SITE FLIGHT: I’m dizzy with delight to let you know that my Browns blogging is moving to a bigger and better home, at none other than Bernie’s Insiders. As you may know, that site originated as a fan-based effort known as “Greedwatch” back when Art Modell absconded with our beloved Browns. Thus, the curator took […]

Packers’ pick-over?: You may have heard that Green Bay has expressed interest in Tim Couch. Don’t get your hopes up of salvaging any short-term value from the remains of this misadventure. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Packers are unlikely to trade for Couch before the draft. If they don’t pick a QB from […]

Apparently the Browns’ interest in former Bears linebacker Warrick Holdman does indeed signal that the team is not satisfied with the status quo at the position (see two posts down). Why do I say this? This little tidbit, which I hadn’t heard before: “Jessie Armstead shunned an offer to be a starting linebacker with the […]

The bottom line: I still have serious concerns about the offensive line. In order to consider it significantly upgraded from last year, all of these three things must occur: 1. Draft Gallery or somehow obtain a premiere left tackle ready to step in on day one. 2. Verba must return to form from a very […]

For the team’s three linebacker positions, the Browns now have eight players on their roster: — Four promising young players whom Butch drafted: Kevin Bentley, Andra Davis, Ben Taylor, Chaun Thompson — Two versatile veterans, former free agents also signed by Butch: Brant Boyer, Barry Gardner — Two more developmental prospects: Sherrod Coates, Mason Unck. […]

Scroll to the bottom of SI’s Peter King column and you’ll see scuttlebutt that Jeff Garcia really preferred Tampa Bay, but they didn’t prefer him. I think this is how badly Jeff Garcia really wanted to play in Tampa Bay and not Cleveland: He flew himself to Tampa to talk to Jon Gruden two weeks […]

Finally, a guard dawg: After choosing to lose two starting lineman to free agency, the Browns have agreed to terms with 6’2″ 350-pound Kelvin Garmon. Regarded as a stout run blocker, Garmon helped pave the way for Chargers’ star LaDainian Tomlinson the past two years after the Cowboys, who drafted him in the seventh round […]

A nice idea, well-executed: Steve Doerschuk asked for fan feedback and found that interest in the Browns remains high throughout the off-season. Check out his columns on whom the Browns should draft, the Jeff Garcia signing, and Butch Davis’ job performance.

I’ll gratefully give the Canton Repository’s Steve Doerschuk the benefit of the doubt by assuming he didn’t have his tongue firmly implanted in his cheek when he wrote, “But who needs [ESPN football analyst Mel] Kiper when you have Ace Davis?” To Doerschuk, it may have been just a smooth transition in his story on […]