We all know how the Browns underplay and underreport injuries. Do I really need to review the litany of disappointing news and miscommunications? Well, perhaps I’m sensitized to this issue because I recently wrote an article (to appear in the October OBR magazine) detailing the Browns’ history with staph infections, but witness this news from […]
According to the ratings system devised over at the P-F-R blog, the 1984 Browns rank first among all teams since 1970 in the inequality of their offense and defense, among teams with better defenses than offenses. In other words, no team since the merger had a better defense compared to their offense — or, more […]
It’s mid-August, and the familiar dropping of flies has hit Berea. Tweaks, dings, bumps: the shorthand euphemisms for sprains, tears, soft tissue damage, concussions, and the like. Most noteworthy this week is the attrition in the linebacking corps. When the Official $ite features Chaun Thompson, the all-but-forgotten Butch-era reach now entering the last year of […]
Quote du jour: “I don’t think if you go back over the last two-and-a-half years, we could’ve extended Orpheus Roye, Andra Davis, Leigh Bodden, Steve Heiden as recently as this year, guaranteed more money to any rookie lineman in the history of the league, paid for LeCharles Bentley, went out and got Eric Steinbach, actually […]
Three former Browns celebrate birthdays today: Larry Poole, the former Akron Garfield and Kent State star, is 55. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry in his three years as a Brown during the Forrest Gregg era. Antonio Langham turns 35 today. The ninth overall pick in the 1994 draft started at corner as a rookie […]
I found it helpful this time last year to post a baseline lineup. That is, how the battles to make the regular-season roster might shake out if everything goes according to form during training camp. It’s not a prediction or a preference, but rather a reference point by which to base the myriad developments and […]
Part of me believes that all these pundits and prognosticators are wrong. The Browns will not suck again this season. They really will put it together in a hurry. The other three division rivals are all on the descent. The playoffs aren’t out of the question. Surely, no way the draft pick Dallas gets for […]
Ah, the all-important quarterback question. The biggest toss-up as training camp approaches. Will last year’s local favorite, Charlie Frye, ever be a quality starter? Will Derek Anderson strong-arm the job away from him? When will hot-shot rookie Brady Quinn sign something more meaningful than $75 autographs and begin to compete for the job? And if […]
While it’s very encouraging that LeCharles Bentley’s surgeon has cleared him to continue his football career, I’m not getting my hopes up for any meaningful on-field contribution from this local lineman in 2007. In fact, the rather odd nature of his relationship to the team since his catastrophic knee injury last July may be set […]
Projected starters: 95 Kamerion Wimbley (OLB), 55 Willie McGinest (OLB), 54 Andra Davis (ILB), 58 D’Qwell Jackson (ILB) Key backups: 56 Antwan Peek (OLB), 94 Leon Williams (ILB) On the bubble: 52 Matt Stewart (OLB), 51 Chaun Thompson (ILB), 90 David McMillan (OLB), 53 Mason Unck (ILB), Jason Short (ILB), 59 Clifton Smith (ILB) Practice […]
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