Ethan in Cleveland

Trading a 3rd round lottery ticket for a proven NFL player is not necessarily a bad decision. I think you are overvaluing draft picks, while at the same time I am admittedly not caring as much about the future. Its a balance of course. Drafting Cook when they already had a RB looks like a great decision. That said I would still take a half season and a shot at the SuperBowl with Amari Cooper over the chance you draft another Boogie Basham.

Maybe a little more mobile Peyton Hillis?

Terrible taunting call Michaels is insufferable tonight...likes to hear himself talk

Amazing the refs can het the fumble call correct in a bang bang play and the earlier non catch, but miss penalties repeatedly....

Where is the downfield passing for the Eagles? They have great WR corp?

Good call. He held his arm

Daboll going to get his QB destroyed

Burn clock and get 3

Stared down the WR and bad late throw

That last one was OPI if anything. Brown extended his arms and pushed off

Bad PI call. He knocked the ball down. Another non hip drop call

Bad look Daboll trying to rush a concussion evaluation. It looked more like a neck strain than concussion but he clearly grabbed his head when down

Wasn't that a text book hip drop tackle?

There is the issue! You, respectfully, have the wrong objective. We showed patience in 2017, 2018, and 2019. The core of the team was built by 2020. We even endured the purge and reboot. We are no longer patient. Many (probably the majority at this point) of us are no longer interested in teambuilding. We really are only interested in a Championship! I don't care about 2026 or beyond. The Rams didn't either when they got Von and they won it all. We have the MVP of the league, if you are not doing everything to win a championship this year then you are doing a disservice to Allen and to your fans. We have no idea how long he is going to be able to play at this high a level.

The team is missing 3-5 pieces of the defense. Oliver and Hoecht should help. As much as I detest PED cheats, I'm looking forward to seeing what Hoecht can do, and I will be a hypocrite cheering for him. Hairston is unknown. It would be at least encouraging if they opened up his window to return this week. I'm fine if Shaq starts the rest of the year at LB. I'm over Milano. I don't expect much from Ogunjobi. He is 50/50 that he even returns to the 53. I would not be surprised if he is cut. If not then the only consternation would be if he dresses and Sanders does not.

Like you said Coleman has made some plays and he is not devoid of talent. He is not as fast as Gabe Davis but has better hands. Its odd that they say everybody eats but its clear from the snap count and the plays, they are forcing the ball to Coleman at times. In this offense he should no higher than 4th in targets. The offense should be built around Cook running and receiving, and Kincaid amd Shakir. Those three should be getting 75% of the targets and the other 25% to the rest. Like the other thread, I'm tired of everybody eats.

Agree but Ward has had multiple games missed due to injury. Like you said he is a high value asset. His contract may make him difficult to trade. The GM is trying to save his job. Will be interesting to see if they make more moves.

No reason to panic. The defense always rises to the occasion in the playoffs and in the playoffs you are not allowed to throw passes beyond 15 yards.

Greg Newsome for Tyson Campbell I don't know much about Campbell. Jags obviously drafted Travis Hunter to play CB and WR. Newsome had a bad year last year but was playing well this year. Interesting/weird move for Browns. Newsome would have been a FA and Browns have serious cap issues. They could have let him walk and possibly earned a comp pick. Now they take on more salary. Maybe this is a preemptive transaction, that allows them to shop Denzel Ward in the coming days???

How about a few two back formations? Cook, Johnson, and even Davis have shown to be capable pass catchers out of the backfield. Might be a nice wrinkle to throw out there a few plays a game?

That is offensive to be honest. He's a PS level player for most teams. I get it that often times those are run plays. But that means you are really telegraphic your play calls.

One of the biggest flaws on this team is a lack of toughness both physically and mentally Culture shock is needed Brian Flores is the guy you want!

100% agree with OP. Also no more Shavers on the field. Let Coleman block for the run game. When Gabe is healthy I hope they cut Shavers and play Gabe as WR#4

He's Dick Jauron with a HOF QB. This board ridiculed Jauron for saying its hard to win in the NFL. McDermott days it every week. Get Oliver, Hairston, and Hoecht back and then let's see what the defense can do.

Not sure if it was this thread or others but when they kept saying Coleman was having a good camp, the highlights were him beating White. Some of us pointed out that was a red flag that White was terrible and couldn't even cover a guy that can't seperate from anyone. We were right on both accounts.