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MY 2014 PRE-SEASON ALL-AFC NORTH DEFENSE

Posted: Jul 28, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts | 18 Comments

DE- Carlos Dunlap                         Bengals

NT- Haloti Ngata                           Ravens

DE- Wallace Gilberry                     Bengals

OLB- Vontaze Burfict                    Bengals

ILB- Lawrence Timmons               Steelers

ILB- Karlos Dansby                        Browns

OLB- Terrell Suggs                        Ravens

CB- Joe Haden                               Browns

CB- Lardarius Webb                      Ravens

SS- Troy Polamalua                      Steelers

FS- Donte Whitner                        Browns

 

P– Sam Koch                                 Ravens

 

Team Totals – Ravens 4, Browns 3, Bengals 3, Steelers 2

 

MY 2014 PRE-SEASON ALL-AFC NORTH OFFENSE

Posted: Jul 27, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts, Feature Articles | 19 Comments

QB- Ben Roethlisberger                Steelers

RB- Giovani Bernard                     Bengals

WR- A.J. Green                               Bengals

WR- Antonio Brown                      Steelers

WR- Torey Smith                           Ravens

TE- Jordan Cameron                     Browns

LT- Joe Thomas                             Browns

LG- Kelechi Osemele                    Ravens

C-  Alex Mack                                Browns

RG- Marshall Yanda                     Ravens

RT- Andre Smith                           Bengals

 

PK – Justin Tucker                        Ravens

PR- Antonio Brown                      Steelers

KR- Jacoby Jones                           Ravens

 

Team Totals – Ravens 5, Browns 3, Steelers 3, Bengals 3

BROWNS BY THE UGLY NUMBERS

Posted: Dec 16, 2013 by . Filed under Feature Articles | 19 Comments

The Browns have now lost 5 straight games this season and 8 of their last 9 games.

This is the 6th straight season of 10 or more losses for the Browns.

This is the 10th season in the last 11 seasons that the Browns have lost 10 or more games.

Since returning to the NFL in 1999 the Browns have a (.323) winning percentage.

Since 1999 the Browns have won 9 or more games 2 times.

Since 1999 the Browns have had 7 head coaches and 3 owners.

Butch Davis Photo

Since 1999 the Browns are (5-25) vs the Steelers, (8-22) vs the Ravens and (11-19) vs the Bengals.

Since 1999 the Browns are a combined (24-66) against their division opponents for a (.266) winning percentage.

The Browns have made the NFL playoffs 1 time in the last 15 years.

The last time the Browns won a Division Championship was in 1989 or 24 years ago!

 

 

BROWNS PAINFUL TO WATCH

Posted: Dec 16, 2013 by . Filed under Feature Articles | 19 Comments

As painful as it is to watch the Browns blow 4th quarter lead, after 4th quarter lead, after 4th quarter lead and that’s exactly what they’ve done, blown three consecutive 4th quarter leads. And as painful as it is to witness their sixth consecutive ten or more loss season and tenth in the last eleven years, let’s be honest here, in the long run it’s going to pay off right? I mean, the Browns weren’t going to win the Super Bowl this year anyway, so the higher the draft pick, the better the player you get to draft, right?

I used to think that, I really did until the Browns have proved that theory incorrect since returning in 1999. They’ve had the first overall pick, a bunch of top five picks, multiple first round picks and yet here they are after fifteen years, right back where they started in 1999, one of the worst teams in the NFL!

Team CEO/President Joe Banner and General Manager Mike Lombardi need to change that in what will be the most important off-season since the Browns returned. They have multiple picks in the first and third rounds and their own in the second round and a total of ten draft picks as of today.  Their biggest need of course is to find a franchise quarterback and then go from there.  Granted it’s not their only need, far from it, but it starts right there. If the Browns are going to contend with Joe Flacco and the Ravens and Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers, they need to find their Flacco, their Big Ben.

Yes there are some pieces in place for this team like Joe Thomas at left tackle, Josh Gordon (as long as he stays out of trouble in the off season) at wide receiver, Jordan Cameron at tight end, Barkevious Mingo at rush-backer and Joe Haden at corner back, but an upgrade in talent is pretty much needed everywhere else. So use the draft Mike Lombardi. Get creative in free agency Joe Banner. Go find some play makers and difference makers, so come next December, we’re not talking about another double digit loss season for the Browns. Instead, maybe a late season push for a wild card spot, or at least a .500 or better season which hasn’t happened in Cleveland since 2007. Yes it’s been that painful!