At least a few Browns fans came out victors last weekend. In this site’s contest to predict the opening day 53-man roster, a pair of longtime Browns loyalists narrowly topped the field and tied for the most players correctly named. Entrants had to identify who would be on the Browns’ active roster in Philadelphia at […]
There’s something about the imminence of opening day that tempts this old blogger to wax poetic. I’ve been doing this since the Browns were last a playoff team, so there’s truly something behind this seasonal state of mind. On the verge of the 2003 season opener against the horseshoe heads, I tried to summon more […]
If you were buying an NFL franchise like the Browns, why would you leave the seller 30% of the team for four years? The simple answer: because $1 billion is too big a check for you to write all at once. You need that time to come up with the remaining $300 million. And that’s […]
Andy Lee made a business decision last week in Tampa. Today, the Browns made an even better one. One of the lowlights of that pre-season pasting was of the Browns’ veteran punter not even trying to get in between Bucs returner Adam Humphries and the end zone. Head coach Hue Jackson took Lee to task, […]
The Browns’ release of veteran OLB Paul Kruger qualifies as a surprise, but it perfectly fits the new braintrust’s strategy for preparing the team for sustained success. In our contest last week to predict the final 53-man roster, every single entry included Kruger, despite his age (30), salary ($6.5 million), and diminished production (2.5 sacks, […]
You’ve surely seen and read plenty about the Browns through this busy off-season, training camp, and pre-season. So who’s gonna make the team? Go on the record with your 53-man roster prediction and you could win a signed copy of Brown for the Count: A Compendium of Cleveland Browns Lists by yours truly, mailed straight […]
Raw impressions from last night’s losing pre-season effort against the Falcons: Among a crowded roster of seven tight ends, camp phenom Connor Hamlett missed an opportunity last night. He held on the opening kickoff, dropped an easy touchdown flip from Josh McCown, and then covered up another tight end for illegal formation in the red […]
The last time the Browns faced a live opponent was January 3, a 28-12 home loss to the Steelers, mercifully ending the failed Pettine/Farmer era. Of the 22 starters that day, it’s assured that eight of them will not be on the field tonight or when the regular season opens on September 11. No more […]
Continuing from the previous post, we preview the upcoming Browns season by setting over/under estimates for the team’s 2016 performance. Sacks allowed Last year’s Browns surrendered a 53 sacks, one off the league high. That amounted to 8% of the passing plays called. RGIII‘s career sack rate is a startling 8.7% of dropbacks. Camp observers have […]
As the Browns implement a wholesale transformation of their culture and personnel, no one truly expects a sudden surge into the playoffs this season. Nonetheless, it will be a fascinating season to witness because of both the many newcomers and the renewed possibilities for those veterans surviving the massive changes. Based on what we’ve seen […]
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