the Browns have done to become a better football team. There is
dysfunction baked into the way ownership runs the team,
because the big decisions made by the Browns are
the manifestation of The Wishes of ownership. Treating a player
like property,
treating a player like you own him
and we're going to do whatever we want to do because we have
your name on a piece of paper. Never mind the fact that it was
something you had to sign when you were the first overall pick
in 2018
that the CBA gives us the ability to pick up the fifth
year option that you're now under the
auspices of, we are going to treat you like chattel, like
property, like a belonging without regard to what you want
to be, what you want for your career, what we can do to help
facilitate
a smoother transition because
we've decided to move on without you
see, this is a sunk cost. In my mind, the 18.8 million
when you're paying DeShaun, Watson 230 over the next five
years and you're not even sure he's going to play a single
game this. Season
the 18.8 million that you're going to pay Baker. Mayfield -
whatever he makes somewhere else. That's a sunk cost. Yeah,
that's a cost of doing business. The business that you
got into right. When you decided
to to choke the bird in the hand while you were looking for
the two in the bush. Yeah, and now you're still holding on to
the bird in the hand, see this is what's fundamentally wrong.
This is what feels morally wrong about what the Browns are
doing.
Agree. And I don't care about your contractual rights Jimmy.
Haslem. What I care about is, how you treat your people
because I guarantee, Auntie your current players in your
future players are going to care about that too.
What they are doing
is they got the two in the bush and they're choking the bird in
the hand
until they get favorable terms by which they can let that bird
fly away. That's why they're screwing him over. That's and
that's why you're with me. Let him go. Yeah, the better I was
with you. I know. Okay,
here, why you thought they were screwing him over? All right,
but the sooner, they let him go. The, the sooner, they are
acting like a normal functioning business, right?
Because, right now, Not know and I don't care. Send me
the Hostile emails. Come on, text message. Come on,
PR and by oh, why do you say this? All you don't like
the Browns? No, I don't like this kind of behavior. And even if
Baker Mayfield has been a giant pain in your ass, for four
years. You drafted him.
You had a chance to do the homework, buddy. Boy is the one
that picked him. You picked up the fifth year option. I know
that's why, you know, all the reasons we could list. Why
the Giants in pick up the fifth year. Option on Daniel Jones.
Holy s***. Look at what happened to the browser Baker
Mayfield. We're not touching it. Fifth year option. You
didn't have to pick up the fifth year option. And you did.
Yeah. No, I know. That's what that's, you know, you, you laid
it out, right? That's where
it's like, you know, they've made this bed and, you know,
they don't want to lay in it. They don't. It's like, they
don't want to deal with the,
the circumstances. They've put forth here.
And yeah, they've kind of been stringing him along here as they
as they as they seem, you know, again, they could say this was
a five-month plan for Deshaun Watson. I don't buy it. I'm
just going to say that I do.
That crap. But it seems like they've been kind of just
making it up as they go a little bit like what? Oh, wait
Watson or let's make a play. Let's see what's going on. Oh,
oh, wait, Baker's mad. Oh, oh, wait. Let's see if we can
soothe it over. It's like
there was no Chief strategy here. It didn't sound like to
back to your point. I'm down to a Hail Mary. Yeah, that's
the thing. The five months strategy came down to a Hail Mary much.
I've let your right guaranteed run Linux Mod
Squad. Just threw a ball up in the middle of a pile. You're
right. Exactly, right? That's that which is hilarious.
Thought it was a touchdown. They thought it was a touchdown
until the blowback came to yes. No doubt. No doubt go. The
Browns is the brown. They are
right now was right. Yeah. The Browns is the Browns. I feel
bad for Kevin stefanski. I do. Well again, these are things
that are not made like he doesn't. He's not a part of
these decisions. He's not like calling roster
shots. He's stuck in a really tough spot here. You know,
I know I've been 12 like question stefanski and I wish
the offense was a little more creative. Creative and stuff,
but
there's still plenty good. He's done. It's still been
an unbelievable Run game
and now here he is having the deal with this too. So you're
affecting his job and his ability to communicate with
the team like all the, you're saying the pliers and a look at
stefanski and think he's a liar and a bull crap. And you're
gonna go.
No. No, he's he's just along for the ride. Just like, you
guys are here. This is all depodesta and the group up
front, making these decisions.
He might have had a say here and there,
so I do feel bad for him there,
I do and then my Cube. Caught up. I saw the article this
weekend like
I just want to hear your two cents on it with about Baker,
Mayfield. Should he take, you know, paid take some of
the money off his guaranteed and maybe get them to go somewhere
else.
You know, I just wanted to hit you there. I guess will be
discussed. This to say, don't do that because just show up at
the facility and they're going to have issues big time.