Quote du jour: “I don’t think if you go back over the last two-and-a-half years, we could’ve extended Orpheus Roye, Andra Davis, Leigh Bodden, Steve Heiden as recently as this year, guaranteed more money to any rookie lineman in the history of the league, paid for LeCharles Bentley, went out and got Eric Steinbach, actually […]
I found it helpful this time last year to post a baseline lineup. That is, how the battles to make the regular-season roster might shake out if everything goes according to form during training camp. It’s not a prediction or a preference, but rather a reference point by which to base the myriad developments and […]
Part of me believes that all these pundits and prognosticators are wrong. The Browns will not suck again this season. They really will put it together in a hurry. The other three division rivals are all on the descent. The playoffs aren’t out of the question. Surely, no way the draft pick Dallas gets for […]
While it’s very encouraging that LeCharles Bentley’s surgeon has cleared him to continue his football career, I’m not getting my hopes up for any meaningful on-field contribution from this local lineman in 2007. In fact, the rather odd nature of his relationship to the team since his catastrophic knee injury last July may be set […]
Projected starters: 95 Kamerion Wimbley (OLB), 55 Willie McGinest (OLB), 54 Andra Davis (ILB), 58 D’Qwell Jackson (ILB) Key backups: 56 Antwan Peek (OLB), 94 Leon Williams (ILB) On the bubble: 52 Matt Stewart (OLB), 51 Chaun Thompson (ILB), 90 David McMillan (OLB), 53 Mason Unck (ILB), Jason Short (ILB), 59 Clifton Smith (ILB) Practice […]
With the decreased significance of the phrase “June 1st cuts,” odds are that the off-season transactions are essentially finished. So at the risk of jumping the gun ahead of mini-camp, I can’t help but make a few projections about the 2007 Browns based on what we now know. Today I’m starting a series of quick […]
If the reports are true and the Browns are indeed some $21 million under this year’s salary cap, there are plenty of intriguing options at their disposal, even after shelling out $6 million for the rookies. Below are some possibilities in each of three general categories. This is more descriptive than advisory: I don’t endorse […]
The last time the Browns drafted anyone from the University of Wisconsin, Joe Thomas hadn’t even been conceived. Eight-nine Badgers have gone off the boards to other teams between the Thomas selection and the Browns’ sixth-round pick in 1983: tight end Tim Stracka. I caught up with Stracka this week, and he was clearly delighted […]
Wow. My previous post was obviously premature. Phil Savage had virtually promised that we’d get one of the so-called “big five,” but I don’t think anyone alive predicted that both Joe Thomas and Brady Quinn would be Browns today. I’m glad for Quinn, because he handled this strange day well, and he seems sincere about […]
Since returning to the league in 1999, the Browns have been able to draft the first player taken at each of the following positions: quarterback, defensive end, defensive tackle, running back, center, tight end, wide receiver, safety, “tweener” DE/OLB, and long snapper. Also, last month they signed the first guard taken in 2003. Finally, we […]
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