I just watched the Browns beat the Bengals on NFL Network’s Game of the Week. This hour review of the 34-17 home win back in Week 6 last season focused on the two head coaches, who were miked up. (The show is set for replay in the wee hours this weekend.) It reminded me just […]
To some, he was a fan-friendly stalwart of the new Browns. To others, an egotistical braggart. To some, he was an overachieving playmaker who leads the new Browns in interceptions. To others, he was a step slow and not a sure enough tackler. To some, he was Butch’s pet. To others, he was tough for […]
This report on Phil Savage’s Q-and-A luncheon is must-reading if you’re interested in understanding the front office perspective heading into the draft. The highlights: “Football temperament” is the hardest but most important thing for a scout to evaluate. The team has conscious of its purpose to “clean out some of the big bad apples and […]
I’m all in favor of the new regime’s emphasis on good character as they remake the Browns’ image and roster. The margin of success in the parity-conscious and salary-cap driven NFL is perilously narrow, so an organization needs every possible intangible to work in its favor. Focusing on character — which is actually a cluster […]
I know it’s April Fools Day and all, but even Pat Mac wouldn’t deliver so lame a joke as to announce he’s leaving his job with the Browns and going back where he came from, that being the Akron Beacon Journal. So it must be true. Despite the ribbing I’ve given him a few times, […]
Good personal profile of Reuben Droughns here by Steve Doerschuk, the best of the Browns’ current beat writers, in my view. Meanwhile, the Rocky Mountain News talks with various NFL team execs about the four Browns linemen headed their way. Who is “best pure value among the four players?” Hint: he’s the guy not seen […]
Root to lose? Really? More than a few Browns fans think that’s what we ought to do. After all, maybe we’ll get a higher draft position, and that will result in better players and better times in the long run. Wrong answer! Go ahead and act on your own definition of fandom or your tortured […]
The bottom line for a head coach is the won-lost record. But if you show me two coaches with identical career records, I’ll muster an informed opinion as to who’s the better coach. As far as potentate Butch Davis’ job goes, I’ve gone on record: Playoffs or Bust. No Excuses. This year. He didn’t earn […]
Football season is our consolation gift for summer’s end. Lazy, open-air passions of the hot season gently simmer down with crisper winds, crunchier leaves, and more measured days. Football times this transition like nothing else. Players padded in every direction align in formation, the vanguard against the harshest unknown. As we civilians hunker down in […]
Eleventh installment in a series that ranks the best Browns players at each position. It’s the marquee skill position in football, even predating the emergence of the quarterback as we know it. And the Browns are known for their tradition of excellence at running back, from big bruising fullbacks to nifty little scatbacks. Over the […]
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