Mike may gauge team/player success by comparing to the bottom, not the Top

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(01-29-2018, 04:12 PM)depthchart Wrote: "Mathematical problems"

Mike Brown quote: "This league has a problem with the mathematical issue that only half the teams are going to win. That doesn't mean everyone else is incompetent or bad."

Mike's father Paul founded the team to whip up on the Browns and win Super Bowls with uniform colors similar to the Browns.


I doubt that Paul ever even thought of "mathematical issues" being a "league problem" causing half of the teams & their leadership to look bad.

It is just a poor starting point for the Mind of a GM to work from.

How do I beat 31 other teams should be the starting point of a GM's mind.  IMO

I also fear that Mike applies the "mathematical issue" to players on his Roster. Just because a Starter is in the bottom half of other starters in the NFL does not mean that starter is bad. Just mathematically challenged.

Conclusion - Mike can stick with that starter and not upgrade.

Wasn't there a push a few years ago to add a couple more teams to the playoff format? IIRC, it was part of shortening the preseason to 2 games and then adding 2 teams from each conference to the playoffs and taking away the first round byes.

I bring this up because I wonder if Mike was REALLY pushing to make this happen.