After the 2013 draft, I created a Google spreadsheet of the Browns roster, containing more data fields than exist anywhere else on the same page. It’s free to view, download, copy, and share. Though I backslid a little in recent weeks, it is now current, and I plan to keep it that way. That way, […]
Here’s a quick summary of how the Browns have reshaped the roster by positional group this off-season. The bulk of free agency is now past, and the focus is clearly on the draft. In both cap space and draft picks, the team stands in very good shape, so we can still expect major changes before […]
While the Browns’ busy off-season continues, I’ll break my radio silence here by noting that my fandom continues in spite of suffering its worst jolt since 1995 with the firing of my old classmate after less than a year as head coach. Personally, it’s been a struggle with cognitive dissonance. That partly explains why I […]
It was great that the 2013 Browns had six Pro Bowlers — Joe Haden, Alex Mack, Joe Thomas, T.J. Ward, Josh Gordon, and Jordan Cameron. But I find it interesting when people use that fact as supporting evidence for the premature dismissal of their head coach, Rob Chudzinski. The line of thinking is that with all […]
On this date in the championship year of 1964, Larry Benz celebrated his 23rd birthday. Well before Joe Haden, it was Benz who wore jersey 23 in the Cleveland secondary, the first Brown ever to don that number. The undrafted safety had just finished a rookie year in which he intercepted seven passes while starting […]
OK then, Chud’s successor has finally been hired, so bygones, right? Uh, not to PD opinion writer Jeff Darcy, who probably shouldn’t expect the proverbial playoff tickets: Now that the Browns’ front office has hired a head coach, they can begin their methodical search for a credibility repairman who is a proven winner. With the […]
Fifty years ago today, Sports Illustrated published a brief item in its Scorecard column lamenting that NFL championship games may inevitably be moved to warm-weather neutral sites. This, of course, brings to mind some of the legendary aspects of the Browns’ 1964 championship, which seem almost other-worldly to those raised in the Super Bowl era. […]
Should the Dolphins have disclosed the troubles of Davone Bess before offloading him to the Browns last year? Shouldn’t the Browns have done more due diligence before rewarding Bess with a new contract including $5.75 million guaranteed? Why wasn’t this mess-in-progress sniffed out well in advance? By now the axiom ought to be etched into […]
Fifty years today, John Havlicek scored a game-high 27 points, as the Boston Celtics improved to 30-9 with a convincing 99-79 win over the L.A. Lakers (27-17). So how does this pertain to the Browns and their journey to the 1964 NFL championship? Only marginally, but, hey, January 17 was hoops season. Football was dormant. […]
Not sure what I think of Keith Olbermann’s snarky take on JH3’s letter to fans. The not-quite-indicted billionaire surely hasn’t changed the Browns’ image away from laughingstock, and that’s an understatement. Here’s the overstatement:
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