Dutch Oven

I don't think John Harbaugh is on thin ice in Baltimore... didn't he just sign a four year extension?

Super Bowl contender might be a stretch, but the 2019 Browns should be a serious contender for the playoffs. They could very well be in play for the AFC North title.

6. How many yards, touchdowns and interceptions does Tyrod Taylor pass for? Zombo: 3410, 24, 8 jcam222: 3000, 20, 2 Tour2ma: 1020, 5, 2 Nero: 3200, 18, 5 Coyote: 3200, 18, 7 mjp: 1200, 6, 2 Bob806: 3126, 22, 13 FlyinJ: 2500, 11, 6 Flugel: 1400, 12, 4 gumby: 2212, 13, 6 DutchOven: 2050, 12, 7 JDailey: 2760, 20, 6 Answer: The Tyrod Taylor Era ended halfway through his third start, when he got knocked out of the primetime Thursday night game vs the Jets, thus beginning the Baker Mayfield Era. He would never see the field again for the Browns. In the two and a half games he did play, he threw for 473 yards with 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: I think most of us assumed Mayfield would take over sometime during the season, a kid taken #1 overall with 40+ college starts probably isn't going to sit all season, but its safe to say we didn't think it would come in September. The offense with Taylor was disjointed, it didn't appear that he and Haley were on the same page, or hell, even in the same book. I'm going to give this one to Tour. And the Big Dummy Award goes to... With Taylor playing far less than anyone expected, obviously everyone's predictions were way over, but Zombo's was the wayest overest.

5. How many points do the Browns score? How many do they allow? Zombo: 366, 302 jcam222: 294, 180 Tour2ma: 400, 360 Nero: 320, 320 Coyote: 335, 358 mjp: 352, 320 Bob806: 327, 318 FlyinJ: 325, 315 Flugel: 416, 288 gumby: 344, 323 DutchOven: 275, 345 JDailey: 320, 410 Answer: The Browns scored 359 points (22.4/game) and allowed 392 points (24.5/game) in 2018. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: In the whole scheme of things, no one is going to confuse the '18 Browns offense with the Kurt Warner Greatest Show On Turf Rams teams, but it can't be overstated how much the Browns improved. They scored an amazing 125 more points than the 0-16 season before, and the 359 points scored was the second most by the Browns since they came back in 1999. On the flip side, though, while the defense forced a decent amount of turnovers, it still gave up a ton of points. They barely shaved a point off a game from the season before. Overall, Coyote was the closest. And the Big Dummy Award goes to... I have to believe that jcam222 might have confused the Gregg Williams-led defense with the '85 Chicago Bears, because WHOA NELLY, that's a helluva prediction buddy!

4. Steelers record? Zombo: 8-8 jcam222: 10-6 Tour2ma: 5-11 Nero: 9-7 Coyote: 11-5 mjp: 7-9 Bob806: 10-6 FlyinJ: 10-6 Flugel: 11-5 gumby: 10-6 DutchOven: 12-4 JDailey: 10-6 Answer: The Steelers had a tumultuous season on and off the field, missing the playoffs and finishing (for them) a disappointing 9-6-1. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: After a mediocre start to the season, it looked like the Steelers were going to roll to another AFC North title as they seemed to catch fire heading into the second half of the season, but the S.S. Iron City Beer and Incest started taking on water. They dealt with the Leveon Bell situation for the first half of the season, then Antonio Bryant the second half. For a franchise that is as stable as any has been, cracks seem to be forming. Despite the fact that Roethlisberger obviously traded his soul to the devil, he will be turning 37 soon. That's like 184 in rapist years. Oh yeah, jcam222, Nero, Bob806, FlyinJ, gumby, and JDailey all were within a half game, so all yinz get to share the tasty prize. And the Big Dummy Award goes to.... I have to say, I liked Tour's optimism on this one, I believe his heart was definitely in the right place. But seriously, 5-11? Love the thought, but question the process.

3. Ravens record? Zombo: 9-7 jcam222: 8-8 Tour2ma: 12-4 Nero: 10-6 Coyote: 8-8 mjp: 8-7-1 Bob806: 9-7 FlyinJ: 6-10 Flugel: 11-5 gumby: 8-7-1 DutchOven: 7-9 JDailey: 9-7 Answer: The Ravens rebounded from a so-so start of the season, and behind rookie QB Lamar Jackson and a great defense they won the AFC North with a 10-6 record. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: While I and many others have our doubts about Mr. Jackson's long term prospects, there was no doubt that he helped save the Ravens season (and John Harbaugh's job possibly) to surprisingly win the AFC North. I now see why Nero was so anxious for me to reveal this question's result, as the plucky Spaniard correctly predicted a 10-6 record. Not sure the Spaniards enjoy chicken dinners, so here's a taco and a Corona. 😝 And the Big Dummy Award goes to... To be honest, I wasn't really expecting all that much from the Ravens, and was surprised that my prediction of 7-9 was on the low range of predictions. Luckily for me, FlyinJ thought even less of the bastards who unfortunately decided to use my high school alma mater's nickname. Such a pity. Never-fuckin'-more.

We are on 'MERICA time round these parts! 😝

I reveal one question a day... That will lead right up to the Super Bowl, which is Question #14. Because I'm an idiot, I forgot that and did two yesterday. I will reveal Question #3 tomorrow. I keeps it suspenseful like... 😝

Sigh. That's all I can say about this. Sigh.

2. Bengals record? Zombo: 6-10 jcam222: 7-9 Tour2ma: 6-10 Nero: 6-10 Coyote: 9-7 mjp: 4-12 Bob806: 9-6-1 FlyinJ: 7-9 Flugel: 7-9 gumby: 7-8-1 DutchOven: 6-10 JDailey: 7-9 Answer: The Bengals were not expected to do much by we brave guessers of Dutch's Questions, we few, we band of idiots. So, of course, they started the season 4-1. But like a fart in the wind, they disappeared, limping home the rest of the way to a 6-10 finish, costing longtime head coach Marvin Lewis his job. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: In a sea of predictions of mediocrity for the Browns hillbilly cousins to the southeast, four seamen Zombo, Tour2ma, Nero and DutchOven correctly predicted a 6-10 campaign for the Bengals. And the Big Dummy Award goes to... Only one poster predicted a winning season for Cincinnati: Coyote.

1. Browns record? Zombo: 10-6 jcam222: 7-9 Tour2ma: 6-10 Nero: 6-10 Coyote: 6-10 mjp: 5-10-1 Bob806: 9-6-1 FlyinJ: 8-8 Flugel: 8-8 gumby: 5-11 DutchOven: 4-12 JDailey: 5-11 Answer: The 2018 Cleveland Browns, like the Phoenix of lore, rose from the ashes of four wins in the previous three seasons combined to come within a Ghoolie hair of their third winning season since they came back to the NFL in 1999, finishing 7-8-1. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: First, hats off to mjp and Bob806... Mocked for your prediction of a tie, you were able to stick up your proverbial middle finger at your naysayers and scream: "I fart in your general direction!" Sadly though, neither of you won this question. No one predicted a 7-8-1 season (go figure!), but I will award wins to jcam222, FlyinJ and Flugel for all being within a half win! And the Big Dummy Award goes to... An award I gladly and happily accept for grossly underestimating a Browns win total, thee big dummy is DutchOven!

It will be interesting to see how the Browns react to actually having expectations on them now. It's one thing to jump from horrible to decent... but another thing to go to contender.

Nobody cares why baseball players get paid more than football players. That has NOTHING to do with this debate, but you felt the need to throw it in. A reason some people think that if things are relatively equal a person would be smart to choose baseball over football is the fact that baseball players, ON AVERAGE, make over twice a year more than football players. Only you would start to argue about why this is, when it has nothing to do with the original argument. I'm sure you'll respond again to this, and I'll just tell you now that I'm done. I've seen this act before.

The entire crux of this argument is that a person is or not nuts by deciding to choose playing football professionally over baseball. Arguments for baseball include: Less chance for catastrophic injury, better long-term health and a higher salary on average. YOU decided to muddy the ol' argument waters by throwing out overall payrolls by sports for reasons only you would understand. Multiple people then concluded that you did so solely for the sake of arguing. I believe it to be a sound theory. Edit: An average MLB player made $4.4 mill a season as of 2018, ALL OF WHICH IS GUARANTEED. An average NFL player made $1.9 mill a season as of 2018.

Are you arguing just for the sake of arguing? The point was that an average MLB player makes more than the average NFL player. What the overall team payrolls are has absolutely NOTHING to do with this debate.

I'm confused Nero... If Murray took the baseball money, why would he have to play soccer? 😊

Absolutely. Like I said earlier, I might not totally agree with you, but you make a very well thought-out argument for your stance. Well done, Mark.

Mark makes a great argument, but I'd buy it a little more if it was say Baker Mayfield deciding between entering the NFL Draft or going the MLB route. I'm just not buying Murray as a NFL longterm QB.

He was already given a $4.5 mill signing bonus by the A's, Mark. I know he already was thought enough to be the #9 overall pick in the MLB draft. I just don't see that for him in the NFL. Maybe I'm vastly underrating his NFL future? Perhaps. All things equal, if you told me I could be a very good NFL player or a very good MLB player, I'm picking baseball every day and twice on Sundays.

Give me the list of 5'9" QBs who had long, productive NFL careers. His size wouldn't affect his MLB career in the least. His size might get him killed in the NFL.

The big money QB contract only comes if he makes it past his rookie contract and proves to someone that he's worth a huge veteran franchise QB contract. He was already given $4.5 mill by MLB as a 1st round draftee, and its not like he's starting his career playing in some Podunk rookie league in front of 300 people.

He's insane. MLB contracts are guaranteed, baseball players have longer careers with waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less stress on their bodies, and when they hit 50 years old they won't need to be in a nursing home because of early on-set dementia caused by head injuries. He must love football way more than baseball, because if he likes the sports even remotely the same, it is idiotic to pick football over baseball.

I think Ray Horton would be an intriguing hire as DC.

Tebow getting drafted as high as he did was possibly the biggest head-scratcher I've ever seen in the NFL Draft. Well, that and one John "William" Manziel getting taken #22 overall. 😝

It was almost impressive how long Tebow had played QB with a throwing motion that looked like he was throwing with his wrong arm.