Author Archives: Dave Algase

CRANKSHAFT COMMENTARY

This time Akron native Tom Batiuk takes on another serious topic: the imponderable Browns. Will Frye be the guy? Right after going back-to-back games without an interception, he tosses up four. Toughness, yes. Touchdowns, not so much. While it really is still too early to tell, given the long learning curve of an NFL quarterback, […]

TRIVIA CONTEST #11

What Cleveland-area interstate highway exit, shown here, features the names of two former Browns players? The rules: Leave the correct answer as a comment below. (Optional, but interesting: tell us how you knew or derived your answer.) You should be signed in to The Muni Lot to leave a comment (see this page for instructions). […]

ROMEO: RETAIN OR RETIRE?

Well, just when an NFL season starts to get really interesting, the Browns again find themselves stuck in the doldrums. Out of playoff contention. Battered beyond belief. Embarrassed by division rivals at home. And yes, opening the question of whether a coaching change is in order. As for me, I really liked the hiring of […]

TRIVIA CONTEST #10

Kamerion Wimbley is on a pace to become just the second Browns rookie to be the team’s sole single-season sack leader. Who was the first? The rules: Leave the correct answer as a comment below. (Optional, but interesting: tell us how you knew or derived your answer.) You should be signed in to The Muni […]

CRUCIAL, AND OTHER CLICHES

It’s pretty hard to overstate the importance of Sunday’s game to the future of Cleveland football. Sure, the rest of the schedule will play itself out no matter what, and there are no plans to move the franchise or anything, but really, the stakes could not possibly be higher for a battle between a pair […]

ADD IT UP

The last time the Browns scored more than 26 points in a game was the 58-48 loss to the Bengals on Nov. 28, 2004, the last gasp of former potentate PHD (Paul Hilton Davis, for the newbies). The Browns have yet to score on defense in the Crennel era, but their last two interception returns […]

SLIDING BY

Just some stray observations in the wake of a rare win: Chaun Thompson: opens two straight games with a fine stuff of the kickoff returner. Also gets a key sack, the Browns’ only one of the day. He’s rarely played in the defensive rotation this season, and I’d like to see more of him. I […]

TRIVIA CONTEST #9

Name five defenders who played with the Browns under head coach Bill Belichick and later with the Jets when Belichick (and Romeo Crennel) served under Bill Parcells there. The rules: Leave the correct answer as a comment below. (Optional, but interesting: tell us how you knew or derived your answer.) You should be signed in […]

TRIVIA CONTEST #8

In a game played on this date, four different Browns ran for scores. For half of them, the touchdown was half of their career totals. Name these two halfbacks. The rules: Leave the correct answer as a comment below. (Optional, but interesting: tell us how you knew or derived your answer.) You should be signed […]