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Nahhh.

Given the same trade, performance and history of sexual abuse allegations and the NFLs investigation condemning DW in no uncertain terms..... Every fan base in the NFL would have reacted the same way. Denying that would be head in sand stuff.

Maybe Myles should be more careful with his wordings.

Watson got 230m.
Watson is viewed as questionable character.
The Browns decision makers didn’t read the room or was smart enough to understand that many supporters strongly disagrees with their decision to keep playing their 230m QB despite him being worthless so far. Context matters.

Berry seems to be too afraid to talk. Communicate and maybe people will at least understand even if they don’t agree with all of it.
Stefanski is himself. “We have to do better.. “ rata rata taa.

With that said. I also thought it was classless to boo but those who did it isn’t probably smart enough to realize the complications of their actions. .

Well that’s their teammate, down with a terrible injury. Even if you hate him don’t cheer when he’s being carted off the field. I don’t blame them for backing their QB.

Whoever cheered was drunk or classless. Maybe both.

Evert sporting event I've attended had fans cheering an injured player leaving the filed/court. Cheering for the injured...not the injury.

Don't ruin the headlines!

They cheer players that were injured as they are leaving the field when they know they are okay. Don't create fake headlines.

I think that was my point.

lol ok boomer, you're the one pretending to know what the fans meant and hate to be called out because you're wrong

Based on what exactly? Did those cheering wait until watson was leaving the field to cheer? The problem looks like it may be that some people aren't smart enough to live as long as the boomers and even they know it. That's why they're so salty towards boomers.

...sure

I expected this outcome back in June. It was fairly easy to forecast. And we still don’t have a viable QB. It’s insanity!

I agree. This is why I feel like Haslam is purposely tanking the Browns. It sounds absolutely insane, even to me as I'm saying it but i just cannot figure out how else everything can be so obvious to the rest of us year and year but he keeps insisting we pick terrible options like Manziel, Baker and Watson just among QBs and terrible choices at many other postions/coaches too. Unless those stories are just covers for the coaches/GMS and he didn't really force those picks/deals.

Some days it's better to be lucky than to be good.

Sometimes we are neither.

I’m good,,time to look forward and not look back.

I wonder how long it will take for the insurance company to ask for a second opinion.

THAT close to getting saddled with the brutal tail-end of this nightmare.

Let the healing begin.

Now that right there is funny... You call out someone for thinking they know what the fans are thinking and you are doing the same thing..

Rodgers contract has no guaranteed money for 2025... only an option bonus. He's currently doing his usual dramatic "I need to consider my future" thing. If I thought he was being sincere, I'd have no problem with an aging vet and future HoF'er weighing the pro's/cons with continuing to play, but he's clearly just a drama queen. I also don't think he's the kind of leader we need to get us back on the right track.

From his standpoint, I also find it hard to imagine him cutting bait from the Jets just to jump over to Cleveland.

Jacoby please. I got good vibes when he was here.....

j/c...

Geno Smith is my dark horse candidate to be the veteran QB the Browns acquire next season.

I suppose if you wish to call trading a 1985 Yugo for a 1986 Chevette because it is better than what you have an argument could be made for getting Rodgers.

But in both cases you would still be driving a POS.

Who are "the others"? A lot of first ballot HOF'ers "were" great QB's. They no longer are. The same goes for Rodgers.

You do realize that if you throw enough passes you can accumulate a lot of passing yards, right? Rodgers had a QBR of 48.1 for the season in 2024 with an average pass per completion of 6.7 yards.

Even if the Browns can’t prove that Watson was engaging in activities that triggered a void of his guarantees, recent images on social media show him without a walking boot. Given the difficulty of rolling an ankle while in a walking boot, it’s possible that he wasn’t wearing a boot when he was supposed to be wearing a boot. If the team-specified rehab protocols required him to wear a boot, that could be another avenue for voiding the guarantees.

For the Browns, here’s the question: Do they want to play hardball with Watson? If they do, the first step is to fully investigate what he was doing when he rolled his ankle. The second step is to assess whether he rolled his ankle while not wearing a walking boot when he possibly should have been.

Given the magnitude of the remaining payments, a legal fight would be inevitable, if the Browns try to cut Watson off. And that opens the door for a settlement, with reduced guarantees and/or a reduced salary. Watson would have to decide whether to take an all-or-nothing risk in a grievance — or to manage the risk of losing by accepting less than he’s owed.

Time will tell what they opt to do. Based on the facts as developed during the team’s investigation of how and where and when the ankle was rolled, the Browns might be able to get out from under the worst contract in NFL history.

the football gods are looking out for the Browns.

Paul Depodesta better be all over this, There is no other organization that would not pursue this avenue. If they find cause to void this horrific contract then you HAVE to do this. Please Paul show the fanbase that you are more than Mr. Analytics.

I think I speak for most of us when I say I hope he tore it again while skydiving off the mountain he just climbed while jet skiing and shooting fish while playing basketball.

... on a motorcycle... with a staph infection.

Using that as your measuring stick is what's gotten the Browns to where they are now. If you only look at the numbers you want to that sounds fine. But that requires you ignore other numbers like a QBR of 48.1 and him accumulating the stats you seem to keep using by playing dink and dunk having a 6.7 yards per average pass completion rate.

Rodgers ranked 26th in QBR rankings of all NFL QB's for 2024. Hell, Winston ranked 20th in QBR.

https://texanswire.usatoday.com/202...cks-including-c-j-stroud-total-qbr-2024/