Some week, huh? We get the Chud drama settling with a reassuring contract extension. There’s Phil Savage’s season-wrapping presser and all its news hooks, including a possible extension for honcho Romeo himself. Then, an intriguing team and media story with Todd Grantham’s ouster. Mel Tucker, the secondary coach, has been promoted to lead the defense. […]
One key area where Phil Savage and his folks have been outstanding is managing the salary cap. Thoughout his three seasons, the Browns have had ample space to sign multiple big-ticket free agents, plus several other veteran acquisitions, while also locking up their own core contributors and bringing in more than their share of first-round […]
ESPN’s Len Pasquarelli names his All Pro team. Out of just 31 players honored league-wide, four are Browns: Joe Thomas, Lawrence Vickers, Phil Dawson, and Josh Cribbs. That’s more than any team except the Patriots. Not bad at all.
The two big personnel decisions square in the middle of Phil Savage’s desk are, of course, resigning RB Jamal Lewis, set to become an unrestricted free agent, and how to handle QB Derek Anderson, restricted free agent-to-be. But big as those deals are, they are only the beginning of what promises to be another very […]
Here’s a look at how the Browns ranked in various categories among the 32 teams during the just-completed regular season. Stats get tiresome after a while, so I’ve focused mostly on the key areas and those where the Browns were near the top or bottom of the league. Within each section, rankings are shown best […]
Sports fans always chase their tails in debating post-season awards. What exactly do things like Most Valuable Player and Player of the Year mean anyway? And those media post-mortems — ranked roster listings and letter grades — almost invariably suffer for lack of clear criteria. Just to illustrate briefly the difference made by defining one’s […]
Ouch. It’s the off-season already. The Browns had the inside track to the playoffs, but after spinning out in Cincy and then failing to get a competitive effort from Tony Dungy last night, they’re out. They’re just the third 10-6 team in 15 years to miss the post-season. This year, two 9-7 clubs made it. […]
… Dungy, that is: You don’t care about the Browns. I know that. You’re a former Steeler, after all. You had a job to do last night, and that was to protect your best players from getting hurt and missing their next game two weeks forward. Fine. The players you sent out there did try. […]
Do you need any reason to get pumped about Sunday’s game in Cincitucky? Playoffs on the line. Cross-state banter between the players, without the Pepto this time. Intrastate division rivalry. Sequel to September’s 51-45 shootout. Tiebreaker of a 34-34 all-time series. It’s a big one, all right. Equivalent to a playoff game. Win, and the […]
The more I think about Phil Dawson’s surreal screwball — 49 yards from snow to stanchion — the more it represents a pure microcosm of the Browns’ entire season. Ride with me through this. It started off as a dubious premise to begin with. A questionable decision by a coach who, at the season’s outset, […]
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