2015 Browns Offseason Thread

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Mar 30, 2015 2:25pm
Pick6;1717331 wrote:Get off BR's nuts. You all were falling for it too.
The all knowing cowboys fan :rolleyes:.
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Mar 30, 2015 2:33pm
BR1986FB;1717337 wrote:I wasn't falling for it myself. I was just the dumbass who forgot to add "there's no way they are getting fined this badly"
/story

Not a big deal. Glad to see the punishment will have minimal impact.
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Mar 30, 2015 3:16pm
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Mar 30, 2015 3:18pm
I think COA just came in his pants
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Mar 30, 2015 3:54pm
SportsAndLady;1717358 wrote:I think COA just came in his pants
The Browns are hitting the areas they should. Rather go irving and the brown with 12 & 19 bit cool with Shelton and flowers.
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Mar 31, 2015 5:28am
Commander of Awesome;1717370 wrote:The Browns are hitting the areas they should. Rather go irving and the brown with 12 & 19 bit cool with Shelton and flowers.
They might as well keep doing this until a legit QB comes along. If Shelton is the next "Haloti Ngata" as was implied (hopefully minus the dirty player traits) I'd have no issues drafting him.

I know not many are Peter King fans here but did anyone hear about his MMQB implying that part of the reason the Sam Bradford deal didn't go down was that Bradford wouldn't agree to resign here when he would in Philly?
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Mar 31, 2015 8:05am
Sounds like Pettine is shaking up the defense with the Taylor move and now potentially this. Moving him to OLB and letting Sheard walk do make sense...

http://cle.247sports.com/Bolt/Armonty-Bryant-moving-to-linebacker-36511207

Heard a snippet from Kornheiser & Wilbon on PTI yesterday. Sounds like they are of the belief that Farmer bought himself a couple more years by "taking a bullet" for Haslam. They believe that Haslam was doing the texting and Farmer took the fall.
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Mar 31, 2015 8:22am
BR1986FB;1717505 wrote:Sounds like Pettine is shaking up the defense with the Taylor move and now potentially this. Moving him to OLB and letting Sheard walk do make sense...

http://cle.247sports.com/Bolt/Armonty-Bryant-moving-to-linebacker-36511207

Heard a snippet from Kornheiser & Wilbon on PTI yesterday. Sounds like they are of the belief that Farmer bought himself a couple more years by "taking a bullet" for Haslam. They believe that Haslam was doing the texting and Farmer took the fall.
That's because they are a bunch of gossiping old women. They don't know wtf they are talking about.

As for moving armonty, I like it. I think he could be a solid olb pass rusher. Still confused why it took so long for any coach to realize "well shit, Phil would fit in great at NT." The dude is huge, it was fucking obvious to everyone but the team apparently.
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Mar 31, 2015 8:27am
like_that;1717508 wrote:That's because they are a bunch of gossiping old women. They don't know wtf they are talking about.
Really? Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't even think it's a stretch to think that Haslam could've been the one texting. When the word started to come down that someone was texting my first thought was Haslam.
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Mar 31, 2015 9:48am
BR1986FB;1717510 wrote:Really? Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't even think it's a stretch to think that Haslam could've been the one texting. When the word started to come down that someone was texting my first thought was Haslam.
Who cares? Straight speculation gossip.

As for Phil fucking Taylor, as like_that said. Obvious to everyone except the team. As for armonty bryant, I hope this isn't another kenard lang move. Bryant is coming off a major injury, asking him to play in space now which requires more athleticism seems like a fail move to me, but we'll see. We need another pass rush at the position and that sure as hell ain't mingo.
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Mar 31, 2015 9:56am
Commander of Awesome;1717532 wrote:Who cares? Straight speculation gossip.

As for Phil fucking Taylor, as like_that said. Obvious to everyone except the team. As for armonty bryant, I hope this isn't another kenard lang move. Bryant is coming off a major injury, asking him to play in space now which requires more athleticism seems like a fail move to me, but we'll see. We need another pass rush at the position and that sure as hell ain't mingo.
Brown's too small to consistently play DE in a 3-4. Unless he packs on another 10-15 lbs, which could negate some of his quickness. Sheard made the transisition, although not that well.
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Mar 31, 2015 12:26pm
I think Bryant will actually be best suited as an olb pass rush specialist. Will be interesting for sure


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Mar 31, 2015 4:55pm
BR1986FB;1717510 wrote:Really? Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't even think it's a stretch to think that Haslam could've been the one texting. When the word started to come down that someone was texting my first thought was Haslam.
Who cares who was texting? It's over and done with.
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Mar 31, 2015 10:10pm
DeyDurkie5;1717639 wrote:Who cares who was texting? It's over and done with.
Not to mention, I fail to see the benefit of Farmer taking the fall over Haslam.
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Apr 1, 2015 7:54am
Pick6;1717696 wrote:Not to mention, I fail to see the benefit of Farmer taking the fall over Haslam.
If those texts are coming from higher up the food chain, it probably means the loss of draft picks. But, as mentioned, water under the bridge.
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Apr 1, 2015 8:16am
BR1986FB;1717797 wrote:If those texts are coming from higher up the food chain, it probably means the loss of draft picks. But, as mentioned, water under the bridge.
Why would it be a fine if the GM sends the texts but loss of draft picks if the owner sends them?
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Apr 1, 2015 9:10am
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Apr 1, 2015 11:17am
SportsAndLady;1717801 wrote:Why would it be a fine if the GM sends the texts but loss of draft picks if the owner sends them?[/QUOTE


Many times the higher up the chain you go the more responsible they are supposed to be.
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Apr 1, 2015 4:51pm
thavoice;1717868 wrote:
SportsAndLady;1717801 wrote:Why would it be a fine if the GM sends the texts but loss of draft picks if the owner sends them?[/QUOTE


Many times the higher up the chain you go the more responsible they are supposed to be.
Like when the owner of Titans(?) was flipping off the crowd, and got hit with a million dollar fine.

Where has Manziel fired the bird, and got a fraction of that.
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Apr 1, 2015 5:21pm
Bengals and Cleveland Orchestra got a good one in on the Browns today.
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Apr 1, 2015 5:32pm
Pick6;1718059 wrote:Bengals and Cleveland Orchestra got a good one in on the Browns today.
Quote for the lazy?
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Apr 1, 2015 7:17pm
GOONx19;1718061 wrote:Quote for the lazy?
They both had news releases of new logos. The cleveland orchestra was exactly the same, and the Bengals had a different orange. Pretty good.
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Apr 2, 2015 9:51am
Take this FWIW...Mort's missed the mark quite a bit lately when he used to be pretty reliable with his info....

http://www.dawgsbynature.com/2015/4/1/8328513/espns-chris-mortensen-browns-90-percent-done-with-manziel
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Apr 2, 2015 10:07am
BR1986FB;1718183 wrote:Take this FWIW...Mort's missed the mark quite a bit lately when he used to be pretty reliable with his info....

http://www.dawgsbynature.com/2015/4/1/8328513/espns-chris-mortensen-browns-90-percent-done-with-manziel
Well, the skill set and aptitude he showed is a backup QB, so I would expect them to also move on to look for a starter.
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Apr 2, 2015 10:22am
Sonofanump;1718191 wrote:Well, the skill set and aptitude he showed is a backup QB, so I would expect them to also move on to look for a starter.
They are going to have to hit on somebody in the draft. I don't see any talented/established QB's coming here.