Here’s a news flash for ya: Joshua Cribbs has been spectacular. Nice video of some of this year’s highlights here: As Cribbs himself is always quick to mention, it’s a team sport. Especially for a hit-the-seam-hard kind of runner, the blockers up front make it all possible, driving a wedge through the defenders and trying […]
Someone making a convincing appearance as Eric Wright’s father has been posting in the OBR Watercooler. He reports that the rookie cornerback has a MCL strain that should keep him sidelined for two to three weeks, with the soonest possible return against Arizona on December 2. He also implies what many viewers suspect: the corners […]
For those of us who remember when the Browns couldn’t convert any short-yardage runs — even resorting to a double-handoff reverse from the Pittsburgh goal line a few years back — it sure seems like this team is vastly improved in this crucial area. And even though the defense remains very sketchy, one of its […]
Eagle-eyed fan adogbtown noticed an unpublicized recent change to the six-year, $36 million contract of LeCharles Bentley. The injured center’s deal now ends after next season, after which he would presumably be a free agent. The logical impetus for this move from the Browns’ perspective, is to accelerate the cap hit for Bentley’s initial signing […]
It’s Year Three of the Crennel/Grantham defense, and disappointing doesn’t quite cover it. Not to throw a wet blanket onto what has been an exciting and encouraging season so far, but the results speak for themselves. Back in 2005, converting immediately to the 3-4 was the first order of the new regime. That required a […]
Instability on the offensive line has been the biggest single factor in the Browns’ stuggles since 1999. Likewise, an improved starting five, along with some veteran depth, is the biggest single reason that they have won most of their games so far this season. The unit of Thomas, Steinbach, Fraley, McKinney, and Shaffer has started […]
Don’t know if he’ll amount to much, but it was nice to see that the Browns signed a nose tackle this week. Louis Leonard, a rookie released by the Chargers and Rams, shares his names with two of the greatest boxers in history and weighs roughly as much as both of them combined. By now […]
More about last week’s Patriots game: I guess I was really hoping that the Browns would let it hang out a little more. Play like there’s nothing to lose. Gamble a little. Show a few new looks. They really didn’t. I don’t know what that goofy pitch to Cribbs was, but that’s the closest thing […]
As of this moment: Jamal Lewis has the longest run (66 yards) in the NFL so far this season. Braylon Edwards has the longest reception (78 yards) in the AFC so far this season. Edwards and Kellen Winslow have combined for 742 yards, most of any team’s receiving tandem. Winslow’s 18.3 average yards per reception […]
In only three games as a Brown, Jamal Lewis already is among the top dozen “new” Browns (1999-present) in rushing yards. His total of 307 (at a healthy clip of 5.8 yards per carry) propels him past teammate Jason Wright, fellow former Raven Errict Rhett, and deposed QB Charlie Frye into the 11th spot. He […]
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