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From the monthly archives:

September 2008

So that is what the return of swagger looks like?

September 30, 2008

"We've got our swagger back," Derek Anderson to Peter King of Sports Illustrated.
What? So, let's recap what it takes to get ones swagger back:
• Beat a winless team without it's starting quarterback
• Score three points through the first three quarters of the game
• Throw just one interception instead of the almost two a game [...]

Tagged as: Cleveland Browns, Derek Anderson, Peter King

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What they're saying today

September 29, 2008

-Beacon Journal (Marla Ridenour): Just enough to win
-Beacon Journal (Patrick McManamon): Browns should hold noses after surviving this stinkfest
-Cincinnati Enquirer (Paul Daugherty): Disarmed and dangerous
-Columbus Dispatch (Scott Priestle): No lipstick for this pig
-Plain Dealer (Tony Grossi): Not pretty, but precious
-Plain Dealer (Bill Livingston): Against lowly Bengals, Browns overcome faltering offense, inflexible coach
-Plain Dealer (Terry Pluto): [...]

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Game preview: Week 4, Browns at Bengals

September 27, 2008

Game time: 1 p.m.
Station: CBS
Where: Paul Brown Stadium
This is it. There is no more educated description for this game. Win this game, a glimmer of hope remains. Lose and the repercussions could have a lasting affect on the Cleveland Browns franchise. Head coach Romeo Crennel could be gone. Derek Anderson could be out as the [...]

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Futility might not be bad after all

September 25, 2008

If the Browns continue to play terribly, they could end up with this wild savage of a middle linebacker:

How about having that guy roam the middle of the field? Scary! What, too soon to start thinking about the Browns draft? Never!
In fact, check out this latest mock draft from NFL Draft Dog, one of the [...]

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Things that just might work (or at least make the games more fun to watch)

September 25, 2008

All right Browns fan, face it: No matter how much you complain in online comments, on radio shows or to your dog, Romeo Crennel is probably going nowhere. But! All may not be lost with this season, so I came up with some outlandish ideas to improve the team. *cue circus music*
1. Just start Kellen [...]

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What they're saying today

September 22, 2008

• Beacon Journal (George Thomas): Browns' loss bewildering
• Beacon Journal (Patrick McManamon): Season slipping away for 'pathetic' Browns
• Plain Dealer (May Kay Cabot): Anderson admits starting job at risk after loss
• Plain Dealer (Bradley Schlegel): Ravens relishing their Browns beatdown
• Baltimore Sun (Peter Schmuck): Ravens take bad with the good
• Baltimore Sun (Edward Lee): After [...]

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Cleveland Browns: From the Coach

September 17, 2008

Coach Romeo Crennel had little problem calling what wide receiver Braylon Edwards is enduring currently a slump.  He's more concerned, however, with getting Edwards' problems corrected. Right now the wideout has five receptions for 46 yards.  Gee, think those fantasy football wonks who have him on their rosters are a bit miffed?  You betcha.
It’s always [...]

Tagged as: Braylon Edward, Cleveland Browns, NFL, pro football, Romeo Crennel

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Cleveland Browns: In the Locker Room

September 17, 2008

Ummm…sure the Northeast Ohio Browns media were in the locker room this afternoon, but it resembled something out of an episode of The X-Files.  Many players were mysteriously missing.  Yes, we know that the problem lies in the fact that they lost this past Sunday, but as one person in the room observed:  "You're here [...]

Tagged as: Baltimore Ravens, Braylon Edwards, Cleveland Browns, Derek Anderson, Donte Stallworth, injury, NFL, pro football

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Achilles injury for Robaire

September 15, 2008

Browns defensive end Robaire Smith suffered a potentially season-ending Achilles tendon injury in Sunday night's 10-6 loss to Pittsburgh.
At his Monday press conference, coach Romeo Crennel said what was thought to be an ankle injury for Smith turned out to be an Achilles. But Crennel did not give an estimate of how long Smith would [...]

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Steelers post-mortem

September 15, 2008

After dropping a 10-6 loss to Pittsburgh Sunday night, Cleveland will try to become one of 19 teams since 1990 to rebound from an 0-2 start to make the playoffs. After facing two of the top teams in the league in Dallas and Pittsburgh, the Browns hit the road against AFC North [...]

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What they're saying today

September 15, 2008

- Beacon Journal (Marla Ridenour): Frustrated once again
- Beacon Journal (Patrick McManamon): Decisions defy logic, deliver Browns defeat
- Beacon Journal (George Thomas): Browns spread blame around among selves
- Canton Repository (Steve Doerschuk): Browns' defense does job, offense doesn't
- Columbus Dispatch (Aaron Portzline): Crennel's late-half decisions hurt Browns in loss
- Plain Dealer (Bud Shaw): [...]

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Game preview: Week 2, Steelers at Browns

September 14, 2008

Game time: 8:30
Station: NBC
Where: Cleveland Browns Stadium
For the Browns, last week's game against Dallas was a complete disaster. For the Steelers, last week's game against Houston was spectacular. Oh well. That's why the cliche, "one game at a time" is around.
When Cleveland has the ball: The Steelers have traditionally been a good run-stopping team, so [...]

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Make it into a Super Bowl commercial

September 11, 2008

Here is some neat info for you Browns fans.
This Saturday and Sunday, the Samsung/NFL mobile studio cameras will be in the area shooting footage for a Super Bowl commercial. Instead of trying to re-write the information, it is below.
• Sept 13 – Best Buy, 1417 Golden Gate Blvd , Mayfield Heights, OH 44124, 12 – [...]

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Cleveland Browns: In the Locker Room

September 10, 2008

'Just Another Game'
Is this what free agency have wrought?  A couple of media members did a double take in the Browns locker room when Shaun Smith downplayed the importance of this Sunday night's Browns-Steelers game that's being televised nationally on NBC (WKYC Channel 3)
"It's just another game.  We're trying to get better and trying to [...]

Tagged as: Cleveland Browns, Mike Adams, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, pro football, Shaun Smith

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Cleveland Browns: In the Coach's Office

September 10, 2008

- Browns Coach Romeo Crennel has always struck me like a bear in appearance and demeanor.   With respect to the latter, he only growls when necessary and in private.  But that hibernation-like demeanor kind of leaves me wondering whether he can ultimately hang on to the confidence of his players.
Take today's press conference for instance:
"We [...]

Tagged as: Cleveland Browns, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, pro football

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Jones to have 'scope

September 10, 2008

Browns coach Romeo Crennel announced Wednesday that strong safety Sean Jones will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Thursday.
Crennel said Jones' knee, which experienced swelling in training camp that kept him out of two preseason games, flared up again after Sunday's season-opening loss to Dallas.
Cleveland's second-round pick in the 2004 draft could miss about [...]

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What they're saying today

September 8, 2008

- Akron Beacon Journal: Browns off to a bad start
- ABJ's Patrick McManamon: Browns plummet to depths that defy defense
- Canton Repository (Todd Porter): Another opener and yet another Browns stinker
- Plain Dealer (Bud Shaw): There's no defense for Browns' drab debut — then again, there was no defense at all
- Plain Dealer (Terry Pluto): [...]

Tagged as: Braylon Edwards, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Derek Anderson, Tony Romo

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Cleveland Browns v. Dallas Cowboys – Stallworth injured.

September 7, 2008

Let's see how the Browns deal with this one.  Donte Stallworth, wide receiver, is questionable for the game with a groin injury.
The injury occurred during pre-game warmups.  Syndric Steptoe started in his place.

Tagged as: Cleveland Browns, injury Donte Stallworth, NFL, pro football

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Cleveland Browns v. Dallas Cowboys – Inactives

September 7, 2008

It looks as if running back Jamal Lewis is going to give it a go against the Dallas Cowboys this afternoon.
Here's a rundown of the team's inactives:
Ken Dorsey (emergency QB)
Josh Cribbs
Brodney Pool
Kris Griffin
Rex Hadnot
Ryan Tucker
Martin Rucker
Missing Tucker and Hadnot is especially troublesome because it affects the right side of the line, which is likely where [...]

Tagged as: Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, football, inactives, NFL, pro

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Sanders moves up

September 7, 2008

Sunday should be special for Cleveland native Steve Sanders, an East High School product who dreams of becoming his city's major one day. On Saturday, the receiver was promoted from the practice squad to the avtive roster and rookie receiver Paul Hubbard was waived.
If Hubbard clears waivers, the sixth-round draft choice from Wisconsin could be [...]

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