Practice players to pluck

Now that both of the Browns’ leading tacklers, inside linebackers D’Qwell Jackson and Eric Barton, are shelved for the season, the active roster stands at 52, leaving one available job, even after this week’s promotion of rookie LB Marcus Bernard from the practice squad and signing of veteran LB Josh Stamer as a street free […]

A Phippsian flop

Via PFR, we find that Derek Anderson had the worst statistical performance of any NFL quarterback in the first half of any of the past 34 seasons. Not since 1975, when the Browns’ own Mike Phipps began the year tossing 10 interceptions with nary a touchdown, has the league witnessed poorer play at its premier […]

Parody of parity update

Yesterday’s NFL margins of victory/defeat: 0-9 points: 4 games 10-19 points: 3 games 20-29 points: 5 games 30+ points: 0 games. Slim chance of seeing a game that gets decided late between two equally-matched teams, but this is actually an improvement over last week. For most teams, anyway. As for the Browns, amateur hour continues. […]

Parody of parity

Yesterday’s NFL margins of victory/defeat: 0-9 points: 2 games 10-19 points: 4 games 20-29 points: 2 games 30+ points: 4 games. Average score of a 2009 Browns game:Cleveland 10, Anyone Else 26 Average NFL ticket price: $75.

Browns by number

You’d think that after driving 11 hours round-trip and investing a weekend and $200 or so to witness the Browns win their first game in 11 months, a blogger like me would have something to say about the experience. Well, I just might. But first, another Sporcle quiz. If you’ve got 10 minutes, test your […]

Orange Alert: NFL return records under threat

In 2007, Joshua Cribbs gained 1,809 yards on kickoff returns, second best in NFL history. This season, he is on pace for 1,848. That’s pretty darn good, especially considering that he has only one return of more than 40 yards. The new prohibition against wedges has hurt him, but the return unit is lately figuring […]

Typing in the trenches

Disturbed at how much of your brain force you’ve devoted to the Browns over the past decade? Well, at least you can click here to quantify the depth of your descent into die-hard depravity. This Sporcle quiz thing is all the rage, so here’s my first contribution. (See also this quiz created by a fellow […]

Follow the money

While we wait another day for the Mangenius’ QB Roulette Wheel to slow down, this factoid may steer the smart betting onto 3 rather than 10: If over 30% of the Browns’ offensive snaps this season are taken by someone other than Brady Quinn, the Browns will save $11 million over the next two years […]