As the Browns implement a wholesale transformation of their culture and personnel, no one truly expects a sudden surge into the playoffs this season. Nonetheless, it will be a fascinating season to witness because of both the many newcomers and the renewed possibilities for those veterans surviving the massive changes. Based on what we’ve seen […]
Today’s moves: activated CB Joe Haden from physically unable to perform list waived DL Kyle Rose signed DL Chigbo Anunoby. Who they are Haden, the Browns’ highest-paid defensive player, vowed to return to his starting CB position by opening day after having ankle surgery in March. The seventh-overall pick of the 2010 has made the Pro Bowl […]
Today’s moves: placed OT Michael Bowie on reserve/retired list signed DL Kenton Adeyemi. Who they are Bowie was claimed on waivers two years ago despite a serious shoulder injury that kept him out all of 2014. He had started at times as a rookie on Seattle’s Super Bowl championship team. Last summer he hurt his other […]
Today’s moves — two young journeymen were added to the backfield to replace players injured in the early days of training camp. Fullback Robert Hughes is on his fifth team since going undrafted in 2011 out of Notre Dame. Incredibly obsessive Browns fans may remember the last preseason game of 2011, when he gained 95 […]
After the Browns announced their undrafted free agent signings yesterday, we updated the best roster spreadsheet on the web. So here are some observations about what we hope will be a rejuvenated team. There are now 92 names listed. One is the chronically-suspended Josh Gordon, but that still puts the Browns a tick over the […]
As Cleveland fans get acquainted with the restocked roster in advance of the May 13-15 rookie minicamp, lots of interesting pieces are out there. Here are the most intriguing articles I’ve seen about the Browns in recent days. A Browns fan attends his first NFL draft in Chicago and shares his first-person account in MMQB. […]
Last week I ran a contest inviting fans to predict up to 12 players the Browns would draft. Even though they ended up taking 14, no one got more than two names correct. That shows just how difficult a task it is to lift the veils of secrecy or see through the smokescreens that teams […]
Let’s break down the two trades that netted the Browns WR Corey Coleman and a slew of extra draft picks. This chart shows the hypothetical value of those picks according to two methods, the time-honored Jimmy Johnson draft value chart, and a more recent measure that values the historical perfomance of drafted players in the […]
With former Baylor WR Josh Gordon still banished, the Browns’ need for a receiver was higher than … well, the joke writes itself, doesn’t it? So in comes another Bear pass-catcher, the speedy and productive Corey Coleman, with the 15th overall pick obtained after two trades down from the second overall slot. For that original […]
The release of starting strong safety Donte Whitner tells us that even in the month following free agency, the process of pruning the Browns roster of highly-paid players that don’t fit well into the long-term plans continues apace. Whitner wishes that the move, if it was inevitable, would have been made earlier, so he’d be […]
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