Mike Florio
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You want season ticket renewals.
And for a team like the Browns, I think Kevin Stefanski was made to be the scapegoat for the failed Deshaun Watson transaction from four years ago.
They're going to be selling PSLs to their new stadium.
They need the fans to be willing to dig deep into the discretionary income and write the checks.
So they've got to do something to at least create the impression they're trying to change.
The best part is they can't lose any more games until next September, but they can at least create the impression for now that they're trying to win more games and get people to renew season tickets and buy those PSLs for the stadium they're going to be building in a few years.
I'd be stunned because they won the Super Bowl.
We went through this exercise in 2023 after they fell apart down the stretch.
They were 10 and one.
They won one regular season game the rest of the way.
They were blown out by the Buccaneers in the wildcard round.
And there's that great shot of Jeffrey Lurie in the luxury suite.
And I don't think there's a word to describe the expression on his face.
It was a combination of like four different things.
And it was almost like one of those paintings where if you look at it from a different angle, it gives you a different impression.
But remember, we had a couple of days because the Cowboys got blown out that weekend by the Packers.
The Eagles got blown out Monday night by the Bucs.
There were a couple of days where we're wondering, are one of these two teams going to make a move for Bill Belichick?
The Cowboys ultimately issued a statement that Mike McCarthy's coming back.
The Eagles, I think their attitude was,