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Don’t know if it’s to that level yet but is definitely concerning. We have no word on how Horn is doing either. Hard to be an optimist around that. Seems like they become more frequent and pretty soon you are not long for the field of play.

Sounds like a plan to me.

And you yours.

Sending out legit requests really ought to suffice.

I lol’d. Deion doesn’t audition.

I am with you. Give XL an offseason and a camp to respond. He may not be a 1st round level contributor but may be able to contribute to the team in a lesser role. If someone calls and offers a 3rd I would do it but if it is a day three thing I’d rather roll the dice on him for now. I bet he didn’t see this coming until it about just hit him. He isn’t that quick, unfortunately. Let him get his head around it and see what happens.

I didn’t read that Browns article but it was stated that they are having trouble fulfilling it. Knowing the hype being pushed for clicks today, maybe it is bullshit untrue bait. Fair enough. But that brings to mind, it is conceivable that a team could be in a position where they needed a remedy for an unforeseen catch 22 type of thing such as that. Simple and logical concept: a contingency should be in place for all scenarios. poo comes - that we don’t see coming - all the time in life. If the rule needs fine tuning, tune it and move forward.

Good lord let’s give the guy to the Bears and turn around and give them even more to buy him back? Lol. They should just give him back to us in appreciation for all we have done for them. And why do people think he wants to come back to the team that saw so little value in him that they thought they wouldn’t miss him - and shipped him out as a mere sweetener for their trade.

MVQ, and MVP. It can be the same guy winning both in rare seasons. Sort of like Cy Young award and MVP in baseball. Can be the same guy but usually isn’t.

That is the way I see it as well. We’ve gotten in a situation with Moton and his money to where he is overpaid now and could easily become a pretty big liability with that contract if he can’t be 100% healthy. Now suddenly, we have to address LOT this year and odds are, unfortunately, we will need both OT spots filled with new guys by 2027. That will bring down the financial demands of fielding an OL and give you a chance to pay a top C. Big signing bonus with a low salary handles the finances of that for 2026 and you can have Icky off and maybe Moton too by ‘27 depending on how that all works out in the next calendar year. Hunt is just flat overpaid for what he brings to the OL. You can love him and still see that. I hope. We are looking at all this and at the same time knowing that by next year that lil QB could be an additional financial burden.

What is new is a team having trouble getting people to accept interviews. No one foresaw that, I dare say. A wrinkle not considered when the rule was constructed. Not sure why anyone would resist addressing it.

Just saying. It made me think well, what if a team is trying in earnest and is held hostage by people not accepting their requests. You need to prevent that. Abuse of the rule has been happening since it was implemented, fwiw. They will interview someone they really have no interest in just to satisfy the rule.

Makes me think. Some of these guys obviously know they are just being asked to interview to satisfy that requirement. People say going through the process, even under those circumstances, is beneficial as a learning experience and preparation for a legit opportunity. But after you have done a couple, you probably don’t want to do any more if you think it is just for the rule. So you turn them down. Results in the Browns’s dilemma. I think the rule should be amended to: teams have to request interviews, not necessarily have them. In the case of no one wanting to do one, you tried. A certain number of requests go out, but none get accepted, that should do it for them. You can place requirements on how many requests you need to send out, who the requests go to… no quality control assistants or that type of thing. Legit coaches at a level where it makes sense. Satisfy that and you are free to hire your coach.

Objection to taking late round QBs noted. Can we note how shitty our QB room is?

Also lol, fwiw… it might not be statistically true but it seems like, from memory, that our offense was better with Foreman lol.

Can’t argue. That’s what we have been doing at QB.

If you want to go with addition by subtraction, you are saying that no one should trade For him. More or less. Release him if it is that bad. I don’t think it is yet though. He should get a last chance to respond by committing himself in the offseason and coming into practices and camp and producing. At or near what is expected from a mid second rounder. Or third. It is kind of like Bryce, he will not ever live up to the cost of his acquisition. To me the mistake is a blip compared to the magnitude of the Bryce mistake and I can’t be but so upset over it. I am like, oh well it happens to every team.

Not intending any antagonism, I don’t know what you mean when saying he knifed Fox. Been a long time. What did he do to Fox? I used to really like Hurney but then he started trading future first round picks away. My red line you don’t cross. I was done with him at that point.

The only point of trading for Coleman seems to be to get rid of XL. Unless you really like Coleman. Who really likes Coleman? We are likely better off hoping they can make Legette into something that can at least contribute, and bring in more competition for that group from the outside. That approach has a better chance of getting some kind of return. IMO

When you consider we got Mike Jackson for essentiallY a 7th round pick, you realize it is what you do with the return that makes it or breaks it. 2nd 3rd 4th 5th in the hands of a shrewd negotiator and capable evaluator, much different than in the hands of Scott Fitterer. Just sayin’.

Man, if a guy could somehow go to the NYJ and fix that mess he would be a king. Many have tried, many have failed.

I saw something, it all runs together after a few videos, but all kind of crazy poo Mark Davis was telling Mendoza he would do for him and his mom and his brother, and his coach. The mom apparently has major medical issues or a disability and he was going to build a box or suite or something for her. In the stadium. 5 years 80 million was mentioned and I believe that would be a coaching contract? I didn’t pay a lot of attention, was reading something while the video played, but it was some pretty over the top stuff if it was near accurate. Point is, that doesn’t sound like they are thinking about trading his rights.

It has been going on for years. Many years. Long time coming to reach the depths of bad form these players put on display weekly in the NFL. It started, as I recall, with the shoulder hit, trying to be a missile and just knock the guy down. Once the Peanut Punch became popular it just got worse. Between all the failed punches and the shoulder hits it is just bad. The league isn’t helping with you can’t hit high, you can’t hit low rules they like to impose. And they don’t come to the league anymore with their fundamentals established, I don’t think. NFL really really needs a minor league for player development.

That is his M.O. for the first two years. Has players identified and makes his pitch when things kick off. Wish we could have scored Williams last year but understand why we didn’t. He sets his sights high though.

Replace an earnest but fairly empty head with a head case may not be the best solution. I am gunshy of guys with attitudes that allow them to miss meetings and stuff like that. You just don’t want them around. Or, I don’t anyway. If we want value out of Legette we gotta rehab him this offseason, get him looking better before that trade deadline. If that’s possible. As he is, what the hell could you really get for him? Our top two offensive coaches have WR coaching in their background, they should be able to improve him.