl up thing. I’ve only seen that happen on one player and it’s now happened twice. That would scare the crap out of me.

Pretty routine tackle as well.

I’d be done.

Miami looked horrendous before the injury, and that just dampened the night more

Tua should not play again

One more like that and he has to walk away, right? I was very surprised at that huge extension.

Hey, Miami.... have I got a QB for YOU!!

Step on into my office...

Get it done Savage!

yeah ... we'll send over his 2020 tape ASAP

Miami needs to do the right thing and bench Tua until he retires.. dude is a walking cte case. He's just being stupid at this point if he comes back. He'll be dead long before 40

Dear Lord no! We would have to give up our next 3 first round draft picks to make that happen!

If Burrow can’t throw Hail Marys up to Chase he doesn’t have much.

Denver is really bad

Pittsburgh started with two road wins that are considered "easy" IMO

And now for something completely different! Ratbirds lose, go down to 0- 2, I believe. Harbaugh crushed. That glow you see is avery happy Ravenkiller. That is all.

Kyler Murray looks like he’s having a resurgence.

Cardinals look good. Took the Bills to the wire last week.

the cardinals have looked good ... the Rams have not

I also can't believe the Saints

Yeah, what happened to the great Dallas Cowboys today? If DW played just decent last week we may have won.

Bo Nix is horrendous - and so is Denver

Bengals' interception was a really nice play and catch by the DB.

wow big play there

HaHa Bengurls

Chiefs win with FG on expiring clock. 26-25.

Late PI on Bengals bails out Chiefs on a 4th and 16.

Will Levis of the Titans must have been watching Brandon Weeden’s game film. The only explanation I have to his mind boggling turnovers.

Chiefs get another close win at home .. Bengals and Ravens 0-2

No "easy" games especially on the road. Great win by the Browns today!

j/c...

Marcedes Lewis is the Julio Franco of the NFL.

j/c...

Marcedes Lewis is the Julio Franco of the NFL.

I was shocked to see him on my tv lol

“The 50 yard FG has become the three foot putt.” - Mike Tirico

Truer words have never been spoken. Ten years from now, nobody will bat an eye at 60+ yard FGs. It’s remarkable how good NFL kickers have become.

Maybe they’ll bring the posts closer at some point.

it is amazing what the kickers can do now ... especially indoors

Yeah anything 50-55 I expect an NFL kicker to make atleast 80%

Houston is a good team. I think they have a great mix of young/old and offense/defense. They will be tough to beat

Hey atleast Berry is contributing to building a winner somewhere..lol, just wish it was here

Caleb Williams really got knocked around last night

The NFCN will be interesting I think. Detroit doesn't look quite as good, Minnesota looks better, GB has talent

j/c...

They beat the 49ers yesterday, a huge upset. Good for the Vikings, cool to see darnold have some success

I think a lack of a preseason is hurting a lot of teams. Very sloppy play, not in sync, and tons of injuries

That's absolutely the takeaway. Once this goes to an 18 game schedule, the first 3 games or so of the season will be treated like CFB with the exception you can't schedule cupcakes.

Attempting to sell the fans that joint practices are more productive is hilarious.

Be curious when fans realize paying premium dollars for openers isn't worth the juice.

Now I can say: Good Job Falcons. The fat lady has sung.

surprised to see the Falcons win that game ... Philly has all the talent in the world, but something is missing

Did James Hudson get traded to them before the game? Cuz that looks like his style of play.

I cost Philly that game. I needed them to win so I could win the DT Survivor game in week 2…

I didn't think the Falcons had a chance of winning. Hats off to Atlanta.

I agree with you Milk. I haven't commented much on the season so far, b/c I expect the first few games will have it's highs and lows. Though I was disappointed with the first game, I know the team will start showing their identity in the next few weeks. No reason to make a final judgement on the team yet. Like D4L said, "a lot of teams" ....we aren't the only team in the league going to go through the ups and downs. A lot of overdramatized articles on lots of teams when it's still early in the season. I get it though, it's an easy thing to write about and it's how you get clicks.

One of the biggest things for the Browns right now is cleaning up player controllable mistakes (i.e. penalties, dropped passes) while they get back into the flow of the offense/defense.

I agree .. the penalties is the #1 issue to correct. We can't continue to be 2nd and 12 each drive. KS offense is at its best when we can throw in running situations