Archive 2016 Browns Season Thread

Azubuike24

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Feb 29, 2016 3:22pm

At least he was.

Crimson streak

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Feb 29, 2016 3:23pm

Laley23;1783895 wrote:You and I are on the exact same wavelength.

I've watched quite a bit of fuller being an ND fan. The kid can play and he just has that play making ability to him like Jackson does. Is he someone you want as a number 1 guy? No but he's a great number 2 behind Gordon. And would be a hell of a lot better than Benjamin. What really sold me on fuller was when he just completely destroyed Adoree Jackson from USC.

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Crimson streak

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Feb 29, 2016 3:24pm

Azubuike24;1783914 wrote:He's an announcer on NBC.

So is Doug flutie and he sure ain't an ND lover.

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Laley23

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Feb 29, 2016 3:38pm

Azubuike24;1783915 wrote:At least he was.

This is not why he got fired, but he was and is FAR from an ND lover lol. I mean, he went to BC, worked for CBS, ESPN, abc. Now primarily with NFLN. Just because NBC was a stop on his career path doesn't mean he loves ND.

But yeah, from my season working with him and the rest of the ND crew for ND, he does not love them. He, along with all of us, get to know them best as it's the team you cover 8 times versus 8 other teams just once. But not many people care if they win or lose. It's nice to see them do well for ratings purposes, but nobody cares. I'd say most, including Mayock, hated ND more than Loved them. But for the most part it's somewhere inbetween.

Azubuike24

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Feb 29, 2016 3:55pm

Good to know haha. I was just figuring a reason why. I didn't say he was a ND homer.

Laley23

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Feb 29, 2016 5:49pm

Azubuike24;1783926 wrote:Good to know haha. I was just figuring a reason why. I didn't say he was a ND homer.

Yeah didn't mean to insinuate you, just was responding to your post.

A lot of guys get lumped into that description though. NBC is a career path that people sometimes need to take, despite their relative lack of business with traditional sports. Football they have ND and SNF, plus random nbcsn games. So, yeah, if they ask, you accept. But I don't think it means anyone actively is a fan. I think some sort of success means their careers will be better off, and the job is just more fun when your working games that "matter" so maybe some bias in that regard. But Hammond, Mayock and Flutie etc aren't fanboys.

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vball10set

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Mar 1, 2016 7:22am

Laley23;1783922 wrote:This is not why he got fired, but he was and is FAR from an ND lover lol. I mean, he went to BC, worked for CBS, ESPN, abc. Now primarily with NFLN. Just because NBC was a stop on his career path doesn't mean he loves ND.

But yeah, from my season working with him and the rest of the ND crew for ND, he does not love them. He, along with all of us, get to know them best as it's the team you cover 8 times versus 8 other teams just once. But not many people care if they win or lose. It's nice to see them do well for ratings purposes, but nobody cares. I'd say most, including Mayock, hated ND more than Loved them. But for the most part it's somewhere inbetween.

lol

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vball10set

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Mar 1, 2016 7:25am

Laley23;1783922 wrote:This is not why he got fired...

Why did he?

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BR1986FB

Posts: 24,104

Mar 1, 2016 8:05am

Heard some stupid shit that Carson Wentz was getting scrutinized for some anti-gay comment that he made on Twitter.........

In 2009.......

Pretty sure he was 16 years old at the time.

These guys will try to dig up anything.

like_that

Posts: 26,625

Mar 1, 2016 9:07am

BR1986FB;1783989 wrote:Heard some stupid shit that Carson Wentz was getting scrutinized for some anti-gay comment that he made on Twitter.........

In 2009.......

Pretty sure he was 16 years old at the time.

These guys will try to dig up anything.

Lol I'm glad I am not in the public spotlight, because all the shit I said/heard from HS thru College in my fraternity would prevent me from getting any job in this day and age.

Iliketurtles

Posts: 8,191

Mar 1, 2016 9:40am

like_that;1783993 wrote:Lol I'm glad I am not in the public spotlight, because all the shit I said/heard from HS thru College in my fraternity would prevent me from getting any job in this day and age.

Definitely. I didn't get on twitter until like 2011 or 2012 and I rarely ever post anything on it. But I can't imagine all the shit I put or was associated with on facebook back when I was in college. I know I most certainly said/did a lot of shit too that I'm thankful there really wasn't too much cell phone video at the time.

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BR1986FB

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Mar 1, 2016 9:45am

like_that;1783993 wrote:Lol I'm glad I am not in the public spotlight, because all the shit I said/heard from HS thru College in my fraternity would prevent me from getting any job in this day and age.

I've had candidates that I was trying to place not get jobs because of the content of some of their social media accounts. Companies have become more savvy about looking at that stuff.

Laley23

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Mar 1, 2016 9:46am

vball10set;1783985 wrote:Why did he?

Short answer is he and the Producer, Rob Hyland, didn't see eye-to-eye on a few things. Not going to give out specifics on someone's livelihood.

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vball10set

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Mar 1, 2016 2:06pm

Laley23;1784013 wrote:Short answer is he and the Producer, Rob Hyland, didn't see eye-to-eye on a few things...

'nuff said

Commander of Awesome

Posts: 23,151

Mar 1, 2016 4:48pm

Welp, prob say goodbye to Schwartz. SMH, dumb to let him walk IMO.

iclfan2

Posts: 6,360

Mar 1, 2016 6:30pm

Only guy I really wanted them to keep. Mack would be nice, don't care about Benjamin and Gipson for what they think they are worth.

Anyone see bradfords new contract... Geesh

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Laley23

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Mar 2, 2016 12:14am

vball10set;1784128 wrote:'nuff said

I don't get it? So your insinuating that someone who's job is DIRECTLY affected by the performance of notre dame doesn't want them to do well, but the announcer who will further his career by being objective does?? I'm so lost as to why you think he is a homer. Only thing I can think of is you blindly made that assumption because he announced ND for 5 years and, within those broadcasts you picked apart his analysis and made it for your narrative, much like every fan base does with every damn announcer.

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BR1986FB

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Mar 2, 2016 8:04am

iclfan2;1784160 wrote:Only guy I really wanted them to keep. Mack would be nice, don't care about Benjamin and Gipson for what they think they are worth.

Anyone see bradfords new contract... Geesh

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They are going to be a young team. I'd like them to keep a few of these guys but am skeptical that any of them stay.

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vball10set

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Mar 2, 2016 10:00am

Laley23;1784175 wrote:I don't get it? So your insinuating that someone who's job is DIRECTLY affected by the performance of notre dame doesn't want them to do well, but the announcer who will further his career by being objective does?? I'm so lost as to why you think he is a homer. Only thing I can think of is you blindly made that assumption because he announced ND for 5 years and, within those broadcasts you picked apart his analysis and made it for your narrative, much like every fan base does with every damn announcer.

you're reading too much into my post--I was only responding to the answer you gave to my question of "why was Mayock fired at NBC"...geesh

wildcats20

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Mar 2, 2016 12:52pm

Mack is gone.

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BR1986FB

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Mar 2, 2016 12:53pm

Yep.....I expect him to sign with Jacksonville.

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/cleveland-browns-alex-mack-center-opting-out-contract-free-agent-030216

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Mar 2, 2016 1:13pm

Damnit losing Mack sucks

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BR1986FB

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Mar 2, 2016 1:30pm

If he doesn't stay in Cincinnati, I'd think Minnesota (and Zimmer) would have the upper hand (although I'm not sure of their cap number)....

http://cle.247sports.com/Bolt/Report-Bengals-S-George-Iloka-shows-interest-in-Browns-Vikings-44037276

Commander of Awesome

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Mar 2, 2016 1:35pm

Fucking browns playing penis flickers. Not tagging Schwartz should be a fireable offense.

Mulva

Posts: 13,650

Mar 2, 2016 2:04pm

I'm confident that we can lose just as well without them.