Are the Browns now a threat for us to contend with?

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(03-12-2018, 02:15 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: This is spot on. Maybe the Browns continue to flounder, but they played their cards perfectly and have themselves set up to turn things around. They're going for it and pushing their chips out on the table. They feel they are close and can be competitive and they're making their move.

Mike Brown doesn't like rebuilds, we do re-tools. Which, like the Reds, is the half ass way to do things. Move some pieces, but keep a couple of names to hopefully keep people showing up. Our "re-tool" will probably take several seasons with the way Mike Brown does things. Rely almost exclusively on the draft, keep too much for injuries, rollover millions each season, sign scrubs from outside, and extend a couple of your own and call it day. The Mike Brown way is why we may be stuck in the middle or bottom half for a few more seasons. No urgency, no immediate impact, always looking to the future.

I'm not saying the Browns are going to be in the playoffs, but I don't expect to sweep them again this year.

Absolutely agree.  Time will tell if the moves pay off, but they set themselves up for a strong push if they hit on the next couple of drafts.  One thing I really like about their process is they went out and shored up the offensive line first.  On the other hand, we "don't value those positions".