The Red King

Power Rankings are click-bait. It's popularity contests mixed with a few intentional head-scratchers just to prompt comments. Browns are the darlings of the NFL, have been since the offseason. People want them to do well with Mayfield, so they spike up. Buffalo is supposed to be the new Browns, the hard luck team. Therefore they only rose a little. The rankings really don't reflect how good they think the teams actually are. It's all about fitting a narritive laid out before the season began. Unless it's another blowout, don't expect the Bills to rise much even with a win over the Pack.

If you give Cleveland a kicker, you have to give Pittsburgh one too. At which point the Steelers win in OT because Tyrod threw a pick trying to get into field game range at the end of regulation, and Pitt's kicker had the earlier OT attempt. Well, I tend not to comment on Tyrod. He'd gone. Buuuuuut, when someone puts up a post like the OP...they're just asking for it.

Lo and behold what Tyrod has accomplished this season...an 0-1-1 record. Because when the game's on the line, he still can't get it done, any more then he could in Buffalo. The guy that can't win a game that's close late...still can't win a game that's close late. Repent!

Actually, that's the perfect quote. UNTIL we have hard evidence he did it, I'm not going to condemn the man.

Translation: I have been calling Allen a bust. Don't you dare give him quality reveivers capable of proving me wrong!

*Gives OP a goat for opening yet another Mahomes thread with others active*

I mentioned that several times last week, actually. Because lying about medical issues to get out of contracts is A-OK.

Sincerely ...I do not think it means, what you think it means... ?

He retires, then he shouldn't count against our cap. And Buffalo better not do anything crazy like cutting him...thereby letting him keep the money and find another team. Did that with Cogs, and with this being equally strange, could set a dangerous precident.

Sooo...you don't think the quality of players around each QB matters? C'mon, I really wanna hear you say it. Go on, make a fool out of yourself. ?

Well, that explains it. The D actually looked competant out there. Please McD, for Allen's sake, keep control of the D.

Check the Gameday threads. ?

He was a project. And he wasn't given enough time to bake in the oven. I liked what I saw. Still areas that need work, but that's why he's got another 14+ games to develop. He was never meant to light up the league this year. This year is to set him up to do so next season. I don't get the negativity. Rook has a horrid line, terrible receivers, and still looks promising in his first start. I honestly think his biggest critics here are bashing him because they're upset we didn't get Mahomes or Darnold instead.

Mahomes is in a race car, Darnold is in a Ferrari, Allen is in a Chevy Aveo. Race the three, then say Allen is a bad racer and a terrible pick to drive. Got it. You cannot judge the three QBs in a vacuum. You need to look at the team around them. So, the rookie QB in his first start with a seive for an o-line and receivers that lathered their gloves with butter *didn't* throw for 300 yards and 4 TDs? Well, guy's obviously a bust. Just look at how well the QBs who have a real team around them played. >.<

...after the coach pulls out the...

Yes, because they also have Tyrod. But TT's another topic altogether. Suffice to say the Browns' D did everything it was asked to, and more...but even six takeaways wasn't enough because Taylor simply couldn't seal the deal. Again, Cleveland has one of the league's best defenses and I'll take a defensive castoff. Unfortunately for them, they also have Tyrod, and so only managed a tie. Hell, the D put them in field goal range in OT with an interception.

Those "lowly browns" have one of the best defenses in the league. I'm okay with bringing in someone that couldn't make that unit.

I couldn't help but notice the irony. In the off-season, there was a debate over how much to give up for a QB. This was after the Jets traded up to third. Some members here were yelling, saying Buffalo should have given up whatever it took to move. When asked about other needs, the response was (actual quote, not kidding), "QB is the only position that matters." ...wonder if those members still feel that way after Sunday... ?

Use of proper English is dumbing down? ...now I've heard it all.

Tyrod threw a pic near the end of regulation when all they needed was a FG to win, then the Steelers shanked a FG in OT. Tyrod is still Tyrod.

Tell me how playing Allen would be worse...

...you're not getting through to the guy. He's repeatedly shown he's sticking to his narrative, and isn't actually responding to anything you're saying. You'd actually have a better chance speaking to a wall. He flat out refuses to comment on the fact that Cogs signed the contract, because that doesn't play into his "poor, abused Richie" storyline. In fact, he knows it blows it out of the water.

So, basically, you're opposed to the idea of binding contracts, and all players should be able to set their own price each season. Got it. ?

This is sad. Offseason chat, maybe, but the regular season is here. Tyrod needs to be focusing on it, not grousing about things that happened in Buffalo. Tyrod is a Cleveland Brown now, he owes it to his current team to be giving them his undivided attention at this point.