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totally agree - Pickett is not necessary at this point and they should be able to flip him for a late pick. Waste giving him reps. Flacco should be the vet week 1 starter with one of the rooks taking over after a few weeks. Let the 2 rooks battle it out for a week or 2 then make the call. TC reps are gold for rooks and cant split it 4 ways.
The longer they can have Sanders sit and learn the better. He very well could end up the starter but once they go to him there is no turning back. The longer they can delay that the better. Flacco wil be the guy out of the gates until he isn't. If CLE struggles early I know there will be calls for Sanders to play but the longer he can sit the better. Even if he has to sit a full year that would be good for his development and learning the offence.
I'd even say longer than a "few weeks" - like half the season or more.
Not unfair but tough situation - going to likely be a lost season and the heat will be on the coaching staff to pivot away from the 40 yr old with no future to the shiny new toys. And having 2 of them makes it worse because if they put one in and they look shaky the crowd can just turn to the other. I liked how the Giants did it with Eli and the Flacons with Pennix - give the kid a few starts at the end of the season and thats it. Very rare though
I agree that if they can wait to give the starts later in the season that would be best. Even the great Mahomes sat to start his career. It is really for the best to have these guys sit.
Until they’re out of the playoffs. Which could be mid season but I think they’ll surprise a bit.
I feel like Pickett makes more sense to keep than Flacco. At least there is some potential upside there. Though nothing is stopping them from keeping 4 QBs.
Strongly disagree. There's no reason to protect Pickett, only challenge him. While they'll approach this season like they're trying to compete, this team knows they aren't playing for 2025. I assume Kenny ain't it, but what's the upside to play this card close to the vest? Maybe they recoup a 4 instead of the 5 they gave up to get him? Like a fart in the wind. If he crumbles, oh well, move on. If he shows a little something, okay, you got the following opportunity:
I'm not following the "opportunity" angle. I'm seeing 1-5, at best, against that slate. If Pickett starts those games his value won't increase (5% chance at best).
I, too, see 1-5 as a likely outcome. I don't understand why you have any interest in protecting the investment. As you summarized, the best case return is nominal unless he vastly exceeds expectations, so why hold anything back?
They should protect him so he doesn't pop an Achilles in TC and put them on the hook for his contract and send his value to zero.
Again, strongly disagree. The Browns investment in him is a modest salary and potential ROI if moved day 3 compensation if another team gets boxed in. This on a team going nowhere fast without competent QB play. Zero reason to play this one safe.
Do you see Pickett having long term starting QB upside? If so, I understand your position.
No. I laughed at the pick when it was originally made. He's a reclamation dart throw.
Smart.
41 mph over the limit is pretty damn fast. Nobody was hurt, there was no crash, there are no drugs or alcohol involved, so there's that. Anyone doing 101 is very lucky not to have crashed.
If he's smart (and/or getting good advice) he'll pay the fine. We'll see.
Even this may be optimistic.
For those not following a long, my comment was in reference to Pickett not Shedeur.
I am not endorsing driving 101, but it is not that fast. This is a non-issue. Most young men have driven that fast, I suspect.
101 in a *truck* is a heck of a lot more dangerous than 101 in a car.
Curious which game they win of those 6?
Perhaps he doesn't realize you change the radio station with the knob on the dash instead of the gas pedal?
Fair point, and it was in the middle of the night when there was hopefully little to no traffic. The risk depends on a lot of factors. I used to max out my Mustang on the way to work on a long, straight portion of an empty state route at 4:00am. But even that I consider very stupid.
Not a "big deal" even if you did drive 100mph, crash into people and injure them, flee the scene, and get charged for several felonies,
I posted it literally right above you.
Literally my first thought. "I remember when I was that age"
Yep. We can talk all day about arm talent, physical size and every other tangible QB quality that wows the average scout, but the hallmark of just about every franchise QB is making good decisions, and Sanders is, by most accounts, consistently not making good decisions. Some don't want to hear it, but there is a reason why no team in the NFL thought he was anything more than a 5th round pick.
Also not an endorsement, but given the location and time of day it wouldn't surprise me if those 2 vehicles were the only ones within eye sight at the time of the incident.
That's a really polite way of saying he's an idiot. He's an idiot. He fell to round 5 solely because of it, and instead of that being a wakeup call, its seems like he's still refusing to fix it.
Maybe you should take advantage of FBGs new Safe Space Forum.
