A year ago, I admit I wasn’t sure if Jamal Lewis had what it took. Conventional wisdom had him as a slower, high-mileage version of his once formidable self. With a one-year deal, a change of scenery, and the running duties put squarely on his shoulders, the big man came through with, really, an incredible […]
If DB Jereme Perry makes the team and appears in a game for the Browns this season — and his odds are pretty decent — he will become the first “sandwicher” of the new Browns era. I use the term to mean a player who appears in a regular season game for the Browns both […]
As someone born in 1968, I love this NFL Films video. Enjoy Warfield’s grace, a ball-hawking secondary, a great period soundtrack, and gems like this from mouth of Gib Shanley: Twenty-six-year-old Milt Morin is the biggest, most effective tight end in Browns history. Once he’s loose in the secondary, he has the awesome force of […]
The Browns think they may have landed something of a ringer by drafting Beau Bell in the fourth round. Time will tell, but today is as good a time as any to reflect briefly on another linebacker that the Browns acquired to play inside on their 3-4 defense. A mere 26 years ago, Tom Cousineau […]
As the Browns sort through their impressions of the rookie minicamp, signing seven of the 54 tryout players and dropping six of the recently-signed UDFAs, plus practice squad holdover RB Kory Chapman, it’s nice to see my favorite current Brown, Joshua Cribbs, make Sports Illustrated‘s listing of the top UDFAs between 1994 and 2005.
Gotta like the idea of inviting a whopping 54 players to try out this weekend’s minicamp. Yep, that’s in addition to the five draftees and 15 undrafted free agents signed this week. Some of the tryout invitees played for big-time programs and slipped through the cracks in the draft and the ensuing flurry of signings. […]
Beat writer Steve Doerschuk has a nice blog post today, reflecting on some of the undrafted free agents of the Browns’ recent past. Relive the brief but unforgotten Browns careers of Bill Duff, C.J. Jones, “Sweaty” Rob Smith, and Clint Stickdorn here.
Several ex-Browns birthdays today. Each of these guys had good NFL careers, with their best seasons being played for the benefit of other teams. Oddly enough (or is it evenly enough?), their birth dates are separated by exact decades: Tony Peters is 55 Mark Bavaro is 45 Earl Holmes is 35. And Bob Briggs is […]
For the second straight year, Phil Savage has traded away a future pick to load up on draft day. This time, he did it twice. He sent next year’s third-rounder for Dallas’ mid-fourth, used on Missouri TE Martin Rucker. Then, he reacquired the sixth-rounder sent to Philly for Hank Fraley by giving them next-year’s fifth. […]
So according to ESPN, the Browns never had a first-round pick before Tim Couch came along. And Baltimore? Well, their draft lineage is the one that includes Ozzie Newsome, Clay Matthews, Eric Metcalf, yes, even Steve Everitt! Granted, more than half of the top picks between ’68 and ’95 failed to pan out. Still, they […]
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