Metcalf Up the Middle

Over the last few days there have been lots of reports via the usual channels (Twitter, ESPN, SI.com, Rotoworld.com etc) indicating that the Redskins are in hot pursuit to move up from the six overall pick in Aprils draft to the #2 spot to pick Robert Griffin III. Although (on paper) the Browns have the edge in moving up in the the draft via there 4th and 22nd picks in the first round of the draft, the Redskins are equipped with an owner (Dan "what ever, I do what I want" Snyder) who will do whatever it takes to get what he deems is necessary for his team. Someone had brought up a good point early today why the 'Skins could very well win this bidding war for the Rams #2 pick. Redskins would defiantly commit to the Rams well before the Browns would. Rams may want a deal sooner rather than later as the market for a QB may thin out some once Peyton Manning and Matt Flynn find new homes. Although the Browns have around $25-$27million in cap space this season, the...

Its amazing what gaining 1 and 3/8 of an inch can do to every sports talk radio station and mock draft in America. Robert Griffin III who was some young man who played QB for some school named Baylor which I believe is in Texas. I believe he also won an award recently that was put into the same pose as Al Bundy. Anyhow, the Browns were figured to be able to give up there 4th and 22nd overall pick in the first round to the St. Louis Rams to move up to the 2nd overall pick in order to draft the young stud from Baylor who wears odd socks. Since this new measurement, the Browns are now looking to give up Randy Lerner's first born child, the keys to Cleveland, a limitless MBNA credit card, and a fully loaded Ford F150 delivered by Colt McCoy. I was ok maybe a week ago with giveing up two first round picks for RGIII, but now with each passing day at the combine, the Rams sit pretty knowing that they can now ask for everything and the kitchen sink for a team that wants/needs...

The NFL Combine is here. Teams all around the league are getting ready to release players and will be "awarding" others the franchise tag. The Browns sit again in a questionable spot. Bad enough to get a top five pick, but not bad enough to get a player of Andrew Luck's caliber. Will RGIII be available at the forth pick? Does the Browns front office resign Peyton Hillis , do we draft Trent Richardson or do we look toward free agency? Do we pick Blackmon at 4 and fill the giant need at the WR position? What about drafting another stud at the corner back position? Will the Redskins and the Wizard of Odd, Dan Snyder try to leap frog the Browns for RGIII? Whats out there possibly in the free agent market? ( click here ) Saw earlier today on "the twitter" that the giant banner outside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis that used to display the Frankenstein like face of Peyton Manning now shows that of a giant blue horseshoe. Gotta think that Man...

As much as I would like to see Colt McCoy excel as a Brown in the NFL. I don't think that this is going to happen. As a fan of professional football and that of the Cleveland Browns, I want to see every single draft pick excel to a pro-bowl type level. Obviously that would never happen (in any scenario). So, part of me wants to see Colt given another year to mature WITH SOME OFFENSIVE WEAPONS to see what he can really do. However when you have the fourth overall pick and you have a very good shot at picking a much more (all around) athletic QB like Robert Griffin III , its increasingly difficult to keep telling yourself that you would NOT be OK with Colt holding a clipboard next season. Yes, the Browns lead the league in dropped balls, (no thanks to Greg Little) and we had to rely on a practice squad castoff from the Texans to sure up on running game for a couple weeks with all the injuries at running back. (  Chris Ogbonnaya  ) Would a stud WR like Justin Blackmon be...

Our 1 - 1 Cleveland Browns host the 0 - 2 Miami Dolphins today at 1pm.  The inaccurately throwing Chad Henne will try to lead his pod to a win today at Browns Stadium.  If you look at the first set of stats below. QB Chad Henne leads his team in rushing with a whopping 85 yards.  That make me feel a little better that Peyton Hillis' 3.4 ypc so far this season. Coach Shurmur says he's not worried about the yards per carry this early in the season yet. Our offensive line is still learning to play alone side one another due to the injuries. Why is this stat a big deal?  Any coach will tell you, running the football wins you football the majority of the time.  If you do not have a balanced offense, it will eventually come back to bite you in the ass. We all know that the Browns just don't have enough offensive weapons to spread the field like the Lions or Texans for example. So running the ball while running down the clock and keeping the ball out of ...

Yes this picture pretty much sums up last Sundays Browns' loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Who can we (the fans) place blame on for this loss: The entire team for having 11 penalties during the game? The OC for the lack of Peyton Hillis getting the ball? The DC and/or the veteran defensive players for playing circle jerk while AJ Green catches and runs for his first career touchdown? All of the owners and players for the lockout which in turn allowed less time for a first time head coach and his players to get to know each other? I could go on for days on this but either way we suck, so therefore we lost. I will give credit to the Browns players and coaching staff for making the correct adjustment at halftime to overcome nearly digging there own grave in the first quarter of the game.  Not to mention CB Joe Haden's outstanding play all day (5 pass break ups on the day). The Browns have a fairly easy schedule this year. The Bengals are almost as bad as the Browns, ...

I have to admit that I have not wanted to post anything because of the lockout. But since we may be nearing the end after 120 days or so, I wanted to let you know that all is well and my puny posts will begin here shortly.