CLEVELAND, OHIO (TheOBR.com) - Good morning, Cleveland Browns fans!
Do you feel it? There's a crispness in the air here in Northern Ohio. There's a pronounced spring in my step. Breathe deep. The Buckeyes play tomorrow. Football season is finally here, folks! Who knows what it will bring?
I mean, we all have suspicions about what will happen with the Browns as this season progresses, but, right now, there are infinite possibilities for surprises and career years. If a chunky older man can be giddy, well, let him be giddy. I declare I will not be institutionalized for it.
My beloved pumpkin spice coffee is even back on store shelves. Don't even try to bring me down with your vicious attacks on my choice of caffeine delivery system - I won't listen. There's nothing that can get me down now.
Oh, and there is still our 75%-off annual subscription offer just one click away through this weekend. You know you want to join us. You know it. Despite my spurious coffee choices, you know I wouldn't lead you astray.
Alright, you expect me to bloviate here, so let me bloviate.
THIS IS YOUR TEAM ON OWNER
I'm old enough to remember those commercials from way back in the 1980s where a confident-sounding man fried an egg and said, "This is your brain on drugs". Even when I was young, it was inevitable that I would gain weight as I grew older, because I looked at that fried egg and thought to myself, "That looks delicious". I guess I missed the point.
But just like drugs can fry your brain, owners can fry your favorite NFL team, and Jerry Jones has the Dallas Cowboys bubbling in hot fat for sure.
I know I give NFL owners a hard time in this space. Many of them have no clue what they're doing, having inherited their teams and so on. I should be filled with respect for these men of industry, but it's just not happening. Granted, we got off on the wrong foot in 1995 when just about all of them voted to move the then-Browns to Baltimore.
In case you've been busy hoarding delicious pumpkin spice coffee for the bleak Spring and Summer months ahead, you know that Jones dealt future Hall of Famer Micah Parsons to one of his NFL competitors yesterday, at once making a fool of himself and guaranteeing that the Browns' Week 3 opponent will be that much fiercer.
Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones (Photo: Getty)
Jones didn't make anything better by mispronouncing Parsons' name at last night's press conference.
One thing I must give Jimmy Haslam credit for is that he seems to learn from his mistakes. He was once infamous for being impatient, firing people after just a single year. That didn't work, so now he's famously patient with his front office. He also isn't meddling in personnel matters, or doesn't seem to be.
You know that saying that a defendant makes the worst possible lawyer? Well, NFL owners make the worst possible GM. I'm glad I'm not a Cowboys fan.
TRAVIS KELCE WOULD MAKE A BAD GM
I can't blame Travis Kelce if his mind is in bizarre places. The guy is engaged to the world's most famous pop singer, after all, and he might be a little detached from reality at times.
But I wouldn't suggest anyone find a front office role for him after his playing days are over.
The awesome tight end told the world on his podcast last week that the Browns should go ahead and start Shedeur Sanders because it's what the people want.
Listen, Travis, the people want a lot of things. They want to listen to Taylor Swift songs, for example, which may or may not be the right decision based on one's music taste. People are going to hate hate hate, after all.
But that doesn't mean that the public's choices are good ones, especially when it comes to football. I remember a ballroom exploding in joy as the Browns announced the draft pick of Johnny Manziel. (The video of this reaction at an ESPN Cleveland draft event has since been taken down.)
Let the professional personnel people make that judgment, Travis. You clearly aren't one.
Have a good one! GO BROWNS!
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FEATURED LINKS
My dark cynical heart sometimes has good instincts, but I know what happens when teams or leagues control journalism. (awfulannouncing.com)
Bleacher Report thinks that the Browns will trade Greg Newsome despite the injury to M.J. Emerson. Please catch up on current events. - (bleacherreport.com)
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THE LIFT
Positive news from the world of sports and beyond...
Coastal living and ocean air may add years to your life, new study finds - (goodgoodgood.co)
Each of the last three summers, I have taken a trip to a house near a beach in a mid-Atlantic state, set up a chair, and rejoiced in being by the ocean. It energizes me for weeks, so I'm pretty convinced that there's something to the notion that living by the coast makes one live longer.
I'm hoping that there's something to be said for living by really big lakes, too.
WRAPPING UP
When not pretending to smell salty air in a swing in a Willoughby park, Barry McBride is the Publisher and Founder of the OBR and bloviates this nonsense every morning. You can follow him on Twitter @barrymcbride or write him at barry@theobr.com if you are so compelled.
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