In keeping with my penchant for utterly meaningless symbolic diversion, here are my nominations for the Browns’ All-Time Presidential Team. QB Wilson “Bud” Schwenk RB Ron Johnson RB Tom Wilson TE Arthur Cox WR Kevin Johnson WR Michael Jackson T Chet Adams T Houston Roosevelt Hoover G Robert E. Jackson G Tre Johnson C Arthur […]
Though it’s far from the biggest problem facing the Official $ite these days, I can’t resist noting their current poll: Who is the best player the Browns have landed during free agency since 1999? OL Joe Andruzzi CB Gary Baxter OL LeCharles Bentley DL/LB Kenard Lang DL Orpheus Roye Completely forgotten is the best free […]
If new left tackle Kevin Shaffer plays out the majority of his seven-year, $36 million contract in Cleveland, he’ll rapidly rise in the ranks of those Browns who have worn the number 77. Several have been left tackles, and the variety of personalities among this numerical cohort is especially wide. In terms of games played […]
FYI — The NFL Network will feature Jim Brown next Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m.: “Jim Brown: Player of the Millennium – commemorates the nine-year, Hall-of-Fame career of a player who had dominated the game like no other and then retired at the peak of his abilities.”
Twelfth installment in a series that ranks the best Browns players at each position. 1. Lou Groza (1946-59; 1961-67) — 6’3″ 240, Ohio State. “The Toe” didn’t just fill a spot on the line to keep busy in between placekicking duties. In the era of 33-man rosters, he was a great left tackle too, earning […]
File this under Pointless Trivia That Would’ve Stumped Me But Might Be Mildy Interesting To You. Three players in Cleveland Browns history have brothers who have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Bradshaw-spiker Joe “Turkey” Jones, whose half-brother is the legendary Redskins receiver Charley Taylor Eddie Payton, brother of Sweetness himself 1968 […]
Suddenly the Browns are relying on L.J. Shelton to protect Trent Dilfer’s blind side from the critical left tackle position. I doubt many Browns fans have seen much of Shelton in action. Arizona is not exactly our alternate viewing area. Perhaps MAC fans remember him blocking for Charlie Batch at Eastern Michigan (just one zip […]
Can someone enlighten me about the origin of the supposed Curse of #80? Please fill me in if you have inside information, listen to sports radio, or have a friend with good hearing who changes bedpans at the Cleveland Clinic. It’s the uniform worn by Browns greats Len Ford and Bill Glass. A few other […]
I’ve always had a fondness for the little guy (if you saw me you’d know why), and Samuel Davis Mills, Jr., was one of those lionhearted overachievers. He arrived at the Browns training camp in 1981 as an undrafted rookie from a small program in New Jersey (much as the even shorter Dino Hall did […]
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 […]
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