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Well, their logo is far better than the baseball team's choice.

Levy was a very good coach but our defense got run roughshod by the Giants then same by Washington the next year. At that point, a great coach would have realized to take that next step you needed to step up and jettison Walt Corey for a new DC.

Apologies, I was thinking Nick Chubb the Browns RB, drafted later that round, forgot about Bradley🤪! Makes more sense now. What I understand from it is that if you need a quarterback, put every priority into it until you find that franchise guy, even if you just drafted a QB last year. Credit to Arizona and their way out of the Rosen mess. And they suckered in Miami to boot!

Sure, I certainly understand and agree with all your points. I was more responding to this line of yours: "What still gets me is that the teams ahead of the Bills didn't see it. They were interviewing him and taking him out to dinner, and yet they liked Mayfield and Darnold and Barkley and Chubb better." I was attempting to say that I understand the Browns taking Mayfield over Allen at the time. From the sound of the Browns FO, he was the most impressive one to them in the process. They put a lot of weight on his leadership for running his workout day, among other things. And despite his lesser physical attributes and more boisterous personality than Allen, he was far more impressive with his decisions, accuracy, consistency and mental speed for the game than Allen in college. Totally with you on Darnold and Barkley though. The Browns liked Chubb better because they had just drafted Mayfield.

Walt Corey was badly outcoached in every one. And yet Marv stuck with him. That's on Marv, much as I love him.

I will be the first to admit that Mayfield hasn't arrived yet, but I also don't blame the Browns for picking him over Allen. He also has a lot of intangibles beyond his outspoken personality, and his excellent accuracy and ability to recognize blitzes and defenses in college. We should find out this year if he was even worth that pick. Josh made some very unintelligent throws in college also. EJ Manuel bad. There was still a significant leap-of-faith drafting him, IMO.

If Allen is handing the ball off half the game (or more), it means we are in firm control of the game and saving wear and tear on Allen for when he is really needed. I'll take that every time.

I understand why you feel that way. As I live in Cleveland, I would offer this perspective: 2018: Baker Mayfield came in to Hue Jackson as HC, followed by Gregg Williams when he really started to light it up. 2019: HC Freddy Kichens was a disaster and that offense took a huge step back, not just Mayfield. 2020: HC Stefanski got things straightened out, Mayfield was about 70% game manager, 30% leader due to that punishing ground game of theirs. I thought Baker was very composed in the playoffs until late in KC. That was his first year there and the Browns could have taken KC. Now Baker will finally have the same coaching staff for the second year in a row. I expect him to take that long overdue leap, but it may not happen that often because of that ground game they have. This is the year to see if he's the real deal. I think he is, but he's a different QB from Allen. I think Allen will always be considered the better QB in terms of putting a team on his back because his scrambling makes him a more complete player. Mayfield's smart and a slightly quicker decision maker. Probably will be slightly more accurate also. Browns have strong OL, dominant running game and dominant D-line. Strong receivers also. They've spent the offseason retooling LB and DB through FA and draft. It's between us, KC and CLE. I do believe barring significant injury CLE can take KC, and us too if we don't respect them.

Dear dumb hat, I'm not down with the racist crap being thrown at you, but would like to point out these are your truths and perceptions which are not unique but are they shared by American Indians? Have you listened to how they feel about something that directly refers to their race? Will we see American Indians protesting the replacement of their beloved name with "Guardians"?

I agree with you but I balance it with the fact that sports is a fantastic avenue of African American power and influence over that community and almost every American community. And it is redefining the athlete role model in a very positive way that I hope everyone can appreciate despite the shared distaste of social and political issues during entertainment..

Squished easily.

Sure they would if it hurts business! It's easy to think only about the economics (and many do) but it's also about keeping people as safe and healthy in the workplace as possible. I can never deny economics plays the major role in businesses but that doesn't make it mutually exclusive to a safe and healthy workplace. I wholeheartedly agree with you when it comes to mandating emergency-authorized use compounds, but approved, proven, safe compounds/vaccines to protect your workers I'm okay with.

I get what you're saying, but if companies risk ruining their business because there are not enough vaccinated workers, then they need to come up with a different approach, don't they? To me, it's the same thing as mandatory drug screening. Some companies do away with it, or institute it individually as probation because they know mandatory screening would create too much turnover.

That logo is really lame but they have a lot of potential with the name. The Romanesque statues are amazing, one of the very few unique stories of Cleveland, and they overlook the stadium. The marketing people really need to play up the quiet-strength Roman-warrior look in their logo though. They blew it with a G-eared baseball. Hopefully they get tuned in before next season and really make it work. Not a fan of the spiders myself

Well, I would simply say every organization conducts their own assessment of risk and responds accordingly. The NFL is a multibillion dollar high-profile business and I certainly understand that they want to minimize their Covid risk to keep the league going. Also, people pay attention to the example they set. Why does it only have to be "certain industries"?

I have. The hospital I work at requires flu vaccine for every employee, conditional to employment. They mandated 10 years ago, I have been there 15. I work in research and have next to no contact with patients (maybe walking to lunch) but it didn't matter and it's been backed up by the courts. If I don't like it I can simply find another job. My problem is that they mandate it as an emergency authorized drug. Mandating should not be allowed until full FDA approval. And I'm a big fan of the mRNA vaccines.

Back in 2013/14, when Arby's came out with that smokehouse brisket sandwich, that was the best beef sandwich I ever had from a fast food place. Texture and cut seemed legit. Definitely caught my attention and $. After about a year or two they cheapened it up to the standard sliced cold-cut version and lost me instantly. Such a shame.

Thanks, I had no idea "same old Bills" went back that far! Crazy how much faster the game has become. Today even Otto Graham would get yanked after a couple downs throwing that slow.

For cripes sakes, was her husband squirting bodily fluids out his *****? Anyone undergoing any invasive medical procedure will be tested for Covid. My dad, wife, and son all were, even though two were fully vaccinated at the time. It's called risk assessment and in the case of your daughter, it would be helpful considering the trauma to her body and her newborn's. The doctors and nurses performing procedures and caring for her would like to know. The hospital would like to make appropriate room procedures for staying overnight(s) at their facility. Do you come off your "hospitals are just doing it for the Covid $$" rant long enough to realize there's a medical necessity here??? Your stupid hurts.

If a patient "died" of Covid but didn't die directly from it that is fraud. Anyone here who feels that happened to a family member should report it. I have no doubt that this happened to at least a small degree but fraud creates a wealth of repercussions to physicians and the hospital. If it happened to anyone here then report it so we can see if it is of any significance. I personally doubt it.

I found many more but they were dated winter and early spring. Some papers give content to sites like MSN and will allow free access but if you try and follow links within the article to other stories they're paywalled. Obviously there's the older model that gives access to like 5 per month then $$.

I am not labeling you as anti-vax or any such thing, and thanks for being willing to get jabbed. Nor do I feel anyone who doesn't get jabbed is a flake or anything worse. One of my problems is with those who have poor or incorrect reasons for making their arguments. And yes, congratulations, you found one legitimate "first responder". Then you quote a KFF study that essentially looks at anyone who interacts with patients in some way ("frontline workers"), which includes appointment takers to cleaning staff. If you want to argue health care workers, doctors and nurses, or first responders then realize those are all different groups, especially in terms of their risk or perceived risk to contracting Covid. That is why I feel your Houston example really doesn't support your first responder argument.

178 haven't gotten it. Not sure if any of those are actually first responders as the article doesn't say. You do understand "first responders" refers to emergency situations not simply hospital healthcare workers? Meanwhile, 24,947 of the healthcare workers in that hospital system are fully vaccinated. I'd say you're undermining your own argument far more than supporting it.

This without a doubt was THE defining moment for McDermott and the FO. 1. Despite the coachspeak and kind words, they proved they understood TT's future with the team. 2. Rallying the team to rebound where in past years they easily tank. Yep, our future started to need sunglasses after these two games.

I certainly agree this all became political and it's truly sad. From Cuomo to Trump. All the distancing, disinfecting and masking would be employed for any pandemic virus, it wasn't based on influenza. We haven't done any of that for influenza in my lifetime. Viruses can't infect anyone if they don't have access to hosts. It's that simple. But certainly as the science developed, the disinfecting took a back seat for this virus. Just as paper masks block air, they will therefore block much of the larger water particles and a good percent of the particles that remain aerosolized. The masks help protect those around you. Schools had success because of the masks and distancing, so I don't understand what you're referring to as "bad science"? Case numbers are reflective of many factors not just masking and distancing.