Still coming to grips with the trauma of the 2015 Browns season? To help you remember so that you can forget, here’s a painstakingly well-made summary, with an emphasis on the pain: So OK now, ready to move on to next year? Then this video’s for you, brought to you by the comic who did […]
The Browns’ hiring of Moneyball maven Paul DePodesta bodes well for the innovative use of data in decision-making rather than gut feelings, groupthink, or rigid adherence to conventional wisdom, which often leads to a conservative form of futility known as “playing not to lose.” But rather than speculating just yet about what kind of models, […]
I get that Joe Thomas is tired of upheaval every year or two, but I really hope he stays on. There’s no way the team could come close to replacing that kind of consistent excellence at the key left tackle position. Of their eight possible unrestricted free agents, the Browns will probably lose at least two […]
Nothing like a Brown Cleveland’s catastrophic 2015 season is officially over, and it was nothing like fans were led to expect, such as when Jimmy Haslam declared in August that “no doubt we have a better team” than the one that went 7-9 but lost its five games of 2014. Nothing like laying a 3-13 […]
In two days the Browns’ 2015 will be over, and the real drama will unfold. Heads will roll. It’s just a matter of how many and whose. The most important question is whom the Haslams will bring in to lead the franchise’s football operations into an uncertain future. It’s a mark of how dysfunctional this […]
Back in December 2011, which seems like ancient history for followers of this high-turnover franchise, a debacle featuring Browns QB Colt McCoy prompted the NFL to strengthen its protocol for handling concussions. Obviously concussed from a hit by repeat offender James Harrison, McCoy returned to the field and threw a game-losing interception. By not evaluating him promptly, […]
The most pleasant surprise of this sad season has been the emergence of veteran tight end Gary Barnidge, who today was named the Browns’ Player of the Year by the Cleveland chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America. After years of limited pass-catching production, pigeon-holed by many as a marginal blocking tight end, Barnidge […]
The strange case of Dwayne Bowe encapsulates many of the problems with the current Browns. He’s the Chiefs’ all-time receptions leader among wide receivers, a big, athletic target signed in March to a hefty two-year contract that included $9 million in guarantees. Yet he’s been a healthy scratch for most of the season, despite the […]
Things we now know about the 2015 Browns: Travis Benjamin is back, better than ever. Rabbit can run. Dwayne Bowe so far is perpetuating the absurdly consistent and, frankly, eerie trend befalling the Browns’ wearers of the number 80. We have a better record than (among others) the supposedly strong Ravens, Seahawks, Saints, Colts and […]
The Browns’ already weak quarterback situation is now bordering on catastrophe, and we’re still half a month from opening day. Injuries have necessitated the signing of Pat Devlin, a 27-year old street free agent now on his fourth team and yet to make his regular season debut. Let’s review the depth chart from top to […]
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