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Cleveland Browns (official thread of Masochism 2015)

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NFBuck said:
They were investigating the Falcons using canned crowd noise. There is no end to the minutiae the nfl will investigate.
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So long as it didn't happen in an elevator.
Even if we got the #1 pick in 2016... I have a feeling of impending doom that it's being traded away so we can draft Jameis Winston this year.

NFBuck said:
I gave up all hope of this franchise ever turning things around back in 2012. Drafting Brandon Weeden cinched it for me. If that article doesn't do the same for the rest of you...oof, I feel sorry for you.

If there's a merciful God out there, he'll relocate this snuff film of a franchise and spare Cleveland any further embarrassment.
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I view it as penance for being lucky enough to be born a Buckeye. Ohio State doing it's thing really does take the sting off of the Cleveland Sports scene. And the Cavs may have actually figured it out after acquiring Moz... so there's that too.
It's more comic relief than anything else at this point.
 
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NFBuck said:
Same here. I refused to jump back on the bandwagon even when they were 7-4 or whatever earlier this year, because I knew damn well they'd fuck it all up. It's in the franchise's DNA. They're just born losers. I refuse to get sucked back in, and I'm glad I didn't.
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I need to take your cue as a Bengas fan. I start thinking "Damn what if Ohio State wins, AND Cincy makes a playoff run?" It is equivalent to wondering if you can love Paula Deam for her recipes and wonder if she will also win beauty pageants. Frankly, even as a Bengals fan, I just want to see an Ohio team compete for the Lombardi. Ohio professional sports needs something.
 
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So, I was browsing profootballreference.com, looking over the hilarious ineptitude of this franchise. I came across an astounding statistic. In 16 seasons, this diarrhea spray of a franchise is averaging 267.8 points scored per season, or 16.7 points per game. How a team is that consistently bad offensively boggles the mind. Of course, it all goes back to their inability to find anything resembling consistency under center, but my God does that smack you in the jaw when you stare at it on the screen.

This is their points scored total since 1999, starting with 2014...
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Twice in 16 years did they manage to average 20 ppg. TWICE. 6 times they've managed to average < 15 ppg. They've eclipsed 300 points in a season 4 times. That is just incomprehensibly pathetic. :lol:
 
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I do not know, maybe I have missed something, but I do not understand why it is a rules violation or whatever for a GM to text down to the bench during a game. I mean it is sort of sounds stupid to me and do not understand what impact it would have on the game. I also do not understand what suspending a GM of a team for a couple games would do. Now I understand the possible loss of draft picks but suspending a GM for texting… I just do not understand. The NFL has some pretty stupid rules and then for some rules that do not the attention and let other rules go by without any punishment.
 
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What do you think those texts were about? (serious question)
I'm guessing Farmer went ape-shit about QB play and 'suggested' they get Hoyer out of there

PS Issue at hand is.. in general terms.. no office member is permitted to do anything during the game that gives their team an unfair advantage
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
What do you think those texts were about? (serious question)
I'm guessing Farmer went ape-[Mark May] about QB play and 'suggested' they get Hoyer out of there

PS Issue at hand is.. in general terms.. no office member is permitted to do anything during the game that gives their team an unfair advantage
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I guess my point was that whatever Farmer suggested certainly did not give the Browns any advantage and I do not know what suspending a GM accomplishes especially during the season. I can see a suspension during the off-season when they are looking for players and such but during the season sort of confuses me which is not hard.
 
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NFBuck said:
So, I was browsing profootballreference.com, looking over the hilarious ineptitude of this franchise. I came across an astounding statistic. In 16 seasons, this diarrhea spray of a franchise is averaging 267.8 points scored per season, or 16.7 points per game. How a team is that consistently bad offensively boggles the mind. Of course, it all goes back to their inability to find anything resembling consistency under center, but my God does that smack you in the jaw when you stare at it on the screen.

This is their points scored total since 1999, starting with 2014...
299
308
302
218
271
245
232
402
238
232
276
254
344
285
161
217

Twice in 16 years did they manage to average 20 ppg. TWICE. 6 times they've managed to average < 15 ppg. They've eclipsed 300 points in a season 4 times. That is just incomprehensibly pathetic. :lol:
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Supposedly Colostomy Bag Shurmur was an offensive coordinator :slappy:
 
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NFBuck said:
So, I was browsing profootballreference.com, looking over the hilarious ineptitude of this franchise. I came across an astounding statistic. In 16 seasons, this diarrhea spray of a franchise is averaging 267.8 points scored per season, or 16.7 points per game. How a team is that consistently bad offensively boggles the mind. Of course, it all goes back to their inability to find anything resembling consistency under center, but my God does that smack you in the jaw when you stare at it on the screen.

This is their points scored total since 1999, starting with 2014...
299
308
302
218
271
245
232
402
238
232
276
254
344
285
161
217

Twice in 16 years did they manage to average 20 ppg. TWICE. 6 times they've managed to average < 15 ppg. They've eclipsed 300 points in a season 4 times. That is just incomprehensibly pathetic. :lol:
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I refuse to believe this. I can see scoring 16 points per game for one or two games, but to average that over 256 games is impossible. A team would have to intentionally try to not score to be that bad.
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
What do you think those texts were about? (serious question)
I'm guessing Farmer went ape-[Mark May] about QB play and 'suggested' they get Hoyer out of there
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I hope it was just that. Because it immediately blew up in his face with Manziel. I'm praying that has made him gun shy about drafting a QB. I don't want Squinston or Mariota in the 1st.
 
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Buckeneye said:
I hope it was just that. Because it immediately blew up in his face with Manziel. I'm praying that has made him gun shy about drafting a QB. I don't want Squinston or Mariota in the 1st.
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And there's the rub. This team is going to be without their answer at QB yet again in 2015. Another year flushed down the toilet, because the FA crop is garbage, and I have zero belief that this franchise has the ability to find one later in the draft. In fact, I have zero faith in their ability to draft/develop a QB, period. I'm pretty sure they would have even fucked up Andrew Luck. Even if Hoyer were to return, and that's far from a guarantee, he's still gonna be the below average guy he was in 2014 throwing to a bunch of stiffs. It's a shame, because they finally have some nice pieces along the OL (assuming Mack can recover) and at RB in West/Crowell. A gaggle of Hoyer/Johnny Goodtimes/Shaw hardly looks appealing. Even less so if it's just Johnny Goodtimes/Shaw and some other scrub castoff like McCown or somebody of his ilk.

Their best bet is to hope they can luck out like New Orleans did years ago and grab an established guy through free agency. However, I have serious doubts any FA with any options would sign with this graveyard of a franchise. Spinning their wheels into eternity.
 
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