Published on: 8th April, 2010
A slew of offseason personnel moves by the Cleveland Browns’ organization, along with the recent trade of All-Pro quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins, have forced mock draft prognosticators from across the spectrum back to square one. On January 31, 2010, I was so self-assured that the Cleveland Browns would ...Published on: 16th March, 2010
After the Cleveland Browns unceremoniously cut loose the last two starting quarterbacks and replaced them with an aging starter and a career backup, it is pretty obvious that the team will be selecting a quarterback in the upcoming draft. In fact, as hinted during the Mike Holmgren/Eric Mangini press conference this ...Published on: 8th January, 2010
There is no perfect playoff system in any of the major sports. In the 2008 NFL season, the 11-5 New England Patriots and the 9-7 New York Jets were frozen out of the playoffs, while the 8-8 San Diego Chargers were given a spot by way of winning the weak AFC ...Published on: 7th January, 2010
To say the news that Eric Mangini being retained as head coach of the Cleveland Browns is shocking may be the understatement of the year. Regardless of where you came down on Mangini as a coach, the fact that Mike Holmgren was going to put his own stamp on the team ...Published on: 6th January, 2010
Hiring a respected, credible football man like Mike Holmgren to be the President of the Cleveland Browns organization was a smart move on the part of owner Randy Lerner. In fact, It is a decision that should have been made several regimes ago. For the first time since the rebirth of ...Published on: 27th December, 2009
Derek Anderson’s career path has been as erratic as his arm. He was a much heralded two-sport star in high school in the state of Oregon. He was nationally recruited in basketball but chose to play football at Oregon State, much to the delight of his home town fans. He started as ...Published on: 23rd December, 2009
Brady Quinn’s season is over for the second time in two years because of injury. A new President of Football Operations is in place and has to evaluate the talent on hand to decide what direction to take the team in. One of the most pressing things on Mike Holmgren’s plate will ...Published on: 19th December, 2009
It is becoming more and more apparent that Mike Holmgren will wind up in Cleveland in some capacity. What capacity that is still remains a mystery. Holmgren revealed on his weekly radio show in Seattle that the Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner has offered him a post with the team. He also stated ...Published on: 16th December, 2009
The rumor mill is swirling now that Mike Holmgren has officially met with Cleveland Browns’ owner Randy Lerner to fill their vacant general manager position. It very well might be a ruse by Holmgren to garner leverage for another position. But if he and Lerner are serious dancing partners, Cleveland Browns ...Published on: 13th December, 2009
The Cleveland Browns' attention has turned to Tim Ruskell in their search to fill their vacant General Manager position, according to Tony Grossi of the Cleveland Plain Dealer . Ruskell most recently was the President of Football Operations and General Manager of the Seattle Seahawks. This is somewhat of an ironic twist ...