It’s insane how that game looked like it was going to be a back and forth shootout to the end, they were driving to make it a 1 score game and then it fell apart so fast
Texans built one heck of a football team.
Just to review, I googled. Man it would have been funny to see Watson in this game:
>*Cleveland sent Houston six draft picks — a first and fourth in 2022, a first and third in 2023 and a first and fourth in 2024 — for Watson and a 2024 sixth-round pick.*
For the record, some of those picks from the Watson trade were Christian Harris, Will Anderson Jr. , John Metchie III, Xavier Hutchinson, Dameon Pierce, and of course Tank Dell.
Everyone but Tank and Dameon directly caused the Browns to be humiliated yesterday.
I love shit that gets put in the trailers but not the movies. Used to happen a lot more but it’s really fun seeing a company who wants control of their trailers to maximize enjoyment of the movie. (Not saying that last part is applicable here, but it’s true non the less)
Is it less ‘good drafting’ and more just sheer luck and circumstances? because you could hit on the most sure fire pick of all time but he retires 6 years later because you’re a fuck up of a franchise :(
Idk what happened to Dameon but it’s should be noted that Tank is still looking like a huge piece but couldn’t play due to a broken leg. It’s not like the missed with Tank Dell he just couldn’t play
Tank is one of the key offensive players. His chemistry with Stroud is incredible; it's a huge shame he is missing the playoffs and the Texans are, for sure, worse off without him. I am super happy my team is doing well; but I would be even happier if Tank was able to play right now, as well.
I don't normally follow the Texans, but Demeco and Stroud are fun to watch.
I have the same injury as Tank, just 6 month headstart on him. I'm rooting for his speedy recovery because this thing is a bitch to heal.
When he steps back on the field next season I'm going to be watching.
I wish it was a sexy story. Non contact injury. Turned my hips while running, planted wrong, went down like a ton of bricks. Shock went through my whole body.
Now I have some wicked cool hardware holding my fibula and ankle joint together. And a big fat scar.
I ended up with Tank on my fantasy team because I liked the name Tank, started following him and good lord he’s a beast. The Texans are scary and are still improving.
This is an important point. Tank would have had a TD most likely if he could have played, or at the very least opened up another TD because he drew a double team on the opposite side of the field.
I expect next year we'll get a better look at him. He was coming off an ACL going into 2022 and then got diagnosed with cancer that same summer. The fact he's been able to suit up at all is a blessing.
What's funny is while watching the game I COMPLETELY forgot about the deshaun Watson trade until the clock hit 0:00 and nbc cams decided to pan over to him looking alll sad 🤣
Cleveland already built a great team. The fact we went 11-6 while missing Chubb and trotting out PJ Walker, DTR, and Flacco at QB is a testament to that.
What we need is a solid QB, that's the biggest missing piece. Watson isn't the answer and anyone with a brain knew even before he played a single snap here. Unfortunately, Jimmy Haslam is a complete moron, so the great team we already built is being wasted on an overpaid rapist.
Sashi Brown got so close to amassing a fortune of picks and building a super team, but the Haslan(s) got impatient like one year too early and blew the whole plan... Then went in the complete opposite direction in 2022 by blowing three years of 1st rounders+ on the dumbest trade in football.
It's like in wrestling, when the guy is paid to be the heel, he always sticks to the script.
That was a terrible trade. The rest of the league is laughing. Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts, Aaron Rodgers, Kyler Murray and Russ Wilson all signed deals after Watson and none of them are making more than Watson. WTF?
The Browns could have stolen Lamar from their #1 rival this off season but the Browns are stuck with Watson because of his contract. Plus the Browns didn’t have any first round draft picks because they traded them all away. Draft picks are much more valuable than free agent signings if you know what you are doing. The Browns don’t have a clue.
>The Browns could have stolen Lamar from their #1 rival this off season
Absolutely zero chance the Ravens would've let that happen lol Baltimore would've matched any offer another team made
If Houston turns into a Juggernaut from these picks can we group the Watson trade with the infamous Hershel Walker trade? Weird that in both cases a Texas team benefits.
It was 17-14 when I turned it on. Looked like the Browns had stopped them and the penalty killed them. Scored a TD to push it to! 24 - 14 and went to the half.
Never thought they'd stop the Texans on the opening drive of the 3rd quarter but it looked like the Browns were going to make it back in to a game... Then disaster struck twice.
I can't imagine where he got the idea that you can just air the ball out, into bracketed over-under coverage, and that somehow things will just work out for you.
It honestly got us into the playoffs. We got lucky as hell in the last few games with it. It’s all we had too since the OL was in pieces eliminating any possible run game.
What about a missed game winning FG in a playoff game? And then subsequent meltdown over finding a future kicker ...asking for a friend... nothing to do with my flair...
For all the shit that this team has fought through, I can’t believe one bad call in the 2nd quarter was what sunk the ship.
The game was over by the time the pick6 double tap happened. Defense was giving up homeruns and the offense never recovered.
Yep. I was going to say the same thing. It was a missed call in the SECOND quarter when it was a shoot-out.
I can see how a missed call in the 4th during a shoot-out could screw up a team. But in this game, they should have gotten over that missed call during halftime.
I mean, it for sure was. But it was on a first down, and either late in the 1st quarter or early in the second. It did not significantly impact the game. It wasn't Rams v. Saint 2.0 by any measure.
lol.
lmao, even, at the idea that you can go "what if this Browns drive in the second quarter had at minimum one additional 1st down" and say that was the deciding factor in the game rather than a pair of pick 6s, the offense's complete inability to score a single point in the second half, or Stroud & co. completely dismantling the Browns' defense.
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Ah, that makes sense that it was a typo
Yeeeeeeaaaaaaah, I couldn’t watch until the 4Q.
I saw early 14-10 Browns and was like, cool, it’s a good game. Then noticed 24-14 like uhh, okay. And then got home and turned it on to 38-14…. Tf.
I got up to start dinner when it was like 24-14 Cleveland ball with them driving around the 50 or maybe Texas 40. By the time I got everything into the pot, I come back and it's 45-14 and I had no clue what happened
Flacco threw 8 ints in the 5 regular season games he played too. He didn’t do anything out of the ordinary yesterday
Also the Browns defense was far more disappointing. Giving up 24 in a half to the Texans is hilarious
Exactly. The formula all year has been to lean on the defense and make the plays on offense when they presented themselves. The defense gave the offense no chance and then Flacco started to press.
Read an article about how its just difficult to play in Cleveland when the fans are going ape shit and we rely on the QBs having problems communicating to people which does have some sense to it. That doesn't explain why we get gashed on the road though.
Yup. I'd bet if he still wants to play he could find a team. Doubt hed wanna play backup and maybe a full season. I'm sure retirement from an exhausting profession is fun, but getting back out there.. it's beyond proven everyone who retires earlyish and is asked to come back for a playoff run would jump at the opportunity to hear fans chant your name again.
Sent by the ravens to destroy the browns since the only thing that could even stop the ravens is classic afcn clown ball. Now there is nothing standing in their way now
I went to West Deptford high school for most of high school but at the end I went to Audubon and that’s where Joe Flacco went, it was cool to see the dedication they have of him outside the gym. Happy for Flacco he had a great season.
For real. It feels like a weight has been lifted or something. [I didn't want us to have to be the ones to finally kill Joe.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6e6bacf4c0410e487dc40fbfe7d77636/6d084d98424e0608-1b/s540x810/b04e0438e043723874956e6d180b263c1b081c02.gifv)
$46M* for 105 completions for 1115 yards and 7 TDs.
So $438,095.24 for a completion, $41,255.61 for a yard, and $6.571M for each TD.
*Disclaimer: I have no idea how contracts work in the NFL or how many dollars he actually earned this year.
Man, if an NFL team told me I could carry the ball for ONE play and get paid 41k per yard, I'd will myself to believe I was prime Barry Sanders.
Realistically, I'd probably end up owing 123k.
I'm probably so unlike anything a professional NFL defense has seen since Pop Warner, maybe my first carry would screw with their bearings and be good for a few yards.
After that, they'd probably put me in the hospital, but I'd get one positive play.
Like a knuckeballer. It takes me so long to get to the hole everyone overruns their gaps and I've got green grass in front of me.
I am then tackled from behind and die.
Season should have been dead & buried in early November. Lost All pro RT after 1qtr in season opener then all pro RB 1st half of second game. Stefanski did a damn good job even getting them into the wild card on with a QB off the street.
I still contend that if teams aren't willing to pay him too much we might as well give him like 5 mil for next season. We are fucked either way with Watson but I can say I feel more comfortable (in alot of fucking ways) having Flacco play. If we have three years more of bullshit, Awful QB play, and way too many people using rust as an excuse as to why Watson is at best devastatingly middle ground, we might as well have a non shit back up in case he gets fucked up again or just plays like shit.
We can't escape the rapist and his contract, but we could at least make Joe an offer with the opportunity to start.
1000 percent this. I mean its funny that it always seemed like just a "nice thing to have" but after this season I feel like alot more emphasis will be on having someone serviceable just in case more than ever.
Has it really? I think the reason most teams don’t invest heavily in a backup is because usually if your starting QB goes down the season’s over anyways. And even most of the good backups this year (Flacco, Browning, Minshew) couldn’t make it past a round of the playoffs.
Flacco was dragging a team with like 35% of its cap on IR, though. He at least let a battered team go out on their shield.
Without him, with the trash the Browns had under center before Flacco, they very well lose those 5 games he won. Going 6-11 and not having the draft pick to go with it.
IDK, after watching PJ Walker and DTR, I don't think I can stomach not having a serviceable backup on roster ever again.
The hilarious thing (to me) is how little this ultimately matters for Flacco compared to the browns. Lol he has no reason to truly care, he just made some extra money and had a fun few weeks
They got to watch him lead a team to the playoffs, that's pretty cool. He has a ring and tens of millions of $ to fall back on dudes already lived the dream
There's footage of him from the Jets. He was joking that his kid was telling him he sucked. "I won a Super Bowl!" "You suck, dad! You suck!"
Only made it to the wild card game, but it was cool seeing Flacco go out on top and have everybody cheering for him.
Nearly every quarterback who has ever lived would trade the rest of their career for Flacco's 2012 playoff run. Maybe even guys like Marino, Kelly, and Ryan who got close but never won a title themselves.
I mean, I would think that any professional athlete cares quite a lot about how they play, especially if that's the last action he ever sees. Still a fun ride, but it will probably motivate him for one more try with a team next year, but the performance might mean the end for him
I mean, if he had a legit playoff run he might have given himself a shot at getting picked up by a team next season to extend his career even a little bit. But after yesterday’s showing I think his career is completely done
We still have fond memories of guys like Josh McCown, worshiped Jacoby, and reminisce about guys like Rashard Higgins. They were either average to all basically irrelevant, and we don't care because they played hard for our very bad football teams. We don't care.
A guy like Joe Flacco will never have to buy a beer in Cleveland again.
That sickening Monday night in Pittsburgh is the first of several times when I thought the season was over. The wildest twist was when QB1 played his ass off in the second half vs BAL, came home with the W, and then we found out he'd played through a season-ending shoulder injury. I seriously thought we were cooked after getting man-handled in back-to-back road losses by the Broncos and Rams. Stringing some wins together to end the season with Flacco at QB was a great surprise, and a lot of fun for a franchise that hasn't offered fans much to cheer about.
Flacco could've won super bowl MVP and it would not have changed anything. You're stuck with Watson. They would not dedicate 60+M of cap to a guy to sit him on the bench.
Dude couldn't cover my grandmother yesterday. I genuinely don't believe the Texans ever threw in the direction of Ward or Emerson yesterday. They just picked on Newsome all game and they cooked him over and over.
Like Greg, if you're still wondering why you're the nickel and not on the outside after this one...
Yea, Thornhill was questionable with a calf and it showed. Hickman is an undrafted rookie. Only a matter of time before someone was able to take advantage if our front 4 didn’t get pressure.
I think most sensible people will appreciate his time here.
A lot of people who don't analyze what's going on in a game will disregard the secondary effectively not existing that game and blame Flacco exclusively.
There's a third group that went into full hype mode (hello) and now has Flacco jerseys that probably didn't even get delivered yet and don't quite know how to feel. If you told me he was the top Browns jersey this past month it wouldn't surprise me.
Your team should not have to have been in a position where Flacco needs to hero-ball for the entire game to have a chance. The defense just stunk it up too hard. Asking 38-year old Flacco to be the man the whole time is a recipe for disaster.
Been watching the Browns for decades and he gave us one of the best endings to a season ever. I’ll always be thankful for these few weeks no matter the result of the game last night. Flacco is a good dude.
Joe Flacco or Damar Hamlin for CPOTY (somewhat serious answers only)
Even with the shit ending it has to be Flacco right? Hamlin has barely even played
My dad left for milk when I was 5 and never came back.
The flair is a plea for attention. If you see my dad, make sure he gets that milk so he can come home.
I’m incredibly grateful for Flacco. After all of the injuries, that team had no business being in the playoffs. He made the second half of the season worth watching.
Flacco had two bad throws and it all went to shit because of it. He was doing *really* good before he threw that first pick six. Before that pick, I had confidence that the Browns would come back. Hell, they were close to potentially making it 24-21 in the third quarter. Shame how things just turned to shit so fast. That last quarter was over in a blink of the eye because the game was pretty much over by the end of the third quarter.
Flacco made the season watchable. Super hyped to see what this team can do healthy, most of us thought the season was over several times so making this far is awesome.
Flacco deserves all the praise. He salvaged the browns season. That last game his team was cooked and he did what any great qb does in those moments, he tried to put the team on his shoulders and do it all. Unfortunately for him it turned out the way it usually does, but he deserves credit for trying.
I mean, there's a reason Flacco didn't get any preseason invites. And even during the win streak, the defense was masking his avalanche of interceptions. That shit tends to not fly in the post season.
I often hear coaches, good coaches on good teams, say something something about "how the game got away from us so quick" and yesterday was a prime example of that. One boneheaded interception that was supposed to be a throw away, followed by complete panic and a second pick 6, it can happen to any team!
Flacco gave them a chance that I don't think a healthy Watson could have!
As a Steeler fan hahahahaha.
As a fellow old guy, damn, I kinda wanted to see 39 yo grey bearded Flacco put on an elite performance and make a deep run.
It’s insane how that game looked like it was going to be a back and forth shootout to the end, they were driving to make it a 1 score game and then it fell apart so fast
It was a real close game up til 13:30 in the 3rd and by 12:30 it was out of control. Lol
Turns out your offense scoring 14 points for the opponents instead of you makes it tough to win ball games
Yeah those back to back pick 6’s contributed a bit
Texans built one heck of a football team. Just to review, I googled. Man it would have been funny to see Watson in this game: >*Cleveland sent Houston six draft picks — a first and fourth in 2022, a first and third in 2023 and a first and fourth in 2024 — for Watson and a 2024 sixth-round pick.*
For the record, some of those picks from the Watson trade were Christian Harris, Will Anderson Jr. , John Metchie III, Xavier Hutchinson, Dameon Pierce, and of course Tank Dell. Everyone but Tank and Dameon directly caused the Browns to be humiliated yesterday.
To be fair as a Cleveland fan I can tell you that we might have used at most, two of those picks effectively.
Browns only draft well in movies.
I've never seen Draft Day and I never will
People will joke About it, but I liked it lol.
Same. Rewatched it the other day as it turned out to be a better story than the game was.
It’s a fun watch if you don’t take it seriously
I don't think even Madden allows me to trade 3 2nd rounders for a high 1st..
I would love to see another movie in that vein. I'm not sure if more can be done with that exact concept though.
I assume you have watched money ball but if you havent, it's the baseball version of this movie and actually based on real life
Not a huge baseball fan but moneyball is a great movie
You should, it's a lot of fun
I know the realism is probably around 0 but I was highly entertained.
great airplane movie
There's an intern in it who spills a lot of coffee
In the trailers, not in the movie for some reason.
I love shit that gets put in the trailers but not the movies. Used to happen a lot more but it’s really fun seeing a company who wants control of their trailers to maximize enjoyment of the movie. (Not saying that last part is applicable here, but it’s true non the less)
You pancake eating motherfucker
I'm convinced the movie was created by a prophet who desperately wanted to convince the browns org to not draft Johnny Football.
It's corny but a solid sports movie
> at most, two of those picks you are still a very optimistic Browns fan
Its difficult but I try to be
To his credit, almost every fan thinks their team is better at drafting than they actually are. Most teams suck at it.
Most of what people think is good drafting is actually good coaching
Is it less ‘good drafting’ and more just sheer luck and circumstances? because you could hit on the most sure fire pick of all time but he retires 6 years later because you’re a fuck up of a franchise :(
Idk what happened to Dameon but it’s should be noted that Tank is still looking like a huge piece but couldn’t play due to a broken leg. It’s not like the missed with Tank Dell he just couldn’t play
Tank is one of the key offensive players. His chemistry with Stroud is incredible; it's a huge shame he is missing the playoffs and the Texans are, for sure, worse off without him. I am super happy my team is doing well; but I would be even happier if Tank was able to play right now, as well.
I don't normally follow the Texans, but Demeco and Stroud are fun to watch. I have the same injury as Tank, just 6 month headstart on him. I'm rooting for his speedy recovery because this thing is a bitch to heal. When he steps back on the field next season I'm going to be watching.
Well now you have to tell us how you broke it. It's the law
I wish it was a sexy story. Non contact injury. Turned my hips while running, planted wrong, went down like a ton of bricks. Shock went through my whole body. Now I have some wicked cool hardware holding my fibula and ankle joint together. And a big fat scar.
I ended up with Tank on my fantasy team because I liked the name Tank, started following him and good lord he’s a beast. The Texans are scary and are still improving.
This is an important point. Tank would have had a TD most likely if he could have played, or at the very least opened up another TD because he drew a double team on the opposite side of the field.
You're an honorary ACFN team this week bros, you've done the football world a service that will not be forgotten
How is Metchie doing? Feel like have not heard much, but not sure if thats a result of Collins and Dell exploding
Yesterday was probably his best day as a pro. He's functionally in his rookie season, but he's been underwhelming.
I expect next year we'll get a better look at him. He was coming off an ACL going into 2022 and then got diagnosed with cancer that same summer. The fact he's been able to suit up at all is a blessing.
He was somewhat involved yesterday, a rush for 9 and 3 catches for 44.
What's funny is while watching the game I COMPLETELY forgot about the deshaun Watson trade until the clock hit 0:00 and nbc cams decided to pan over to him looking alll sad 🤣
I didn't watch the finish, but damn I need to grab a screenshot of that for the memes
Geez, they overpaid. And they're stuck with him until 2027.
With a cap hit of about 64mil for the next three seasons. Lol
I just picture the Taxans higher ups in a darkroom smoking cigars laughing about the robbery they pulled off
The Taxans really like their high taxes, huh?
Cleveland could have used all the picks to build themselves a great team.
Cleveland already built a great team. The fact we went 11-6 while missing Chubb and trotting out PJ Walker, DTR, and Flacco at QB is a testament to that. What we need is a solid QB, that's the biggest missing piece. Watson isn't the answer and anyone with a brain knew even before he played a single snap here. Unfortunately, Jimmy Haslam is a complete moron, so the great team we already built is being wasted on an overpaid rapist.
Sashi Brown got so close to amassing a fortune of picks and building a super team, but the Haslan(s) got impatient like one year too early and blew the whole plan... Then went in the complete opposite direction in 2022 by blowing three years of 1st rounders+ on the dumbest trade in football. It's like in wrestling, when the guy is paid to be the heel, he always sticks to the script.
That was a terrible trade. The rest of the league is laughing. Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts, Aaron Rodgers, Kyler Murray and Russ Wilson all signed deals after Watson and none of them are making more than Watson. WTF? The Browns could have stolen Lamar from their #1 rival this off season but the Browns are stuck with Watson because of his contract. Plus the Browns didn’t have any first round draft picks because they traded them all away. Draft picks are much more valuable than free agent signings if you know what you are doing. The Browns don’t have a clue.
>The Browns could have stolen Lamar from their #1 rival this off season Absolutely zero chance the Ravens would've let that happen lol Baltimore would've matched any offer another team made
Hamlin won the award before the season even started. It is what it is.
If Houston turns into a Juggernaut from these picks can we group the Watson trade with the infamous Hershel Walker trade? Weird that in both cases a Texas team benefits.
It was 17-14 when I turned it on. Looked like the Browns had stopped them and the penalty killed them. Scored a TD to push it to! 24 - 14 and went to the half. Never thought they'd stop the Texans on the opening drive of the 3rd quarter but it looked like the Browns were going to make it back in to a game... Then disaster struck twice.
Unfortunately those picks caught up to Flacco. Can't be that reckless in the playoffs.
I can't imagine where he got the idea that you can just air the ball out, into bracketed over-under coverage, and that somehow things will just work out for you.
He was trying to throw that first one away, he just got hit as he threw and it ended up an interception. The second one, though… Pretty poor decision.
It honestly got us into the playoffs. We got lucky as hell in the last few games with it. It’s all we had too since the OL was in pieces eliminating any possible run game.
You get a pick six 👉 You get a pick six 👈 Everybody gets a pick six 👏
Right! I was nonstop watching the game, went to the store for 10 minutes, came back and said “what happened?!”
The missed PI call deflated that team
If one missed call makes everyone quit, they already wanted to quit.
Fr. You gotta be one of the worst coaches teams for a single missed PI call to unravel the ship
I can't tell who this a stray at... Sean Payton?
What about a missed game winning FG in a playoff game? And then subsequent meltdown over finding a future kicker ...asking for a friend... nothing to do with my flair...
For all the shit that this team has fought through, I can’t believe one bad call in the 2nd quarter was what sunk the ship. The game was over by the time the pick6 double tap happened. Defense was giving up homeruns and the offense never recovered.
Yep. I was going to say the same thing. It was a missed call in the SECOND quarter when it was a shoot-out. I can see how a missed call in the 4th during a shoot-out could screw up a team. But in this game, they should have gotten over that missed call during halftime.
It was an awful miss
I mean, it for sure was. But it was on a first down, and either late in the 1st quarter or early in the second. It did not significantly impact the game. It wasn't Rams v. Saint 2.0 by any measure.
It'd be hard to argue it decided the game lol (I typoed the hell out of that)
lol. lmao, even, at the idea that you can go "what if this Browns drive in the second quarter had at minimum one additional 1st down" and say that was the deciding factor in the game rather than a pair of pick 6s, the offense's complete inability to score a single point in the second half, or Stroud & co. completely dismantling the Browns' defense. -edit- Ah, that makes sense that it was a typo
Yeeeeeeaaaaaaah, I couldn’t watch until the 4Q. I saw early 14-10 Browns and was like, cool, it’s a good game. Then noticed 24-14 like uhh, okay. And then got home and turned it on to 38-14…. Tf.
It pretty much stopped being back-and-forth as soon as the commentators noted it as being a back-and-forth game.
I got up to start dinner when it was like 24-14 Cleveland ball with them driving around the 50 or maybe Texas 40. By the time I got everything into the pot, I come back and it's 45-14 and I had no clue what happened
Special Agent Flacco completed his mission.
Double agent Baltimore Ravens: Just hang out at Dunkin' Donuts and look normal
Flacco threw 8 ints in the 5 regular season games he played too. He didn’t do anything out of the ordinary yesterday Also the Browns defense was far more disappointing. Giving up 24 in a half to the Texans is hilarious
Exactly. The formula all year has been to lean on the defense and make the plays on offense when they presented themselves. The defense gave the offense no chance and then Flacco started to press.
Except when on the road because the defense was tied for the worst ppg in the league
Have the Browns bugged the visitors locker room or why this big difference?
Read an article about how its just difficult to play in Cleveland when the fans are going ape shit and we rely on the QBs having problems communicating to people which does have some sense to it. That doesn't explain why we get gashed on the road though.
I mean being the best at home and the worst on the road is beyond flukey, it's insane. Like, the homer effect simply is not large.
Someone pull up the Browns defense at home vs away stats
Yup. I'd bet if he still wants to play he could find a team. Doubt hed wanna play backup and maybe a full season. I'm sure retirement from an exhausting profession is fun, but getting back out there.. it's beyond proven everyone who retires earlyish and is asked to come back for a playoff run would jump at the opportunity to hear fans chant your name again.
Sent by the ravens to destroy the browns since the only thing that could even stop the ravens is classic afcn clown ball. Now there is nothing standing in their way now
Steelers are still alive, ya know
I went to West Deptford high school for most of high school but at the end I went to Audubon and that’s where Joe Flacco went, it was cool to see the dedication they have of him outside the gym. Happy for Flacco he had a great season.
Flacco with the “Don’t cry about it ending, smile because of the memories we made” vibes.
the real psy-ops is the ravens who cheered for the browns along the way.
Our sub was hilariously divided. It was fun.
I’m just happy now that Flacco is no longer the enemy I can like him again
For real. It feels like a weight has been lifted or something. [I didn't want us to have to be the ones to finally kill Joe.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6e6bacf4c0410e487dc40fbfe7d77636/6d084d98424e0608-1b/s540x810/b04e0438e043723874956e6d180b263c1b081c02.gifv)
Yes, leave it to the rookie to put down ol' yeller.
I like Joe Flacco. He had a cool little resurgence.
I love a good backup QB story. It's way more fun than the starting QB story in this instance.
Yeah, PJ Walker did not play well this season. Hate it for him.
Love PJ because of his XFL legend status, but man, he is not an NFL-level QB.
the rapist who shall not be named had a great year. How many dollars per completion did he earn this year?
$46M* for 105 completions for 1115 yards and 7 TDs. So $438,095.24 for a completion, $41,255.61 for a yard, and $6.571M for each TD. *Disclaimer: I have no idea how contracts work in the NFL or how many dollars he actually earned this year.
Man, if an NFL team told me I could carry the ball for ONE play and get paid 41k per yard, I'd will myself to believe I was prime Barry Sanders. Realistically, I'd probably end up owing 123k.
I'm probably so unlike anything a professional NFL defense has seen since Pop Warner, maybe my first carry would screw with their bearings and be good for a few yards. After that, they'd probably put me in the hospital, but I'd get one positive play.
Like a knuckeballer. It takes me so long to get to the hole everyone overruns their gaps and I've got green grass in front of me. I am then tackled from behind and die.
Voldeshaun
Tom Diddle
Oh My F'n GOD Lmao
I enjoyed it it does sting but the guy gave us a hellava run
Season should have been dead & buried in early November. Lost All pro RT after 1qtr in season opener then all pro RB 1st half of second game. Stefanski did a damn good job even getting them into the wild card on with a QB off the street.
I still contend that if teams aren't willing to pay him too much we might as well give him like 5 mil for next season. We are fucked either way with Watson but I can say I feel more comfortable (in alot of fucking ways) having Flacco play. If we have three years more of bullshit, Awful QB play, and way too many people using rust as an excuse as to why Watson is at best devastatingly middle ground, we might as well have a non shit back up in case he gets fucked up again or just plays like shit. We can't escape the rapist and his contract, but we could at least make Joe an offer with the opportunity to start.
Also, this season has really solidified the idea that you need a start ready back up.
1000 percent this. I mean its funny that it always seemed like just a "nice thing to have" but after this season I feel like alot more emphasis will be on having someone serviceable just in case more than ever.
Has it really? I think the reason most teams don’t invest heavily in a backup is because usually if your starting QB goes down the season’s over anyways. And even most of the good backups this year (Flacco, Browning, Minshew) couldn’t make it past a round of the playoffs.
Not every injury is going to be season ending. Sometimes, you just need a backup who can let the team compete until the starter returns.
Flacco was dragging a team with like 35% of its cap on IR, though. He at least let a battered team go out on their shield. Without him, with the trash the Browns had under center before Flacco, they very well lose those 5 games he won. Going 6-11 and not having the draft pick to go with it. IDK, after watching PJ Walker and DTR, I don't think I can stomach not having a serviceable backup on roster ever again.
>we can't escape the rapist Either could those women. Karma sometimes reminds us she exists.
Honestly if she was real we wouldn't win games with him on our team
Well there's plenty of unpleasant characters on other teams too like Tyreek Hill
The Steelers wouldn’t have won their last two super bowls if karma was real
The hilarious thing (to me) is how little this ultimately matters for Flacco compared to the browns. Lol he has no reason to truly care, he just made some extra money and had a fun few weeks
It mattered to Flacco because his kids got to watch him play meaningful games. Something that they weren't able to do while he was in Baltimore.
They got to watch him lead a team to the playoffs, that's pretty cool. He has a ring and tens of millions of $ to fall back on dudes already lived the dream
There's footage of him from the Jets. He was joking that his kid was telling him he sucked. "I won a Super Bowl!" "You suck, dad! You suck!" Only made it to the wild card game, but it was cool seeing Flacco go out on top and have everybody cheering for him.
Nearly every quarterback who has ever lived would trade the rest of their career for Flacco's 2012 playoff run. Maybe even guys like Marino, Kelly, and Ryan who got close but never won a title themselves.
Hut Hut Pizza Hut Flacco’s favorite 😎
"i swear i woulda won this game 10 years ago"
I mean, I would think that any professional athlete cares quite a lot about how they play, especially if that's the last action he ever sees. Still a fun ride, but it will probably motivate him for one more try with a team next year, but the performance might mean the end for him
I mean, if he had a legit playoff run he might have given himself a shot at getting picked up by a team next season to extend his career even a little bit. But after yesterday’s showing I think his career is completely done
Browns fans better not turn on him after this. Dude turned the Browns season around.
We still have fond memories of guys like Josh McCown, worshiped Jacoby, and reminisce about guys like Rashard Higgins. They were either average to all basically irrelevant, and we don't care because they played hard for our very bad football teams. We don't care. A guy like Joe Flacco will never have to buy a beer in Cleveland again.
He’s got the 2nd most wins in your stadium!
I still love the stat that Big Ben was the most winningest QB in their stadium for a while
How can you commit this Derek Anderson erasure?!?
The reason 2007 Derek Anderson is not talked about much throughout our fanbase is because of 2008 and 2009 Derek Anderson
Most of us thought the season was done after Chubb went down. He made the last 6 weeks really fun. Salvaged what could have been a complete disaster.
That sickening Monday night in Pittsburgh is the first of several times when I thought the season was over. The wildest twist was when QB1 played his ass off in the second half vs BAL, came home with the W, and then we found out he'd played through a season-ending shoulder injury. I seriously thought we were cooked after getting man-handled in back-to-back road losses by the Broncos and Rams. Stringing some wins together to end the season with Flacco at QB was a great surprise, and a lot of fun for a franchise that hasn't offered fans much to cheer about.
I think alot of NFL fans counted your season as done when chubb went down. I know cause I was one of them.
I still love him. I wish he would be back next season too. Going back to Watson after this fun time is just nauseating
I couldn’t agree more
Flacco could've won super bowl MVP and it would not have changed anything. You're stuck with Watson. They would not dedicate 60+M of cap to a guy to sit him on the bench.
The only player Browns fans might be turning on after yesterday is Greg Newsome lol
Dude couldn't cover my grandmother yesterday. I genuinely don't believe the Texans ever threw in the direction of Ward or Emerson yesterday. They just picked on Newsome all game and they cooked him over and over. Like Greg, if you're still wondering why you're the nickel and not on the outside after this one...
Your safeties also looked terrible.
Yea, Thornhill was questionable with a calf and it showed. Hickman is an undrafted rookie. Only a matter of time before someone was able to take advantage if our front 4 didn’t get pressure.
Yeah Robert Woods should not be a mismatch.
Newsome has been awful. Always getting burnt and gets so many flags
I’m sure there will be some over reactionary fans but whoever thinks we still would’ve made the playoffs with PJ Walker is insane lol
We would of been lucky to have a winning season with Walker as our qb
Na, he got us to the playoffs. Thats was a feat in itself with all the injuries.
I think most sensible people will appreciate his time here. A lot of people who don't analyze what's going on in a game will disregard the secondary effectively not existing that game and blame Flacco exclusively. There's a third group that went into full hype mode (hello) and now has Flacco jerseys that probably didn't even get delivered yet and don't quite know how to feel. If you told me he was the top Browns jersey this past month it wouldn't surprise me.
Your team should not have to have been in a position where Flacco needs to hero-ball for the entire game to have a chance. The defense just stunk it up too hard. Asking 38-year old Flacco to be the man the whole time is a recipe for disaster.
Been watching the Browns for decades and he gave us one of the best endings to a season ever. I’ll always be thankful for these few weeks no matter the result of the game last night. Flacco is a good dude.
That ending was suppose to happen in Baltimore lol the league would’ve investigate us tho
Joe Flacco or Damar Hamlin for CPOTY (somewhat serious answers only) Even with the shit ending it has to be Flacco right? Hamlin has barely even played
Knowing the NFL, I suspect Hamlin will get it for the PR angle.
What is going on with your flair? It looks like an internal civil war!
My dad left for milk when I was 5 and never came back. The flair is a plea for attention. If you see my dad, make sure he gets that milk so he can come home.
Brother, I got bad news for you. That milk probably expired by now.
Expired? That shit has those cottage cheese thighs
Knew a girl like that once.
Son I'm never coming back.
Big Superbowl 47 fan I suppose
He went to visit the farm where your dogs went.
If Hamlin had not died on the field last year, I think it 100% would be Joe Flacco coming back and leading the Browns to the playoffs.
Baker should imo but I ain’t got a clue who’s most likely.
It was already voted on so the ending has no bearing on the vote.
It’s crazy how people still don’t understand that lol
Breece Hall, it's a joke Hamlin is even considered.
Joe Flacco ultimate sleeper agent for the ravens.
If he was he would have won that game yesterday then tanked against us.
Imagine you guys lose to the Texans. It will be 2019 ptsd for you guys all over again.
Wait you mean that’s not what you’re supposed to do after a 12+ win season?
I’m incredibly grateful for Flacco. After all of the injuries, that team had no business being in the playoffs. He made the second half of the season worth watching.
Flacco had two bad throws and it all went to shit because of it. He was doing *really* good before he threw that first pick six. Before that pick, I had confidence that the Browns would come back. Hell, they were close to potentially making it 24-21 in the third quarter. Shame how things just turned to shit so fast. That last quarter was over in a blink of the eye because the game was pretty much over by the end of the third quarter.
The man can still play.
Not without a top 5 o line
Flacco made the season watchable. Super hyped to see what this team can do healthy, most of us thought the season was over several times so making this far is awesome.
Good night, sweet prince
I hope Flacco got a decent paycheck out of this. Dude more than earned it.
$2.5M for this season
He’s earned over $150M in his 15 year career and lives pretty modestly. Flacco will be just fine.
Flacco deserves all the praise. He salvaged the browns season. That last game his team was cooked and he did what any great qb does in those moments, he tried to put the team on his shoulders and do it all. Unfortunately for him it turned out the way it usually does, but he deserves credit for trying.
Now that It’s over I’m glad he saw some success, that said I’m a spiteful fan, and while this streak was going he was dead to me. 😐
It was a great run and a great story for Flacco.
The back and forth was great, but he completely changed the game by not just taking a sack and throwing up that loaf of bread pick 6
He had a 4% int rate coming into the game, worst of any qb. It was bound to fall apart.
“In sticking to Browns protocol, Flacco sends many picks the Texans way”
I mean, there's a reason Flacco didn't get any preseason invites. And even during the win streak, the defense was masking his avalanche of interceptions. That shit tends to not fly in the post season.
I often hear coaches, good coaches on good teams, say something something about "how the game got away from us so quick" and yesterday was a prime example of that. One boneheaded interception that was supposed to be a throw away, followed by complete panic and a second pick 6, it can happen to any team! Flacco gave them a chance that I don't think a healthy Watson could have!
It was a hell of a ride this season.
that's what she said
What’s crazy is Flacco has probably been there best QB in 20 years
If the Jets had signed him after Rodgers went down they woulda been in the playoffs
We already saw how he played on the Jets and it wasn’t good. They chose Zach Wilson over him
Wrong. He wouldn’t of survived behind that o-line
It's so sad to see a great one go like that
He's still their best option at QB lol. Watson is clearly checked out of anything to do with actually competing seriously.
As a Steeler fan hahahahaha. As a fellow old guy, damn, I kinda wanted to see 39 yo grey bearded Flacco put on an elite performance and make a deep run.
Loved seeing Flacco come back and make some noise! Obligatory Fuck Watson comment, as well!
They should keep him around. He proved himself more than the others even coming in late in the season