Yes - but primarily ownership/management. Giving a coach 1.5-2 years to turn this horribly damaged franchise around isn’t a fair assessment.

Well, the absolute truth is not that “the Browns are the Browns”, it’s that we’ve been saddled with absolutely the shittiest ownership since returning in ‘99. The Lerner family and the idiot Jimmy “you’re going to draft Manziel” Haslam have both followed the golden rule of “fire everyone every two years, if not…

Van Halen O’Leary?

I’m a Browns fan, and this whole offseason I’ve thought “What about trading for Tyrod?” - primarily because 1) he was good enough to get the Bills to the playoffs (even after that stupid benching) and 2) the Bills really don’t want him, as they’ve made clear.

Ugh. I’ve worked with shitheads like this. Years ago my department was getting a new director and one employee suggested making the dress code in our office more strict. Another complained about the office getting let go two hours early on xmas eve (which never happened again).

The owner came down and gave him a “what do we give you all this kibble for?” speech, and he’s back in...but he’s been chasing his tail (or the other way around) for the last half hour.

The Nazis had a similar program, just change “Amazon customer” to “Jew” and it kind of works the same way.

Sure, Amazon is The Evil Empire (there’s always an evil empire) but it’s not like they have a disclaimer “Due to our low prices we may need to harm your pets...it’s only logical.”

Hmmm...how is the Right Wing propaganda machine going to spin this into “political correctness” gone awry?

Oil be groaning about this one all day.

I’m gettin’ too old for this shit. And it IS shit.

Exactly! But the height thing (and HAND SIZE) gets over analyzed at this time every year. I can’t remember who was the “too short for the NFL” guy last year, but he was about the height of Baker Mayfield - who is I think just under 6'2".

Yeah - I understand that there is an entire cottage industry (a very big cottage, indeed) of commenting on the NFL and “evaluating talent”. But the fact is that the NFL really only gives legitimate shots to a few QBs each year. Most are arbitrarily branded as “career backups” because of where they’re drafted.

Facebook’s greatest (only?) worthwhile contribution to society has been allowing ignorant racists to gleefully out themselves to the world.

Corporate tacit endorsement of systematic racism in law enforcement embiggens the smallest man.

When are they hanging the “2017 - Undefeated in Patriotism” banner in the stadium?

I feel like we’re only a couple of steps away from the NFL making the official playing surface a giant American flag. I agree with you 100%, but there are plenty of people who think this nonsense is super important and there is no limit to the NFL’s bland, soulless pandering to knee-jerk jingoism.

Exactly. At a rally he wants adoring applause so he plays to that. At a press conference he just says whatever nonsense he wants and when his administration is called on the blatant, bald-faced lies, it’s called “fake news” and the Fox News cult believes it.

I can only handle so much smug, forced lingo usage from cookie cutter readers. I think if they stopped trying to be so self-consciously “cool” and just let the highlights do the talking it wouldn’t be insufferable.

I once sent one to a dollface asking her to PLEASE STOP STARING AT ME WITH THOSE DEAD EYES!!!