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Cleveland Browns (2013 Season)

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tsteele316;2296681; said:
http://jimkanicki.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/art-modell-has-no-hall-of-fame-credentials/

and the hammer stroke rebuttal.
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Fucking hell. That takedown is so comprehensive I went from no, to HELL NO to HELL YES on his HOF candidacy... hear me out on this:

Put Modell in the hall. Give his bust its own room. Let people draw dicks on it, and replace it with a clean one every day so it can be done all over again. Play closed captioned audio of this blog post over a slide show on multiple screens throughout the room. Let's preserve Art Modell's legacy, because everybody needs to remember how big of a piece of shit he was.
 
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I think with McCoy's salary escalating this much he might be history.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy played just 39 snaps in a relief role in three games during 2012, but his playing time and performance from his first two seasons in the NFL have increased his 2013 base salary from the league minimum to $2.325 million, according to the NFLPA's base salary database.

McCoy, a 2010 third-round pick out of Texas, started 21 games over his first two seasons in the NFL, completing 400 of 685 pass attempts for 4,309 yards with 20 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. McCoy's base salary was escalated by $1.5 million when he played in 47.18 percent of the Browns' offensive snaps as a rookie. McCoy added another $250,000 to his 2013 salary when he took 82.41 percent of the snaps and reached certain performance incentives in 2011. (An additional increase of $55,000 - which would raise McCoy's salary to $2.38 million - is expected to take place as the playing-time/performance increases were applied to a league minimum $575,000 base salary that the 2011 collective bargaining agreement increased to $630,000 for players with three accrued seasons.)

McCoy earned the league minimum $540,000 while completing nine of his 17 pass attempts for 79 yards and a touchdown in 2012. McCoy is expected to be a part of a competition, along with 2012 first-round pick Brandon Weeden, for the Browns' starting job.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...-mccoy-added-1-75-million-194838554--nfl.html
 
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tsteele316;2297371; said:
only problem is that everything in the article was absolutely true.
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"no Hall of Fame credentials"?

Everything in that Browns fan's blog is his own bitter opinion of a man who broke his heart. Most of his complaints are petty personal ones. Go read a pro-Modell tribute from Baltimore, and everything in it will be "absolutely true" too. Emotion and perspective make all the difference.

...The history Modell’s supporters emphasize demonstrates the profound effect he had in elevating the N.F.L. He led the Owners Labor Committee in 1968 when it negotiated the first collective bargaining agreement with the players. He broke an impasse that made the N.F.L. merger with the American Football League possible by agreeing to shift the Browns to the A.F.C. He helped establish N.F.L. Films and was its first chairman. He hired the first black general manager, Ozzie Newsome, whose eye for talent has helped the Ravens advance to the playoffs a league-high five straight seasons, culminating in this Super Bowl appearance. ...
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Modell was a 40+ year AFL/NFL owner with a Super Bowl win and was obviously a part of the league's exponential growth over the decades. I'd vote for DeBartolo first for all the Super Bowls, but Modell probably gets in eventually.
 
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BayBuck said:
"no Hall of Fame credentials"?

Everything in that Browns fan's blog is his own bitter opinion of a man who broke his heart. Most of his complaints are petty personal ones. Go read a pro-Modell tribute from Baltimore, and everything in it will be "absolutely true" too. Emotion and perspective make all the difference.



Modell was a 40+ year AFL/NFL owner with a Super Bowl win and was obviously a part of the league's exponential growth over the decades. I'd vote for DeBartolo first for all the Super Bowls, but Modell probably gets in eventually.
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I think if he doesn't get in this year he will never get in and you need to go over to Cleveland.com and read Terry Pluto's column on why he does not deserve to get in.
 
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That's where I feel Cribbs still has a little value.
Wildcat and as a 4th/5th WR.

Though I'm not sure if that will justify his cost.

It would be a damn shame to let him & Dawson go
If we went on and had a respectable season.
 
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With regard to Cribbs, it will be interesting to see if the new regime wants to bring him back and if they do how much is he willing to come back for. Jackson could be a valuable third down RB and Benjamin would be a nice kick returner although a little fragile for kickoff returns.

Regarding Dawson, I do not know if he wants to come back or not and I don't think in his case it will be a matter of money. It will be whether he wants to come back or not.
 
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Nooooo Not Smith or Vick:crazy:
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, who is in New Orleans to attend Super Bowl festivities, indicated today that the Browns will likely bring in a quarterback to compete with Brandon Weeden for the starting job.

"I think Norv and Chud have been very open that they like a lot of what Brandon (Weeden) does, but we're going to have competition at that position, and I think competition makes us all better and we'll see where that competition comes from,'' Haslam said after the Walter Payton Man of Year Finalist press conference, where Browns left tackle Joe Thomas is a finalist along with Dallas' Jason Witten and Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald.

Two high-profile veteran quarterbacks expected to become available are 49ers quarterback Alex Smith, who said he loved playing for Browns offensive coordinator Norv Turner; and Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who was with Browns CEO Joe Banner in Philadelphia. Banner likes Vick, according to sources.
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http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2013/02/cleveland_browns_owner_jimmy_h_6.html#incart_river
 
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Don't shoot the messenger but here are some possible free agents that the Browns might take a look at. The Arizona guys are interesting because of their ties with Horton and there are a couple guys on the offensive side that have past ties with Chud or Turner. However, none of the guys on the offensive side appeal to me except for maybe Vasquez but there are a couple other free-agent guards available that might be better. Rather than looking at a free-agent RB, I would rather see them re-sign Jackson and, if he is willing, I would like to bring back Watson for a couple more years.

I am listing the OLB's because we are going to need a couple and they look fairly intriguing.

Top 5 Most Likely 2013 Free-Agent Targets-Defense

Greg Toler, ARZ, 28, Cornerback
Keenan Lewis, PIT, 26, Cornerback
Rashad Johnson, ARZ, 27, Safety
Ryan Mundy, PIT, 27, Safety
Dannell Ellerbe, BAL, 27, ILB

Top 5 Most Likely 2013 Free-Agent Targets- Offense

Mike Goodson, OAK, 25, Running Back
Gary Barnidge, CAR, 27, Tight End
Malcom Floyd, SD, 31, Wide Receive
Louis Murphy, CAR, 25, Wide Receiver
Louis Vasquez, SD, 25, Offensive Guard

Outside linebackers--free agents

Shaun Phillips, 31, San Diego
Connor Barwin, 26, Houston
Anthony Spencer, 29, Dallas
Paul Kruger, 26, Baltimore
Victor Butler, OLB, Dallas

http://www.buckeyestatesports.com/c...st-likely-2013-free-agent-targets-on-defense/
 
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