The Browns

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(10-24-2022, 07:36 AM)WiregrassBenGal Wrote: Does it seem to anyone else that the Browns went from a winless season to becoming NFL darlings to making that stupid QB decision in the blink of an eye? DeShaun Watson is a huge risk, and to me he's just not a winner.

Baker Mayfield always made some sick throws and plays against the Bengals in at least three different games, but Jacoby Brissett, while a capable backup won't be able to match that.

Meh, the Browns went into Pittsburgh and won that playoff game, but that season was flanked by the 2019 and 2021 seasons where the general public gleefully watched Mayfield and the Browns crap their collective pants and finish well below expectations.  The Browns were pretty ridiculed for most of the Mayfield era, so I can see why they moved on to a detestable QB who might be good rather than him.

Add in that the Mayfield revenge tour in Carolina lasted about 1 quarter of football before petering out, and I can see why they moved on.  Brisset and Mayfield are both pretty good at blowing it when it matters most, but one was a 1st overall pick QB and the other is a career backup.


At any rate, having Burrow as our QB means we shouldn't care if the Steelers and Browns and Ravens trade for Mahommes, Josh Allen, and Dan Marino in his prime so we should win whether the Browns have Mayfield, Brisset, or Watson.  We're supposed to win now.


Personally, I'm quite OK with the Browns being better than the Steelers or even the Ravens if I had to pick one of those three, but again that mostly comes down to the notion that we are the new look Bengals and shouldn't care how talented the rest of the division is because we're going to beat them, right?