Tip o’ the helmet to Dan Pompei for the best piece I’ve ever read on one of the most significant figures in Cleveland Browns history, Bernie Kosar. No player better embodies the full scope of what it means to be a Brown than Kosar, “the most loved person over multiple generations in Cleveland sports.”
This MMQB piece is the best description I’ve seen about what schemes and methods the new coaching staff is bringing to the 2014 Browns. In a nutshell: Coach Pettine on Manziel: “He has a tendency to keep both teams in the game.” Based on confusing quarterbacks’ pre-snap reads, the “shape-shifting” defense features players rotating jobs within […]
Check out this characterization by former Plain Dealer reporter Mark Gillispie, who last month joined the Associated Press. In reporting on Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald’s proposal to divvy up some of the recently-renewed sin tax funds on the basis of the local franchises’ on-field results, Gillespie nutshells our local football team thusly: The Browns? It’s arguable, […]
Once again, a Brown has topped a statistical list generated by Chase at Football Perspective. He reports that Josh Gordon last year had more yards per target relative to his teammates than any NFL receiver since at least 1999. [T]he Browns threw 681 passes last year and gained 4,372 passing yards. But 1,646 of those yards […]
As foreshadowed in the set-up of my piece on the bizarre history of the Browns’ 80 jersey, Travis Benjamin has shed the doomed digits. He told me in March he wanted number 10, but then that went to free agent signee Earl Bennett. So he swapped with the wearer of #11, Charles Johnson, a fellow […]
The sheer weight of decades of 16-game seasons has largely eclipsed the statistical accomplishments of Leroy Kelly. Though he retired as the game’s fourth all-time leading rusher, he’s now just 55th in career rushing yards. Inexplicably, it took this legendary Browns running back 20 years and four tries as a finalist to make the Hall […]
I’ve been avoiding the topic since it hit like a flashlight to the retinas during the Johnny Football afterglow, but it remains the talk of the town. What about Josh Gordon? In the coming days, it’s expected that the only Brown ever to lead the league in receiving yards will be suspended based on a […]
Althought it’s Johnny Football on the cover of the latest Sports Illustrated, after reading this feature, I’m all in for fourth-rounder Pierre Desir, immigrant from Haiti, faithful father of two, blue-collar scholar, small-school standout, cornerback worth backing.
Rookie GM Ray Farmer had a strong first night, filling the Browns’ two positions of highest needs, while pocketing a precious first-round pick for next year. With cornerback Justin Gilbert, Cleveland gets a starting-quality player to pair with Pro Bowler Joe Haden, while Buster Skrine can move to full-time slot duty. Both Haden and Skrine […]
Here are the posts from this blog that I like the best. If you got here from the menu at right, these favorites follow on this page. And if that’s not enough, check out the bibliography on the “About Ace” page. January 02, 2014: The Browns’ misfire — Chud’s rookie coaching record was better than those of […]
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