Ding Dong Deshaun Is Gone (Open Thread)

[Mike Bullock]

When I woke up all I could hear in my head was Andre saying "Ain't nothing good happened since that man entered the building" 

Gonna do a post on that, starting with good ole Jack's "let's get rid of that one" on D-Hop and leading to yesterday's cold handed colonoscopy... 

[capt.r...@gmail.com]

Reflecting for a moment on the work done by Watson’s agent…

Gaming the system with that first year at $1M to limit the financial impact of any pending suspension from the NFL was brilliant. Disgusting to skirt justice, but brilliant.  Now I hope the NFL suspends Watson for 2 full seasons. They can't have the "inmates running the asylum!"

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[Matthew Weston]

Justin Britt and Kirksey were awful last year 

https://twitter.com/riversmccown/status/1505336405853147138?s=20&t=dwtCnScrbmLBJvJywHP-qA

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[Scott Barzilla]

I suppose the question is whether he knows this and is simply blowing smoke up our butt or if he really thinks they’re good.

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[Matthew Weston]

He resigned both to two year contracts so they can start and still be bad. I don’t think he knows how to find good players just players that fit his ideal of what a good football person is. 

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I suppose the question is whether he knows this and is simply blowing smoke up our butt or if he really thinks they’re good.

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[Rivers McCown]

Nobody could. The people they want are not available or nonexistent. 

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[Rivers McCown]

Watson contract:

1. Signing bonus: $44.965 million, fully guaranteed.

2. 2022 base salary: $1.035 million, fully guaranteed.

3. 2023 base salary: $46 million, fully guaranteed.

4. 2024 base salary: $46 million, fully guaranteed.

5. 2025 base salary: $46 million, fully guaranteed.

6. 2026 base salary: $46 million, fully guaranteed.

[Patrick Haughton]

Great, now I'm mad again.

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[capt.r...@gmail.com]

I know it won’t happen, but it would be incredible if Goodell slapped a 2-year suspension on Watson to ensure the financial pain of justice is applied after he and his agent clearly architected this deal to circumvent it in year one.

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[Scott Martin]

Or what would be an even more [Easterby-ish] move is for the NFL investigation to go past this league year, and then hit Watson with a massive suspension for 2023, thus upending the low base salary tactic for 2022. 

At this point, Watson is no longer our concern, but it would be kinda fun to see the NFL do something like this that might actually be sorta popular. 

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[Mike Bullock]

Well, right now, by not throwing a major wrench into this, all Goodell is doing is sending a message to the women of the world that the NFL rewards abusers... 

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[Matthew Weston]

They are going to suspend him for maybe like 6 games, and he's going to be really good, and no one in CLE will care. That's how these things work. See Vick, Hunt, Mixon, etc.

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[Patrick Haughton]

Yeah, I mean expecting anybody in the NFL to do the right thing is like expecting a shark to stop eating and swimming.

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[Geoff Mueller]

Sigh.

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[Scott Barzilla]

Well, I guess if he drafts well…Casserly got five years so who knows how long this lasts.

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[Rivers McCown]

Look at these goalposts move.

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[Patrick Haughton]

Yeah, this organization is totally young. In fact it'll be just old enough next season to drink legally. Which seems only fair since that's what the rest of us who have loftier goals for our local football team than simply "exist."

Hey, that should be the Texans' slogan next year. Instead of something incorporeal and vague like "That Football Feeling," we can go with something that is based in reality and can't be disproven or argued by anybody. "Houston Texans: We Exist As A Point In Space And Time. Technically."

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[Patrick Haughton]

We really do have some of the dumbest, most milquetoast, bootlicky fans in football and it's depressing as all hell.

[Patrick Haughton]

Or Houston Texans football: It's Boot-Licking Good.

[Rivers McCown]

My fave part of that is *we* messed up with the Titans. We did? 

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[Geoff Mueller]

The "Oilers" were 20 years old when I was 10 in 1980.

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[Scott Barzilla]

Come on guys. They’ve only been a team for 20 years. So what if every other AFC South team has been to the conference championship since BOB was hired. We are on the right track.

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[Mike Bullock]

Hmmmm... let's see...

Houston Oilers first 20 years (founded in 1960): 

* 1960 - Won the AFL Championship  (just like the Roughnecks?) 

* 1961 - Won the AFL Championship

* 1962 - Lost AFL Championship (to the Dallas Texans - even Dallas did better with this name... sigh)

* 1967 - Lost AFL Championship (to the Raiders, see below)

* 1969 - Lost AFL Championship (to the Raiders, see below)

* 1978 Lost AFC Championship (to the Steelers)

* 1979 - Lost AFC Championship (to the Steelers)

Competed for a league/conference championship 7 times in the first 20 years...

Also founded in 1960, in the first 20 years, the Raiders:

* 1967 - Won the AFL Championship (defeating the Oilers - who were also only 7 years old), moving on to Super Bowl II

* 1968 - Lost the AFL Championship

* 1968 - Lost the AFL Championship

* 1970 - Lost the AFC Championship

So, they made the League/Conference championship 4 straight times by the end of their 10th season. 

* 1973 - Lost the AFC Championship

* 1974 - Lost the AFC Championship

* 1975 - Lost the AFC Championship

* 1976 - Won their first Super Bowl

* 1977 - Lost the AFC Championship

* 1980 - Won their second Super Bowl in year 20. 

So, at the 20 year mark, they'd won an AFL Championship, and two NFL Championships. 

And, they'd made it to the championship game 10 times. 

Meanwhile, the Detroit Lions: 

Founded in 1930.

Won an NFL Championship in 1935.

So, even the lowly Lions did better in their first 20 years... 

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[Scott Barzilla]

Of course the Lions haven’t done crap since 1957, but it’s okay. Anyone can have a bad century.

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[Mike Bullock]

Hey, a good rebuild takes time... sometimes generations... 

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[Rivers McCown]

Irrationally upset at Duke Johnson/Bills in advance for how good of a fit it is. 

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[Patrick Haughton]

Matt Ryan to the Colts.

Everybody say thank you Deshaun for making this happen.

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[Mike Bullock]

More accurately, yet another thing to blame on Jack Easterby... or, actually Cal for empowering Easterby to do anything other than pray for the players... 

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[Mike Bullock]

Just took a quick peak at the DawgsByNature (CLeveland Browns SB Nation) blog... man, their fans are angrier than Houston's... wow. Watson has managed to go from the star of Texas to the most hated player in two states in about a year... 

[Geoff Mueller]

OMG.

Des Island. AYFKM?

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[Scott Martin]

I must admit it has been a few seconds since my last pickup game at the gym, but the concept behind running it back usually meant that you won in the past and that you look to continue winning with who you had before to defend the court. 

Did the Texans forget to consult the Urban Dictionary or has the definition of “running it back” changed recently? 

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[Geoff Mueller]

After Willis' pro day, I wonder how many people are regretting praising Davis Mills as their new QB and savior.

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[MrMattRNot]

Panthers and Baker have “mutual disinterest” in working together. Lmao well that’s one way to put it

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[Rivers McCown]

I love Willis and I wouldn't make him a top-10 pick. 

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[Geoff Mueller]

My point was more about seeing the massive difference in the physical and arm talent between the two. I still don't know how Mills becomes a top 20 QB, but I can see Willis being a Top 10 guy with some polish.

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[Rivers McCown]

Oh, well none of the Mills backers see that because they don't actually watch football games. 

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[Scott Barzilla]

So the Panthers hold him in the minimum of high regard? Willie is an interesting one. I think Young and Stroud are certainly within range, so Mills is irrelevant. Is Willis a better prospect than those guys? That’s the only question worth asking.

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[Geoff Mueller]

If he'd been a big division guy, I'd have a better opinion. The poor level of competition he played really hurts him, but he has a big arm, athleticism, and seems to have plenty of internal motivation.

I'd want him over Mills on ceiling alone, personally. Mills is Keenum. Malik Willis might be something we haven't seen before.

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[Scott Barzilla]

Yeah I don’t see Mills as a factor. He’s at best a tier two guy. You play him until you find something better. I’m not a scout, so I can’t compare Young, Willis, and Stroud (or any other 2023 QB). The extra picks mean you can roll that dice whenever you want. The question is on who and not whether Mills is a long term option. You could argue the decision to bypass Manning in favor of Schaumburg may have cost a Super Bowl.

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[Geoff Mueller]

Schaumberg = Schaub?

I still think Albert Haynesworth is what blew it for us. I still think we were legit contenders in 2011 and 2012. Manning won that last SB because the Broncos had a historically elite defense. But, yeah, maybe as to Manning. He was such an unknown after that injury.

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[mattrnot]

cc Rivers: " I love Willis and I wouldn't make him a top-10 pick." 

Hey but 13 though /sarcasm

2012 was the death of Schaubs arm unfortunately but yeah that 2011 season had lightning in a bottle on top of a very winnable playoff bracket.

[sbarzilla]

"Schaumberg = Schaub?"

Yeah, autocorrect does some really funky stuff

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[sbarzilla]

I'm somewhere between the draft a quarterback every year until you find one camp and pick only the ones you know will be great camp. I have no issue with them picking quarterbacks multiple times as long as they can justify actually feeling like the guy they pick has the potential to be a top ten quarterback. If you are picking a tier two guy (particularly in the first round) then what in the hell are you doing? I still remember when we picked Dave Ragone. I watched that joker come with Louisville to play my Horned Frogs. We literally battered him into a bloody pulp. I think I could have saved us the time back then and just said he wasn't it.

[Mike Bullock]

Good post today Rivers. My thought while reading it: I wonder if Cal McNair's mandate is something along the lines of "I don't care about winning, I just want boy scouts who don't cause trouble..." or some such stress-free team environment that won't intrude on his Battlepass time... 

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[Rivers McCown]

That's interesting that you think Cal has mandates. My mental picture of the situation is that Cal is playing N64 in his room until Hannah makes him go to his next charity appearance. 

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[Geoff Mueller]

I appreciate Z's...enthusiasm, but my goodness, it was a 4-13 playing a bunch of shitty teams (we lost to the Jest), and the roster is still a talentless abyss.

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[Rivers McCown]

Seemingly is a great word.

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[Mike Bullock]

@Rivers. And, that's still a "mandate" just an unspoken one of "don't bother me I'm about to level up!" lol 

Or, maybe Jack Easterby is so insanely egotistical he believes he can fill the roster with choir boys and show the world they can win it all and to that end, has Cal's buy in. 

Honestly, I'm at the point where I've exhausted all rational logic in explaining this and now hunting through anecdotal evidence from crazy people I've known looking for something that makes sense as to why this FO operates as it does... #CultureBall makes sense to a point, but Caserio has to know that doesn't work, so what's his motivation to try it? It's in his best interests to get a championship and parlay that into a bigger contract at his next stop... right? 

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[sbarzilla]

Z has the response I expect from most fans. I don't know what to call it, but I call it magical thinking. Essentially, we assume that all of the fortunate things that happened will automatically happen again and the bad things that happened won't. I sat there in a room after the 2017 Astros season and watched Todd Kalas tell us that Marwin Gonzalez was going to have an even better season. I had to suppress my laughter. As for Easterby, it is like I said in my first piece. He thinks the traits that make you a good person also make you a good football player. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of the mandate a character coach has. Scouts and executives pick players with athletic and mental traits specific to playing football and the the character coach helps make them better people. He seems to think it's the reverse. It's mind-boggling.

[Matthew Weston]

FUCK ADVERBS 

On Mar 23, 2022, at 2:40 PM, sbarzilla <sbar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Z has the response I expect from most fans. I don't know what to call it, but I call it magical thinking. Essentially, we assume that all of the fortunate things that happened will automatically happen again and the bad things that happened won't. I sat there in a room after the 2017 Astros season and watched Todd Kalas tell us that Marwin Gonzalez was going to have an even better season. I had to suppress my laughter. As for Easterby, it is like I said in my first piece. He thinks the traits that make you a good person also make you a good football player. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of the mandate a character coach has. Scouts and executives pick players with athletic and mental traits specific to playing football and the the character coach helps make them better people. He seems to think it's the reverse. It's mind-boggling.

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[Geoff Mueller]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH SPLAT.

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[Rivers McCown]

Is this a good time to point out that I'm on shift?

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[MrMattRNot]

Purely incredible 

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[Scott Martin]

Based on this report, I think the Texans may have made their move just in time...and Cleveland...uh, this will probably not look too good for them, especially after their "extensive investigation"...unless there is some sort of take-backcies/the Browns somehow get the trade nullified right away...

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/deshaun-watson-legal-trouble-second-grand-jury-to-consider-indictment-against-browns-star-quarterback/

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[Rivers McCown]

They reportedly already knew this would happen. 

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[Mike Bullock]

Yeah, I don't think this is really new news, so much as splash journalism... 

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[Scott Martin]

Well, ok, it is CBS Sports, so probably splash journalism, but still, not a great look for Cleveland to make this move, offer the huge contract, all while knowing that criminal charges were not completely off the table. Probably figure the Grand Jury in Brazoria will return the same decision...

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[Mike Bullock]

If you sift through the stuff from Cleveland fans, the team and owners are taking a HUGE beating for it. But, once Deshaun starts winning games in highlight reel fashion, they'll mysteriously start loving the team again... If he is guilty, I hope he goes to prison and the Browns have a null/void clause in the contract to not pay him. If he isn't, then I feel bad for him cause he'll never shake the stink of this off... at least as bad as you can feel for some guy who Jack Easterby helped snooker the entire NFL. 

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[Patrick Haughton]

Who’s got two thumbs and won $340 betting on St. Peter’s to beat Purdue with a $50 free bet?

This mofo right here.

Gonna blow it all on booze on Bourbon Street.

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[Scott Martin]

Laissez les bons temps rouler

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[Patrick Haughton]

Does anybody have any recommendations for obnoxiously large alcoholic drinks they sell on le Rue de Bourbon?

Asking for a me.

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[Kenneth Levy]

get the Adios MF. Always does the trick


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[Capt Ron]

After months of waiting for delivery, “Operation Bourbon Infusion” is finally underway!  - Kooper’s “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” passing gently through layers of toasted orange zest, dried cherries, and Madagascar vanilla bean.

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[Geoff Mueller]

Holy. Crap.

I think I need a rag.

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[Matthew Weston]

Hell yeah 

When are you throwing the BRB pool party at your house Ron? 

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Holy. Crap.

I think I need a rag.

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[capt.r...@gmail.com]

We SO need to do that!

 

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Hell yeah 

When are you throwing the BRB pool party at your house Ron? 

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Holy. Crap.

 

I think I need a rag.

 

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On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 12:11 PM Capt Ron <capt.r...@gmail.com> wrote:

After months of waiting for delivery, “Operation Bourbon Infusion” is finally underway!  - Kooper’s “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” passing gently through layers of toasted orange zest, dried cherries, and Madagascar vanilla bean.

 

 

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 2:40 PM sbarzilla <sbar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Z has the response I expect from most fans. I don't know what to call it, but I call it magical thinking. Essentially, we assume that all of the fortunate things that happened will automatically happen again and the bad things that happened won't. I sat there in a room after the 2017 Astros season and watched Todd Kalas tell us that Marwin Gonzalez was going to have an even better season. I had to suppress my laughter. As for Easterby, it is like I said in my first piece. He thinks the traits that make you a good person also make you a good football player. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of the mandate a character coach has. Scouts and executives pick players with athletic and mental traits specific to playing football and the the character coach helps make them better people. He seems to think it's the reverse. It's mind-boggling.

On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 2:06:04 PM UTC-5 mazbullock wrote:

@Rivers. And, that's still a "mandate" just an unspoken one of "don't bother me I'm about to level up!" lol 

 

Or, maybe Jack Easterby is so insanely egotistical he believes he can fill the roster with choir boys and show the world they can win it all and to that end, has Cal's buy in. 

 

Honestly, I'm at the point where I've exhausted all rational logic in explaining this and now hunting through anecdotal evidence from crazy people I've known looking for something that makes sense as to why this FO operates as it does... #CultureBall makes sense to a point, but Caserio has to know that doesn't work, so what's his motivation to try it? It's in his best interests to get a championship and parlay that into a bigger contract at his next stop... right? 

 

 

 

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 1:59 PM Geoff Mueller <gmue...@themuellers.org> wrote:

I appreciate Z's...enthusiasm, but my goodness, it was a 4-13 playing a bunch of shitty teams (we lost to the Jest), and the roster is still a talentless abyss.

 



OMG.

 

Des Island. AYFKM?

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[rivers...@gmail.com]

Go down swingin with Neville Hewitt

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[Scott Barzilla]

Best line backing core in the NFL coming back for more.

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Go down swingin with Neville Hewitt

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[Matthew Weston]

I’m going to tear my dick off 

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Best line backing core in the NFL coming back for more.

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[Tim McHale]

I don’t know why, but I now firmly believe “I’m going to tear my dick off” is the best response ever to Texans news.

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[Mike Bullock]

Agreed - unless the news is "Jack Easterby fired" 

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[rivers...@gmail.com]

“If I don’t make the Texans a Super Bowl contender, I’ll tear my dick off.” — Caserio before year three

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[Scott Martin]

He’s not trying to replicate the “Leader of Men” Vrabel and his pronouncement to go all eunuch to get his team to a Super Bowl, is he?

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“If I don’t make the Texans a Super Bowl contender, I’ll tear my dick off.” — Caserio before year three

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[Matthew Weston]

They are two different connotations. ‘Tearing’ refers to a response to the stimuli of the current set of circumstances, and is acting out the feeling of frustration in a final and complete manner, proving the feelings of anger at a situation one has no control of in a physical way. ‘Cutting’ is a purposeful sacrifice made for the greater good, surgically done to pave the way to finalize one’s ultimate goal in life. 

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He’s not trying to replicate the “Leader of Men” Vrabel and his pronouncement to go all eunuch to get his team to a Super Bowl, is he?

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[Scott Barzilla]

Geez.

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“If I don’t make the Texans a Super Bowl contender, I’ll tear my dick off.” — Caserio before year three

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[Scott Barzilla]

I obviously missed something.

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Geez.

[Patrick Haughton]

Is this tearing off of the dick business related or personal?

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[MrMattRNot]

The feeling of reading Rivers “culture ball” listening to the Lions talk about how excited they are to find out what they have in the now healthy young guys, and then follow it all up by hearing John McClain compare a lot of rookies to “a salad that’s too green” in Caserios eyes is a very dick tearing type of vibe I have to admit

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[Scott Barzilla]

It could be worse I guess. We could have all these picks under a coach that hates rookies with a passion.

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[Patrick Haughton]

Has anybody seen the leaked footage of Deshaun Watson’s deposition? I haven’t seen it because I have him blocked and muted but I know it’s a thing that’s out there.

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[Rivers McCown]

That ziyan guy posted it -- it's really not all that interesting so far imo.

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[Chris Watkins]

Nobody looks great in a deposition, heh. Someone on twitter called the footage “explosive” which is hilarious. 

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[Matthew Weston]

I brought my own towel to the gym today. Isn’t that strange?

I think it’s all cope for the fact that he’s going to be play at least 10 games, some super suspension is never going to arrive, and he’s going to be really good in Cleveland playing with a great OL and run game; the exact things Bill O’Brien invested everything into to create, that he failed at every step of the way. God I hate that man so much. 

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Nobody looks great in a deposition, heh. Someone on twitter called the footage “explosive” which is hilarious. 

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[Patrick Haughton]

Someday I'm going to learn voodoo and I will have myself a fucking time with him for what he did to my team. Nothing fatal or probably harmful, but boy will he not enjoy it.

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[Scott Barzilla]

Cleveland reminds me of those Oiler teams from the late 1980s and early 1990s. So much talent and yet never got out of the divisional round. I guess the hope is that Cleveland will still find a way to Cleveland.

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[Scott Martin]

Probably will be that way until they beg forgiveness from the spirit of Paul Brown. If I remember correctly, they haven’t won a title since he stopped coaching them/had a prominent position with the team…

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Cleveland reminds me of those Oiler teams from the late 1980s and early 1990s. So much talent and yet never got out of the divisional round. I guess the hope is that Cleveland will still find a way to Cleveland.

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[Geoff Mueller]

That franchise deserves the mojo after being stolen away by Baltimore.

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[Matthew Weston]

The difference between Watson and Mayfield is like the difference between Jamies Winston and Tom Brady. The Browns aren’t the Browns anymore. 

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[Geoff Mueller]

Bruce Arians retired. Kind of a shocker.

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[Scott Martin]

Will Brady de-Unretire??? Pull multiple Brett Favres in just one off-season? [loud, retching sounds]

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[Geoff Mueller]

Pancakes announced his retirement. Crazy.

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[Mike Bullock]

...bye...

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[Patrick Haughton]

When Pancakes saw the breadth of his writing career he wept, for there were no more BESFs articles left to write.

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[Scott Barzilla]

I just saw that. I guess everyone has to go sometimes.

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[Rivers McCown]

I've grown to appreciate him more as I've grown older. 

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[Geoff Mueller]

Same. And he never bought into any of the culture shit with this version of the Texans, either.

There was that span of like eight years, though, when he clearly was checked out and not paying attention.

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[Scott Barzilla]

Everyone has their strengths. He seems more in tuned to individual guys than the organization as a whole. I’ve enjoyed his HOF work at least.

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[Mike Bullock]

Best parody line in the site's history: 

"The feelings of uncertainty and disconcert did not go unnoticed by Texans leadership and staff."

:slowclap:

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[Geoff Mueller]

/makes annoyed wanking motion

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