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Politics: where the players all claim to play for the same team but the fans convince themselves otherwise.

Real fun to watch last night. Especially those last 2 drives where everyone knew they were coming but the Bengals couldn’t stop them.

I will say some pleasant looking things coming from the DL. I really like Richardson, and Porter Gustin looks to be a nice surprise. Heard Joe Jackson’s name a couple times too. Night and Day is a fantastic album.

I lost count of how many 4th down stops we didn’t make last night. I don’t even need fingers to count how many 4th down stops we made.

That was fun

As a not terribly politically motivated person l must admit l’m browbeaten to death by the politicization of everything these days. Politics to me is like country music. It’s tolerable, but not exactly something l get excited about listening to or talking about. If you were a big country music fan and wanted to ramble on about your love of it, favorite songs, favorite artists, who played pedal steel guitar on what album, etc, l would listen, maybe ask a question or 2, maybe learn a thing or 2, and maybe even appreciate the exchange, but eventually l would tire of it and get the hell away from you. Hank Williams Jr did the Monday Night Football theme song. That was fine. A tolerable amount of country music. Players kneeling during the anthem. That’s fine, an acceptable amount of politically motivated exposure. The guy who is pissed about the kneeling. That’s fine, an acceptable amount of politically motivated exposure. But the 15 guys after him who are pissed about the kneeling, and the 15 guys after them who are pissed at those guys for being pissed about the kneeling, l’m well beyond overload at that point. I’ve gotten the gist of everybody’s opinion, l’m not getting any new or useful information, and l’m ready to move on and try to be a better human being.

My Brownie football news consumption has been down this year so l’m not as informed as l usually am this time of year. Gonna err on the side of optimism here. 10-6 4-11-1 8-8 6-10 333 & 281 3,150, 21, 12 Jarvis Landry, 88 Landry 1,088 Austin Hooper 11 1,076, 14 1,540, 8 18 4-2 Browns v. Packers, Browns!

I don’t think Tretter knows how to play without an ankle sprain. Probably looks forward to that day as his personal official start of the season.

I googled Tupa toupee and got this instead. https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/07/17/man-arrested-cocaine-toupee-drug-smuggler-spain-es-vpx.cnn

All part of growing up for sure. I see it as a classy move. I mean he could either a) not get traded and turn the situation into a circus of distractions, or b) not get traded and be a team player.

Mad Libs just got more difficult for me.

When did empty become a noun?

Good stuff Flugel. Your brother had one helluva ‘stache. Like Dutch Browns fandom very much stems from my grandpa. I suppose l was a bit of a late bloomer getting into football. My dad was a fan, but not like a huge fan, and living out of market it was tough to catch games, and for the first 10 years or so of my life l didn’t really understand the game. My indoctrination into Browns fandom was “the Drive.” Even though the end result sucked it was an amazing experience for me. Dad and l drove up to grandpa’s house, and my aunts and uncle were all there, and everyone was fired up. I was basically the dumb kid learning the game while feeding off the enthusiasm of my whole fam, and it truly was one of those greatest memories ever just for the connection we all felt through it. And by the time it ended, l was right there with them, rising and falling with the action on the field. So the next year, of course we had to do it again! Haha. Fucking Elway... Through the years Browns fandom has remained synonymous with that side of my family. Grandpa has since moved on. One aunt married a Bengals fan and claims to be one herself, so l bust her mams for it (since she doesn’t have balls). The other aunt married a guy near Baltimore but has the sense to still root for the fam team. As for my own kid, l think l finally got her on board, but it took awhile. After giving it far too much thought, it occurred to me she probably associates Browns fandom with her old man getting bent outta shape on Sundays, haha. I’m still waiting for the day the Browns give me a team worth dusting off the ol’ bat signal for, because when we get to that AFC Championship again l’m gonna light up my fam to rally in the homeland. Third time’s the charm right?

Kinda disheartening they have us picking 8th. I suppose teams with new coaches/systems are behind the 8 ball this year until proven otherwise.

First thing you know ol’ Jed’s a millionaire...