I think Smartmonies used to throw out gems on who to pick for preseason games.
I couldn't believe they even had lines for preseason.
I'll never forget a Hall of Fame game where the punter ran out the clock by taking a safety and it screwed up the spread. The commentator even pointed out how it cost some idiots money because who the hell bets on a preseason game?
I lost a bet about Najee gaining 1300 yards.
"Our head coach has failed to win a playoff game for seven years in a row. His game day strategy, culture of divas, in game decisions, clock management, player evaluation, hires, and affinity with sub par starters at RB, P, and OL are holding the Steelers back. That standard remains the standard"
I think Browns will be much better this season. I predicted weeks ago that they will finish second in the AFC North behind us. However, I'm not worried about the season opener.
The Browns are in win now mode and we will see for sure this year if Hue Jackson can coach. Their offense has Nick Chubbs, Carlos Hyde, Duke Johnson, Jarvis Landry (I think this was a coup for the Browns) David Njoku. Signed players like Chris Hubbard and Mychal Kendricks. Tyrod Taylor is a decent veteran QB and I even like rookie QB they drafted. Myles Garret, Peppers and some other good prospects on defense.
Other than QB, they have more talent, possibly much more talent than the Patriots. If Belichick had this group he might win the SuperBowl. Even though Tomlin doesn't get as much respect in some places, as I think he should, if he had this talent, they would have a good chance at the playoffs.
But Perception is funny though, because they will line up in Browns uniforms, they won't be expected to win more than four games.
You are a bottomfeeder until you prove otherwise... it's one of the main reason why coaches try to stem losing streaks and why Cowher used to harp about it being a 'fine line' in the NFL. It's just really hard to dig a team out of the pit of losing once it happens more frequently than winning.
A lot of "smugness" I'm hearing from some of these comments. They could have beat us last year in the opener when our defense was pulling it out of their behinds, while the offense needed, as per usual, 8 or 9 games to get in sync. I wouldn't be one bit surprised if the browns took it to us in the opener.
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