Following another loss Sunday in Philadelphia, the Browns are headed home to face the Bengals amidst an organizational crisis as the team continues to implode in agonizing fashion.
My theory is they’re tanking to get Arch. They’re going to ride out the Watson contract, which will most assuredly get them the draft position/capital to draft him. Haslam has very close ties to the Manning family and has been courting Peyton to join the organization for years. If Barry and Stefanski tow the company line they will get through this. In the meantime… going to be two years of bad football for Browns fans… Buckle up.
I had forgotten the Manning/HeeHaw link, that makes me more hopeful in the sense that its possible, as the Mannings have a history in terms of denying teams
My theory is they’re tanking to get Arch. They’re going to ride out the Watson contract, which will most assuredly get them the draft position/capital to draft him. Haslam has very close ties to the Manning family and has been courting Peyton to join the organization for years. If Barry and Stefanski tow the company line they will get through this. In the meantime… going to be two years of bad football for Browns fans… Buckle up.
I had forgotten the Manning/HeeHaw link, that makes me more hopeful in the sense that its possible, as the Mannings have a history in terms of denying teams
Your scenario makes sense.
But I also think that within the team, the stakes are probably different.
They are firing Berry and Stefanski because they have the moral authority to do so for their failures that brought us to this point.
They also get a high draft pick.
They trust the new HC\GM to elect their quarterback. ( Ward,Shedeur,Nuss,Milroe )
It's my guess, but that's the way I see it.