Why not the Browns?

[SirClintonPortis]

1. Whole league is mediocre this season. Every powerhouse has flaws in their game you can see with the eye test.
2. Flacco is on fire.
3. Browns D is a tough bunch to score on.

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[Troy McClure]

Don’t you dare jinx this.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Don’t you dare jinx this.

They already are. It's reverse jinx.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

With AFC open they could go places

But its Browns and until they finally break thru one must be constantly skeptical

Took Chiefs generations to go from constant underachiever to champion

 

[LT]

With AFC open they could go places

But its Browns and until they finally break thru one must be constantly skeptical

Took Chiefs generations to go from constant underachiever to champion

took Chiefs an all-time QB, WR, and TE combo lol

 

[Babe Ruth]

A Browns-Lions Stupor Bowl?..

A callback to '50s football.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Browns are on a roll, they will be a tough matchup for anyone in the playoffs, a bit of concern with how many times Flacco is turning it over though with 7 int and a fumble in 4 starts

 

[GKJ]

A Browns-Lions Stupor Bowl?..

A callback to '50s football.

That’s the last time both teams had 10 wins

 

[John Price]

offense is suspect

 

[Troy McClure]

offense is suspect

Their offensive line is getting a bit healthier. That helps a lot because the run game push has been a problem with the depth guys.

But they lost both their kicker and punter on Sunday. Hopefully both are short term injuries, but those two have had great seasons.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

A Browns-Lions Stupor Bowl?..

A callback to '50s football.

A suffering, loyal rustbelt city and fanbase would be a Super Bowl champion for the first time. A giant middle finger to the NFL's Taylor Swift casual fan hype bullshit.

That sounds pretty damn awesome. I don't like the idea of Haslam or DeShaun getting rings, but any SB without KC and Dallas is a great one.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

A suffering, loyal rustbelt city and fanbase would be a Super Bowl champion for the first time. A giant middle finger to the NFL's Taylor Swift casual fan hype bullshit.

That sounds pretty damn awesome. I don't like the idea of Haslam or DeShaun getting rings, but any SB without KC and Dallas is a great one.

It's probably more of an embarrassment for Deshaun to get a ring sitting on a couch(not literally, he's rehabbing) while some old geezer off the couch comes in and sets the world on fire.

If Bill O'Brien wasn't a crazy personnel guy, we'd never know about Watson's weird massage fetish and still be singing his praises as a great QB and individual. Just like we'd never know about Spygate if Belichick decide to not do it on former assistant Mangini.

 

[Babe Ruth]

It's probably more of an embarrassment for Deshaun to get a ring sitting on a couch(not literally, he's rehabbing) while some old geezer off the couch comes in and sets the world on fire.

I appreciate you parenthetically clarified Watson is doing more than sitting on a couch.. Flacco probably deserves the same defense..

Reason I mention this, because I've noticed this is the latest overused cliché in NFL media. The media spent months talking about how Heinicke was living on his sister's couch, and various other backups were on their couches when they got called up.. and now every weekend, it's the dumb implication that all Flacco was doing was sitting on his couch this Fall.
What is the media's fixation with characterizing back-up and between-job quarterbacks as couch potatoes(?) It seems like a stupid, parroted meme..
I wonder if it's a projection on the media's part, based on their own off-season habits(?) I've never heard so much couch talk, as this season. All 2023 is missing is Tim Couch pulling off a couch comeback.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

What is the media's fixation with characterizing back-up and between-job quarterbacks as couch potatoes(?) It seems like a stupid, parroted meme..

Most sports media is stupid, parroted memes. That they've never come up with a better one for a unsigned player than "sitting on his couch" is damning. Well, it would be, if there was any expectation of quality.

On the topic of the Browns... I think Stefanski is a good coach, especially with Schwartz calling his D. I don't know if he's good enough to overcome the injuries they've had to make a championship run. And I certainly hope not, as a Steeler fan who enjoys seeing my Browns-fan friends get their hopes up year after year.

That said, I could probably get on board with Browns if the alternatives are the Chiefs or Cowboys or Niners.

 

[Tuggy]

I'll be rooting for them in the AFC.

 

[Troy McClure]

I appreciate you parenthetically clarified Watson is doing more than sitting on a couch.. Flacco probably deserves the same defense..

Reason I mention this, because I've noticed this is the latest overused cliché in NFL media. The media spent months talking about how Heinicke was living on his sister's couch, and various other backups were on their couches when they got called up.. and now every weekend, it's the dumb implication that all Flacco was doing was sitting on his couch this Fall.
What is the media's fixation with characterizing back-up and between-job quarterbacks as couch potatoes(?) It seems like a stupid, parroted meme..
I wonder if it's a projection on the media's part, based on their own off-season habits(?) I've never heard so much couch talk, as this season. All 2023 is missing is Tim Couch pulling off a couch comeback.

They're using the phrase because the point is Flacco went from spending his Sundays watching games on his couch for most of the season to playing in them.

 

[LT]

I'm sure the NFL also doesn't mind fans thinking that back-up QBs are borderline homeless and not actually earning hundreds of thousands, if not millions, when they actually are rostered

 

[John Price]

told you offense was suspect. nobody outside of cooper and that injured back they had