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Soda said:
You're unaware of Lane Adkins? Until The Athletic, he was the only person anyone would actually pay to get good Browns info. It's tapered off recently for other reasons, but the info is real and he's connected.
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I've heard the name, didn't know it was him.
 
So anyone want to figure out what he's talking about?
 
Hasn’t Adkins been wrong on about 80% of his scoop the last couple of years?
 
Binkster said:
Hasn’t Adkins been wrong on about 80% of his scoop the last couple of years?
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Unless you're paying, he's not giving you everything. I'd love to know where "about 80%" comes from. :chuckle:
 
Soda said:
Unless you're paying, he's not giving you everything. I'd love to know where "about 80%" comes from. :chuckle:
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I used to subscribe, and I don't any more. What info he put out wasn't worth it to me. He tends to be very cryptic to the point of not knowing WTH he's talking about half the time and people then take that and "interpret" it how they want. bottom line is, anything worth knowing will come out in mainstream media in due time, and nothing happening with the Browns is anything I consider urgent, need-to-know-immediately type information.
 
Triple-S said:
WATCH. THIS. NOW.

STOP. WHAT. YOU'RE. DOING. AND. DO. IT.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gZndxEvFNk



He acts like an ass at the end, but damn....it's surreal how abnormal of a franchise this is. The MNF/SNF stat is bizarrely damning.
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The part about the Ravens being the true Browns is so stupid. Anyone with that take can go fuck themselves. The Browns are the colors, city, fans, and history. That doesn't "transfer" when the players at any given time pack up and leave to go to another city.
 
Chris said:
The part about the Ravens being the true Browns is so stupid. Anyone with that take can go fuck themselves. The Browns are the colors, city, fans, and history. That doesn't "transfer" when the players at any given time pack up and leave to go to another city.
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The stats he lays out are really great and justifies a lot of anger we see around here.

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But yeah when he goes that route? I want to chuck beer bottles at him. I agree with that. The Browns are so much more than a football team. I almost consider them some sort of de facto flag or "landmark" in some ways.

They didn't "die".

Also the irony of him using the Cuyahoga River gag (OHO! IT CAUGHT ON FIRE?!) is kinda hilarious if you know the story behind what occurred after it.

Pretty much the EPA was created in it's wake. The river got cleaned up and is actually used as a success story for such things.

If he's using that as an example of Cleveland being some irrdeemable hellscape? It makes no sense. If anything? It speaks to our optimism, ability to get up after being knocked down and how "Believeland" is very much a thing.
 
From the darkness a savior will arise.

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I did get curious about the whole "Invisible" team narrative and how it compares to the post-merger Browns.

1970 MNF Jets, @Oilers
1971 MNF @Raiders Playoffs Colts
1972 MNF @Chargers Playoffs @Dolphins
1973 MNF Dolphins
1977 MNF Patriots
1979 MNF Cowboys
1980 MNF Oilers, Bears Playoffs Raiders 1981 MNF Chargers, @Oilers
1982 Playoffs @Raiders
1983 MNF Bengals
1984 MNF Broncos
1985 MNF Steelers Playoffs @Dolphins
1986 MNF Dolphins, Bengals Playoffs Jets, Broncos
1987 MNF Rams Playoffs Colts, @Broncos
1988 MNF Colts, @Oilers, @Dolphins Playoffs Oilers
1989 MNF @Bengals, Bears Playoffs Bills, @Broncos
1990 MNF @Broncos, Bengals
1992 MNF Dolphins
1993 MNF 49ers
1994 None Playoffs Patriots, @Steelers
1995 MNF Bills, @Steelers

(Wins and Losses not included)

That's about 25 years or so of people at least having a clue as to who you are in the public eye. Some heartbreaks, sure. But people generally had an image of what that team was about.

I mean the point overall is a sentiment I've felt and I've ever heard Jim Donovan say. It does indeed at times (often) with this team that we're not really an "NFL" franchise per say, just one that happens to play them. (When we had that miniature run in 2014 he remarked how nice it was to actually feel like we were following an NFL football team for once.)

That's not a slam on the overall identity of Browns fans and how we indeed treat this franchise (in spite of it sure not deserving it). Rather it's how the rest of the NFL views us.
 
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