Cleveland Browns (Factory of Sadness)

[NFBuck]

Optics aside, how bad is Shedeur in practice that he got beat out by Watson, who amazingly tore his Achilles, while he was rehabbing his…torn Achilles? He must be fucking stupid and makes mistake after mistake during drills or scrimmages or whatever. If they’re running mock scenarios or two minute drill, his reads must be garbage, or he’s taking inopportune sacks or throwing picks. It must be THAT bad to trot out Watson, who took a shit all over the fans, hasn’t played a down of football in 22 months, rehabbing (twice) arguably the most devastating injury for a speed player, and has played in what, 19 total games in five seasons as a Cleveland Brown?

As a diehard Browns fan, it’s hard for me to fully let go. It’s becoming easier and easier every year to not give a shit though, especially with Haslam as the owner. My son, however, is all in, and this is his first year of truly getting to watch and understand the game. He loves the Browns, therefore I’m his biggest fan and want to give him the experience of fandom, no matter how much the Browns toggle donkey balls in their mouth.

Did he outplay him, or is it just economics?

 

[Romanowski]

Did he outplay him, or is it just economics?

I think it’s both.

 

[exhawg]

The Browns have a vested interest in Watson getting some sort of season ending injury before moving on to someone else. IIRC they got 80M in insurance money for all the games Watson has missed so far in his time in CLE.

 

[buckeyebri]

I think it’s both.

I think it’s ownership privilege

 

[BuckBackHome]

My favorite comment and why I’m not a fan of the NFL - Socialize the costs and privatize the profits.

 

[AKAK]

Serious question - do Clowns fans get excited for the start of a new season anymore? I'd just be overcome with dread.

My re-resolution this year is to go back to doing other things and listen on the radio until there's a compelling reason to watch. I did this for most of the teens and then they got in the playoffs, and to be fair I had been doing it half the time just because I would be going to the lake or whatever but gonna go back to that until they start doing something worth paying more attention to.