By way of the outstanding Mistake by the Lake Sporting Times blog, we learn that Derek Anderson’s craptastic response to RAC’s encouraging words ranks as the worst passing performance in the eight-year history of the “new” Browns, as measured by DPAR (Defense-adjusted Points Above Replacement). Yr Wk Opp C/A Yds TD Int DPARAnderson 2006 16 […]
Big day of Browns birthdays today: The great Bill Willis — Hall of Famer, original Brown, and pioneer of what became the middle linebacker position — celebrates his 85th. Also, Bobby Franklin turns 70 today. Paul Brown converted the former Ole Miss QB into a defensive back, and he picked off eight passes as a […]
Interesting statistical analysis here of the worst 50 quarterbacks since 1970. Of course, if they were that bad, they wouldn’t have had a chance to play at all. But what fun is that? I noticed that none of the 50 worst seasons for quarterbacks were played for the “benefit” of the Cleveland Browns, but of […]
Browse the Browns’ weekly media release long enough, and you too might realize these strange things: In all four of the Browns’ exhibition games, the winner scored 20 points. The Browns have opened their season with the Saints twice before. Each time (1968 and 1987), Cleveland ended up winning 10 games and going deep into […]
Jerome Harrison’s exciting performance in yesterday’s win over the Lions has Browns fans chattering. Some have compared him to Eric Metcalf, but that’s not particularly apt. Maybe the excitement of watching Harrison run reminded them of feelings they could trace to Metcalf’s days. Or maybe they’re just too young to recall a certain Browns runner […]
I’m not going to delve deeply into the rabbit hole of the Browns’ center position. Some of it is bad luck, and some of it raises questions about the Browns’ front office that I am simply not in a position to answer. Also, the storyline is clearly incomplete. Someone else will be signed or acquired […]
Not the biggest deal of all time compared to the buzz of training camp, but I’d never seen video of Ozzie Newsome at Alabama before. Here are a few action clips of the wizard whom Sam Rutigliano converted from a college wide receiver to a Hall of Fame tight end, once assistant coach Rich Kotite […]
Nice piece here on Swerb’s Blurbs speculating on whether the 1986 Browns would have won the Super Bowl. Looking forward to the next two installments of this “What Could Have Been” series, which surely will feature the 1987 and 1980 Browns teams. I’m also eager to read Jonathan Knight’s second Browns book, which is now […]
Lots of words written lately about the Browns’ recent quarterbacking history and our current prospects. How we could have had Kurt Warner in the 1999 expansion draft. How we should have drafted Tom Brady over Spurgeon Wynn when shopping for a QB prospect in 2000. How our assortment of #1 draft picks, former Pro Bowlers, […]
Geez, I almost forgot about this guy. On the last Browns team to reach the AFC Championship Game, he was, in fact, the leading rusher whose name didn’t start with M. It was the only season in which the muscular little back played in all 16 games. Redden’s main career distinction may be that he […]
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