Chuck Wagon

Peterman got to start because he's a really nice guy who doesn't talk back to coaches.

I wasn't aware we had a time machine. Dez is washed and can't win outside. KB isn't washed but still can't win outside.

Mainly cities with teams playing in the early window on CBS- Indy, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Houston, etc.

So use 2 TEs, 2 backs, but also spread the field and use mid major college misdirection plays...

I think they matter slightly in a sense. If the Buckeyes continue to curb stop opponents and continue to get disrespected because of what may or may not have happened in a former position coach's marriage, you are going to see a VERY motivated team all year long IMO.

I'm sure I'm just an extreme homer when it comes to him, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Haskins as the first name called in the 2019 draft...

Maybe I'm just overconfident, but I expect the Buckeyes to roll big. I think OSU dominates the LOS on both sides of the ball, TCU may hang some points unless the back off of the defense for OSU has made dramatic improvement since Oregon St but I think OSU hangs 50+ on them. OSU is #4, still, for a variety of reasons (the game against Clemson 2 years ago, the media/voters with an axe to grind against Urban) I think they are the most underrated team in the country.

I can be on board with getting draft picks and cleaning up the salary cap. The team was pretty much at their ceiling as a 9-10 win team and was going to get cost prohibitive. The FA signings concern me. Star was a terrible signing, overpaying a DT who doesn't pass rush. Bodine was a terrible signing, Bengals fans were laughing at that one immediately. Newhouse was a bad signing, doubling down on one bad RT in Mills with a second in Newhouse. I don't think Ivory is anything special, he was terrible last year in Jacksonville. Murphy is J.A.G. It seems they had no real interest in McCarron, or in bringing in a vet who would push Peterman (not even push Allen, they didn't want to push Peterman). Nothing was done to address what was a poor WR group last year. I know, I know, "Comp Picks" but they basically traded a 3rd round pick for Holmes, Ryan Davis and Dimarco last year, that's a terrible deal. Pushing out talented players who can be a headache and insisting on a certain type of player speaks to weak leadership that lacks self confidence IMO.

Which, as others have mentioned, feels like a complete replay of the Jauron/Levy era, we were a very nice team that got our faces smashed every week. Then Buddy/Whaley came in, brought in "bad guys" who could actually play, we started to win, one bad coaching hire short circuited everything and now Terry & co knee jerked to "clean up the locker room". I hesitate to crush them too badly, if Allen / Edmunds / Dawkins / White are all hits, you can accomplish A LOT quick with "franchise" QB / LT / CB / MLB all on cheap deals. But I'm pretty concerned if the true approach is "nice guy" > talent.

I don't know man. I'm at a loss. It's pretty clear they wanted to flush the cap clean in one season (and I can't blame them too much for that realistically, we had likely hit our ceiling as a ~9 win team under Whaley and the team was headed for a cap breakup). I have no idea why they didn't aggressively pursue options like Bridgewater or Bradford, McCarron seemed like a complete "well, I guess maybe we should bring in a guy in case we do miss out" option when he was signed and the contract he was given. For the life of me I don't understand why they see in Peterman. Guys like Landry Jones or Matt Moore seem like WAY better options to put in the room with Allen. Paxton Lynch seems way more physically talented than Peterman.

IMO it's because McBeane is afraid / conservative to a fault. They know everything is on Allen and they are worried about spoiling it. It would be one thing if it was a journeyman QB out there, someone like Fitzpatrick, McCown, etc. It's quite something else when it's a 2nd year 5th round pick who looks like a deer in the headlights.

Of course they are. First two teams that called him were the Pats and Eagles. Two smart well run teams that know he's got natural physical talent and the league is desperate for WRs. Well run teams take guys with talent and figure out positions for them to succeed. Poorly run teams worry too much about what a guy can't do and talk themselves into inferior players who "buy in".

He wants to start Peterman but he knows it'll lose the locker room.

I think they were caught flat footed by Richie and that was the fatal blow to the line. If you have Richie in, you have an all pro quality LG, with eases Dawkins in at LT, the hope was it allows the "winner" between Groy and Bodine to be passable, same with Miller/Ducasse/Teller winner at RG and Mills/Newhouse winner at RT. Ride Shady behind a just good enough oline, play a ball control offense with easy reads to ease the QB in. Suddenly Richie remembers he's Richie (or doesn't have Wood in his ear anymore), that's the jenga block that sends the entire oline crashing and it was too late in the process to recover.

I think Allen will be thrown out with the bathwater by the time those things happen.

Seattle is a bottom 5 team in the league.

Imo we are the worst team in the league by a comfortable margin. Teams like Indy / Detroit / Seattle might be pretty bad but have QBs who can win games. Dallas / Arizona / Tampa have holes but way more skill talent than us.

Getting blown out SHOULD be a fluke (otherwise we'll be the worst team of all time). But losing? No, that's no fluke.

Dez is the exact same player as Benjamin, only much more delusional and much more of a distraction. Both Benjamin and Dez are slot guys who masquerade as outside WRs. We have no one on the roster who can win outside or vertically. Dez (or Maclin) doesn't solve that, it's just another name people know.

Matt Moore or Landry Jones. Allen needs a guy in the room he can lean on, not a 5th round "never will be" competing for the job.

Sign Le'Veon and Golden Tate. OL needs to be built through the draft. You can't rebuild a line in FA, it's one thing to overpay a FA (and any FA olineman who can play is an overpay) to shore up 1 spot on the line, but rebuilding 2-3, even 4 spots, not going to happen. Le"veon gives us a legitimate superstar back who still should have several more productive years left and whose versatility in the passing game would be huge. Tate would be a dramatic upgrade at slot. That gives Allen two reliable players at key spots. Take late round fliers on WRs who can potentially win outside or can stretch the field, then repeat the process again the next year.

Take Dwayne Haskins.

Only way we are getting a haul for the #1 pick is if a QB everyone wants is sitting there. I'm sure our current braintrust and some fans will disagree, but I'm skeptical we'll see enough from Allen to not strongly consider taking that QB (be it Herbert, Haskins, Stidham, Grier, etc) for ourselves. Realistically, best case scenario, we are awful, end up with pick #1, yet Allen shows tremendous promise, allowing us to trade pick #1 for pick ~#5 plus a future 1st or two and some 2nds and 3rds. Then we still likely get a stud DL (Oliver, Bosa, Gary, Raekwon Davis) and a bevy of picks to reload.

The truly concerning thing. NFL teams don't get beat like THAT. The Browns went 0-16 last year and never once got beat like THAT. Outside of maybe Shady and MAYBE the secondary, our position groups are going to be worse than the opponents in every single game this year. The real question is if this team is going to even be able to support Allen enough to rule out considering taking another QB if we are sitting with pick #1 next spring. Dwayne Haskins is looking really good so far...