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frankly if going the legal route Garrett has the advantage of needing only to argue that he thought he heard it, not prove that he said it Also- major aside but fascinating is the tomlin speaking to browns players twist. Can you imagine this being Jerry Hughes and Tom Brady and all of a sudden we get stories of BB speaking to our team and them siding with his version of events?

what age did you start playing high level organized football?

to sue someone for defamation you have to prove that what they said was knowingly said as an intentional untruth that caused harm. so Rudolph would need to produce something like a text between Garrett and someone regarding lying about it for instance.

im assuming said case he hypothesized about regarding the slur was referring to defamation, as I agree you can’t just assault the guy regardless of whether he said it

no, Rudolph would need to prove that Garrett knowingly did this to harm him. That Garrett could simply argue he must’ve misheard makes this a silly uphill climb to pursue short of someone coming forward with info that Garrett made it up. as the plaintiff the burden is on Rudolph in this hypothetical case.

that’s a bold prediction

it means that Garrett won’t have to prove it and that realistically any legal action isn’t likely to go anywhere at all.

suuuuuuure....

The flip side. He says it right after they hit the ground in a loud stadium. How many people would hear it? theres essentially no way to document or prove or... you just let the incident go at that point. Anyone going super hard in the paint either direction is speaking more about Their own views than this incident. I get having some opinions about what’s most likely but not getting worked up

to be fair, IF, he was called that he didn’t do anything to make a racial issue, really.

I mean, 12 picks later and not like at pick 32 guys suddenly get drastically worse. Late first to high second often the difference is as much need as anything, as you are getting out of rare talents and into bigger pools of comparable guys. ultimately, i think you nailed why the browns might consider a move. Old regime, maybe bad habits, or another connection to what was wrong and some rumors he’s not one of bakers guys in this thread. If they can get a pick and then take a guy for a fresh start that might appeal to them just like it seems to appeal to you. not stumping for Buffalo to be the team, just pointing out Cleveland could potentially answer phone calls at a lower than expected price point

Reggie Ragland wasn’t picked all that much later I agree it’s unlikely for a 6 but not crazy to see discussion about this

Or coaches want to clear out those guys to build their own roster. You paint with a pretty broad brush saying they keep projects for ego. Just as quickly they dump guys for ego.

I don’t like him but his praises are sung by many as a vet mentor

they still have Lee Smith in the room too. it would surprise me if they cut smith and Kroft unless they are targeting a true game changer. and I’ve complained about smith for like a decade it seems

id be curious about the advanced metric guys chiming in on if he played any better in certain sets, zone vs man etc... the last two years or just toast at all times

Ralph was more generous on performance reviews, surprisingly enough wheat likely grew suspicious when each year they thanked him for nearly 20 years of great service though.

being like the 25th best qb on the planet is simultaneously a fantastic, and awful career path. I mean, the money makes it unbelievably good. But Your job description is basically alternating between beloved backup and hated starter every 8 games.

F-I-T-Z

well, making the team and playing isn’t a great standard. making the team and playing well is a much better standard.

that’s really the highlight of the whole thing I think You tried, and you almost got there... but not quite

A dude that made his living off non traditional play and not having a great training regimen would be a flag for me when considering a coach.... that’s not to blow up his legacy or anything. Just you normally picture the cerebral gym rat that overachieved as going into this side. Certainly not always the case and In a role like this motivation and recruitment can mean as much as anything

jokes aside, it could be true. Plenty of oddball genetic quirks that could effect hand eye coordination and can be the difference between great receivers and kind of clumsy ones. heck, look at what’s his name, the corner we had from USC that had surgery on his eyes.

Why are you the way you are?

it’s odd worlds that some of y’all are living in. Just strange places.