12-14-2016, 09:18 PM
(12-14-2016, 12:48 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Browns hired a bunch of baseball people for their front office. Baseball people don't fire HC/Manager after one year of a rebuild. They understand a true rebuild takes 2-3 years.
Ihonestly don't think the Browns ever had any intention of winning this year. They cut a lot of their vets and such, let a lot of people walk in FA, are saving up a ton of cap space, and have had two monsterous amount of draft picks (14 this year, 13 next year) including the 1st overall pick.
Baseball knows all about tanking for good draft picks during a rebuild.
100% this. I think it's pretty obvious that this was a throwaway year for them. Part of a lengthy rebuild. Unlike any time in Browns history, they're trying to build a successful franchise slowly and methodically. With patience. Hue is going nowhere. I predict he last at least 3 years, unless he goes 4-12 or worse next year. He's even stated that he received assurances that this won't be a one shot deal.
(12-14-2016, 06:30 PM)Nately120 Wrote: That team is absolutely devoid of NFL-caliber talent and they traded any player who knew what a football is, as well as any pick that could have yielded an instant impact player for future prospects. I'm not saying it's going to work out for them, but it's pretty clear they completely sold out this year for future um....potential?
This is the most compelling flop job since the Colts sucked for Luck.
This too. I honestly like how the Browns are going about things. It's very baseball like. Scrap the whole damn thing and rebuild with youth and excellent draft picks. This year was obviously going to be rough, but I bet this is going to pan out within 3-4 years.
Coincidentally, that's probably about how long the Bengals and Steelers have left to contend. Roethlisberger is 35 in March and you have to believe they'll struggle to even come close to replacing him. Of course, we also have a lot of players who are getting on in years. Dalton probably has 7-8 years left, but Green, Atkins, Dunlap etc are getting up there.
It's very possible the AFCN will look very different in 5 years.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
