Post Combine Browns Mock Draft

Bored today, and with the combine ending I figured I'd throw out a Browns mock draft.

This is how I think the top 3 will shake out

1.  Houston  - Blake Bortles QB UCF.  Dane Brugler from CBSSports, whose opinion I respect and who had Eric Fisher going number 1 to the Chiefs before anyone else last year, has had this penciled in for a while.  There are multiple dots that connect the two, starting with Bill O'Brien's preference for a big strong pocket passer, the fact that O'Brien came up under George O'Leary, Bortles' college coach, and O'Brien's recent hiring of Bortles' college quarterback coach George Godsey.  Bortles could be walking into an ideal situation, as he's going to need coached up and BOB is a good one.


2. St Louis - Jake Matthews OT Texas A&M.  The Rams, for all the picks they added in the RG3 trade, are not exactly brimming with offensive talent.  They have failed to give Sam Bradford anything to work with, (although I'm a Tavon Austin fan, and if they had a coach that knew how to use him he would be dangerous).  That said, they also have the 13th pick in a wide receiver rich draft, and that's why I can see them passing on Watkins.  I think they'll try and move the pick, and may get a bite from a team that likes to make a splash like Atlanta.  If they stay I think they chose the more refined Matthews over Greg Robinson, Fisher had Bruce Matthews (Jake's dad) with the Oilers and knows what he's getting.  Matthews is good, maybe better than his former teammate Joeckel who went 2nd last year.


3.  Jacksonville - Jadaveon Clowney DE South Carolina.  Yes, Jacksonville needs a quarterback.  They can use a wide receiver also.  They are another team that is not overflowing with talent.  What they do have is a great young coach in Gus Bradley, who just watched his former defense in Seattle dominate the Super Bowl with a devastating pass rush.  They also coached at the Senior Bowl, where quarterbacks that may be around in the 2nd round like Derek Carr or Jimmy Garoppolo may have impressed them.  They may just realize that Clowney is the type of talent that you don't pass on, and personally I think a coach like Bradley may be just what Clowney needs.  People can knock Clowney for his "motor" but some guys just want to get paid to play football.  Clowney would have been a top 5 pick after his freshman year, a top 5 pick after his sophomore year, but he had to go back to school for a third season.  He also saw teammate and potential first rounder Marcus Lattimore have his leg turned into a sock full of parts after a nasty hit, and fall into the fourth round.  Clowney is awesome, just remember that over the next couple months as people take shots at him.  He possesses rare Hall of Fame talent.  Plus he'll be good and pissed at Houston, who Jacksonville plays twice a year. 



And now for the Browns (Browns only for now....)

4.  Cleveland - Johnny Manziel QB Texas A&M.  Going into the season, I liked Johnny Football.  I never expected him to be a top 5 pick in the draft, and I never thought I'd want the Browns to take him over Teddy Bridgewater should they have the choice.  I now think he's exactly what the Browns need.  He's much better in the pocket than people give him credit for, he has intermediate and deep accuracy, and he has the "it" factor that this team so desperately needs.  I'm not taking Manziel just for that, but I like that he has it.  I'm not concerned about his height, I think that is overblown a little bit.  He makes plays, he gives his receivers chances to make plays, he understands the game.  He's also only 21 years old, and may still be growing (Size 15 shoes).  Some of his improvisation looks panicked, but to me there is something instinctive about the way he recognizes what is happening around him.  He'll have to learn to avoid getting hit in the NFL but they all do.  I see a franchise changing player when I watch him, and hopefully that franchise is the Browns.  I like Teddy Bridgewater, I really do.  But right now I just like Manziel more.  I could link a hundred different articles that would have probably a hundred different opinions.  But I won't.  Here are a couple that I think are fair.

Here's a thorough evaluation by Brendan Leister at Draft Browns

Here's another by Sigmund Bloom

And here's his page over at Draft Breakdown



26.  Marqise Lee WR USC - Full disclosure I really really want Odell Beckham from LSU but I just don't see him dropping to 26.  If Beckham is there I pounce if I'm the Browns.  That said Lee is a pretty nice consolation prize.  He has decent size at 6'0 and 190 lbs.  He was an absolute stud his freshman and sophomore seasons before falling off a little this past year possibly because of injuries, quarterback questions, and all the turmoil around the coaching changes.  He showed the ability to make plays and get into the endzone in college, and would make a great complement to Josh Gordon.  He's a crisp route runner with above average hands, he'd probably come in and push for a starting spot early.  I'm a fan.  There is good depth at receiver if they wanted to wait, but Lee is pretty damn good and worthy of the 26th pick.  He gives Johnny a legit weapon to pair with Gordon and Cameron.

Draft Breakdown page here



35.  Troy Niklas TE Notre Dame - This is a bit off the radar but I'm a big fan of having multiple good tight ends and value the versatility they can provide for NFL offenses.  With the emphasis on matchups in today's NFL, having good tight ends limits what a defense can do against certain formations.  An offense can line up in a power formation and then in a spread look without substituting if they have good enough tight ends.  They can control tempo and create matchup nightmares.  See the Pats with Gronk and Hernandez.  That's why I liked Eifert so much last year, and like Niklas here this year.  Niklas is a huge, old school inline tight end and a great complement to Jordon Cameron.  He's 6'6 270 lbs with good hands and good athleticism.  He can play flexed out or inline, and would also give the Browns another huge redzone target.  He may be a work in progress but should have the time to develop with Cameron here.  He had big games on the big stages, against Michigan and USC, and then again in the bowl game.  I'm a big fan, I think if he would have gone back to school he'd be a top 15 pick next year.  I'm taking him now, and giving JFF a full toychest to play with.

Draft Breakdown page here

71.  Joel Bitonio OG Nevada - Guard will be addressed, either in free agency or the draft.  Shaun Lauvao simply is not good enough to start, and there exists the potential that Alex Mack will walk and John Greco will have to slide over and play center.  Bitonio was a tackle in college but will play guard, he can fit into a zone blocking scheme if Kyle Shannahan brings that along.  I've read more about him than seen him, but he seems like a logical fit at that spot.  I should add that I love Jared Abbrederis and really really want him to end up on the Browns.  I just cannot in this scenario (as fantastical is it may already be) go QB WR TE WR in this draft.  But honestly if there is a player outside of the first round that I really really want on the Browns its him.

Draft Breakdown page here


83.  Jordan Zumwalt LB UCLA - Craig Robertson had a rough second half of the season, either due to an inability to adjust by Ray Horton or by deficiencies in his game. Regardless, linebacker is a position that should be addressed.  Enter Zumwalt, a versatile tackling machine with the temperament you want in a linebacker.  He has experience in a multi front defense and has played both inside and outside.  At worst he should step in and contribute immediately on special team.  I love the guy I'm a big fan,  He nearly knocked Logan Thomas off of planet Earth in the bowl game.  He's the kind of guy that will give everything he's got. 

Draft Breakdown page here

102.  James Hurst OT UNC - Was pretty highly regarded going into his senior season.  He broke his leg (badly) in the bowl game and may be a good value here, but may be looking at a redshirt rookie season.  At worst, he provides depth at both tackle spots, and at best he possible kicks Mitchell Schwartz inside or moves inside himself and turns into a starter. 

Draft breakdown page here







123.  Tyler Gaffney RB Stanford - I expect the running back position to be addressed in free agency, and Dion Lewis and Edwin Baker showed promise last season, so I don't believe running back will be a high priority.  Gaffney is just a solid back who doesn't really stand out in any one thing but does everything pretty well.  He ran faster than expected at the combine which may move him up a little.  Taking him here with the expectation that it will be a backfield by committee with him, Lewis, a free agent, and possibly Baker.

Draft Breakdown page here








133.  Ricardo Allen CB Purdue - At this point I'm deferring to players I've seen play rather than some of the small school guys that will surely get looked at by team.  Allen is a smaller corner but every time I've seen him he plays bigger than he is.  I'm a big fan, I think he can make this team as a backup corner and special teams player.  I'm not as down on Leon McFadden as everyone else is also, and that's why I'm okay waiting this long to take a DB.

Draft Breakdown page here

164.  Connor Shaw QB South Carolina - Someone else had the Browns taking Shaw late, and I actually like the strategy of taking two quarterbacks in one draft.  I like Shaw, I think he can play.  He's also limited by his size, but he has pretty good speed and a decent arm.  He's a developmental quarterback behind Manziel and Hoyer.  The only quarterbacks in this draft I really like are Manziel, Bridgewater, Brett Smith from Wyoming, and Shaw.  I'm coming around on Aaron Murray, but still...

Draft Breakdown page here






195.  Colt Lyerla TE Ex-Oregon - He may be long gone, or he may be undraftable.  He's a knucklehead with an unbelievable amount of talent.  He was kicked off the team at Oregon (or left) and apparently loves cocaine and booze.  HOWEVER, here I'd take him and see if I can get him sorted out.  Read the article below and you'll understand why someone as talented as him may still be on the board.  But I think in this mock I've taken enough good character good football guys that I'm okay with the risk.

A Troubled Talent

Draft Breakdown





There you go - first Browns mock of the season.  I never commented on the Banner Lombardi thing, all I'll say is that I'm more confident in the direction of this team and front office than I have been in a long time.

Week 17 - 2013

Only in Cleveland.  That's all I can say.  Only in Cleveland.  The Browns fired their coach, the coach they hired less than one year ago, yesterday.  Rob Chudzinski is out, after (depending on who you believe) feuding with fork tongued snake in the grass GM Mike Lombardi over "accountability".  Or maybe it was because he wasn't happy with the work of Norv Turner's kid Scott, WR coach.  Or he wouldn't cut Greg Little.  Whatever the reason, the Browns continue to be a model of dysfunction, a joke of a franchise led by a crook and run by two egomaniacs.  When will it end?

Why are we even still Browns fans?  I'm not sure I even know why I support this team.  Why I go to games, watch games, buy Browns gear.  Why?  They're consistently horrible, constantly rebuilding, and even my five year old daughter knows that "the Browns ALWAYS lose".  Are we still here because we want to say when (if) they ever turn it around that we were always here?  Are we here because when we were 8 years old we used to hump it to Municipal Stadium with our dads to see the Browns were they were actually a respectable franchise?  I mean seriously WHY?  What the hell is wrong with us?  Any other fans in any other city would've turned their backs on this joke of a franchise a long time ago, but we're still here.  But for how long?  I want to be done.  I really do.  I'm sick of this crap.

We're irrational, us fans, if we complain.  That's how this organization views us, how national media view us.  Why not have faith in Joe Banner and Michael Lombardi?  Why should we complain?  They pop in and out, Lombardi's NFL Network pals, and they'll tell us all the things wrong with Chudzinski, first year and first time head coach.  They'll replace him with Josh McDaniels, tell us how great he is, how they always wanted him, the same thing they said about Chud just a year ago.  Trust us, they'll say.  Then when this regime fails spectacularly, they'll tell us that the next guys will get it right.  They aren't here, or weren't here, they don't understand how much we've put up with. 

As if we haven't heard this same crap before.  Every couple years a new egomaniac (and that's all these guys are.  Egomaniacs who think they are smarter than everyone else) takes over, and tells us the same thing.  Every couple years it doesn't work, and we are left holding the bag, told to have patience, that these new guys will get it right.  Rinse.  Repeat.

We're supposed to trust Joe Banner and Michael Lombardi now.  Ignore the fact that Lombardi is a known snake, and has already been here and FAILED MISERABLY years ago.  Gonna be different this time, right?  Hell they got a 1st round pick for Trent Richardson they are GENIUSES!  Believe in them!  It's different!  No it's not.  The first act of the Joe Banner era was the hiring of a coach (and Lombardi was already in the fold don't be fooled by the timeline) and they have already admitted that they failed.  Oh and forget about the fact that the players seem to be anywhere from stunned to livid by the move.  Good luck in that locker room, new coach.  And really what coach in their right mind would come here?  If you're expecting a home run aim lower and save yourself further disappointment.  In case you were wondering just how dysfunctional this whole thing really is,

What they're ignoring about throwing Chud under the bus is that they were constantly building for the future, especially on the offensive side of the ball.  There isn't a coach on the planet that wins with those quarterbacks and those running backs.  It doesn't happen.  And Ray Horton's defense, the one that was addressed in the draft and free agency, was a miserable failure for the better part of the season.  Ignore those facts.  Ignore the draft.  Ignore Brandon Weeden, Jason Campbell, ignore the obvious eyes towards the 2014 draft.  Because have faith!  It's Chud's fault, not Banner's, not Lombardi's.  It'll be different with Josh McDaniels or Ken Whisenhunt (KILLS SELF).

Just have faith.  Don't worry.  Trust them.  It's a process.  It's all we ever hear.  Wake me up when it's over.  I want to be done.  I'm really going to try.  I doubt I'm alone.  A human can only take so much, and we've taken a lot.  Blind faith doesn't do it for me anymore.  I've said it before, the more things change, the more they stay the same.  Especially in Cleveland.

Week 16 - 2013

In six days, the Browns will give us the greatest gift of all.  They will end this nightmare season.  They will more than likely end it in the top 5 of the draft, with an extra first rounder.  They will enter the greatest season for Browns fans, the offseason.  They will hopefully draft a quarterback early, and a wide receiver, and a running back.  Because pretty much everyone they have at those positions stinks, outside of Josh Gordon.  Jason Campbell, you stink.  Brandon Weeden will be gone.  I'm rooting for Brian Hoyer, but there is no way they don't draft a quarterback.  Early.  Greg Little has to be one of the worst wide receivers in the league.  He is so terrible.  Devone Bess is dealing with "personal issues", which must be eased with reggae music and smoking blunts.  I dealt with a lot of personal issues in college.  The revolving door at running back needs to stop, although the commitment to the pass by this coaching staff, despite the awful level of quarterback play, may make that position essentially obsolete.  There will be sweeping changes, no doubt.

I don't even really want to recap the game.  I did watch it, not that closely.  I've seen this same game over and over this year.  Mediocre opponent, dropped passes, red zone inefficiency, inability to get off the field on third down, AWFUL quarterback play, etc etc etc.  But I'm happy that they lost.  Yes I am.  I don't care anymore.  This team will be awful until they get even decent play from the quarterback position.  Until then, it just doesn't matter. 

I tend to believe that this year the plan was always not to win.  I've said it before, they aren't trying to lose but they aren't trying that hard to win.  They were going to use this year to evaluate the offense while (presumably) trying to build a young aggressive defense.  There is upside on the defensive side of the ball.  The offense will look very different next season.  And it needs to.  Because it's getting painful to watch.

Assuming they lose next week, the Browns will have a top 5 pick.  They should be able to use the other picks they have to move up if needed to get a quarterback.  How does a first round of Manziel and Marquise Lee sound?  Or a move to the top of the draft for Bridgewater?  Derek Carr was underwhelming against USC, but the offense Fresno runs is absolute trash.  Blake Bortles?  Maybe.  The point is there will be a new signal caller next season and until they find a good quarterback they should draft one in the first round every year.  Because it doesn't matter in the NFL anymore unless you have one.  4-12 is likely.  I'm ready for this season to be over.  Merry Christmas.

Also, I know some people like them, but the brown pants are awful.  Orange, or white, please.  Look like crap, play like crap.


Random gifs

Stay sneaky Colorado State

Nobody ever wants to high five Tom Brady

Derp Flynn Derpy Derp

Bonus cool pic December football

Week 15 - 2013

 

The eloquent Josh Cribbs once stated about the Browns "We almost always almost win."  That's the story of the Browns.  They dropped another close game, 38-31 to the Bears yesterday.  They guaranteed themselves another season with ten plus losses, their sixth in a row and twelfth (!!!) since they've been back.  That is amazing.  That we as fans still pay to watch this team, buy jerseys, waste time writing and reading about this team is a testament to our loyalty and flat out proof that Cleveland Browns fans are the best in the country.  You don't believe me?  Did you see the "crowd" at the Steelers game last night?  Those fairweather cousinbangers in "Steeler nation" turned their back on their team after one losing season.  The Browns should be thanking their lucky stars for their fanbase, and they better start winning to reward our patience.

The game itself was unremarkable.  It was entertaining for a while, then the Browns found a way to lose.  That is pretty much the best case scenario as far as this team goes, but it still sucks every time.  I love Jay Cutler.  I'm not sure I'd love him if he played for the Browns, but I love him on other teams.  He has two giant and talented wide receivers in Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffrey, and a great running back in Matt Forte.  The Bears have a great offense.  And they looked great at times against the Browns defense.  The Browns defense looked great at times as well, returning an interception and a fumble for touchdowns by Tashaun Gipson and TJ Ward, respectively.  They also looked awful at times, their inability to get off the field on third down is maddening.  The pass rush that looked so good early in the season has not been great lately.  Joe Haden left the game in the third quarter and never came back.  And they game up 38 points.  Not great.  I still believe in the defense.  I think they are young and good and only missing a few pieces. 

But they have been exposed in some games this season.  The inside linebackers are exposed in coverage every single game.  I'd expect that position to be a priority come draft time.  Leon McFadden is growing up on the job and there have been bumps in the road.  I've always been a Tashuan Gipson fan, and I think they should resign TJ Ward.  There are still needs to be addressed.  And at times their scheme leaves something to be desired.  I like Ray Horton, but they have got to get off the field on third down.  That's the key problem with this defense.

On offense, we all know what the key problem is.  Quarterback, quarterback, quarterback.  Jason Campbell.  Not a great game.  How do you have a receiver that has been as dominant as Josh Gordon has been and not get him the ball?  Big time wide receivers need the ball early in the game to get them in rhythm.  The Browns threw Gordon one pass in the first half.  Genius.  Literally the only thing that could stop Josh Gordon is Jason Campbell.  They also couldn't run the ball effectively against a team that had given up a hundred yard rusher in six straight games.  Nor do they commit to running the ball anyways, but that's beside the point.  And Devone Bess can go away.  Gimmie Josh Cooper or someone else that will catch the rock on third down.  I can't watch him drop passes anymore, I see enough of that with Greg Little.  Come draft time, I'd expect a quarterback, a wide receiver, and a running back at some point pretty early.  The Bears offense would be my model.

Again there's not much to say.  The best thing to come out of this game is that the Browns have moved into the top 5 in the draft.  There are two more games, against the Jets and Steelers.  Two more writeups on another lost season of Browns football, then it's draft and free agency and hope and promise.  And maybe less almost winning and more actual winning.


Random gifs

This is what a punter getting hit so hard his jaw breaks looks like. 

This is how I feel everytime I see Jeff Triplette is officiating

Oh Dez.  You're my favorite.  Sorry about your quarterback.

Barry might be sleeping, but this whole thing is creepy all the way around.

BONUS CUTLER FACES

 

Week 14 - 2013

What a joke.  The NFL should be ashamed of the performance of Jerome Boger and his crew.  NFL officiating has never been worse than it is this season.  At least the replacement refs had an excuse.  This sham of an officiating crew did their best to give New England the game, and with the help of Fozzie Whittaker and his inability to grab a football on an onside kick, the Browns lost an absolute stunner to the Patriots, 27-26.

Seriously I'm not sure I've ever seen a game like that one.  It's hard enough to beat the Patriots, and nearly impossible when Tom Brady is allowed to call his own penalties, but the Browns were in position.  And then they gave up 13 points in 30 seconds, aided by two absolutely appalling, deplorable penalties and an idiotic play by Fozzie Whittaker.  The first penalty, unnecessary roughness in the endzone was called on Jordan Poyer for hitting Julian Edelman in the shoulder with his shoulder.  Apparently now shoulders are off limits to defensive backs also.  Enjoy seeing more ACL tears like the one that happened when TJ Ward hit Gronkowski, NFL.  Players can't hit anyone high, all it will be is blown out knees and broken lower halves.  That penalty on Poyer was a joke.  It moved the ball up 15 yards for the onside kick attempt, which New England recovered.  They were then aided with one of the worst penalties I've ever seen called, a pass interference on Leon McFadden in the endzone with 40 seconds left in the game.  That put the ball at the one yard line after the 29 yard penalty, and basically decided the game, although Billy Cundiff had a chance but was short on a 58 yard field goal.

It wasn't just those two calls.  There were multiple instances throughout the game of these referees being influenced by the Patriots.  Tom Brady talked Boger out of an intentional grounding penalty, while Boger called Campbell for a less egregious penalty later in the game.  Rob Chudzinski had to use 2 challenges on simple calls, one on an embarrassing spot given to Willis McGahee on a 3rd and 1 and one on a bouncing pass that was called complete to Edelman.  There were other calls, like the juggling catch that was called incomplete by Josh Gordon, and the questionable false start on Jordan Cameron.  I've said a million times to anyone that would listen that the NFL should allow the public to see the grades officials are given.  How incompetent does a NFL ref have to be to get canned?  Jeff Triplette is the worst in the league, made another critical error in this weeks game (I didn't see it so I don't know how bad) and is still allowed to work games week in and week out.  It's a joke.

To that point, let's revisit the last time Jerome Boger's crew worked a New England Patriots game.  Here's the recap. 

So let's see, Boger and crew cost the Patriots a game earlier in the season against the Jets with a controversial call.  The Patriots, with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and Roger Goodell's BFF Robert Kraft.  And then Boger gets assigned to another Patriots game.  Against the lowly Cleveland Browns.  And then what happened happens.  The NFL is a joke.  Their officials are a joke.

That's not to say that the Browns could not have won the game.  They are a stupid football team that makes stupid plays.  All Fozzie Whittaker has to do is grab the football and the game is over.  And not that it matters but why the hell is Greg Little on the hands team? 

The end of the game spoiled what was one of the finest coaching jobs Rob Chudzinski had done all season.  The gameplan was outstanding.  The players were executing.  Jason Campbell looked good.  Josh Gordon is incredible.  Jordan Cameron played his best game since the first half of the season.  The defense played well until the fourth quarter.  They should have won the game.  In May, we'll be happy that they lost.  But it hurt yesterday and it hurts today.  And please don't be fooled by Jason Campbell's game.  Just because he wasn't bad doesn't mean he's good.  The Browns need a franchise quarterback.

So that was that.  Another soul crushing Browns loss in Browns fashion.  But the real story is the embarrassing performance of the Jerome Boger and his crew.  They were a joke and they played a huge part in this debacle.  Seriously though, what else is there to say, other than - Only in Cleveland.


Random gifs

The snow broke Megatron

Defensive linemen are dirty mofos

Matt Prater Record Breaker

Bonus pic because it's awesome

Week 13 - 2013

 

I didn't even want to write anything today.  Not about this team.  Maybe it's the Monday after Thanksgiving hangover effect.  Maybe it was all the actual good football I watched all week.  Maybe it's because on Saturday I watched two of the best football games I've ever seen, in Ohio State-Michigan and Auburn-Alabama.  But more likely it was because of Brandon Weeden and Alex Mack and all the other Browns who make football in Cleveland unenjoyable.  And they did their part on Sunday.

Losing to Jacksonville at home is not easy.  It's downright hard, really.  They are not very good.  And Chad Henne is awful.  I like Gus Bradley and all but it takes a lot to lose to the Jags.  And the Browns did.  All it takes is a second quarter flame out, (sound familiar?) Brandon Weeden, and a lack of pass rush.  That's the formula.  Everything else being equal, that's how the Browns lose every week.  32-28 Jacksonville.  And honestly I hope they lose every game for the rest of the season, and get a real quarterback.  Until that happens, they will continue to suck.  Just like the have for the past 15 years.  They SUCK.

A funny thing happened though.  I felt nothing.  An empty void.  I would normally have been screaming at the TV.  Kicking the air, swearing, throwing clothing.  Not this game.  Nothing.  I said the Browns couldn't have paid me to come to the Factory of Sadness for this game, and I meant it.  They have reached the level of shittiness where I, emotional ticking time bomb Browns fan, don't care.  Lose to the Jags you bums.  Get your butts kicked all over the field against the Steelers, lose to the Jets, I don't care.  Get a higher draft pick.  Maybe don't screw it up this time.  But I don't care.  Trot out Jason Campbell, Brandon Weeden, Alex Tanney, Dennis Northcutt, I don't care.  They all suck.  The season really ended with that flameout against the Bengals, then in case there was any feeling left there was the punch to the balls by the Steelers.  Every single year, right around Thanksgiving, usually on the third or fourth quarterback, this happens.  And every year, in April, I get excited again.  And every year, in August, I'm convinced that this is the year.  And then comes November.  Rinse.  Repeat. 

It's like getting hit in the face with an elephant dart everytime Brandon Weeden drops back to pass and fumbles, or throws the ball to the other team, or finds some way to suck worse that he did 5 minutes ago.  A concussion, Brandon?  Really?  It's always something when you spectacularly flame out.  A thumb one week.  A concussion.  I didn't even know you could get a concussion in your VAGINA.  You are the worst, Brandon Weeden.  The worst.  You make me yearn for Doug Pederson and Thaddeus Lewis.

And Alex Mack.  They tell me he's good.  He's not.  He's probably one of the worst picks since the Browns have been back.  A center.  A GD center in the first round of the draft.  Over Clay Matthews and Percy Harvin.  He gets a crucial penalty every week, usually having something do to with the snap count.  Alex, buddy, you're the center.  IT'S YOUR JOB TO KNOW THE SNAP COUNT.  This week he snapped the ball ten feet over Brandon Weeden's head.  Brandon, so full of football instincts, kicked the ball from the goal line out of bounds for a safety rather than attempting to, I don't know, pick it up and throw it away.  This is seriously the stupidest football team I've ever seen.  Alex Mack also calls the protections.  He stinks at that too.  I beg you to not lose any sleep over the fact that the Browns have made no effort to resign him.  They are getting it right.

I wish I had recordings of all the fools at the trade deadline saying the Browns should trade Josh Gordon for a second round pick.  Right Dustin Fox?  He's the only real player on this offense (except Joe Thomas of course).  I said it last week and I'll say it again, Jordan Cameron has packed it in.  Maybe playing with a real quarterback would help him.  Who cares.

So, four more games.  Who's excited?  Start scouting college quarterbacks.  My money's on Derek Carr right now for the Browns but who knows if we keep losing we may get Teddy B!  Get pumped!  The nightmare is a month away from ending, and the promise of the draft will take over.  And in a year, maybe there won't be late November sadness.  But for now fill that empty void with dreams of competent quarterback play, with college football, with holiday spirit.  And next year, maybe around this time, maybe there will be a team worth feeling something about.


Random gifs


I love you forever and ever Marcus Hall.

I told you all a hundred times Jeff Triplette is the worst ref in the league.  Now this lady knows.  Great job Jeff and crew screwing up another game.

Yes this really happened.

And a bonus for all the swearing today