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Again? We had yet another losing season and fortunately backed into the playoffs because the whole division was bad.

It wore off very quickly for most of us. We loved how well his bargain basement free agents worked to plug holes to get us to a 15-1 Super Bowl run but as soon as he pulled that bullshit with Norman the honeymoon ended quite abruptly.

Yeah... no way. Now maybe 1200 and 800? Honestly I could see that being achievable.

That contract is so brutal. $81M cap hit this year and he'll still hit them for $26M, $17M, and $8M over the next three years when he won't even be on the roster unless he makes a miraculous rebound and gets extended which seems exceedingly unlikely and this dude is setup as a fall guy if that's what he's being hired to try to accomplish. Which given his age seems likely. I mean, I don't think you're hiring a coach on the wrong side of 60 to draft and develop another QB in next year's draft but it's the Browns so who knows.

If he's gonna wait until next year's hiring cycle to jump back in the mix then he's probably going to take one of those advisor roles on a staff similar to what we have with Dom Capers. Basically just a mind to pick. The thing is that I don't think there's any connections to McD with our current staff. We'd be much more likely to reach out to Pete Carroll for that type of role which honestly I think we should.

Yeah, I don't think there's anything strictly forbidding it to happen but generally speaking it's frowned upon and coaches for teams still active in the playoffs aren't general announced as hires until that team is no longer active. Honestly, they really should just make it where teams can't interview and hire coaches until after the Super Bowl. Yeah, tampering is gonna happen. That's just reality. But let the coaches still active focus on the job at hand without the distraction of formal interview processes. It would also help the league in term of extending the news cycle. The NFL is hot and heavy in the media and in football fans minds throughout the playoffs. After the Super Bowl that's basically a wrap until the draft news cycle gets into full swing. If you postpone the coach hiring cycle until after the SB concludes then you're in essence creating a whole new NFL news cycle during a historically pretty dead NFL news period. Seems like a win/win for everybody IMO.

Business as usual in the NFL. There's a reason why ERFAs never sign big long-term contracts. It's because there's no pressing need. The team controls their rights for the next two seasons as long as they tender them. Don't commit long-term until you have to. It sucks for the player but it's just rhe business of the NFL. Even if you're totally sold on the player anyone can suffer a career ending or altering injury at any time so until you have to commit long-term you're better off not.

Highly doubt it's going to happen. For whatever reason, the Panthers seem hesitant to commit to Coker. There's been whispers about his conditioning leading to questions about how much work he's putting in and he should've leap frogged XL on the depth chart long before he did. That's not a guy you want to make a serious commitment to long-term. We're in a great situation right now with him. We can tender him at a pretty high level for not a ton of money and then he's an RFA after next season. We essentially control his rights for two more years with no need to make a serious commitment right now.

In no way, shape, or form is having a good young player a "problem". Especially when the good young player is an ERFA.

Browns hire Ravens OC Todd Monken for their HC. A 60 year old with only three years of HC experience and that was over a decade ago at Southern Miss where he went 13-25 over three seasons. The Ravens' offense fell off a cliff this year from being a top 5 unit the previous two seasons to middle of the pack #16 this year getting Harbaugh fired. In other words, classic Browns move. LOL But like Tepper has found put, these are the types of hires you're left to make when everyone with other options is going to choose other options.

They're gonna just have to start signing these kids to binding contracts with negotiated buyouts. That's where this is all headed.

No, it's a QB vs. QB thing. Klubnik was surrounded by a ton of talent and a proven elite coach and just didn't get it done. There's a reason why the entire Clemson fanbase is rejoicing in him running out of eligibility. If you can't get it done with all those competitive advantages it's unlikely to happen at a higher level of competitor without them.

He threw at a higher percentage his first year of starting than any QB in the league with no OL, no defense, and an OC who was just trying to audition for HC roles. Meanwhile, Cade Klubnik lost ad many games at Clemson as they'd lost the entire decade leading up to him taking a snap. THAT is cheeks.

A guy talking poo about Sam Howell lusting after Cade Klubnik? LOL I'd give Klubnik a shot as a UDFA but I wouldn't spend a pick.