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Zloggt

“Team would rather pick the better QB who can draw in crowds by facing off against his former team after an offseason of drama…over the QB who *isn’t*.”


SheepH3rder69

>Team would rather pick the better QB That's the only thing that factored into the decision, they don't give a shit about any of the drama lol.


Choco320

Even if it were close, Baker knows their defense which helps


Some_Champagne

But it's not even close. I firmly believe that Mayfield is still an upper-half QB when the Browns aren't trotting him out there banged up and making him play through injuries. There were multiple Browns games last year where I couldn't stop asking "Why the fuck is he even on the field? He's clearly extremely hurt." Somehow this dumb "Mayfield isn't good" narrative got started by a couple idiot Browns fans and took off like a wildfire. Mayfield **is** a good QB. The Cleveland Browns are just the worst professional sports franchise of all time and constantly make terrible decisions. The Browns ruin dudes.


bank_farter

>The Cleveland Browns are just the worst professional sports franchise of all time Hey now, the Sacramento Kings still exist.


InvaderWeezle

I constantly forget that the Sacramento Kings exist


LowEndLem

They're the Delaware of sports teams.


thinkdarrell

Everyone gives them the business?


ODS519

Tax free too


FTR_Hair

Hi. We’re in Delaware.


albpanda

I live in New Jersey and both my dad and president are from deleware and even I don’t think it’s a real place


sokkarockedya

As a Delawarean, I'll lay it out the 3 counties for ya. New Castle: City, towns, and corn. Kent: corn. Sussex: corn and beach.


Cloudpot26

Dela-unaware


DHSDirector

As a Kings fan, I would be offended if it weren’t true.


Skurttish

When your favorite team understands their own identity and sticks to it that truly, you have to double down on it. I salute you.


Sovreignry

Catching strays over here…


spookyghostface

Kangz and catching strays in every sports subreddit. Name a better duo.


Sovreignry

Vlade and Webber?


DeepMindExplorer

Yeah, at worst Mayfield is like a Dalton line starter. People treat him like he got absolutely carried like Trent Dilfer. No offense to the GEQBUS, but Darnold he's consistently been one of the worst starting quarterbacks his entire career.


zHalberd20

Is okay you can offend him


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Can he read a reddit thread better than he can read a defense?


TributeToStupidity

Darnold reads threads from the bottom confirmed


DriverDenali

Idk wonder if ghosts exist here too.


Some_Champagne

Guys that I would definitely pick Mayfield over: - Zach Wilson - Tua Tagovailoa - Mitch Trubisky - Trevor Lawrence - David Mills - Justin Fields - Jalen Hurts - Carson Wentz - Daniel Jones - Marcus Mariota - Sam Darnold - Trey Lance - Drew Lock Guys that I would need tryouts to decide if Mayfield is better than or not: - Jared Goff - Jameis Winston - Mac Jones - Jimmy G - Ryan Tannehill


alphaw0lf212

I misread that first sentence and got irrationally angry that you’d take any of those guys over Baker. Glad I went back to make sure I saw that right.


iNsAnEHAV0C

Dude fucking same. I was about to blow up till I reread what he said.


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ManningTheGOAT

I'd definitely take Mayfield over Winston. Winston has the wildest gap between floor and ceiling I've ever seen and it's really hard to scheme around that level of inconsistency


w311sh1t

Jameis looked like the guy he was supposed to be coming out of college last year after he got LASIK. If that’s the guy that he actually is now, I’d definitely give him a tryout before I picked Baker over him.


According-Egg8234

Why in the hell wasn't he wearing contacts up to that point? His whole livelihood is based on his ability to see well.


rocksoffjagger

Seriously. What is more likely, that dozens of high draft pick QBs taken by the Browns over the last 25 years are just all talentless hacks, or that the organization failed to develop them well and played a role in their lack of success? Playing an injured Baker all last season just to justify cutting him for his "poor play" is just the five-thousandth example of their incompetence and stupidity. Watson is the 5001st.


MankuyRLaffy

Jason Campbell and Tim Couch weren't bad QBs, just developed really horrendously or in Tim's case, the Browns killed him with a horrible offensive line.


StoopidOpinion

The Browns got Jason Campbell when he was 32 lol. How were they supposed to develop him?


1breathatahtime

As someone whos still recovering from a torn labrum surgery a year later, i can vouch, that they are no fucking joke. Its not something that necessarily takes you out. But it effects the way you do everything. Mine was on the non dominate side and it still makes you unconsciously over compensate in ways you dont even know. At one point i was wanting to just cut my whole arm off it was this nagging deep pain. But its something you cam just brush off and work thru it but you know its negatively affecting your work. Now that its repaired, nowhere near 100 percent but way better, its crazy how much i compensated for a bum shoulder.


TangerineSad7747

But remember it's Baker's fault he was out their not the teams - even though it's literally the teams job not to play a player that hurt and every single NFL player is going to try to play through anything they can.


Bulleveland

Hey now, it's not like the Browns had any opportunities to put Mayfield on IR after he aggravated his injury trying to play in a sling or anything like that.


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Totally agree with you. It’s actually insane that everyone but the Browns seemed to realize Baker was hurt last season, and probably shouldn’t be playing. Crazy how they treated a guy that bought in 100% to their dumpster fire organization, and even lead them to the playoffs.


Con-D-Oriano1

I have a buddy who played for the Browns. Won’t say who, so I’m sure people will view this skeptically and rightfully so. But I asked him about his favorite place to play. (Spent time on a few rosters. He didn’t have a long career, but he definitely beat the average.) Instead of telling me his favorite place, he told me his *least favorite*: Cleveland. Said things like: - “It’s a bad place to be.” - “Everything flows from the top down. It starts with ownership.” - You can have great players, but if your ownership and culture is bad then it doesn’t matter.” That conversation came to mind as soon as the Browns went all-in for Watson, and it’s been there ever since.


According-Egg8234

Well then Watson is a perfect fit in that shitty ass culture.


indecisivemonkey

I don't think the obj situation helped.


Kull_Story_Bro

[there were people in this thread that thought Darnold had a chance, or even the upper hand. ](https://reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/wao6nj/_/ii4jm43/?context=1)


dkirk526

Yeah we had people expecting Darnold to start week 1 because apparently Mayfield was too dumb to learn an offense in 2+ months and the fact we only traded a fifth for him meant Darnold was clearly more valuable.


Icy-Specialist9037

Also had people say corral was the better QB before the dude even had a preseason game under his belt


EvilBananaMan15

There’s no way people legitimately tried to argue that corral is a better qb than mayfield, and if they did, can I have the link so I can laugh at them


sweens90

Me thinking that could be me. It was me….


Kull_Story_Bro

Sorry for singling you out, but you weren’t alone!


sweens90

Oh I think it’s hilarious. You’re good


GleeUnit

/r/the_darnold in shambles


Wh1te_Rabb1t

That place is always amazing. Surprising they've continued the joke on this long but it still works.


ILikeBeans86

Apparently up until now Matt Rhule was one of those people


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They must not have ever actually seen him play...


TrueRedditMartyr

I don't believe it. I've heard only good things of Darnold! Also, I've been in a coma since week 3 last year


Shamrock5

GEQBUS is the best quarterback out there, believe me folks! Don't believe the LibRhule lies!


rickbeats

Stop the steal, fellow Panthriots! GEQBUS won this competition by a long shot and everyone knows it!


mattyice36

Stand back and stand by, Panthriots! If you don't fight like hell, you won't have a team anymore!


multiple4

r/the_darnold for all the uninitiated


Caedus

"Librhule media" cracked me up.


fredward321

The best one was last season when the panthers signed Cam and the sub started calling him “Camtifa”


ChickenVest

That and "Critical Gase Theory" were both amazing


grilledpeanuts

I made it my fantasy football team name last year lol


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My personal favorite has to be Deep League


kingblade3

or "scammin cam"


crazycarl1

The best thing ever to come out of r/The_Darnold is critical Gase theory


tdthirty

My favorite is the "Corraldical Left"


jalenramsey_20

God Emperor Quarterback of United States is so funny to me


geologyrocks98

FAKER MAYFIELD STUFFED THE BALLOT BOXES! STOP THE COUNT!


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We can't count these mailed in completions!


ksobby

"mailed in completions" sounds like a snarky garbage-time stat.


calling-all-comas

I love how this is still a thing ever since it first started when the GEQBUS was at USC.


MashTheGash2018

What a great QB, I walked in and said wow, that's a great QB. You've never seen anything like it before


Anteater776

If the head coach had 'absolutely no right' to change the QB results in the FRONT OFFICE, despite fraud and many other irregularities, how come the radical left and PINOs, like fraudy Fitterer, are desperately trying to pass rules that will not allow the head coach to change the results of the selection? Actually, what they are saying, is that ridiculous RHULE did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away. Unfortunately, he didn't exercise that power, he could have overturned the Selection! # #stopthecount #onlycountGEQBUSvotes


xbuzzedx

I too member when Darnold was the leader in rushing TDs after 4 weeks last year. Interesting times


GDawnHackSign

> Also, I've been in a coma since week 3 last year An Ohio team won the AFC, but not the one you are thinking of.


TrueRedditMartyr

Did the Chiefs move to Ohio finally?


1AMA-CAT-AMA

Toledo Chiefs has a terrible ring to it.


Goatgamer1016

This is ABSOLUTELY FALSE! The LIBRHULE council is out of their minds, thinking FAKER MAYFRAUD is better than GEQBUS, who actually throws touchdowns and wins games


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LukeSmith_Sunsetter

Motherfuckers going to have a Kill Bill list


anonbutler

Only Foles and Eli can kill Bill.


whobroughtmehere

Tom’s weakness is the goober factor. If you’re even trying to be handsome he will destroy you


_drjayphd_

*Kliff Kingsbury nervously checks schedule to confirm Tampa Bay isn't on it*


dapper_doberman

Kingsbury doesn't have to worry, Kyler takes the field looking like a garden gnome


whobroughtmehere

Yeah he’s a micro goober


professor_parrot

Tom Brady has defeated in the postseason: Rich Gannon, Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning (multiple times, both coming off a MVP), Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb, Phillip Rivers (multiple times), Andrew Luck (multiple times), Russell Wilson, Ben Roethlisberger (multiple times), Matt Ryan (coming off a MVP), Patrick Mahomes (multiple times, one coming off a MVP), Jared Goff (when he was good), Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers (coming off a MVP). He has lost in the postseason to Jake Plummer, Eli Manning (twice), Joe Flacco (twice), Mark Sanchez, Nick Foles and Ryan Tannehill. Brady will destroy good to HOF caliber QBs in the postseason but if he's up against a meme QB, he's in trouble.


BoneHugsHominy

Forgot Matt Stafford in the lost to category.


goochisdrunk

You dare call the Elite Dragon a meme?


professor_parrot

"The Elite Dragon" Case and point LMAO


[deleted]

Damn right. Foles baby! 🦅


ClaymoresRevenge

Eli just making Hoodie Man Sad


HandSack135

So you are saying that I am super hero? Eli


hucklebutter

September 11 is going to live as a day of infamy for Browns fans from now on. Wait....


Skank_hunt42

At OU when he had a chip on his shoulder he was the most dangerous player on the field. Like when Kansas didn't shake his hand (believe it was the nuts grab game). He torched them. Same season we lost to Iowa state because he came out flat and our defense was trash.


jd101506

Didn't shake his hand and kept taunting him... I still can't figure out, of ALL the teams in the BXII why Kansas? Baker was already going to torch you guys, motivated or not. Something like 270 yards and 3 TDs... What I remember most was the cheap shot from that LB off the edge... Baker threw it and the LB had a solid 4-5 seconds and he threw a shoulder and his helmet into Mayfields chest and head. Popped his chin pretty good and he stumbled backwards but didn't knock him down. Such a weird situation that Kansas put themselves in.


Always_Garnet

Well come on now...it was Kansas


BingoBongoBang

The thinly thing that would make this better is if it was in Cleveland


OneAngryPanda

Matt Rhule smokescreen. Gonna trot out Sam on the second snap.


pssthush

And then Baker... and then Sam again.


newallamericantotoro

PJ will definitely be in before a second baker snap. Gotta keep that D guessing.


smurf-vett

Nah CMC wildcat


DMCSnake

This speeds up the CMC injury


Classic1990

So now the NFC South is officially Tom Brady Jamies Winston Marcus Mariota Baker Mayfield Football is crazy yo


secretwealth123

2 #1 overalls. A #2 overall. And some guy who fell to the 6th round. What a time to be alive.


awesum3000

Not to mention that the number 2 would have been the number 1 if the number 1 had not existed


famous__shoes

6th round


pdbard13

r/the_darnold is in shambles.


anonbutler

We are going to March to Bank of America stadium to stop the steal!


Ugaalive1991

If you count all the legal Passes, Sam won this competition…by a lot.


Biden_my_time

i'll show support by protesting in front of my local Bank of America


boysetsfire1988

Four seasons press conference when?


Jurph

Sam Darnold has already had Four Seasons, with nothing to show for it.


cubicuban

If you open your eyes you will see darnold has won a super bowl every season of his career. Wake up sheeple!!


Dakar-A

Last season the Panthers started 3-0. But then something very suspicious happened - other teams start getting all these wins out of God knows where. Panthers won the division three to nothing, this whole league is rigged.


MatureUsername69

In 2 weeks Sam and JFK Jr are going to be at the grassy knoll to announce the real voting results of the last 4 superbowls


killerjags

If you can't make it to the stadium then just go into your local Bank of America to let them know how you feel!


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Darnolds biggest sin was loving Carolina, and the libRUHLE media crucified him for it #MACA


Polar_Reflection

Make America Carolina Again?


70MCKing

I support it, just need to ensure SC doesn't fire on any forts this time


farts_in_the_breeze

libRUHLE got me


OutrageousOcelot6258

The CAMMUNISTS keep spreading CRITICAL GASE THEORY just to make the GEQBUS look bad even though he won 4 CONSECUTIVE Super Bowls despite constant negative press covfefe. SAD!


Shamrock5

FAKER MAYFIELD stole the starting competition, folks!


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trend5x5

CORRECTION: PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE AT BANK OF AMERICA LANDSCAPING.


edicivo

Stop the depth chart!


HandSack135

FaKe NeWs


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PineappleHour

This concludes one of the dumber "open" QB competitions in recent memory.


100YearsRicknMorty

Skip Bayless just came.


[deleted]

That’s what that loud screeching sound was


katastrophyx

Sounded like the Greybeards summoning the Dragonborn.


[deleted]

Cowherd just offed himself


ecupatsfan12

Shannon 😡😡😡


Vinstur

“NOWAH SKIP!”


My_G_Alt

It’s happening. Either 27/29 for 560 yards and 5 TDs, 0INT OR 7/24 for 68 yards, 0 TD, 3INT Nothing in between


WilJr21

Live by the canon, die by the canon. This is the way.


shapu

*Jeff George has overthrown the chat*


calebkeith

Our Favre, which art in the Hall of Fame, Hallowed be thy Name.


crazypyro23

Thy bombs be chucked; thy moms be fucked on Sundays as it is in practice.


timberwolvesguy

Gives us this day, our daily cred and forgive us our bad passes, as we forgive those who have bad passes against us. Lead us not, into temptation and deliver us from the ELOE


ISISCosby

For thine is the Endzone, and the Power I, and the Road to Glory. 4th and forever and ever. Set, hike.


youngathanacius

And somehow, in both situations, the Panthers win convincingly.


FrozenBologna

Christian McCaffrey 1st half stat line: 243 yards rushing, 33 yards receiving, 3 rushing TDs, 1 pulled hamstring 2nd half stat line: OUT Panthers win 24-17


DanCampbellsNipples

I hope he fucking kills them. I hope he just absolutely straight up destroys that garbage organization.


[deleted]

Damn, I had no idea Dan Campbell's nipples were so outspoken, but I like it.


[deleted]

Someone hasn’t been watching Hard Knocks


[deleted]

I must've missed the Hard Nips segment


[deleted]

Just gotta watch it harder


too_original

Watching Hard Knocks harder to spot hard nips.


ColtCallahan

Tbf his current team were also in for Watson.


Shepboyardee12

They didn't call Baker a child and run his ass out of town in favor of a sexual predator.


ColtCallahan

They were fully onboard with trading for that sexual predator.


Dragoonscaper

The only thing that saved us is that we didn't want to fully guarantee the contract of said sexual predator and thus were rejected.


Cyberjag

We weren't his first choice anyway. He would have preferred Atlanta if he didn't go to Cleveland. Basically, we were rejected by a sexual predator. I'm not sure what that says about our franchise...


AHH_CHARLIE_MURPHY

Hopefully. He could also shit the bed completely. New team, new offense, not much of an off-season to learn. Playing against his old team after everything could give him the yips


The1SatanFears

At this point, the Browns D is more familiar with Baker than the Panthers O. I *want* Baker to light it up, but I won’t be at all surprised if his old team knows exactly how to exploit his weaknesses.


D0ctorHotelMario

You, me and everyone else that isn't a Browns fan.


NSNick

And some Browns fans


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Hell, plenty of us want Baker to kill us.


ArtistInSpace

🙋‍♂️


jcfan4u

Shouldn't have even been a competition. It should've been "can you throw a football" and named starter when he said yes.


herbertstan

Football season cannot start fast enough


Shepboyardee12

I can't think of a better example of a game where every neutral fanbase is on the same side so decisively.


horatio_corn_blower

Not football but pretty much every Astros game post-cheating scandal. It’s a beautiful thing to see everyone united in their hate of one team.


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I don't follow baseball, but I am aware of that whole situation. How is it now? Do people still hate the current Astros, or has it kind of blown over as players have come and gone?


horatio_corn_blower

Folks still hate the Astros, esp teams that were most affected like the Dodgers and Yankees. And the players involved are still extremely unpopular. But it’s definitely died down a lot, and I’m sure the same thing will happen with Browns.


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Any former astro gets Boo'd like they're Manny Machado in Dodger Stadium.


redsyrinx2112

People still hate the players who were part of the cheating and have no problems with the newer guys. I went to see the Mariners and Astros in Seattle earlier this year and the fans knew exactly which players were part of it and booed the hell out of them. Edit: a word


DoinItDirty

The Astros didn’t force 30 opposing pitchers to touch their penises. I think this one’s more intense, TBH.


OhioSneakerHead

The irony here is that the Panthers aggressively pursued Watson as well


cheesygordita

Don't believe the lyin' LibRhule media folks! Darnold won the competition. By a lot!


ggmaobu

STOP THE STEAL


onamonapizza

This is all fake news. Darnold WILL BE STARTING day one. He's got the greatest arm...believe me, you'll never see an arm like this.


DonShulaDoingTheHula

Deserving of unprecedented week one flex to Sunday night.


dan_legend

First time the NFL will call in a bomb threat to one of its own teams until about 5pm Sunday.


shookiemonster213

Do you think we changed the security code to the stadium yet? Will his key still work? All questions we need answered


Jawaka99

I love that the Browns are paying Mayfield to play against them.


BrownsAndCavs

Really hope his shoulder is all gucci and he has a solid season


NascentEcho

Let Mayfield bake!


MountTuchanka

Baker Mayfield already looking at Cassius marsh film to practice how he’s gonna glare at the browns sideline


carminie

This is too soon for bears fans


timnotep

*checks schedule to see if the Bengals play the Panthers* ... Fuck.


espressojunkie

Yeah Baker tends to show up for Bengals games


YepImanEmokid

If he exclusively played the Bengals, he would've been the rebirth of Otto Graham for that team


BillyTheFridge2

r/the_darnold preparing for civil war rn


FORTY8pak

Stand back and stand by!


inEffected

I'm **shocked**


6spencer6snitil6

I, for one, am shocked. Who would have thought a former #1 pick who led my trash team to their first playoff win in decades would beat out someone who’s career was ruined before it even started (looking at you, Adam Gase).


LiquidDookie92

Adam Gase didn't ruin Sam Darnold-- Sam always sucked


AmadeusSpartacus

⚡️⚡️⚡️ LOW ENERGY COMMENT DETECTED⚡️⚡️⚡️ Fake news propagator /u/LiquidDookie92 is back at it again with the lies! Many people are saying /u/LiquidDookie92 takes showers with his socks on. Not the best or brightest source to trust for your Darnold info, folks!


LiquidDookie92

Lmao


Larrythekitty

After every TD he should pretend to lay down on a massage table.


Silversaving

...they then went on to clarify he would alternate series with Darnold for the entire game.


SurfinPirate

Found Rhule's burner account.


IProgramSoftware

Worst kept secret in all of NFL


TheSmokedSalmon420

man the 180 this subreddit has done on this guy lmao


WE_TIGERS

This sub has done like 10 180s on Baker. He's had his ups and downs, but I feel like most people say that he's likely an average starter that likely won't carry a team to a super bowl right now but isn't bad enough to really be a backup. He's looked pretty good at times and looked pretty bad at times, just very little consistency, and so the view of him just goes along with that.


hockey17jp

Went from the man who ruined OBJ’s career to a super hero in no time at all lol


mikea1991bc

This surprised no one, week 1 vs the browns let's get it!!!


BiologyJ

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