The pain for Faine: a sprain. He won’t play again. Anyway, not this season. Melvin Fowler, he’s in. Nor will fullback R.J. Bowers. That surely lowers our blocking powers. Add two new ‘backers onto the roster. That’s nine in all. Is Chaun an imposter? And Ernie Graham, the running back slipped off the practice squad. […]

Sorry to play the part of language cop, but I just can’t believe that the Warren Tribune Chronicle would run this headline: “Support for Davis quickly vanquishing.” As anyone who ever studied for the SAT should know, “vanquishing” is a verb form synonymous with “conquering,” and it requires a direct object. Who’s being vanquished by […]

Another time-warp echo: yesterday’s score was the same as last year’s Week 13 loss to the Carolina Panthers, another home game disappointment in which we held a team with a losing record to under 100 yards passing but were doomed by five turnovers.

Butch is taking plenty of heat for that ill-fated reverse to Dennis Northcutt on fouth-and-goal from the one. I don’t fault him for going for it in that situation (down 10-6 in the third quarter). I don’t even fault him for going to a gadget play featuring two handoffs and relying on the smallest guy […]

STEELERS 13, BROWNS 6 Random rants on a sad Sunday: On October 5, it was Browns 33, Steelers 13. Today it was Browns 3+3, Steelers 13. Five turnovers. Four unsuccessful trips to the red zone. Three games this season with scoring a touchdown. Two field goals to show for a first quarter’s work of 22 […]

Peter King, in the latest Sports Illustrated, picked linebacker Andra Davis as this week’s “Star in the Making.” He noted that Davis has a team-high 75 solo tackles through ten games, compared with Earl Holmes’ 2002 season total of 88. I definitely like seeing Davis fly in through the middle on the occasional blitz. Can’t […]

Seven weeks is an eternity in the NFL. The Browns were heavy underdawgs for their Oct. 5 game in Pittburgh. Now, despite a less-than-sterling 4-6 record, they’re favorites. Let’s illustrate further by comparing the “matchups” pieces that Steve Doerschuk of the Canton Repository wrote before each game. He weighs in on who has the advantage […]

Here are some of my favorite recent search queries that have been used to reach this blog: nfl winning statistic (my blog was the only result on Google) william green’s girlfriend bernie kosar portrait (is he really a looker?) “qasim mitchell” pictures (probably a Bears fan who also went ga-ga for the Fridge in his […]

While reading this interesting write-up of a Doug Dieken speech, it occurred to me that the Browns have had more left tackles this year (Ross Verba, Barry Stokes, Chad Beasley, Joaquin Gonzales) than they had for a span of 38 years. Well, OK, maybe Lou Groza, Dick Schafrath, and Dieken missed some games during their […]

Running back Earnest Graham has been signed to the Browns’ practice squad. The 5’9″, 225-pound rookie was a four-year starter at Florida. The free agent signee by Tampa Bay hurt his shoulder during a pre-season game and was released with an injury settlement (on the same day the Bucs also cut former Brown Terry Kirby). […]