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This schedule is awesome. Bye week late in season when we’ll need it, right before we play the Chiefs too. Lots of primetime games as well. Definitely looks tough but let’s go!

I do like the spreadsheet to help consolidate everything 😎, thanks for doing that and sharing.

Jax is on 10/8.

If true, sounds like a great winter getaway trip. Plus playing Jax in London; We gotta have at least two home night games, don’t we?

Or you could look at it like Rodgers will be fresh to start the year and it’s good for the Jets. Good litmus test for both teams to start the year though.

Both the players and us fans deserve a warmer weather game next Dec…let’s go NFL!

Wanted a distraction from those concerned about Josh’s fashion choices.

Now is Beane’s chance to swoop back in: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/05/09/browns-waive-marquez-stevenson/amp/

Who might have the least hope? Pats* fans*?

Cobbs is washed up IMO, but Rodgers is going to have as good a surrounding team as he’s maybe had in his career. I’m thinking the Jets are going to be a different animal than a Tua or Russell Wilson led team. Hope I’m wrong.

If he weren’t feeling so tense these days, he likely wouldn’t have the urge to drive so fast. On the bright side, this should earn him a raise with the Browns.

Thanks for the thread. Given the new additions, I think you’re a little heavy in terms of production for Diggs, Davis & Knox, and overall TDs. With the new mouths to feed and younger players developing (Cook, Shakir), I’d see some of the vets’ getting relief in targets. But who knows, could open some of them up more instead! Will be interesting to see where Dorsey wants to go with this offense.

Who needs linebackers if the RB can’t get past our D-line? 😎

One thing I’ve always struggled to factor in is players aging. Early in a career, you hope that a player will see jumps in their play relative to prior season (a guy like Rousseau). At the other end of the spectrum, it’s not unreasonable to assume that other guys’ performance starts to trail off due to age and injury (Morse, Diggs, Miller, Poyer, Hyde, White, etc.). I’m definitely optimistic about the off-season moves, but one can’t just assume that all returnees will be able to play at the same level as last season as well.

Big picture we were 13-3 last year, played flat against the Bengals. The off-season moves coupled with our QB should continue to position this team as an AFC favorite and threat to win it all. Only time will tell final outcome of 2023.

Davis averaged over 6/game in 2022, Knox just over 4/game. Don’t see Knox surpassing Davis in 2023 now that we have Kincaid, and Kincaid will be lucky to have more targets than Knox given that he is a rookie and will be new to the offense. A Davis injury is the only thing that should keep him from being #2 in targets again.

Even some of the defensive adds like Rapp and Dorian are known for being physical too. Adding physicality appears to be a theme.

I’m intrigued by what his addition will. mean for this defense too. For instance, is he going to fill a pass coverage role that Tremaine was responsible for?

Right, why would we play MORE 4-3, if our linebacker group is going to be weaker and we have guys like Taron, Siran and Rapp in the secondary? Going more 4-3, you put two question marks on the field as opposed to one.

First thought when I saw Shorter was ba-bye to Kumerow too.

If Kincaid puts up these stats, I’d be happy with it. Knox didn’t even put up those stats his first two seasons. There’s other mouths to feed in this offense. Kincaid hopefully adds another dimension that also helps boost the rest of the offense too.