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Josh Cribbs Our "Special" Teamer

Just added: Five things you didn't know about Josh Cribbs

Well as most of us know, the NFL's version of the all star game (more like a laughable little league coaches game) was this past weekend. The Browns managed to have two players selected. The outdoors man LT Joe Thomas and some other guy named Josh, who's last named escapes me at this time.

In the past I never watch the Pro Bowl, it is a joke and the players are there to just basically relax, have fun, and collect there $10k-$20k game checks. I did tune in to this game because nothing else was on at the time and in doing so I found something interesting.

During the Browns season, I normally watch the game on CBS and at least half the time I watch the game on TV with the mute button on and then turn the radio on to listen to Jim Donovan give the play by play. Nothing beats a local commentator giving you the "RUN WILLIAM RUN" lines than hearing Ian Eagle and Steve Tasker give lame attempts to inspire there viewers with such titillating insight and fake sales pitch lines.

Anyhow......

My point is that my perception of how good Josh Cribbs is has changed. Grant it anyone who knows me and reads the articles (although few as of late) that I have written know my position on what Randy "Don't call me Al" Lerner needs to do with Cribbs. I cannot tell you how many times Cribbs was praised for his all around abilities during his short times on the field during the Pro Bowl. Instead of me hearing all of the local media guys loving this guy, I was now seeing from a national standpoint.

In the days leading up to the Pro Bowl some encouraging reports that the Browns and Cribbs agent were making some progress on a new deal. Normally I dislike when a player has a breakout season and then feels like the world should lay down for them and get a new multi-year, multi-million dollar contract (case in point, Titans RB Chris Johnson). But Cribbs did hire an agent (which if memory serves me correct, he does not have the same agent now) and was paid to get him the best offer possible. However in a sad twist, this is one of the FEW cases where the agent sucked, the franchise won, and the player really does need a new contract. If anyone reading can tell me that Josh Cribbs does not give everything he has for every play that he's on the field and then some well I could only come up with a few excuses for you.
  • You work for a Fox affiliate.
  • You have an extreme hate for those named to an NFL All Decade Team.
  • You have ties to the Taliban (see example 1).
  • You prefer to watch teams that only have a logo on one side of there helmet.
  • You drive a Scion.
For all the draft blunders and and free agent injury miscues, lets not screw this one up. As they were showing Cribbs on TV last Sunday I looked over at my wife and said this could be the last time we see Cribbs in an orange helmet. Her reply, "I hope not, but he could play for the Bengals someday". We can only hope neither of those things ever comes to pass.

Recent Timeline of Josh Cribbs and the Browns:
Cribbs: Future with Browns 'unlikely'
Josh Cribbs and agents insulted by $1.4 million offer by Cleveland Browns
Josh Cribbs may have just gotten more expensive
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  1. UnknownFebruary 4, 2010 at 10:28 PM

    i agree scotty-i can't believe i can say that a special team player is a game changer, but he IS. he should be paid. he is very valuable, and who are we(browns)to not pay a great player? we're not the patriots.

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