Personally foul. Moderate tomfoolery with bouts of debauchery. Music. Movies. Cleveland. Bad takes on sports. I'm an idiot. Stop taking Twitter so seriously.
Ray Lewis is trending so I'll take this opportunity to again remind the world that the NFL, ABC, Disney and Saturday Night Live all tried to scrub the internet of this TV Funhouse skit "Ray of Light" about Lewis famously escaping a murder conviction, but I will never let it die:
The Bears received zero holding penalties yesterday. And now here's a 47-second video montage of the Bears holding Myles Garrett set to the timeless classic "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips. Happy Victory Monday to everyone except
@NFLOfficiating
& Roger Goodell
#Free
@Flash_Garrett
We might look back on this play as the moment of the season when the
#Browns
turned the corner. This whole team blocking effort to get a first down and set up the game winning FG is phenomenal. They simply imposed their will on the 2nd toughest defense in the league.
#DawgPound
Two angles from the last play of the game. The refs completely ignore this very blatant hold of Trey Hendrickson, but they do call a late hit on the
#Bengals
when Mahomes clearly flopped after taking a *very* light shove from Ossai. Cincy fans should be furious.
#Rigged
#WhoDey
Stupid questions deserve stupid answers.
This 2020
#Browns
team (including Stefanski) are making it clear that they have no respect for Mary Kay & Grossi, and I'm here for all of it. (Wait for it)
Kitchens only gave Nick Chubb 6 total carries in the 2nd half. Kareem Hunt got zero.
So in a 1-score game, the 5th best rushing team in the NFL only ran the ball 6 times combined in the 2nd half.
#Browns
Both photos are from today's game. Both players are out for the season. Nick Chubb is on the field, on crutches, wearing
#Browns
gear and supporting his teammates. Deshaun Watson is sitting in the luxury seats with his wife and wearing street clothes.
(Photo:
@shawndunagan
)
This is the 5 year anniversary of Sashi Brown unplugging the fax machine so Hue Jackson & Jimmy Haslam couldn't complete a trade that would've sent a 2nd Rd pick + a 3rd Rd pick to the Bengals for AJ McCarron.
#Browns
🥂
This hack CBS broadcast crew are actually calling this a bad call by the referees. If this isn't a personal foul for roughing the passer, I don't know what is. In fact, Baron Browning should be fined and suspended for this hit on DTR, who had to leave the game, all bloodied up.
Another dirty hit by the dirtiest player in the league. If this was any other player on any other team racking up all these penalties for hitting the QB, then TJ Watt would've been fined & suspended a long time ago.
This is the most dominating defensive performance in recent NFL history.
#Browns
held the Cardinals offense to:
- 0 Points
- 1 3rd Down Conversion (1-12)
- 58 Total Yards
- 17 Yards Passing
- 41 Yards Rushing
- 7 Sacks
- 3 Turnovers
#DawgPound
This was ruled a catch & fumble on the field and then changed to an interception after the officials reviewed it. Njoku is clearly laying on his back (down) when the defender rips the ball from his hands.
I have run out of words to describe the NFL officiating this year.
#Browns
The
#Browns
were penalized here for Roughing the Passer. Oh, and the flag was thrown 21 seconds after the tackle was made.
@NFLOfficiating
is an absolute joke.
The
#Browns
might cut Nick Chubb to create cap space according to multiple reports. So help me god, if this team gets rid of Nicholas Jamaal Chubb to accommodate Watson's contract, I cannot be held responsible for my actions.
#DawgPound
The referee is literally standing right there and yet there was NO penalty called for pass interference. The
#Browns
were forced to punt. The officiating during the first half has been terrifically one-sided.
#DawgPound
Joint practice. Aaron Donald yanks off a Bengals player's helmet and hits him with it (4 times). Patiently waiting for the national media to cry for Donald to be suspended for a full season and arrested for assault. "HE COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!!!"
#MylesGarrett
#Browns
Last time the
#Browns
drafted an OL from Michigan he became a legend. The great
@SteveEveritt51
was fined $5,000 per game for wearing his Browns bandana under his Ravens helmet after Modell moved the team to Balt. Take that torch,
@zak_zinter
.
#ProBlue
MUCH APPRECIATION & THANKS to JOE FLACCO! I will not tolerate any Joe Cool slander today. The
#Browns
never would've made the playoffs without him and he made this season one hell of a ride. Thanks Joe. You're always be a Cleveland legend.
#DawgPound
Notable quarterbacks who have thrown more interceptions than Baker Mayfield so far in 2020:
- Tom Brady
- Russell Wilson
- Matt Ryan
- Jared Goff
- Josh Allen
- Kyler Murray
- Matthew Stafford
- Kirk Cousins
- Phillip Rivers
- Cam Newton
- Carson Wentz
GTFO with the "Bad throw, too high to catch!" bulls**t. All of Hooper's fingers are above the ball. It hits him in both palms & thumbs. This is a drop.
#Browns
Gene Steratore (CBS broadcast) said the referee just didn't get a look at Amari Cooper's feet when he inexplicably whistled this would-be-TD dead. The ref is standing right there AND he's literally staring directly at Cooper's feet. He didn't miss it.
The NFL is rigged
Let's be honest... Did anyone really expect the
#Browns
to start out 5-0 and win @ PIT with:
OUT:
RB1 Chubb
RG1 Teller
SS1 Joseph
FS1 Harrison
CB1 Greedy
OLB2 Phillips
PLAYING HURT:
QB1 Mayfield
WR1 OBJ
WR1 Landry
RB2 Hunt
DE1 Vernon
DT1 Ogunjobi
4-2 is still a great start.
Bill Burr break's down Mason Rudolph's role in the
#Browns
vs Steelers fight from last Thursday (wait for it...).
Audio curtesy of
@billburr
's podcast:
@theMMPodcast
.
• Ray Rice punched his GF in the face, knocking her unconscious, on camera. Suspension: 2 games.
• Ben Roethlisberger raped a college girl. Suspension: 6 games.
• Calvin Ridley bet $1500 on a game he wasn't playing in. Suspension: Full season.
The NFL has a real problem.
4th & 1 inside the
#Browns
own 34 yard line. It's a 3-pt game. Stefanski goes for it. CLE is 9-for-9 on QB sneaks on 4th & 1 this season. Instead, Stefanski calls a long developing counter with 2 OL pulling. AND Stefanski takes Nick Chubb out of the game. None of this makes sense
GREAT commentary about Watson by
@KenCarman
: "I can't hide behind a grand jury not indicting Watson either because I have some modicum of common sense. All 22 women who made the allegations against Watson might not all be telling the truth, but there's no way all 22 are lying."
The
#Browns
fought their asses off tonight. They were missing 26 players tonight, including 10 starters, and they almost pulled off the impossible. Fans should be very proud of those guys.
Sunday Jan 3, 2021. Nick Chubb runs over Minkah Fitzpatrick for a 47-yard touchdown to send the
#Browns
to the playoffs. Cleveland went on to beat the Steelers in the Wild Card round.
I'm sure Minkah didn't have any of this in mind when he dove at Chubb's knee last night.
YOU CANNOT HIT A QUARTERBACK WHEN HE SLIDES FEET-FIRST! No flag on this play either. When a QB slides feet-first the QB is giving himself up, the ball is ruled dead, and no defender is allowed to touch him. This is ridiculous.
#DawgPound
The referee is literally standing right there and yet there was NO penalty called for pass interference. The
#Browns
were forced to punt. The officiating during the first half has been terrifically one-sided.
#DawgPound
On the very first drive of the game, D'Ernest Johnson ran the ball 4 times for 58 yards (14.5 YPA). The
#Browns
ran the ball just 3 more times in the entire rest of the 1st half.
It's time to have an uncomfortable conversation about Kevin Stefanski's play-calling.
Odell Beckham finished the game with 3 Rec for 22 Yds and 0 TD. He finished the season w/ 35 Rec, 565 Yds and 3 TD. The Ravens paid OBJ $15 million this year for those stats.
#RavensFlock
Last play of the game. Chargers defensive back dives and takes out Njoku's legs. Perfect pass and the ball nearly hits Njoku while he's on the ground, literally. This was NOT pass interference per
@NFLOfficiating
. Unreal.
#Browns
I don't know who needs to hear this but...
• Baker has a higher QBR in 2020 than Tom Brady, Big Ben, Cam Newton, Goff, Rivers, Burrow, Cousins, etc.
• Baker is on his 4th HC, 4th OC, 3rd QB Coach, and 3rd playbook in < 3 years
•
#Browns
are 4-2 for the first time in 26 years
The referees ruled this an incomplete pass. I don't care whether it "meets all the elements of a catch" or not... This is a catch. Everyone with at least one good eye knows this is a catch. It's astonishing that the league STILL can't get this right.
#Browns
Here's the last 2 plays of the 1st half before the
#Browns
had to settle for a FG. Both should've been pass interference, neither were called. Njoku gets clubbed in the face on 2nd down. Then the DB has his hands all over Cooper throughout his entire route on 3rd down. No flags.
Joe Flacco had booked a fan appearance down in Hartville Ohio prior to the
#Browns
signing his replacement. Nobody would've blamed him if he backed out. He showed up anyways. And check out the fan turnout. Thanks
@JoeFlacco
, proud of you Cleveland.
#DawgPound
After listening to the entire Freddie Kitchens press conference, I have to confess that I feel bad for the guy. He sounds genuinely upset. It's not his fault they hired him for a position that he's just not qualified for. He's a good guy. It's a sad situation.
#Browns
Nothing to see here. Just the Officiating Crew Chief (
#34
Clete Blakeman) from yesterday's
#Browns
/
#Steelers
game going up to Mike Tomlin after the final whistle to give him a fist bump.
This is a very stupid slippery slope... Can you imagine if the Browns banned anyone wearing a Roethlisberger jersey from entering First Energy Stadium on game day?
Rudolph admits to going after Garrett a SECOND time after being restrained (before the helmet-swing):
QUESTION: You were held a bunch and you kept coming at him.
RUDOLPH: Yeah.
QUESTION: Why?
RUDOLPH: I felt like I had a bone to pick with him... I was angry.
No suspension!!??
So, when
@GovMikeDeWine
canceled today’s briefing I had a feeling something was up. Now he plans to “address the state” at 5:30 tomorrow night to discuss spread of
#COVID19
. Not 2 p.m. - 5:30. Something is up. Thoughts?
The NFL has at least temporarily lifted their punishment on the
#Browns
this week... Ian Eagle & Charles Davis will be calling the Texans game so we will not be subjected to the auditory torture, as described by the Geneva Convention, that was these two slapdicks:
The
@NFLonCBS
will feature an action-packed Week 16 this holiday weekend!
- Full slate of games on Christmas Eve
- Raiders-Chiefs on Christmas Day, with the slime-filled
@Nickelodeon
NFL Nickmas Game, alongside CBS Sports’ presentation of the game on CBS and Paramount+
The Dolans were too cheap to replace all the seats so now about 30% of Progressive Field is blue and the rest is green, right next to each other. Our stadium looks like a busted 1997 Pontiac with a quarter-panel from another car.
#Guardians
3rd & 4 with 1:08 left in the half and the
#Browns
at their own 45. Contact beyond 5 yards is illegal. Shoving a WR out of bounds while the ball is in the air is illegal. No flags at all from the referees here.
@NFLOfficiating
Jedrick Wills. I've never seen a LT so frequently block no one at all. He does more standing around while the clock is running than any lineman I've ever seen.
#Browns
If you're burning a
#Browns
jersey on social media -- or you're retweeting someone else doing this -- you're a dirtbag. Nothing says, "I'm a piece of trash" like burning home team sports jerseys.
We heard all week long about how Minkah Fitzpatrick is not a dirty player and how he didn't target Chubb's knee... And then just 6 days later her gets flagged for a 15-yard personal foul. Let's stop pretending like Minkah isn't an opportunist cheap shot artist.
The
#Browns
went 6-3 after this happened (6-2 if you mulligan the "rest" game). This play just hit different. You could feel the momentum of the entire season shift right here.
#DawgPound
We might look back on this play as the moment of the season when the
#Browns
turned the corner. This whole team blocking effort to get a first down and set up the game winning FG is phenomenal. They simply imposed their will on the 2nd toughest defense in the league.
#DawgPound
Here's the Landry drop that ended the game. It's 4th & 12 and Baker is about to be hit by Heyward. The ball travels 18 yards in the air and it literally hits Landry in both hands, in stride. It's hard to expect a better throw than this in this situation.
#BakersFault
#Browns
John Johnson III. This is the guy who spent the week calling out his teammates on defense for their lack of commitment and hard work. Jacob Phillips literally pushes him because he's just standing there in his way, watching Gus Edwards walk in for the TD.
#Browns
Alright
#Jets
fans hear me out... You got rid of both Elijah Moore and Denzel Mims in the offseason and now Corey Davis just retired. You need a WR.
Can I interest you in trading for a dynamic young WR who runs a 4.26 40 and is poised for a breakout season?
Jedrick Wills' career with the
#Browns
summed up in one play. I hope the NFL is charging him for season tickets because my dude always has the best seat in the house.
I was overcome with the holiday's spirit of giving today. Poor Hue Jackson just never had time to "watch the tape" when he was the
#Browns
head coach. So what did I do? I shipped him the video tapes from all 40 of his games to
#Bengals
Paul Brown Stadium. You're welcome Hue.