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Phil’s roster: how much better is it?
So Randy swung his big axe, and the first cut was the Player-Picker-in-Chief himself, Phil Savage. The strained forced marriage of Savage and Crennel in the end devolved into dysfunction all around. Few doubt that the departing duo are both knowledgeable guys, but each lacked certain management skills. Savage’s focus on hands-on scouting became an […]
Unholy Toledo
I’ve long pined for the day that a former Toledo Rocket would take the field with the orange and brown for the first time in my memory. There was rookie GM Phil Savage’s clever 2005 offer sheet to Chester Taylor, which the Ravens opted to match, retaining their restricted free agent running back for another […]
Orange alert
Historically, nothing has ticked off Browns’ management more than losing to cross-state rival Cincinnati, the team founded by the exiled Browns’ coach and namesake, Paul Brown. Let’s review: 1984: Art Modell fires avuncular head coach Sam Rutigliano after the Browns lose 12-9 in Cincinnati to fall to 1-7. 1990: Bud Carson’s second year at the […]
Cancel the ambulance, call the mortician
While schedule strength and rancid response to raised expectations contributed mightily to the Browns’ dropoff from a year ago, it is injuries — and the subsequent failure to adequately backfill the roster — that account for much of the difference between 2007 and 2008. This season is more of a failure than last year’s was […]
Record picking
Amid this broken season, we can at least add one positive break. Brandon McDonald’s 122 yards on interception returns last night broke the franchise record of 115 set by Bernie Parrish back in 1960. I’m not exactly doing flips about it, but it’s something. And it breaks the longest TD drought in team history.
Lost cause: Mouths of Babes edition
So on Sunday I drove my family from Michigan to New York for a Thanksgiving Week visit to the in-laws. We stopped in Cleveland to break up the trip, visit friends, and watch the game. After one of the many lamentable plays fouled up by the Browns (I can’t recall which, there were so many), […]
Another Monday Night delight
I won’t rehash. You saw it, didn’t you? Here are a few statistical reflections and such: No running back who gets the ball at least once a game has a higher rushing average than Jerome Harrison. He also ranks fourth among backs in receiving average (five catch minimum). When the Browns run the ball, it’s […]
Tough trivia #56
What feat do Greg Pruitt, Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly, Ray Renfro, Bobby Mitchell, Eric Metcalf, Brian Brennan, Kevin Johnson, Herman Fontenot, and Willie Miller have in common as Browns players? Answer to #55: While the “new” Browns lost 100 games within their first decade of play, the original Browns did not lose their 100th game […]
Tough trivia #55
The Browns have now lost 100 regular-season games since returning to the NFL in 1999. How many years did it take the original Browns, beginning in 1946, to lose 100 games? Answer to #54: Gary Collins, who pulled double duty as a receiver and punter, ran twice from punt formation in a 27-7 win over […]
