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posted by BR1986FB
League hates the Browns. Supposedly game has been moved to Detroit. Who do the Bills play on Thanksgiving Day? Shocker, Detroit.
The league hates the Browns because their away game is being played in Detroit instead of Buffalo, in front of their home fans? Where should it have been played?
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Thu, Nov 17, 2022 8:33 PM
posted by BR1986FB
League hates the Browns. Supposedly game has been moved to Detroit. Who do the Bills play on Thanksgiving Day? Shocker, Detroit.
Why does the league hate the Browns? Because of Watson? Doubt it.
What is a closer location?
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posted by BR1986FB
Probably in the minority here but the weather conditions, with the Browns running game, give them an advantage in Buffalo. Sending the game to Detroit ensures a Buffalo boat race. Browns have a punchers chance in shitty conditions.
Agreed with this. Jets fans are also not a fan of the game being moved to Detroit.
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The Bills lose out on a home game and have to go play a neutral spot against a franchise with a respectable fan base that will travel. That doesn’t exactly seem favorable to them.
Bills aren’t exactly looking indestructible right now so it’s not impossible for Cleveland to steal this one.
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I'm not sure why people think the league hates the Browns. They aren't an elite franchise nor a disaster, they're one of twenty or so middle of the pack franchises.
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I will say this, Goodell definitely had an unfair stance on Josh Gordon when it came to his time with the Browns versus others with same issues and then when Gordon went to other franchises.
And they DEF hated the Watson contract.
Perhaps, but using the Watson contract as an example, would they have hated it less if it was team X or team Y?
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The NFL is successful if all their teams succeed. It makes zero sense for “them” to take a dislike to a particular franchise and actively work to hurt it.
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I think every franchise’s fanbase thinks the league and media hates them.
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posted by friendfromlowry
I think every franchise’s fanbase thinks the league and media hates them.
Bingo. I’m a huge Buckeye fan. All my life I’ve heard how officials and the media hate Ohio State. Then i lived in different parts of the country and - shockingly - heard the same story EVERYWHERE else.
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Another typical Browns Sunday. I was sitting in a restaurant watching and I thought “The people in this restaurant care more about the outcome of this game than the team does.” Maybe that’s an exaggeration…but maybe not.
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posted by BR1986FB
Interesting questioned posed on the OBR: At what point did the Browns season start spiraling out of control?
My two guesses would be the shell shock loss to the Jets. Haven't been able to close since.
Or...
When the Watson suspension went from 6 games to 11.
It was the moment the Haslams didn’t sell the team - so every single day for the last 10 years.