2023 NFL Thread

[MrNubbz]

Bills-Browns would be the mother of all Baggage Bowls.

Well being in the same conference it wouldn't be a bowl it certainly would be fun to see some new blood in there .But the Browns aren't going far ,would not mind seeing a Browns SB before I check out preferably vs the Lions

[SuperMario]

Well being in the same conference it wouldn't be a bowl it certainly would be fun to see some new blood in there .But the Browns aren't going far ,would not mind seeing a Browns SB before I check out preferably vs the Lions

If there was ever going to be a year, 2024.. If only Chubb was healthy.. Personally i would take Flacco over Watson all day and I'm a little nervous about Stroud in round 1.

[MrNubbz]

Ya tough to beat the same team twice in a season.Like the Browns losing 3X vs the Squeelers one year 

[FearlessF]

Cincy says it happens more than not

[medinabuckeye1]

PLAYOFF PICKS

CONFERENCE

• #2 Bills d. #5 Browns

This would be painful.

The Browns have famously never been to the SuperBowl but they've been to, and lost three  AFC Championship Games.

These memories are permanently imprinted on Cleveland fans' minds to the extent that two are known by simply two words each:

• The Drive
• The Fumble

The Drive:
In the 1986 AFC Championship Game Cleveland scored a go-ahead TD with just under six minutes remaining. Denver's KO returner misplayed the ensuing kick which put Denver in a tough spot. They had the ball on their own 2, down 7, with time winding down in Cleveland Stadium. John Elway drove his Broncos 98 yards for a tying TD and Denver won with a FG in OT.

https://youtu.be/qh8CnCVQAcY?si=GDIYLhpgMo4T7E-L

The Fumble:
The very next year Cleveland and Denver met in the AFC Championship Game once again, this time in Denver. Denver jumped out to an early lead but late in the game it appeared that Cleveland was about to force OT in Denver just as Denver had done in Cleveland a year earlier. The Browns got the ball late in the game down by 7 at 38-31. Cleveland drove almost all the way then fumbled at the 2. I still remember watching it. Initially I thought Cleveland had scored because the RB crossed the goal line but unfortunately the ball didn't.

https://youtu.be/zpILnLcsFzM?si=6ZJ2sepVIjjsLQ1K

[FearlessF]

one more champ game loss and they can join the Vikings and the Bills

[medinabuckeye1]

one more champ game loss and they can join the Vikings and the Bills

Yeah but the Vikings and Bills have both been to the SuperBowl. 

[ELA]

Lions have won exactly 1 playoff game in the Super Bowl era.  Every other fan can STFU

[SuperMario]

Lions have won exactly 1 playoff game in the Super Bowl era.  Every other fan can STFU

You don't think Browns fans are at that level? They had their team stripped away to another city, had to watch that team go and win a Super Bowl in another city, then come back and suck horrifically for two decades. From 2003 to 2017, the Browns won 67 games.. compared to the Lions winning 91.. I'm by no means saying the Lions were good, but the Browns were the worst franchise the first 2 decades of the 2000's which includes having the worst record since 2000.

[FearlessF]

Ed Zachery why I'm rooting for the Lions

I kinda like the Boys/Pack matchup
one is gonna lose

[ELA]

You don't think Browns fans are at that level? They had their team stripped away to another city, had to watch that team go and win a Super Bowl in another city, then come back and suck horrifically for two decades. From 2003 to 2017, the Browns won 67 games.. compared to the Lions winning 91.. I'm by no means saying the Lions were good, but the Browns were the worst franchise the first 2 decades of the 2000's which includes having the worst record since 2000.

They are #2.  But they have had success.  Lions have literally won 1 playoff game in like 70 years

[SuperMario]

They are #2.  But they have had success.  Lions have literally won 1 playoff game in like 70 years

in that timeline, sure, I'm with you. In the last 30 years, the Browns also have 1. This playoff will be the Lions 5th year making the playoffs this millennium and only the Browns 3rd.  Now if you want to take the stance that it's actually worse to make it more and keep losing lol, I can certainly entertain that. Both teams have had 0-16 seasons. 

Definitely an argument for the worst two franchises. And sadly, that was the NFC team I rooted for as a kid because of Barry.. I'm a Cleveland sports guy, but I still always followed the Lions and the Red Wings. 

[FearlessF]

let's call it a draw

[ELA]

let's call it a draw

So both teams come out without a win?  Checks out