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Agreed it will be harder to break with the past given bolded sentence above. Gordon was the past example I immediately thought of as well, and he didn't have local enablers.Not paying him anything but with Nick Chubb on the roster I don't see the point other than to keep him off another roster. First sign of a problem they cut him and essentially end his career, don't think he would get a third chance given today's environment. Also allows you to trade Duke Johnson if the kid gets his head straightened out. Personally don't think he will, a couple of the episodes that came to light happened in the CLE area, he's from the area, his posse will be around him 24/7, just don't see how it works out.
Guess we were feeling the drama gap from cutting ties with Josh Gordon
Exactly, very smart move by the Browns.
The argument can be made that if he only gets 6 games, but he comes back and is only getting back-up/COP back work (or is relegated to ST/3rd string), his value next offseason will not be as high as if he came back to a team that gave him more work (and he does well with that extra work). If he signed with the Ravens, and after 6 games, when he comes back, they have Alex Collins sucking, Gus Edwards looking like a UDFA, and Dixon suspended/hurt again, Hunt could be in line for a lot of work, and if he does well with that work over the last 1/2 of the season, his value in the 2020 off-season would be high.
In the NFL, a RFA has 3 or more accrued seasons, and has at least 6 or more regular season games with his club. Next year would be Hunt's 3rd year, but I'm not sure how last season (or his suspension from next year) factors into that. Also not sure how his release from KC impacts it either.
Conversely, the Browns offense could really light it up benefiting from a full offseason of working together instead of 14 games from a QB that was thrown into the mix and asked to perform. There is plenty of room on a team with a humming offense for Kareem Hunt to showcase and if he's as good as we've seen, he will garner attention. You cna't leave talent on the bench unless you are Hue Jackson.
As someone with multiple shares, I'm not panicking. It's yesterday's price or hold.
Ima have to let it marinate in most of my leagues, a lot of inactivity this time of the year.
Saving this brilliance for posterity. Well done, well done
He's a 2nd year player, go out and earn your spot and keep Hunt on the bench. If he gets butt hurt over this his career int he NFL is going to be short lived. And that's probably another ancillary benefit to all this. Keep everyone competitive. The former Browns had a nasty habit of handing people jobs with little competition to earn it. Iron sharpens iron.
I'm not sure this is a sure fire winning move, but these people know way more than I do. It seems like people are getting caught up in the championship window is only open while your QB is on a cost controlled contract. I think the Browns are more than a year away though so this move doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
They are but the playoffs next season is a very realistic goal to me. Once you get in the dance, who knows? If they can add some key pieces in the offseason & via free agency, no reason to think they can't challenge to go deep in the playoffs.
Maybe I'm just jealous. The Lions haven't turned anything around in my lifetime. The only thing I had going for me was "at least they aren't the Browns."
Reading this thread it’s pretty clear that there remains a huge disconnect in how NFL teams and fantasy players think about RBs. Fantasy players think of them like gold and NFL GMs think of them closer to toilet paper. I imagine the Browns hope to keep both players on cost controlled deals past next season and they couldn’t care less if Chubb feels alienated
