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rages on. And I think what is surprised me about all of this because I've known the starting quarterback for the 2026 season was going to be either Shedore or Dishon for like six weeks or six months now. So I even, even though I still was pretty enraged when they actually named Dishon the starter. I've known it was a possibility for a while. And so what my preparation for this season is been JP is I'm taking whatever I feel about Dishon and putting it over here. And I'm not allowing that to contaminate what I think about Mason Graham and Casey Konsebsion and Denzel Boston. And I'm trying to do the same with Todd Munkin, by the way, because it's, you know, two weeks of Dishon. Is it worth my feelings for the next four years, potentially about a Todd Munkin? What is stood out to me and what certainly stood out to me last night talking with a bunch of people at the fan ofversory and just interacting with Browns fans on social media heavily. These last couple days as we start doing predictions and teams, tears and all this stuff.
Uh huh. Is just how many people are not doing that? The whether and it's not just Dishon, by the way, but it is either Dishon and or Shedore the dislike from Browns fans for one, both or either quarterback. I don't know. I said either after that, but has impacted their feelings about how much they actually like this Browns team, which kills me. Because if we just separate the quarterback spot over here, I think there's tons to like with the actual Browns team themselves. Yeah, but I think it's, I think it's really hard. It's been hard for myself. There is a lot that I like about this Browns team, but it's been hard for myself to say like, oh, I love everything about this Browns team. When I know I don't love the quarterback and Dishon Watson. And I think that what he's done with his play over the previous few years is just enough for me to get angry about the whole ordeal. And then in turn, because they make the decision, you start to question some of the other people in charge. Like I liked Munkin initially. You like him more than I do. You always have. But I like Munkin. But as we've moved on with this and the decision has been made, it makes me question whether
his judgment is right to all these other things. And then it makes me question some of the front office and it just, it just puts a damper on all of it. Yes, it does. This was highlighted by the cat Hickman thing. I don't think anyone would have cared if the Browns had been named even Kirk Cousins, who I don't know any of us would have been crazy about. But if the Browns had gotten Kirk Cousins this off season and brought him in and he was automatically the starter, I don't know the cat Hickman thing on social media goes the way it does. But people are looking for any place to put their rage about this Browns team. And I just, I think what's so easy for me to compartmentalize one. Again, I had six months and I did make sure to listen to every time they told anyone that would listen, I shot it down and said it's absolutely insulting and crazy. But I listened to every time somebody from that organization said nice things about to Sean, right? I just disagree with it. But it's not like this. I've had time to really prepare for this. But like, I don't know, I come back to listen, if we get eight weeks in and he's not playing
very well. And there are one in 17. I probably am going to have a really hard time with this. But I'm just airing on the side of if he's playing that bad. And so this is where you can't have it both ways if you're Todd Monkin. You can't say, DeShawn gives you the best chance to win. And if he comes out those first two weeks and he just looks non functional or he just looks like he did in that second preseason game, there's, you have no chance. Like you keep talking about in your, and I understand why you're saying it. And I, I think you're saying it for good reason. You keep talking about they need, you know, indefatigable proof that DeShawn is a broken tour. Yeah, I like my word better, but it's your word indefatigable. Okay. So make sure I, okay, that's fine. It cannot be defatigable. Sure. Uh, I, I, I think you can get that in two games. And I think there's a strong likelihood that they're getting it for two games. So I just, I can't bring myself to be like, that guy is going to poison one more second
about how at least the player. So here's how I get the front office thing. But when it comes to these players, I think, I think we're going to end up loving a lot of these guys. I'm really excited to watch these kids play. I'm going to put this in cooking terms for you since you like to cook. Okay. You ever have like a great dish and you have, uh, you use all sorts of nice meats and you have all sorts of nice sauces and all sorts of nice, I'm just trying to put this all in a boiling pot together. Okay. What is it? It's meat and sauces. Meat and so yeah, just do. I'm making it nice. I'm making a nice stew. He said cooking. We got meats. We got sauces. We got all sorts of things. You got spices. I think about a real cage and flair to this. Okay. I don't know if you're a vegan player. Boilers and more of a gumbo. I know you're a cooking guy. You really want the difference between a stew and a gumbo. Okay. Here's the problem. Dishon Watson is the salt in this equation. All right. And we put too much salt in the dish. And so is the whole dish bad now? Yeah, you put too much salt in the dish. It can become bad. And that's the Sean Watson in this conversation. But you can remove the salt. He has, again, now you're food networking me.
I was a two. I need to give you a different food analogy here. No, I'll pick about that one too. All right, let's do it this way. Mustard on a hot dog. Hot dog can be good. The bun can be good. Catch up can be good. You put too much mustard on the hot dog. We have too much mustard in this hot dog. It's too much. I can just wipe the mustard. It's too much. We put too much on. I told you it's too much. You wipe it off. I'm clearly not. I put too much in. Yes. If I get too hot, I'll run. If I put too much salt in stew, how do I get rid of too much salt in stew? Outside of just adding more beef, is that the idea? Yeah, add more water. Just add just a bunch more water. Are you sending out? Are you sending out? Yeah, yeah. And then basically you can drain the liquid and then re-put the liquid in. You still probably have a little bit, a little bit, touch a salt there, but it won't be, it won't be killer. I got too much of a salt here. You've done the whole entire, you've done it too much salt here. I've got to do much salt here. I've got to do much salt here. I've got to do much salt here. The whole salt container into the, man. It all spilled off. That's it. Oops. I just poured, it with a couple of shakes too many. No, no, no. Oops. The whole entire container of salt is now in this stew.
This stew is not good anymore. No water saving this stew. That's to Shawn Watson. Okay, it's too much salt in the meal. The meal's gone bad. And, I, other ingredients in the meal could have been great, Nick. It could have been awesome. Could have been the best you've ever seen. What part did I, what accident did I do there? No, it was, it was, it was, it was, it was, it was. People could have accepted my salt in the in the in the students. It was the imploring it was I get it I get it with my hands. I can in my hands. It was like Ernest Angelie was standing in front of you be he I don't know. Rad it to do it. It's a bit radical to me. The little mouse. Dumped all the salt in the stool. It's too much salt. Nick. There's no recovering with this meal. Yeah. The meal's gone bad. Okay. But it's on Watson's. It's where the way it is. The way it is over. Football is here and so is Draft Kings. Draft Kings is now live in all 50 states. One app every sport nationwide. New Draft Kings customers sign up with code afternoon. Spent five
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we're going to forget about the Dishon Watson era in 2026 by mid-October if Dishon Watson. I mean, I'll be back. It's going by two weeks, but I don't I don't by maintain this. I don't think that he's just going to be gone by two weeks because we we hope in dream that that'll be enough in the Browns. I'll have the answer. I feel like I'm just using logic on that. Dishon Watson is a broken toy and the Browns aren't going to be able to hide it with. Oh no. Well, a great people look great against Jacksonville when he threw four underceptions and flipped off the crowd. I understand I'm in the minority when I say eight weeks. I understand I'm in the minority when I say that I think the Browns are going to give a again undeniable proof is what they're going to need. In the day before they before they bench Dishon Watson. But let's wake up and say six, seven, eight weeks, whatever that is. That said, we're entering half your season. That's a whole bunch of football to have to watch with Dishon Watson. And yes, I do think it'll be easier to stomach. It'll be easier to take in when he's not the quarterback of the team. That's kind of the whole point. Wait, we're going to start to like a lot of these players a lot more when Dishon Watson is not around. I think we should like those players regardless because I think those
players count towards the future more. And again, so maybe the point is and again, I'm making an assumption here. So I'm I'm instructing people to do something to not do something that I'm doing. If if your assumption is he's going to start eight games, I would just stop making that assumption. It doesn't mean you're wrong, by the way. You I think you have a better chance of being right than I do. I'm just going to stop making my assumptions on things. Stop making your assumption after week two. I'm no, I guess I'm pointing to my hypocrisy. Stop ruining my my gumbo. But I do think like I just if you don't know the difference between two games and eight games, why the hell are we then putting it on the rest of the team or putting it on Monkin? I just like I'm not I'm not trying to say enjoy it because we try to go full Paul Dolan because we don't know until he's actually gone after week two, we have to live with the idea that this team will continue to do the improbable because that's what they did all off season long. It sounds like snowball into me to use a psychological term. It sounds like we're expecting the worst, which I get because they showed
us the entire time. I understand they programmed me to think the worst is always coming because every time I try to believe in this team, they give me the worst. But it's this is I wouldn't say all the time. It's been the last two years. And by the way, one of the guys who did that of this to show on the program experience, they've given me the worst outcome imaginable every time I understand. I don't think the Sean Watson defines this season because I think if he is that bad, I think he'll be out the door and Shador will be in the door. And I think and by the way, even if you don't like Shador, I think Shador might actually have a chance to play well. That's a different conversation. If you define the season, if we look back on 2026 and we say to Sean Watson to find the season, that's a different conversation. Then then how I feel right now about this Brown's team and what they've done and making to Sean Watson's story. But how many times have we gone in with a negative attitude about a team and then whether anything other than, you know, 650 winning percentage changes are pinning on that team. Like I just I hate to poison 90% of the gumbo for potentially 10%
or 5% when eventually that 10% of the gumbo isn't going to matter anymore. And I think that's what the only thing Brown's fans have been hanging on to is the other percent. They've been trying to hang on to what'll happen with Quinsha on this year. What'll happen with the wide receivers? What's going to happen with the offensive line? We've been trying. But quarterback just matters so much in this sport that it's just hard to overlook at all. 216 474 0092 has the quarterback position made this Brown Brown's team. Unlikeable. I'm getting very it's the gumbo. It's getting to me already. It's the salt in the gumbo. It is too much salt. I agree. Yeah. We should have drained it and put more water in. New water. Better water. New water. Has the quarterback position made this Brown's team. Unlikable to you. Quick kits in five minutes on 92 through the fan. New shoes, new clothes, brand new grade. Switched a Verizon to make sure their tech keeps up. This back to school season buy or bring any Android phone and get a Samsung Galaxy tablet on us. Get your kids ready for the school year without breaking the bank. Visit Verizon.com or your local store today. Bring an Android phone or
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