Do we even care about this rivalry?

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  1. It’s not a rivalry at all. They’re the Texans. It’s one-sided and weird.

    Guess Houston needs a chip on their shoulder or something.

  2. I feel pretty bad for us. Now that we are done giving them picks, Houston doesn’t really care about us. I live in Houston and generally root for them when they aren’t playing the Browns.

  3. Delete this.

    There’s never been any rivalry. We made a notable trade with them. That’s it.

  4. Our only rivalry is with ourselves. I still like to pretend we have a rivalry with Pissburg, some people like to pretend we have a rivalvry with the Ratbirds, but the truth is we’ve sucked for so long those fans barely even think about us. Except when we happen to embarrass them. And our situation with Cincy is more about shared misery than rivalry. The truth is, we’re our own worst enemy.

  5. Not really. They just took advantage of us being idiots and taking their QB who they knew was washed and going to have a lot of legal trouble. They old Jimmy Haslam said let’s give them a Kings Ransom and that’s the way it goes…

  6. Not a rivalry at all. But I honestly can’t stand everyone in that organization that *knew* exactly what Watson was up to. And I’m having a very hard time not feeling exactly the same about everyone in ours behind the decision to bring him here.

  7. The only non-divisional rivalry I think has ever been a thing was with Denver and even that has cooled off due to our incompetence

  8. I’m getting sick of people acting like the Texans built a dynasty with our picks. They completely blew their first pick from us on a bust guard.

  9. I wouldn’t call the Texans leaving a steaming pile of shit on our chests and laughing all the way to the bank a rivalry.

  10. The Texans took advantage of the disabled child that is the Cleveland browns and the NFL let them get away with it. What rivalry is there

  11. Going for draft picks regardless of the bad QB pool. We need “a few good men”

    Sorry guys but I’m going for losses this point in the season and not wins

  12. Why is this a rivalry because they got our draft picks? We’re losing rivalries I don’t even know we have? If their fans just want to gloat it’s probably because they don’t have any real rivals and they got our draft picks and that’s at least something to be excited for? I don’t know I had no idea this was happening. Enjoy it Texans fans you have to pay that QB in a couple years and the clock is ticking. We all float down here.

  13. Not a rivalry, but I do have some antipathy towards their owners and front office for not simply firing Watson when the allegations first came to light. (Maybe there’s a rule to stop player firings happen)?

    And *some* ire towards their team for beating us in the playoffs last season, despite not really knowing if they’d benefited from the trade picks (and Watson no longer being there).

    But a rivalry with the fans? No, I know only one, and she’s ok.

  14. Huh? This doesn’t even make sense, they beat us in the playoffs last season. If anything it should be reversed.

    Regardless there’s not even a rivalry, they took us to the cleaners (or Browns FO did it to themselves) and that’s it.

  15. I feel like we’ve had so many trades with the Texans over the years (even pre-Watson), and them being out of our division, also until recently basically never a contender, and the whole “fellow victim of moved franchise” bond, that they were kind of an ally org not a rival. I don’t really see how that’s changed. Though I do think they got off easy for their involvement in covering up his shit.

    But also, posting this meme kind of says you’re thinking about them. Its not like we are playing them so why are they in your mind bud?

  16. I wouldnt call it a rivalry at all, I live in Houston, every now and then someone will lightly tease me about it and thank me for the picks, but outside of that one trade the 2 teams don’t have much connection

  17. It’s not a rivalry, they just fleeced us. CJ is a Buckeye forever though so know problem rooting for them on the side

  18. I’m a Browns fan that lives in Texas. I went to the playoff game last year and was welcomed with open arms by Texan fans.. There’s no rivalry..

  19. Rivalry? Are you implying there’s a rivalry bc Watson came to Cleveland from Houston. Welp. If so, they won that rivalry and case closed.

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