2012 Browns thread

pros: phenomenal uniforms

cons: the weight of history

otm

cons: unproven receivers
pros: kosar fathead back in stock

kosar = poor man's sipe

cons: right side of the O-Line is sketchy
pros: middle linebacker D'Qwell Jackson turns 25 yard runs into 15 yard gains via his excellent pursuit skills

lmao your display name... im lovin it!!!

hahaha i just glanced and thought those posts were cankles'

0-:

this is pretty brutal -- ozzie is basically the only hof player to make a significant contribution to the brownies in my lifetime

yeah, ozzie was a shoe-in but tellingly no defensive player for the Browns ever made it into the hall (well no long term player). last time the browns had a HOF defensive player was 1959.

i dunno if this is normal throughout the league

clay matthews was pretty damn good

i feel like there was another lb alongside him who was also good, but can't recall/care enough to search

chip banks are u thinking of?

but yeah, Matthews was a HOF semi-finalist last year, along with Donnie Shell and Steve Atwater so he's in good company and probably should make it. he had 12 sacks in '84! and lol the team went 5-11 that year but was in every game except for two blowouts.

and that's the deal with recent Browns D history, when tight games need a playmaker to turn a loss into a victory they don't show up. this was a sad case and set their defense back years:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Rogers_%28safety%29

HOF semi-finalist last year

*this year

Brandon Weeden is officially the Browns' starting quarterback!

2012 Browns thread

http://i.imgur.com/g67mE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kkt5h.jpg

lol.

http://floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/throw-penalty-flag1.jpg

lulz all around tho

welp, LB Chris Gocong is out for the year

He wasn't anything special but the run defense I fear is going to suck again with Philthy Phil Taylor gone for most of the season and the Browns having to rely on a 4th round rookie from Nevada (linebacker U) to take CG's place.

So the Browns have a new a owner and unbelievably some local sports talkers have called for new uniforms. If this happens I will be angrier than Big Dawg at an a la carte restaurant.

http://media.cleveland.com/metro/photo/big-dawg-john-thompsonjpg-06a32b6d2b221ce1_large.jpg

chip banks are u thinking of?

indeed so

i feel like its time to repost this creepy thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmhhi3tEbNQ

Whatever the Browns’ medical staff saw on Richardson’s MRI, they’re worried enough that they’re sending him to see the renowned sports surgeon Dr. James Andrews, who performed arthroscopic surgery on the same knee in February.

it's all going to hell

;_;

Joe Haden tested positive for adderal- could miss four games
Trent Richardson out for the preseason, most likely

http://i.imgur.com/93AgD.gif

browns beat reporter on the trophy:

The barge was heavy and expensive, reportedly created at the cost of $10,000. Alas, the teams stopped handing over the barge after Policy split to build a winery in Napa Valley, Calif., in 2005. It was last seen collecting dust in a broom closet in Browns headquarters.

oh to be a fly on the wall in that broom closet!

worst play calling, QB, game plan of any offense in the history of football

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VUF5EnhaY6A/ThNvqB08vJI/AAAAAAAAA8w/e9iUPmSJZlw/s1600/StartOver.jpg

http://media.lehighvalleylive.com/sports_impact/photo/fire-brad-childress-2f7d64b1e47eb8ad.jpg

aww

bit early isn't it? You've got 15 more weeks to get all this out your system

no

heads must roll by the time i finish dinner

http://emol.org/azrenfest/images/azrenking.gif

worst play calling, QB, game plan of any offense in the history of football

― hail dayton (brownie), Sunday, September 9, 2012 9:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ OTM x1000

hay brownie, did u watch that Browns ep of A Football Life on ESPN?

it was kinda 'Browns: The Bill Belichick Story' but still it made me v teary in a few places, esp the players saying goodbye to the fans at the end of the final game.

ew

?

and i say that because there are any number of things to celebrate about the brownies that don't involve bill belichick, for sipe's sake

oh yeah troo

no, i didn't see it. i think Kosar was the subject on 30/30 tho? y/n?

yeah he's one of 3 subjects - I haven't watched the 30/30 yet

hes 1 of like a dozen dudes in it

lol wow - the synopsis makes it sound like there's only kosar, rison and [name forgotten]

you guys are talking about two different shows. Football Life about the Browns is NFL network. The 30 for 30 about former athletes who went broke (featureing Kosar) was on ESPN.

it's always darkest before Deshaun

0-16 definitely better than 1-15

that said i wouldve felt better about 0-16 had the indians won the WS

https://twitter.com/MeninistTweet/status/811265480203923456

lol. oh dear.

can the browns get their 1 at home vs san diego? it's not impossible but...

And lose the Myles Garrett sweepstakes? No thank you!

sure that'll fix everything

Ben Roethlisberger now has more wins in Cleveland (11) than any Browns' QB has since the team returned to the NFL in 1999.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 11, 2017

#Browns Hue Jackson: "DeShone Kizer's on our team, Deshaun Watson's on their team. We can't all the sudden flip 'em."

— Keith Britton (@KeithBritton86) October 11, 2017

browns

browns

:(

http://i43.tinypic.com/20f7n6p.png

never forget

LOL! I've never seen that before.

https://i.imgur.com/6yvxjrY.jpg

i don't want to fall afowl of the "P.C. Police" but art modell might be history's greatest monster

just my 2 cents

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2017/12/ohio-mans-obituary-lists-cleveland-browns-for-leading-to-his-death/

browns offensive points per play:

2009: 29th
2010: 28th
2011: 30th
2012: 24th
2013: 30th
2014: 28th
2015: 31st
2016: 30th
2017: 32nd

oh for the boom times of 2012

I was checking out the glory years of 2012 and Indy went 11-5 with a point differential of -30

o_0

last 2 QBs to win games for the browns ain't even in the league anymore. that is WILD

— charles mcdonald (@FourVerts) February 16, 2018

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXoWd1SU8AA8rHq.jpg

I still can’t believe Hue Jackson still has a job but Sashi Brown got fired.

.@joethomas73 is calling it a career.

See you in Canton, Joe.

📰 » https://t.co/BoYpcxVcIg#ThankYou73 pic.twitter.com/gzEa8Z6tPK

— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) March 14, 2018

Every QB @joethomas73 blocked for:

J. Manziel
R. Griffin III
J. Delhomme
D. Anderson
B. Weeden
C. McCoy
B. Hoyer
J. McCown
B. Quinn
J. Campbell
C. Kessler
S. Wallace
D. Kizer
K. Hogan
A. Davis
K. Dorsey
T. Lewis
C. Shaw
C. Whitehurst
B. Gradkowski
C. Frye

👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/wJPTn8NwrF

— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) March 14, 2018

wau

how many of those first names do you know without looking

All of them.

she lost in extremely Browns fashion pic.twitter.com/yMPsB4UqrB

— DL (@davelozo) April 3, 2018

Will become official later today: Browns selected to be featured team on this summer’s Hard Knocks, per source.

Bonus Browns, more Mayfield.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 17, 2018

must see tv

Everyone meet Barker Mayfield, a nine-week old spaniel mix!

Always been considered the underdog - she’s looking to find her furrrever home in Cleveland 🧡

Find her and more puppies up for adoption at our #BrownsCamp Puppy Pound! pic.twitter.com/tSzeKECCpM

— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) July 26, 2018

looks like nine weeks around the browns has already taken its toll

lolll

Defnitely cooking meth in there https://t.co/RPV2OZUgoV

— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) July 26, 2018

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/08/03/johnny-manziels-first-half-of-cfl-action-is-a-complete-disaster/amp/#referrer=https://www.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-browns-suckiness-defies-math-and-reason/

Did Tyrod Taylor just break his wrist on a 4th an goal scramble in preseason

Tyrip Taylor

Good Lord that 538 article has a lot of hyperlinks.

lmao i had no idea this thread existed, fun fact m1ke p3ttine3 is my uncle

Are you kidding?? That’s awesome!!

ya idk i mean i guess it's p cool but i care SO little abt football that it doesn't faze me much
from what i understand he took them from really shitty to kinda-eh but then they got shitty again and they sacked him?
how do football coaches work?? was he an ok one or did he deserve to be fired? what's the point of quickly firing someone w/o giving them a chance to build up the team? this confuses me so much

he had a rough deal, is a good defensive coach. he'll do well in GB

Updated Browns win-loss records after their win over the Eagles:

Browns record in their last 7 preseason games: 6-1

Browns record in their last 56 regular season games: 6-50

— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) August 24, 2018

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmkhQcxXoAA9JOj.jpg

Going 0-16 will do that to you.

So is the losing streak done or does it have an asterix now?

rough

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25797430/inside-cleveland-browns-front-office-where-hope-history-collide