Best wishes for the health of 82-year-old Browns legend Otto Graham, who was hospitalized today with the same heart condition that claimed actor John Ritter.

It seemed to me like the Browns had no chance in overtime last Sunday. After getting burned deep in the last minute of regulation, then giving up the tying field goal, the momentum had swung back to the home team. It was as if the football gods had decreed that the Browns, having given everybody […]

BRONCOS 23, BROWNS 20, OT The final score is painfully familiar, matching that of the epic 1987 AFC Championship Game featuring “The Drive.” This one hurts too, because the Browns marched into Denver depleted and drained, yet came within a minute of knocking their longtime nemesis out of the playoffs, or at least seriously damaging […]

It’s been a busy week of Browns news and views, and so far I’ve resisted jumping into the fray. I’ll be having much more to say about the Browns’ coaching staff and players in coming weeks. Meanwhile, there are three more tough games for this embattled team to endure. Seems like nobody expects the Browns […]

RAMS 26, BROWNS 20 Monday Night Football proved to be quite a spectacle, and the Browns delivered an entertaining game. I hope you stayed up ’til the end, because it was worth it to see the orange-panted ones hang tough against the dynamic Rams. Ultimately though, the Browns lost a battle of attrition by a […]

Note to comedian Bill Maher: Come visit this blog more often, and more of your questions will be answered. Then perhaps you’ll enlighten us as to what the stabbing of William Green says about pro sports.

Should the Browns dump Butch Davis? Though I’ve been very critical of him, I’m not sure we’ll be better off starting from scratch again. Should he at least be relieved of his authority when it comes to personnel moves? Absolutely. Only seven other head coaches these days have that level of control, and all of […]

SEATTLE 34, BROWNS 7 This most lopsided loss of the Butch Davis era was a true embarrassment. The offense was downright anemic, with the longest play just 17 yards. The defense, the team’s supposed long suit, was no better, surrendering 463 yards. When Shaun Alexander sprung untouched through the line for the Seahawks’ final touchdown, […]

Chad Beasley (pictured below courtesy of the official site) will start at right guard in place of Paul Zukauskas, sent home to be with his ailing mother. Best wishes to the Zukauskas family. As regular readers have surely discovered, I take great interest in patterns and coincidences that don’t necessarily mean anything. So to my […]

The last time the Browns played Seattle was the 2001 season opener, Butch Davis’ first game as coach. Of the Browns’ 22 starters on offense and defense that day, only six are scheduled to start on Sunday (Morgan, Jackson, Roye, Warren, McCutcheon, and Little). Compare that to 12 returnees for the Seahawks. There are several […]