BEAVER BELIEVER: So much for the Good Derek, Bad Derek alternating pattern. Bad Derek must have taken his harmless turn during the bye week. His last two games are easily the best performances of his pro career, and the numbers are so similar it’s spooky: vs. Miami: 18-25, 245 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs at […]
What’s this? A veteran NFL Films producer (and Howard Cosell’s nephew) breaks down coaches’ films and finds that “one of the offenses I most enjoy watching is Cleveland’s.” He gives the nuts-and-bolts reasons why — a good, quick read for aficionados of Chud’s dynamic scheme.
A few must-reads from the past week: Anderson seizing his opportunity (Jeffri Chadiha, ESPN) — Once erratic and unsure of his position, he’s now the “biggest surprise in the first half of this season.” Chudzinski has a calling for offense (Tony Grossi, The Plain Dealer) — Q&A with the Browns’ hot young offensive coordinator (and […]
Signed: Nick Sorensen, nominally a safety but in reality more of a special teams player. “Sunshine” does have experience with the Rams and Jaguars, but if they were going to sign a safety to Gary Baxter’s roster spot, I was hoping that Justin Hamilton, who showed some potential as a rookie last year, would be […]
A year and a day after tearing both patellar tendons, the Browns finally shut down Gary Baxter, conceding that his miracle comeback won’t happen this year. Phil Savage’s loyalty to the veteran defensive back, one of his first free agent signees in 2005, may have been responsible for Baxter being cleared to practice in the […]
Amid all the hand-wringing about the defensive line and its problems stopping the run or applying pressure on the QB, there is one name I completely forgot. Or rather, I would’ve forgotten had I not watched him notch a sack for Tampa Bay. Javon Haye was a late summer pickup for the Browns a year […]
It’s not exactly breaking news that the new Browns’ early drafts yielded a dearth of production. The 1999 draft, despite extra picks in several rounds, produced just one player who remains in the NFL to this day. You’re more of a die-hard than I if you can name him without any digging. I’ll make it […]
We all know that the Browns have their Legends program, honoring their all-time greats. All Browns Hall of Famers get in automatically, and four new members are added annually. That’s 40 players and one coach so far. But explore the official site’s drop-down menus, and you’ll see dozens of others deemed worthy of a brief […]
As we fast approach the fifth anniversary of this blog’s creation, even I am having trouble following its twists and turns. Here’s the chronology: 10/19/02: I launched the first-ever blog focusing on the Browns at this site. 3/26/04: After some 247 entries, I moved my posting over to a new site after a kind invitation […]
Don’t know if he’ll amount to much, but it was nice to see that the Browns signed a nose tackle this week. Louis Leonard, a rookie released by the Chargers and Rams, shares his names with two of the greatest boxers in history and weighs roughly as much as both of them combined. By now […]
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