The Big Cat

This is going nowhere fast.

May be So are we talking about whether the draft was successful? Or did the OP want to know whether or not we "got lucky?"

Please. There is a definitive time-period for all things draft speculation, and it !@#$ing ends the moment the ball is kicked off week one. During the off season I don't stick my nose into all the threads that make me want to put my foot through a wall because that's what the off season round here is for. I just ignore them. We're two days out from our first road game of the season against a division rival. There are plenty of things to talk about that don't involve waxing nostalgic on a draft that happened four and a half months ago.

Nothing but good things to say about EJ, not too thrilled with Geno.

ARE YOU HIGH!? The Jets have arguably the worst skill-players in the entire LEAGUE!

Right. But who cares? Luck? Skill? Planning? Intel? Misdirections? Smoke screens? It could be a million different things that have been hashed out a million different ways in a million different threads from January through August. It's football time, baby. The guys are on our roster. Live with it. Embrace it. GO BILLS!

I'd embed this, but that'd get me in trouble. But this is my response: http://i.imgur.com/Ptog6Hh.gif

A needy hypocrite?

...Anonymously on the Internet.

Yeah, we all saw the last six minutes of the Pats* game. We know.

Ring a ding ding ding ding ding. She has a "challenging profession" and lots to do this weekend, but none of that is going to stop her from dwelling on these three insignificant seconds as she walks up to the light rail platform, for the duration of her ride, on her walk home, and all the while she hammers out and edits a cliche-ridden 500 word pseudo-rant that does virtually nothing to resolve the "situation." Yes, he's a douche. So don't !@#$ing let it get in your head. And CERTAINLY not to the extent that you have to take to strangers on Craigslist to feel better about yourself. He's an ass, she's got issues.

Ask and ye shall receive:

Also, Trent Edwards sacked himself.

I just died a little watching that ****.

I still maintain Dicky J got a bad rep around here because his offenses were so unbearable to watch. I think a lot of people prefer Chan, only because it's fun to watch your team move the ball every so often. If we had Dick in charge of the D and Chan in charge of the O, I think we would have squeaked into the playoffs between 2006 and now. HOWEVER--Marrone is the kind of HEAD coach you want out there. Actively engaging his players, holding his coordinators accountable, energetic, disciplined, yadda yadda. It's a shame we had to wait so long, but I think got a good one (thought so ever since he first took the podium at OBD). On a related note, and relative to the "we need to extend Petine" thread, I don't think Petine is head coach material, and I think he knows that. And if he doesn't, it won't take long for him to slide back into a DC role after he doesn't pan out somewhere. He just doens't have the charisma to be the man on top, IMO.

"setback in therapy" means he's "off his timeline" because our next three opponents present virtually no threat at wide out. Then the team gets an extra four days to prepare for Cincy and he'll have a chance to square off against--arguably--the best wide out in the game.

Wow. Totally forgot about that. Jebus.

In the meantime, Browns fans will be spending the next 11.5 months sitting on ice packs.

Hahaha, so...looking at the box score, it looks like they kicked the go ahead with :26 to go...then KICKED IT OUT OF BOUNDS. The first play from scrimmage, with no time outs, and about 25 yards to go in only about 20 seconds? A four yard dump to Lee Evans. Jesus !@#$ing Christ, how did I make it through those years a fan?

It did, but not as bad as the 6-3 loss in 2009 when we held Derek Anderson to 2-17 for 23 yards. HOW...THE !@#$...DO YOU LOSE A GAME WHEN A QUARTERBACK PLAYS THAT BADLY!?

I understand that. But this was supposed to be the year they turned the ship around. There was A LOT of optimism in Cleveland. And to make this move after WEEK TWO!? That's a lot of sails out of the wind.

I can't believe all these reports I'm reading of people bending over backwards to justify this trade. not here, mind you. but cleveland media, et al.

Actually, my big take away is that he was giving (at least from what we saw) a lot of attention to Mario. I got to do a podcast with Coach Sal in the off season and he speculated that Mario might be the kind of player who needs to be "engaged." I completely agree, and I think we're seeing the fruits of said engagement. Side note: Pettine, Jesus bro. Would it kill you to crack a smile from behind those reflective lenses once in a while?

What did he say about Stevie catching the winner??