Open letter to the other NFL teams who may be interested in a cut-rate QB we’ll help you pay for: Don’t wait for us to release Brock Osweiler. We expect a bidding war, just not one structured to relieve us of much of that $16 million he’s getting this year regardless. Perhaps you’re looking for […]
Dawn has now broken on the NFL’s 2017 league year, AKA the start of free agency. And we’ve sure seen suddenly just where the Browns are drawing the line. Because that’s what it comes down to: where do you draw the line? If Terrelle Pryor can’t meet you there, think a few steps ahead. They […]
The Browns organization was embarrassed and dismayed by their 1-15 record this past season. Expectations for the second year of the Sashi Brown/John DePodesta/Hue Jackson team — and the sixth year of the Haslam regime — are for a quantum leap toward success. It’s pithy to say that there’s nowhere to go but up, but […]
Back during training camp, or 21 weeks ago, I set various statistical over/unders for the Browns’ upcoming season. Feeling brave? Then let’s take a peek at how the reality compared to my August estimates, shall we? Percent of starts made by rookies Over/under: 46 player-games, or 13.1%. Actual: 74 player-games, or 21%. OVER. With 14 […]
If you were buying an NFL franchise like the Browns, why would you leave the seller 30% of the team for four years? The simple answer: because $1 billion is too big a check for you to write all at once. You need that time to come up with the remaining $300 million. And that’s […]
Andy Lee made a business decision last week in Tampa. Today, the Browns made an even better one. One of the lowlights of that pre-season pasting was of the Browns’ veteran punter not even trying to get in between Bucs returner Adam Humphries and the end zone. Head coach Hue Jackson took Lee to task, […]
The Browns’ release of veteran OLB Paul Kruger qualifies as a surprise, but it perfectly fits the new braintrust’s strategy for preparing the team for sustained success. In our contest last week to predict the final 53-man roster, every single entry included Kruger, despite his age (30), salary ($6.5 million), and diminished production (2.5 sacks, […]
You’ve surely seen and read plenty about the Browns through this busy off-season, training camp, and pre-season. So who’s gonna make the team? Go on the record with your 53-man roster prediction and you could win a signed copy of Brown for the Count: A Compendium of Cleveland Browns Lists by yours truly, mailed straight […]
The last time the Browns faced a live opponent was January 3, a 28-12 home loss to the Steelers, mercifully ending the failed Pettine/Farmer era. Of the 22 starters that day, it’s assured that eight of them will not be on the field tonight or when the regular season opens on September 11. No more […]
Continuing from the previous post, we preview the upcoming Browns season by setting over/under estimates for the team’s 2016 performance. Sacks allowed Last year’s Browns surrendered a 53 sacks, one off the league high. That amounted to 8% of the passing plays called. RGIII‘s career sack rate is a startling 8.7% of dropbacks. Camp observers have […]
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