October 9Oct 9 If his sons had gone to school to be doctors of neighborhood that might have been more help to Deion. Bad joke. I feel bad for his hereditary health issues. That’s not funny at all. Hope he will be ok. He was always such a treat to watch as a player.
October 9Oct 9 I can see CU beating Iowa State. The Cyclones look kind of slow and their secondary is riddled with injuries. Iowa State will run all over them, because everyone does, but I can see CU outscoring them.
October 9Oct 9 28 minutes ago, Chooky said: I can see CU beating Iowa State. The Cyclones look kind of slow and their secondary is riddled with injuries. Iowa State will run all over them, because everyone does, but I can see CU outscoring them. Careful, not EVERYONE runs on Colorado.
October 9Oct 9 6 minutes ago, PGFrog said: Careful, not EVERYONE runs on Colorado. I thought TCU did fairly well against the run. Or maybe I just assumed they did. Never looked at the boxscore.
October 10Oct 10 21 hours ago, The Dog said: Reveal hidden contents Baker Mayfield ranks fourth in the NFL in passing yards. He’s third in passing touchdowns and he’s tied for sixth in Expected Points Added per Dropback, according to TruMedia. He is thriving in late-game situations, which was once an enormous knock against him, and he has enjoyed a complete career renaissance since leaving Cleveland and landing in Tampa Bay. He has the Buccaneers atop the NFC South and is now widely considered one of the early favorites for the league’s Most Valuable Player award. I hesitate to mention Mayfield and Cleveland because of the vitriolic emotion it brings out of Browns fans. There is a lot of revisionist history tied to the Mayfield saga these days in Northeast Ohio. Nevertheless, it’s worth mentioning Mayfield within the context of the current Browns quarterback room because there are only two reasons I can find for why Shedeur Sanders is still on this team. Either the owner is requiring it or there is a fear held by someone in the building that Sanders will develop elsewhere and turn into this franchise’s next Mayfield horror story. There really is no other explanation at this point, and neither is a strong enough reason to keep him around. Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has proved time and again that he cannot trust himself to make football decisions, and the odds of Sanders developing into that rare fifth-round quarterback in NFL history to have any career of substance (Mark Brunell? Steve Grogan?) are slim. It’s time for the Browns and Sanders to part ways. The sooner the better, and certainly before next month’s trade deadline. I’m tired of writing about and mentioning Sanders, a player who hasn’t taken a meaningful snap since Aug. 23. I thought it was outrageous we’re into October and still wasting so much time discussing the third-string quarterback of any NFL team. But now that the Browns have traded Joe Flacco, their former starter and team captain, another Sanders conversation is at least warranted this time because he should theoretically move up and become the backup behind rookie Dillon Gabriel. The Flacco trade took me by surprise because I thought they saw value in him being there as a veteran presence. So it wasn’t all that surprising when Browns coach Kevin Stefanski went out of his way Wednesday to say without saying that Bailey Zappe will likely be promoted from the Browns’ practice squad to be the backup quarterback beginning this week at the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since they already had three quarterbacks on the active roster, the only reason to even carry Zappe on the practice squad was to move him ahead of Sanders in the event there was an opening at backup quarterback. Now there is. “I always have to be mindful of our players, and our players’ development, and I want to make sure that I’m always doing what’s best for our players and, of course, our team,” Stefanski said when asked if Sanders will be the backup. “But with young players … you have to think long and hard about that, because these are young players that you’re so invested in their development. So I’ll let the week play out and make a decision later on.” That hardly screams anything close to Sanders becoming the backup. The Browns are adrenaline junkies who thrive on car crashes. They have been driving without brakes and seat belts for generations. From Jeff Garcia’s Playboy playmate girlfriend’s bar fight to the Johnny Manziel disaster, from Odell Beckham Jr. begging opponents during games to come rescue him from Cleveland to the Deshaun Watson debacle, the Browns have more tire fires than Goodyear. Now it’s Sanders and all the unwanted attention on their third-string quarterback. At what point is it enough? At what point will the Browns grow up enough to leave the kids’ table and sit with the other adults? The Browns deserve no benefit of the doubt when it comes to evaluating quarterbacks. Gabriel represents the 41st starter they’ve had since 1999, a grotesque figure that is worthy of constant heckling. That number is likely to grow by at least one more next year since they have two picks in the first round. But this isn’t just one inept team saying Sanders isn’t ready. It’s easy to find people around the league, and within the Browns, who will tell you Sanders isn’t a good NFL quarterback right now. What you’ll struggle to find is a team that believes he is ready to help them win games right now. If one existed, Sanders wouldn’t have fallen to the fifth round. Sanders’ legion of fans would rather believe it’s the incompetent team he is with and not the idea that he just might not be a very good NFL quarterback. Given Cleveland’s history, the skepticism is warranted. But if Bailey Zappe — Bailey Zappe! — is more trustworthy to a team that has spent 25 years searching for competent quarterback play, then what are we really doing here? Cut Sanders, just as the Philadelphia Eagles did with sixth-round quarterback Kyle McCord and countless other teams do every year with countless other late-round rookie quarterbacks, and end this silly madness. McCord returned to Philadelphia on the practice squad. The Browns are protecting Sanders on their 53-man roster so another team can’t pluck him off their practice squad, yet they’re about to promote Zappe from the practice squad ahead of him. When else has that ever happened? Stefanski is constantly peppered with questions about the third-string quarterback. Gabriel, whom the Browns spent a third-round pick on and whom they actually like, is constantly badgered with questions about his backup. Stop forcing Gabriel into this untenable position where every word out of his mouth is judged as to whether it’s a shot at Shedeur. Stop forcing the head coach to field questions about the third-string quarterback every week. Just stop. If the Browns could get fifth-round picks for both Kenny Pickett and Flacco, they ought to be able to recoup the fifth they spent on Sanders last spring. I had one member of the organization tell me a few weeks ago that they should’ve traded him for a draft pick immediately after his preseason showing against the Carolina Panthers. We already know the Ravens and Eagles were ready to take him in the fifth round. Maybe the Ravens will still want him. Is it a risk trading him within the division? Of course. But at this point, it feels like a risk keeping him in the building. Cut him. Trade him. Whatever. Let him become someone else’s daily topic of conversation. At 1-4, the Browns have enough problems. Clearly, he isn’t viewed as one of the solutions. Gee it's almost as if THAT was the reason that he keep falling in the draft and not some weird "trying to teach him a lesson" crap? What team would want some rookie QB, who'd most likely start the year as a backup no matter where he was drafted, to be a topic of conversation.
October 10Oct 10 Deion's issues causing him to be a quiet loser on the field this season is making it impossible to care anymore. Browns need to just start his kid and Shedeur needs to go full 1980s style NWA wrestling heel talking tons of shit no matter how badly he plays. 3 hours ago, Drew said: What team would want some rookie QB, who'd most likely start the year as a backup no matter where he was drafted, to be a topic of conversation.
October 15Oct 15 I hope he was joking, because the $50k fine is like, 0.5% of his yearly salary. Play the fucking thing, Deion. “C’mon man. That ain’t right. I mean, these kids, well, we have 50,000 (fans at the game), right? We can chip in. Let’s chip in. That's how it was when I grew up. You know, we going somewhere, everybody, before you get in the car with some gas, you gotta chip in,” Sanders said, per USA Today. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/colorado/news/deion-sanders-makes-50000-plea-colorado-buffaloes-football-fans-pay-iowa-state-game-infraction/505a7d9a5b14b08015a0d225
October 25Oct 25 1 hour ago, The Dog said: It's clear Awful Announcing know little about the level of concern regarding the back up QB in Nashville. In fact, the question has come up quiet and bit and a lot of prayers have been prayed hoping Cam stays healthy. They picked the wrong team for this stupid post.
October 25Oct 25 On 10/9/2025 at 8:50 AM, The Dog said: Reveal hidden contents Baker Mayfield ranks fourth in the NFL in passing yards. He’s third in passing touchdowns and he’s tied for sixth in Expected Points Added per Dropback, according to TruMedia. He is thriving in late-game situations, which was once an enormous knock against him, and he has enjoyed a complete career renaissance since leaving Cleveland and landing in Tampa Bay. He has the Buccaneers atop the NFC South and is now widely considered one of the early favorites for the league’s Most Valuable Player award. I hesitate to mention Mayfield and Cleveland because of the vitriolic emotion it brings out of Browns fans. There is a lot of revisionist history tied to the Mayfield saga these days in Northeast Ohio. Nevertheless, it’s worth mentioning Mayfield within the context of the current Browns quarterback room because there are only two reasons I can find for why Shedeur Sanders is still on this team. Either the owner is requiring it or there is a fear held by someone in the building that Sanders will develop elsewhere and turn into this franchise’s next Mayfield horror story. There really is no other explanation at this point, and neither is a strong enough reason to keep him around. Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has proved time and again that he cannot trust himself to make football decisions, and the odds of Sanders developing into that rare fifth-round quarterback in NFL history to have any career of substance (Mark Brunell? Steve Grogan?) are slim. It’s time for the Browns and Sanders to part ways. The sooner the better, and certainly before next month’s trade deadline. I’m tired of writing about and mentioning Sanders, a player who hasn’t taken a meaningful snap since Aug. 23. I thought it was outrageous we’re into October and still wasting so much time discussing the third-string quarterback of any NFL team. But now that the Browns have traded Joe Flacco, their former starter and team captain, another Sanders conversation is at least warranted this time because he should theoretically move up and become the backup behind rookie Dillon Gabriel. The Flacco trade took me by surprise because I thought they saw value in him being there as a veteran presence. So it wasn’t all that surprising when Browns coach Kevin Stefanski went out of his way Wednesday to say without saying that Bailey Zappe will likely be promoted from the Browns’ practice squad to be the backup quarterback beginning this week at the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since they already had three quarterbacks on the active roster, the only reason to even carry Zappe on the practice squad was to move him ahead of Sanders in the event there was an opening at backup quarterback. Now there is. “I always have to be mindful of our players, and our players’ development, and I want to make sure that I’m always doing what’s best for our players and, of course, our team,” Stefanski said when asked if Sanders will be the backup. “But with young players … you have to think long and hard about that, because these are young players that you’re so invested in their development. So I’ll let the week play out and make a decision later on.” That hardly screams anything close to Sanders becoming the backup. The Browns are adrenaline junkies who thrive on car crashes. They have been driving without brakes and seat belts for generations. From Jeff Garcia’s Playboy playmate girlfriend’s bar fight to the Johnny Manziel disaster, from Odell Beckham Jr. begging opponents during games to come rescue him from Cleveland to the Deshaun Watson debacle, the Browns have more tire fires than Goodyear. Now it’s Sanders and all the unwanted attention on their third-string quarterback. At what point is it enough? At what point will the Browns grow up enough to leave the kids’ table and sit with the other adults? The Browns deserve no benefit of the doubt when it comes to evaluating quarterbacks. Gabriel represents the 41st starter they’ve had since 1999, a grotesque figure that is worthy of constant heckling. That number is likely to grow by at least one more next year since they have two picks in the first round. But this isn’t just one inept team saying Sanders isn’t ready. It’s easy to find people around the league, and within the Browns, who will tell you Sanders isn’t a good NFL quarterback right now. What you’ll struggle to find is a team that believes he is ready to help them win games right now. If one existed, Sanders wouldn’t have fallen to the fifth round. Sanders’ legion of fans would rather believe it’s the incompetent team he is with and not the idea that he just might not be a very good NFL quarterback. Given Cleveland’s history, the skepticism is warranted. But if Bailey Zappe — Bailey Zappe! — is more trustworthy to a team that has spent 25 years searching for competent quarterback play, then what are we really doing here? Cut Sanders, just as the Philadelphia Eagles did with sixth-round quarterback Kyle McCord and countless other teams do every year with countless other late-round rookie quarterbacks, and end this silly madness. McCord returned to Philadelphia on the practice squad. The Browns are protecting Sanders on their 53-man roster so another team can’t pluck him off their practice squad, yet they’re about to promote Zappe from the practice squad ahead of him. When else has that ever happened? Stefanski is constantly peppered with questions about the third-string quarterback. Gabriel, whom the Browns spent a third-round pick on and whom they actually like, is constantly badgered with questions about his backup. Stop forcing Gabriel into this untenable position where every word out of his mouth is judged as to whether it’s a shot at Shedeur. Stop forcing the head coach to field questions about the third-string quarterback every week. Just stop. If the Browns could get fifth-round picks for both Kenny Pickett and Flacco, they ought to be able to recoup the fifth they spent on Sanders last spring. I had one member of the organization tell me a few weeks ago that they should’ve traded him for a draft pick immediately after his preseason showing against the Carolina Panthers. We already know the Ravens and Eagles were ready to take him in the fifth round. Maybe the Ravens will still want him. Is it a risk trading him within the division? Of course. But at this point, it feels like a risk keeping him in the building. Cut him. Trade him. Whatever. Let him become someone else’s daily topic of conversation. At 1-4, the Browns have enough problems. Clearly, he isn’t viewed as one of the solutions. I'm not reading this drivel, and Sanders is an entitled prick, but this stupid fucking reporter can find 20 pertinent topics for articles of why the Browns suck and will suck for the foreseeable future before getting to the rookie backup QB. Fuck you for giving that topic any oxygen you no talent hack
October 26Oct 26 Deion down 33-0 before the half. Is he gonna threaten Utah with “better beat us now cuz we’ll remember”
October 26Oct 26 5 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said: Deion down 33-0 before the half. Is he gonna threaten Utah with “better beat us now cuz we’ll remember” 40-0
October 26Oct 26 2 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said: Sanders normally fields a competitive team. Vaginal effort tonight. That's putting it kindly. They have -8 total yards and Utah would have fewer points if their offense had never set foot on the field.
October 26Oct 26 Whitt calling timeout with a couple minutes left in the 1H up 33. Guessing he's not fond of CU and / or Sanders. Edited October 26Oct 26 by Wally Pryor
October 26Oct 26 4 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said: Sanders normally fields a competitive team. Vaginal effort tonight.
October 26Oct 26 2 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said: Whitt calling timeout with a couple minutes left in the 1H up 33. Guessing he's not fond of CU and / or Sanders.
October 26Oct 26 Yeah, if Whitt had more timeouts he'd try to lay 50 for the half. Something's up there.
October 26Oct 26 Maybe he's upset about being a great coach who has actually accomplished things and never gotten the attention he deserves versus the guy on the other sideline.
October 26Oct 26 Remind me: there were people on this site who wanted Deion to come coach at the 40 acres?
October 26Oct 26 11 hours ago, Wally Pryor said: Sanders normally fields a competitive team. Neon has coached 33 games for Colorado. His record is 16-17. Of those 17 losses, 9 have been by 14 or more points. In each year, his team has a loss of at least 36 points.
October 26Oct 26 1 minute ago, Mittens said: Neon has coached 33 games for Colorado. His record is 16-17. Of those 17 losses, 9 have been by 14 or more points. In each year, his team has a loss of at least 36 points. Maybe he meant competitive for air time and sideline celebrity athlete appearances.
October 26Oct 26 The amount of Deion/Shedeur oxygen we were forced to breath on ESPN the last few years was ridiculous. Nature is healing.
October 26Oct 26 8 minutes ago, Mittens said: Neon has coached 33 games for Colorado. His record is 16-17. Of those 17 losses, 9 have been by 14 or more points. In each year, his team has a loss of at least 36 points. Last year his worst loss was by 22 in the bowl game.
October 26Oct 26 2 minutes ago, Vermin said: Last year his worst loss was by 22 in the bowl game. You mean the Alamo Bowl, in which the announcers kept talking solely about Colorado, even though BYU was handing their ass to them?
October 26Oct 26 5 minutes ago, Vermin said: Last year his worst loss was by 22 in the bowl game. My apologies. 2 of those 36pt losses were in the 1st year. *In each year, his team has a loss of at least 22 points
October 26Oct 26 How many 3rd year coaches could take this much damage on the scoreboard, when years 1 and 2 were better, and come back for year 4? what is the buyout for Deion to go away?
October 26Oct 26 Zero chance CU fires Neon Deion. I'd be curious to know the number of media impressions they've had since hiring him vs the previous 10 yrs, or even back to Klatt getting his eggs scrambled. Win or lose, he still brings incredible value to the school. My guess is he resigns, possibly even after this season.
October 27Oct 27 3 hours ago, Don Johnson said: I've read some speculation that Sapp's main qualification at CU is that he's friends with Deion. And Deion wanted to give him an income. I'm sure a head coach can hide a friend or two on the staff but from the results on the field and recruiting, I'm unsure if Deion has any effective asst coach.
October 27Oct 27 52 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: I've read some speculation that Sapp's main qualification at CU is that he's friends with Deion. And Deion wanted to give him an income. I'm sure a head coach can hide a friend or two on the staff but from the results on the field and recruiting, I'm unsure if Deion has any effective asst coach. Former hall of famers who have never coached a day in their life probably isn't the path forward.
October 28Oct 28 Zero chance CU fires Neon Deion. I'd be curious to know the number of media impressions they've had since hiring him vs the previous 10 yrs, or even back to Klatt getting his eggs scrambled. Win or lose, he still brings incredible value to the school. My guess is he resigns, possibly even after this season.Correctly or not he’ll cite health reasons. He’s not going to want to handle the deserved neg press for a season he can’t explain away , it’s bad for his brand.
October 28Oct 28 On 10/25/2025 at 11:13 PM, Wally Pryor said: Yeah, if Whitt had more timeouts he'd try to lay 50 for the half. Something's up there. Deion is an asshole. That seems to be the reason
October 29Oct 29 38 minutes ago, Mittens said: Dear god how I would love to see this happen. LSU would be better off with Orgeron again. Auburn may be dumb enough to hire him, based on their track record.
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