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First and 10: Some ideas for a better second half

November 10, 2009

Here are 10 suggestions for the Cleveland Browns as they head to the second half of the season:
1)      Run the ball. The one thing the offense did kind of, sort of well the first half was run the ball. Jerome Harrison and Jamal Lewis each had 100-yard games. There have been some good runs. This [...]

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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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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: Time for Quinn?

August 30, 2009

First of the season … regular production begins the week of the opener.
1)      I think if Saturday was a regular season game the Browns get whacked pretty good. Kerry Collins and the Titans offense moved the ball pretty easily, and they did it with short throws and the running game. The Browns made a good play [...]

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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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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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One more opinion that the Browns staff prefers Derek Anderson

May 14, 2009

Fox's John Czarnecki writes that "there is no question that the new Browns' hierarchy seems to prefer Derek Anderson over fan-favorite Brady Quinn, despite the front office unwillingness to trade the Notre Dame kid prior to last month's draft." Depsite that, Czarnecki predicts Quinn will be the starter because he's a better practice player than [...]

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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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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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Someone gets it that LeBron might not leave, and why the difference in judgment with Quinn and Anderson?

November 22, 2008

Finally, there's someone out there who gets it that Lebron James will not automatically leave Cleveland after next season, that LeBron's driving force is multiple championships, and that he knows nobody has ever done it in his home town. As Ian Thomsen writes on SI.com: "To become the equal to (or eclipse) Jordan, LeBron must [...]

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Who has really hurt the Browns … and anyone care to join me on the drive to Buffalo on Monday?

November 15, 2008

Heading to Buffalo …
Anyone care to shuffle off to the game with me … you can drive:

 
 Who has really hurt the Browns?
The more I think about the Browns this season the more I believe the team's record is far more a product of the people around Derek Anderson than Derek Anderson. One player who bears a [...]

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First and 10 with the Browns

August 13, 2008

Welcome to a new weekly feature on this blog. It’s called First and 10, and truth be told it’s not new at all. It’s really old. For some years now I’ve e-mailed this First and 10 newsletter on the Browns to those who asked. Free! How cool is that. You want it, it arrives once [...]

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