Steve Doerschuk is out of his rubber room, as he wrote a much more sane article on the Browns' rumored or assumed interest in DT Gerald McCoy, but he still doesn't get some things:
1: The Browns are not in good cap shape, as a bunch of us have been explaining for several weeks.
The big one is, of course, Baker Mayfield, and yes, John Dorsey does have to start saving his pennies and planning now to retain him, because he will command a king's ransom in '22 or '23.
Bill Polian said "the longer you wait, the more it will cost you", which is why Dorsey might want to get Baker's long-term second contract done early (in '21 or '22).
It means paying top QB money well before you have to, so in the short term it hurts a lot, but in the long run it makes your stud quarterback comparatively cheap over the balance of his contract.
Polian et al would also tell you: The Quarterback naturally wants moe munnah sooner, and long-term security (in case of carreer-ending injury or whatever), and will happily accept being the highest-paid QB in football in a given year.
After all, if he rode out his rookie contract, he'd earn a fraction of that money for 1-2 seasons (and like I said is "covered" if his carreer ends prematurely).
The QB will be amedable to a longer-term deal (ie 6 years or longer) under these circumstances.
You younger people have been taught that somebody wins and somebody loses in every commercial exchange, but that is Marxist propaganda. This is one example:
The Quarterback gets a huge raise and security early. The team(/insurer) locks up a critical asset long-term to a contract which inflation will render more affordable sooner as caps and salaries continue to grow.
Nobody is screwing or oppressing anybody, see? And that is what capitalism really is, comrade!
But I digress: DePodesta will probably push for this "nip it in the bud" approach to the elephant in the room (ie the Franchise Quarterback's looming and swelling massive, crippling, inescapable raise).
Nah. I'm not "assuming" too much at all. If you expect this specific Quarterback in this specific context to take a step back in season 2, you are clueless.
Baker Mayfield, eyeball-deep in weapons, will make himself much more expensive in 2019 and 2020. He WILL command moe munnah than the highest-paid QB in the NFL.
This is the market, folks. Even if he's really the 4th or 5th best QB, his agent will want top money, and they usually get it.
Remember the Kirk Cousins fiasco? Cousins wasn't the best QB in the NFL by any stretch, but there you go! (And the Vikings didn't win the Superbowl for some mysterious reason) but I digress again:
Here again is the list of Browns 2020 free agents.
Budgeting for Baker Mayfield...who by the way is a Quarterback, which is different...John Dorsey has to start planning and saving now.
Otherwise smart people like Doerschuk still can't think 2 years down the road. Either that, or they think that a chance at a Superbowl appearance right now is worth flushing the salary cap and draft picks down the terlet.
I remember thinking like these people. Imagine Gerald McCoy in that DT rotation. How awesome that would be! And this guy is a character guy, and a leader too!
I want him! Wilks must want him too! He's over 30, but has been durable and kicked ass in 2018 as usual. Cut his reps down in this rotation to keep him fresh and healthy wow...I want him!
But most likely, one of the other 31 teams will land McCoy.
Look: ONE of the wild, gossipy, Soap-Operish speculations about the Browns is almost certainly accidentally accurate, because it's obvious:
Chief Strategy Officer Paul DePodesta is still here, and is still "in Haslam's ear".
As horrible as that sounds...well you just aren't very bright if it sounds horrible to you:
The biggest single reason for the KC Chief's termination of John Dorsey (actually the only possible one--aside from politics) was his (allegedly) poor cap management (no comment I dunno aint checked it out yet).
Ok well, even if Dorsey actually agreed with the speculations and rumors and is desperate to get McCoy (and not Suh or any of 3-5 other already free agents), he won't be allowed to do anything stupid.
And I LOVE that!
In fairness to John Dorsey, I don't yet know exactly why the Chiefs fired him, and just know that "cap abuse" seems the most viable legitimate reason.
At any rate, whether or not Dorsey is the reckless spender he's accused of being, I LOVE that Paul DePodesta is still here.
If the Browns sign Gerald McCoy, it will be for less money than Doerschuk or most others expect.
That's unlikely. The Cleveland Browns will NOT overpay him. Somebody else probably will.
There is a chance here, as McCoy isn't like Suh character-wise. McCoy might possibly accept less money for the chance to win a Superbowl (and prolong his carreer as a rotational player).
Suh won't be a Cleveland Brown. He cares only about money. I'm glad he's off the table. He's despicable...
But I digress: Doerschuk is around the bend on this McCoy stuff, and should "diversify", because it probably won't happen.
Sam Penix lists 5 Browns players he thinks are on the bubble in 2019.
First, I want credit for not exploiting Sam's last name...
Anyway, Sam nailed most of them.
Greg Joseph is obvious, as Dorsey drafted a kicker.
Sam thinks Dameion Ratley is in trouble too, but I think he's wrong:
Much like Greedy Williams this year, Ratley wasa beanpole in his draft class. He did nothing in 2018 with Landry, Callaway, Higgins, Duke Johnson etc in front of him.
But Ratley should come back at over 200 lbs and remain tall, shifty, and sure-handed...
Ratley is UNlikely to be cut loose (unless he is an ass-hat and squanders his talent.) Dameion Ratley is around 6'2" and darts and dashes around like he's 5'10".
Writing Ratley off already is premature, as he has LETHAL tools.
Seth DeValve is on the bubble too (Sam got this one right). It sucks, because DeValve is a really good player. If not for Njoku, Seth would have started at TE, and kicked ass (again).
Obviously, John Dorsey is trying to trade DeValve now, while he has value.
Chris Smith check: He's an older player with an inflated salary. Dorsey signed him prior to the 2018 draft...why don't you get that
Oh you people! "Why wood he trade dommazz avvder he paidd himm erroyyy?"
*"domazz"=Thomas I'm fonetic here*. Dorsey nabbed Thomas cheap ahead of the 2018 draft. Then drafted Thomas...who he no doubt likes better
But Sam missed badly here, as he skipped all the high profile 2020 free agents, and ignored the future... Starting with 2020.
I'm sick of superficial, shallow, emotional, knee-jerk, spastic "analysisis" lumping Mayfield in with everybody else, Dorsey, Kitchens, and this ROSTER in with...
Oh for cryin out loud how tf can you listen to Colon Cowherd? How can you NOT see the talent and COACHING here?
And oh yes:
The Ratbirds are all insulted and stuff. They won the Division in 2018. Why shouldn't they win it again in 2019?
DON'T GET ME STARTED.
The Steelers are likewise offended by seemingly everybody favoring the Browns over them.
Too bad. Big Ben is a probable HOF QB, but Baker Mayfield is already BETTER than he is!
Hear that? Baker Mayfield IS better than Roethsenberger...NOW.
More on this later...but for now, I will have fun imagining the hysteria.
Big Ben vs Mayfield (snort-snicker) ? Inconceivable, right?
Grow up. Think with your brain. Trust your eyes. Big Ben's history is irrelevant. IMO, Baker Mayfield is better than Big Ben NOW.
OBJ concurs with me...
Okbye
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