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The Ben Roethlisberger situation

July 22, 2009

Here’s the details on the complaint charging Ben Roethlisberger with sexual assault in a civil suit, including an alleged statement by the head of security at the casino where the alleged assault took place saying “most girls would feel lucky to get to have sex with someone like Ben Roethlisberger.” It’s a complaint in a [...]

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More NFL stuff that makes you shake your head

July 21, 2009

The local sports web site waitingfornextyear.com has an insightful post on the practices of the Kansas City Chiefs, who are gouging fans to buy tickets for ridiculous preseason games by linking them to the purchase of a ticket for a regular season game.
Fans who want a ticket for a home game against Dallas or Pittsburgh must [...]

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He only played one year, right …

July 21, 2009

Kansas City just gave quarterback Matt Cassell $67 million. (He's now obliged not to criticize the Chiefs.) Ross Tucker asks a good question about the deal: Why not wait a stinking year?

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Starting at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings … No. 4 …

July 21, 2009

It's just a matter of time before Brett Favre makes things official.

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Well now we know why he didn't take the Browns job

July 21, 2009

Mike Shanahan will be paid $7 million not to coach this season. Another clause: He can't criticize the Broncos.
For $7 mil, I'd keep my mouth shut too.
Well … maybe for $9.352 mil.
Notice the difference in the cultures of the NFL and other sports? In the NFL, they pay people to keep quiet. In the NBA, [...]

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Civil suit filed against Ben Roethlisberger

July 21, 2009

Ben Roethlisberger faces a civil suit alleging sexual assault. Very, very serious charge. This is the kind of thing that could mess up a season. If it's true. It must be pointed out that Ben's attorney says it's not true. And that's about as far as any writer with 1/18th of a brain takes that story.

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Should we call him Brett Mason?

July 15, 2009

Baltimore wide receiver was a good friend of Steve McNair, who was killed by the woman he was having an affair with. Shortly after McNair’s funeral, Mason said via an internet post that he was retiring. This would hurt one of the Browns division rivals, but one Baltimore guy who is around the team a [...]

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A fair presentation

July 13, 2009

I thought this was a very fair presentation on Steve McNair’s funeral.

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Does death make a player a hero?

July 8, 2009

We sure can make dead people into heroes. Steve McNair was an outstanding quarterback who spent the last few weeks of his life with a 20-year-old girl in Nashville. That time with her may have cost McNair his life.
I don't mean to prosletyze here, but let's call it like it was: McNair was fooling around [...]

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A word on NFL revenues

June 29, 2009

SI.com's Ross Tucker points out that the Green Bay Packers, the small market Green Bay Packers, the market that lacks the sponsorship and marketing wherewithal of every other NFL city, made a profit of $20 million last season. That's profit. "If a franchise in a miniscule market can turn a profit during a historically down [...]

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I love this stuff

June 24, 2009

Someone from Pittsburgh sent Tennessee linebacker Keith Bullock a new "Terrible Towel' after the Steelers won the Super Bowl. He did it because Bullock and LenDale White stomped on a towel on the sidelines after beating the Steelers in the regular season. "Hang this up in your locker room," the note read. Bullock said he won't do [...]

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Starting at quarterback for Minnesota …

June 16, 2009

After listening to Brett Favre last night, is there any doubt who the Vikings starting quarterback will be in the Browns season opener?

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And people think the NBA is scripted?

June 15, 2009

It would certainly seem that all signs are point to the Browns facing Brett Favre in the season opener against Minnesota. Favre against Mangini.  Season opener. How does this set of coincidences happen?

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Logic, NFL style

May 22, 2009

Gambling on games is bad, but apparently enticing people to gamble on tickets with the NFL team name attached is OK. Can't get in the way of licensing agreements and revenues after all.

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Favre's ghost haunts the Browns — and Eric Mangini

May 7, 2009

The Browns have this weird relationship with Brett Favre. Guess who they open against next season? Yep, the same team where it appears Favre will play this season. Last year, Favre's first appearance as a New York Jet was in Cleveland. The Jets coach was Eric Mangini. He's now coach of the Browns. Favre is [...]

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Should we call it the 'Gerard Warren Theory'?

April 20, 2009

My good friend Len Pasquarelli points out the problems with drafting in the top 10. Used to be it was a good place to be, but the money involved in those picks changes everything.
Ozzie Newsome in Baltimore believes you just can't miss on a pick that high, because you commit so much money to the [...]

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The Cutler deal was all about Kyle Orton

April 6, 2009

My last word on the Jay Cutler trade. After this I shall say no more … Peter King wrote about the deal and other possible Cutler deals on SI.com, and never once mentioned the words "Brady" and "Quinn." King said the key for Denver was acquiring Kyle Orton, which might be the first time anything like [...]

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Some cogent analysis on Jay Cutler

April 3, 2009

One of my favorite NFL web sites, coldhardfootballfacts.com, has done some of the most cogent and insightful analysis of the Jay Cutler situation and trade. Reading it should (again) make Browns fans happy.
The web site, which has unique ways to study the NFL, points out that Denver gained a lot of yards with Cutler under center, [...]

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Perhaps the Browns should be happy …

April 3, 2009

The Jets don't have a quarterback like Derek Anderson or Brady Quinn. They don't have a guy who has thrown 29 TD passes or a guy who was a first-round draft pick out of Notre Dame. So perhaps the Jay Cutler situation comes to this: Substitute the word "Browns" for the word "Jets" here and understand [...]

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The Cutler trade is complete …

April 3, 2009

… and Dayana Mendoza cannot believe he is going to Chicago and not the Browns! (But it seems Miss Colombia likes the deal)

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The (gasp) latest on Jay Cutler

April 2, 2009

One of the internet landing spots I trust when it comes to Browns news had an interesting take last night on the Jay Cutler silliness. The Orange and Brown Report — cle.scout.com — states that Cutler does not want to play for the Browns, and that sources (unnamed) in Berea feel the talk about Cutler [...]

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More on the Jay Cutler nonsense

April 2, 2009

I think some folks outside Cleveland are missing the point about the Jay Cutler-Brady Quinn situation. I should state that I have no idea if there even is a Cutler-Quinn situation, and I have no idea if the Browns are indeed trying to trade Quinn and acquire Cutler. There sure is a lot of speculation [...]

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Idle thought

April 1, 2009

The NFL touted the Arizona-Pittsburgh exhibition season game Aug. 13 as a "Super Bowl rematch," and some publications and TV types actually reported it as such.
What a joke.
With starters playing 10 plays? This is a Super Bowl rematch like I'm a regular at Muscle Beach (who wrote that?).
I've also seen some stories saying a team's trip [...]

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Ex-NFL players think the rule is dumb too

April 1, 2009

A few days, I opined (as opposed to opened) that the NFL's new rule preventing a guy who falls from hitting a quarterback below the knee is a dumb rule. Some of you disagreed, which is your right as an American. After all, you have the right to be wrong.
But the Naples Daily News found [...]

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This talk of acquiring Jay Cutler defies logic

April 1, 2009

Let the Jay Cutler rumor mill start churning.
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen released a stunning statement Tuesday night saying he was going to trade his quarterback. Immediately, the Browns surfaced as a possible – and in some cases — likely landing spot.
I don't get it. I just don't get it.
Two years ago, the fan base was [...]

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