Beat writer Steve Doerschuk has a nice blog post today, reflecting on some of the undrafted free agents of the Browns’ recent past. Relive the brief but unforgotten Browns careers of Bill Duff, C.J. Jones, “Sweaty” Rob Smith, and Clint Stickdorn here.
So according to ESPN, the Browns never had a first-round pick before Tim Couch came along. And Baltimore? Well, their draft lineage is the one that includes Ozzie Newsome, Clay Matthews, Eric Metcalf, yes, even Steve Everitt! Granted, more than half of the top picks between ’68 and ’95 failed to pan out. Still, they […]
The official site’s Steve King, whose pieces on Browns history are generally pretty decent, strikes a Browns-versus-the-NFL note in reporting on the league’s rebuff of Senator Sherrod Brown’s request to have AAFC statistics recognized by the NFL. Funny, though, he never mentions the records kept by the team itself. Yes, it’s true. The Cleveland Browns […]
Some week, huh? We get the Chud drama settling with a reassuring contract extension. There’s Phil Savage’s season-wrapping presser and all its news hooks, including a possible extension for honcho Romeo himself. Then, an intriguing team and media story with Todd Grantham’s ouster. Mel Tucker, the secondary coach, has been promoted to lead the defense. […]
Ouch. It’s the off-season already. The Browns had the inside track to the playoffs, but after spinning out in Cincy and then failing to get a competitive effort from Tony Dungy last night, they’re out. They’re just the third 10-6 team in 15 years to miss the post-season. This year, two 9-7 clubs made it. […]
Do you need any reason to get pumped about Sunday’s game in Cincitucky? Playoffs on the line. Cross-state banter between the players, without the Pepto this time. Intrastate division rivalry. Sequel to September’s 51-45 shootout. Tiebreaker of a 34-34 all-time series. It’s a big one, all right. Equivalent to a playoff game. Win, and the […]
Quick: which Browns receiver was named to the NFL’s All Decade Team for the 1960s? No-brainer. Gotta be Hall of Famer Paul Warfield, right? No? Hmmm. Must be a trick question. Then how about Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell, the halfback who put up more spectacular numbers in Washington after a switching positions? Nope. That […]
Had the life and times of the late great Bill Willis received more than one twentieth of the attention given to the sudden death of Sean Taylor, there would be more justice and virtue in this world. In the few minutes I have today, there’s no way I could properly represent all that Willis meant […]
The Browns have now played 878 games in their history. Only three of them (0.3%) have ended with the score 33-30. All went to overtime. Two of them are the Browns’ most recent wins. They are sandwiched around a loss at Pittsburgh. The third one was a loss at Pittsburgh.
Sorry to be a few days late with the news, but I didn’t want the death of George Ratterman to pass without a brief appreciation. I’m too young to have seen him play, but Ratterman deserves recognition for his unique place in the history of the Cleveland Browns. He may not have been the last […]
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