Cleveland Browns (2009 Season)

[ysubuck]

I read an article (can't remember where) that anonymously quoted an agent that said he would put his client on the practice squad of any other team in the league before he would let him sign with the Browns.



That's encouraging.

EDIT: http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2009/09/20/sports/nh1456336.txt

 

[Mike80]

some three and four wide receiver sets might help. They go out and use both of their #2 draft choices on WRs and where are they this season. I think it might help me o-line also if they would not let the opposing defense stack the line of scrimmage because there are no WRs on the field.

Well they do.

They aren't going to mismanage their team like the Cowboys do and buy every FA available. The Browns don't have that kind of money to throw around.

That means they have to draft smart/sign good FAs that fill roles.

 

[jlb1705]

Browns have brief locker room skirmish - NFL - SI.com

BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Cleveland rookie cornerback Coye Francies, incensed over a prank, threw a bucket of ice and at least one errant punch during a skirmish in the Browns' locker room.
As the team returned from practice Friday, a soaking-wet Francies, apparently the target of some hazing, stormed into the locker room carrying a water bucket full of ice. Before he could be stopped, Francies tossed the ice on cornerback Brandon McDonald, hitting him with cubes and covering the floor.
Francies flung some ice in the direction of safety Mike Adams before heading toward safety Abram Elam's corner cubicle. Francies then swung at Elam, who deflected the blows, before Pro Bowl nose tackle Shaun Rogers grabbed him by the back of the shirt and escorted him out a side door.
"Welcome to the Browns locker room!" wide receiver Braylon Edwards hollered as players rushed over to check on the commotion.

 

[NFBuck]

This is the worst shape I ever can remember this franchise being in. That's astounding.

 

[fanaticbuckeye]

Source: Cleveland Browns players file grievances for fines - ESPN

Last week, Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini addressed fining one of his players $1,701 for not paying the hotel bill for a $3 bottle of water. Now, some of Mangini's players are addressing the fines in their own way.


To protest Mangini's fines against players, two grievances already have been filed with the NFL Players Association, said a league source, and three more are in the process of being filed now on behalf of Browns players.

I think the Browns uniforms are very close to being the color that I remember them. That's about the only good thing I can muster at the moment.

 

[Bucks21]

And with the number one pick in the 2010 draft the Cleveland Browns select.....

 

[exhawg]

And with the number one pick in the 2010 draft the Cleveland Browns select.....

As I said in the game thread Tim Tebow. Duh

 

[OH10]

Going 0-16. Don't see any way around that with this roster. Much as they did with Charlie Frye a couple of years ago, they need to just release Derek Anderson. Cut him and hope (pray) someone picks him up.

Just can't continue to have this quarterback controversy. Two bad quarterbacks. Choose one and dump the other. Its that simple.

 

[3074326]

Speculation commences that Mangini won't make it to January | ProFootballTalk.com

Speculation commences that Mangini won't make it to January

Posted by Mike Florio on September 27, 2009 7:59 PM ET
Last year, Browns owner Randy Lerner fired coach Romeo Crennel and G.M. Phil Savage, only a year after giving each of them contract extensions.

Now, with the Browns at 0-3 and coach Eric Mangini in the eye of a storm of criticism and grievances, some league insiders openly are expressing concern that Mangini won't make it through the end of the season.

If so, Mangini possibly would be the only head coach fired by two different NFL teams in less than a year.

Butch Davis resigned after 11 games in 2004. In all, the Browns have had five head coaches (permanent and interim) in the decade since they have returned to the league.

Wouldn't mind seeing Mike Shanahan....

BILL COWHER!!!111`12`1!!!!

 

[NFBuck]

I was luke warm on the Mangini hiring from the start, but to fire him after a year when handing him this roster of shit would be borderline criminal...unless there was a real philosophical shift and definate direction they were heading in.

 

[3074326]

I was luke warm on the Mangini hiring from the start, but to fire him after a year when handing him this roster of shit would be borderline criminal...unless there was a real philosophical shift and definate direction they were heading in.

I agree, unless it's for Shanahan. :p

 

[Best Buckeye]

I was luke warm on the Mangini hiring from the start, but to fire him after a year when handing him this roster of [censored] would be borderline criminal...unless there was a real philosophical shift and definate direction they were heading in.

Jmo but you Brown fans should look at the front office first. I remember when they had a guy named Belicheck

 

[NFBuck]

Jmo but you Brown fans should look at the front office first. I remember when they had a guy named Belicheck

Preaching to the choir.

 

[Mike80]

Speculation commences that Mangini won't make it to January | ProFootballTalk.com



Wouldn't mind seeing Mike Shanahan....

BILL COWHER!!!111`12`1!!!!

Neither one will be stupid enough to walk into this mess.

I was luke warm on the Mangini hiring from the start, but to fire him after a year when handing him this roster of shit would be borderline criminal...unless there was a real philosophical shift and definate direction they were heading in.

Agreed on the borderline criminal part. I do think he essentially has a year grace period to remake the roster.

 

[Jake]

As I said in the game thread Tim Tebow. Duh

That would be the next best way to get even for the 2006 MNC.