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Eric Mangini

Trade obscures team's reality

October 7, 2009

Lost in the news of this trade is how this Browns season has disintegrated. Already.
Think about this: Fans are actually celebrating the fact that the Browns played close against Cincinnati at home.
Edwards, theoretically, was the best player on the offense. No, he hadn't played like it. Far from it, in fact, but the potential remained. [...]

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First and 10 with the Browns: Suspend Braylon Edwards

October 6, 2009

First and 10
1)      The Browns should suspend Braylon Edwards for Sunday'a game in Buffalo. He earned it. Suspend him. Enact some true discipline, not the ceremonial kind that fines guys for minor offenses or forces them to run a lap for this, that or the other. Edwards embarrassed the Browns with his actions in the [...]

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A take on Eric Mangini

October 5, 2009

Interesting column on Eric Mangini by someone who grew up with him.

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A different view of today's game

October 4, 2009

It's not exactly reverent, but it is interesting.

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The Browns will start Derek Anderson

October 1, 2009

Well … Brady Quinn got more time than Charlie Frye …
Now we have Derek Anderson returning to the Browns starting lineup at quarterback. Quinn’s dream lasted 10 quarters, and now it’s in the land of the unknowns.
I wasn’t real thrilled with the way Quinn played, but the more I think the more I wonder if [...]

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The negativity continues

September 29, 2009

A national view. And it's not pretty.

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Three and Out — the readers take over

September 29, 2009

Three and Out
There were too many letters to include in First and 10 this week, so I put a bunch of them here and I let the readers take over.  And I honor your efforts by using these goofy green boxes.
Dear Pat,
I’d say I sympathize with you for covering this sorry excuse for a professional football [...]

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First and 10 … sort of … with the Browns

September 29, 2009

First and 10 27 with the Browns
 1)      Well things are just peachy now, eh? It’s hard to believe the Browns could be more of a mess, and a revived Cincinnati team arrives Sunday. It’s also hard to know where to start with this team. There are only 10 items (though the name did change this [...]

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First and 10: How woeful are my brownies?

September 22, 2009

First and 10
1)     To avoid being negative … I guess we can look at the bright side, at the glass as half-full. At 0-2 the Browns are not mathematically out of the playoff race. So with 14 games left and (presumably) at least two playoff teams in the division, the Browns only have to win [...]

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The Browns look awful in Denver

September 20, 2009

I believe this is the moment where I get to say: "Gee, I hate to be negative … but …"
The Browns stunk up the joint in Denver on Sunday. They played a team that many thought they could beat, and they lost by 21. It wasn't even that close. Denver could have had two more [...]

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Eric Mangini and Courteney Cox

September 17, 2009

Following up on a couple posts of yesterday …
Eric Mangini was fined $25,000 by the NFL for not reporting Brett Favre’s injury on the weekly injury report last season.
This means the league believes the Jets and Mangini were deceitful in their reports, but it also means the league doesn’t consider this a Class A felony.
This [...]

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Brady Quinn and the Browns offense

September 17, 2009

Brady Quinn had some interesting things to say in his media interview Wednesday that, to me at least, indicate his decisions on where to throw the ball are a result of coaching.
Thirteen of Quinn’s 21 completions in the opener went to backs or tight ends. Most of his throws were short and underneath. His per-attempt [...]

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Brett Favre's injury situation last season in New York

September 16, 2009

I’ll be interested to see how the league rules on the New York Jets false injury report reports late last season.
I've refrained from writing about this because it's seemed like the league was interested in the Jets, but now the league said it wants to talk to Eric Mangini, which brings it a little closer [...]

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You might think he doesn't like our coach

September 13, 2009

Boomer Esiason was asked on the CBS pregame show why Eric Mangini did not name a starting quarterback prior to game day. His answer:
"God only knows.  I have no idea.  Thirty other teams told us who the starting quarterback was going to be, and for competitive disadvantage he decided he wasn't going to tell us.
"Eric [...]

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Mangini taking shots from many quarters

September 11, 2009

Interesting take from Mike Lombard in the National Football Post on Eric Mangini’s decision not to reveal the Browns starting quarterback even thought everyone in the Western Hemisphere knows it’s Brady Quinn (would Mangini start Derek Anderson for a play just to play with folks … nah).
Lombardi is quite critical, saying Mangini’s decision “might be [...]

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Day-after cut day tinkering with the Browns roster

September 7, 2009

The day after the Browns reduced their roster to 52, they brought in four new players and cut three more.
This is not unprecedented, but it’s pretty unusual. In my career of covering the NFL – which has spanned the globe and the centuries – I don’t remember that many moves the day after cutdown day. [...]

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Mangini does not announce a starting QB

September 7, 2009

Eric Mangini has not announced that Brady Quinn will be the starting quarterback this weekend against Minnesota.
Which means, of course, that Derek Anderson (or perhaps even Brett Ratfliff) could be the starter.
Which means that Minnesota will have to prepare for different players.
That's the thinking at least.
At some point, this news will get out, but the [...]

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The quarterback watch continues

September 1, 2009

Eric Mangini did not name his quarterback on Monday. The process continues.
Is anyone surprised?
I mean, really. Did we expect that after all the offseason work and all of training camp and three games that he’d actually … you know … know who would start.
That being said, I don’t recall Cleveland city council passing a law [...]

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Money matters and the Browns QB situation

August 25, 2009

Profootballtalk.com points out the financial realities in Brady Quinn’s contract, stating Quinn will trigger a $5 million escalator for 2010 if he plays 70 percent of this season’s snaps, and will trigger a $1.32 playing-time incentive if he is on the field for 45 percent of the snaps.
PFT continues: “… if it's truly a toss-up, [...]

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Handling Eric Wright's nonsensical celebration

August 25, 2009

It was good to hear Eric Mangini state his dissatisfaction with the celebration penalty incurred by Eric Wright in the Browns preseason win over the Lions. Mangini said he talked to the team about celebrating as a team, about not doing things as an individual – and about not hurting the team.
“I’m not going to [...]

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Derek Anderson's time is precious

August 20, 2009

Eric Mangini says he will let the Browns quarterback process play out, that it’s better to make sure he makes the right decision rather than a forced one on a deadline.
He’s right about that.
But it also makes me worry that instead of having one quarterback emerging, the decision might be made by default. As in [...]

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There's no reason to be angry at the guy

August 19, 2009

Every time I write about Brett Favre changing his mind, something that happens quite frequently these days, people write to me about how mad they are at Favre.
Frankly (and Bobly and Georgely too) I don't get it.
Since when is the chronic ability to make a permanent decision worthy of such scorn?
If this were true, no [...]

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Some Jets bash Eric Mangini

August 17, 2009

The dynamic between the Jetsand the Browns this season will be interesting to follow. Some Jets players told the Los Angeles Times that they’re relieved to have Rex Ryan instead of Eric Mangini because Mangini’s rules were so stifling.
Jets safety Kerry Rhoades said under Ryan players "can say what you want and speak your mind.”
He [...]

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Returning and discovering some things never change

August 16, 2009

You go over the pond for nine days and take some time off and come back and some things have changed. Tiger Woods actually loses a tournament. The Indians have jettisoned another pitcher. The Cavs added two more players. The weather has turned very warm.
But among the changes is one consistency: The Browns are the [...]

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This isn't such a bad thing

July 22, 2009

From EPSN.com's AFC North preview: "There is some early skepticism with the Browns because many disagreed with the way (Eric) Mangini came in and instantly changed the culture. Players had to quickly learn that Mangini is a disciplinarian who doesn't care too much about feelings."

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