The Browns undoubtedly got worse this week, as five career-long Browns signed elsewhere in free agency. The hype-driven investment in Johnny Manziel long ago blew up in the Browns’ faces, and the debris of this two-year fiasco was finally swept aside yesterday, a long-awaited official exodus. Nearly everywhere is a “need” position, and the Browns […]
Still coming to grips with the trauma of the 2015 Browns season? To help you remember so that you can forget, here’s a painstakingly well-made summary, with an emphasis on the pain: So OK now, ready to move on to next year? Then this video’s for you, brought to you by the comic who did […]
Back in December 2011, which seems like ancient history for followers of this high-turnover franchise, a debacle featuring Browns QB Colt McCoy prompted the NFL to strengthen its protocol for handling concussions. Obviously concussed from a hit by repeat offender James Harrison, McCoy returned to the field and threw a game-losing interception. By not evaluating him promptly, […]
The most pleasant surprise of this sad season has been the emergence of veteran tight end Gary Barnidge, who today was named the Browns’ Player of the Year by the Cleveland chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America. After years of limited pass-catching production, pigeon-holed by many as a marginal blocking tight end, Barnidge […]
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Sad. Considering how hard fans fought to preserve the cultural legacy of the Browns, it’s a pity that the current management has not seemed to keep the faith. Their priorities are elsewhere, and it’s not like the on-field results vindicate their approach. Tony Dick was, by all accounts I’ve seen, a solid successor to the […]
The Browns will win Super Bowl 50. That’s right, it’s hours before the opening day kickoff, and I’m putting it on the line, a 150-to-1 underdawg. Mark it down, lay your bets, laugh your head off, whatever. Sorry, but I’m sick of dilly-dallying through a wilderness of trepidation. Oh, the division’s too tough! Oh, but […]
I don’t get to go to many games, one a year if I’m lucky, as I live three hours away. The previous one was last year’s win over the Ravens, my favorite in-person Browns experience in 26 years. My dad and I were there yesterday, and the pre-game excitement was palpable within and throughout. The […]
Tip o’ the helmet to Dan Pompei for the best piece I’ve ever read on one of the most significant figures in Cleveland Browns history, Bernie Kosar. No player better embodies the full scope of what it means to be a Brown than Kosar, “the most loved person over multiple generations in Cleveland sports.”
Check out this characterization by former Plain Dealer reporter Mark Gillispie, who last month joined the Associated Press. In reporting on Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald’s proposal to divvy up some of the recently-renewed sin tax funds on the basis of the local franchises’ on-field results, Gillespie nutshells our local football team thusly: The Browns? It’s arguable, […]
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