Mr. Scot

That's based on yards, and you have lower yard totals on defense when your offense turns the ball over. Check their rank when it comes to scoring defense.

Tell me what signs of improvement from 2020 to 2021 you think I'm missing. CRA's above post is correct. We actually did look worse in Rhule's second year. So if there are signs of improvement that you think I'm missing or glossing over, by all means tell me what they are.

Haven't seen any evidence of that. Two seasons, both with just five wins, both starting out decent and finishing badly, and the most recent one with some embarrassing performances and blowouts. If he doesn't improve the team significantly this season, there's absolutely no reason to keep him.

It's the NFL. Getting a team to a winning season isn't enough, and Rhule hasn't even done that yet.

Rhule never should have been given the kind of power Tepper gave him. He was a mid-tier college coach who never even got close to any kind of championship but had a bunch of media hype. Tepper and Hurney fell for it. As is, he's barely qualified for an NFL assistant job, much less a head coaching role. Yet Tepper gave him the keys to the whole damn thing. That's a big reason why I'm unhappy with our situation.

He's the guy who decides whose wheelhouse it is, though. So far those choices haven't been great.

Is incompetence that much better than arrogance though?

That's more Rhule and Fitterer than Tepper though. To be fair though, I don't think the problem is Tepper not giving a sh-t. Just like Richardson, he wants to win. But also like Richardson, he doesn't have a clue how to do it and he puts his faith in the wrong people.

Who's the author? (I'm guessing Fowler)

One thing I was able to gather from Tepper's recent press conference is that he's well aware of how the fans view him, and that it ain't good. Some of the things he said mixed with nervous laughter made that pretty clear.

That's the thing about practice. For somebody to look good, somebody else has gotta look bad

I've never understood the notion that people should just sit down, shut up and accept bad football. And make no mistake, the football product that's been put on the field under David Tepper has been pretty bad.

Paywall hit...

You should know me well enough to know two things: 1) I don't follow the crowd 2) The quality of football is what matters most Under Tepper, the football started off bad, then got worse. Can he get better? I sure hope so, but right now it would be delusional to suggest that there isn't a need to get better. It's bad. It needs to improve.

Hadn't seen anything anywhere other than that she had a baby. Definitely hope there's not any problems.

Not a big deal but I don't know why you'd call it a "family situation". Why not just say "his wife had a baby"?

Sign me up for more a' that...

General belief from insiders and analysts is that he's played his last down for the Browns. Expectation is that once Watson is suspended, they'll go with Brissett as their starter.

Apple said something, but he wasn't the source for the story I'm thinking of.

He's probably just here spying for the Bills...or maybe the commanders

When the story about criticism from a league source came out last year, specifically the one that said the Panthers weren't a true meritocracy and we had people playing or even starting that wouldn't even be on a roster anywhere else, Walker was one of the names that came to mind.

Now if they let him go, I'm really gonna believe that Matt Rhule has lost some power.

I don't hate anyone for being bad at their job, and Richardson was most definitely bad at his. The other stuff is a whole different matter though.

Nice of Joe to clarify this