Last week I ran a contest inviting fans to predict up to 12 players the Browns would draft. Even though they ended up taking 14, no one got more than two names correct. That shows just how difficult a task it is to lift the veils of secrecy or see through the smokescreens that teams […]
The release of starting strong safety Donte Whitner tells us that even in the month following free agency, the process of pruning the Browns roster of highly-paid players that don’t fit well into the long-term plans continues apace. Whitner wishes that the move, if it was inevitable, would have been made earlier, so he’d be […]
The Browns just made a smart move to pick up a very talented quarterback. The two-year contract for Robert Griffin III is the kind of low-risk, high-reward signing that even the league’s savvy organizations seldom find. Contrast that to the scene only four years ago, when the Heisman winner inspired a bidding war between Cleveland […]
Just a quick point about yesterday’s exchange of inside linebackers. The signing of Jets UFA Demario Davis and subsequent release of Karlos Dansby may be seen by some as a money-saving swap that helps set the Browns up for long-term progress. I’m skeptical, and here’s why. Davis’ deal is reported to be for two years […]
Attentive Browns fans shouldn’t be surprised that we’re now in the process of losing more free agents than we’ll sign. The time to lock up talent is a year or two before their rookie deals expire, not days before 32 teams can freely compete for prime veterans with an increased salary cap. The dysfunction and […]
The Browns’ already weak quarterback situation is now bordering on catastrophe, and we’re still half a month from opening day. Injuries have necessitated the signing of Pat Devlin, a 27-year old street free agent now on his fourth team and yet to make his regular season debut. Let’s review the depth chart from top to […]
Four days from now, the new league year begins, and that means players with expired contracts are free agents. Amid the off-season tumult of 2014, the Browns — for a variety of reasons — failed to secure the services of some key contributors heading into their contract year. So now we have a lengthy list […]
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 […]
Willis McGahee, a month shy of age 32, is the newest Brown, signed today to step into a thin backfield suddenly thinner given the trade of Trent Richardson. With 8,077 career rushing yards, McGahee ranks 42nd all-time. He joins the following list of veteran backs who became Browns only in the last legs of their […]
One of the ironies of yesterday’s Trent Richardson trade is that he won’t be playing for the Browns this Sunday in Minnesota, where the Browns acquired the third overall pick they felt they needed to draft Richardson last year. As with Butch Davis keying on Kellen Winslow II in 2004, the Holmgren/Heckert regime was willing […]
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