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• NOSE SMALL MATTER

  Don't know if he'll amount to much, but it was nice to see that the Browns signed a nose tackle this week. Louis Leonard, a rookie released by the Chargers and Rams, shares his names with two of the greatest boxers in history and weighs roughly... Posted Oct 11 2007, 09:02 AM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• ALL-TIME BROWNS/PATRIOTS TEAM

  Here's my version of the All-Time Browns/Patriots team. Qualifiers must have played at least one regular season game for each team. Selections are based on their total career, including years with other teams. As you might expect, a few positions... Posted Oct 05 2007, 10:48 AM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History

• CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE

  What's a blogger fan to do when the defensive line is even more of a liability than the much-discussed quarterback position? I actually hold out more hope for injured Orpheus Roye than I do for Mt. Washington, the oldest and heaviest defender in Browns... Posted Aug 27 2007, 12:09 PM by Anonymous with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• LIKE 1984

  According to the ratings system devised over at the P-F-R blog, the 1984 Browns rank first among all teams since 1970 in the inequality of their offense and defense, among teams with better defenses than offenses. In other words, no team since the merger... Posted Aug 21 2007, 08:44 AM by Anonymous with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• BACKS FROM THE PAST

  Three former Browns celebrate birthdays today: Larry Poole, the former Akron Garfield and Kent State star, is 55. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry in his three years as a Brown during the Forrest Gregg era. Antonio Langham turns 35 today. The ninth overall... Posted Jul 31 2007, 01:00 PM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History

• COMINGS AND GOINGS

  Former Browns Chris Rockins, Gregg Rakoczy, and Ernie Logan were each born on this date, three years apart. A few years earlier, Dave Atkins was also born on May 18. The Browns' running backs coach the previous two seasons, he's now "senior... Posted May 18 2007, 12:39 PM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History

• THE LAST BADGER

  The last time the Browns drafted anyone from the University of Wisconsin, Joe Thomas hadn't even been conceived. Eight-nine Badgers have gone off the boards to other teams between the Thomas selection and the Browns' sixth-round pick in 1983:... Posted May 05 2007, 01:54 PM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• TONY'S TRANSPLANT

  Strange year for former Browns who wore #66. First the belated glory of Gene Hickerson's election to the Hall of Fame, tempered by the news of his dementia. Then yesterday, we learned that former left tackle Tony Jones recently had a kidney transplant... Posted Mar 23 2007, 09:25 AM by Anonymous with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: General, Browns History

• CUTTING TO THE CHASING OF THE 'CUTT

  Here is my contrarian post of the month: I am a little bit sad to see Dennis Northcutt go. Is it because he was a great wide receiver? No. Because he still has untapped potential? No. Because he deserved to be a lifelong Brown? No. The answer is simply... Posted Mar 17 2007, 03:06 PM by Anonymous with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Browns History

• ANSWER ME THIS

  I'm not quite sure why, but I'm keeping track of certain statistics achieved by the Browns since their 1999 resurrection. Perhaps it's a consolidated reminder of how god-awful this era has been, like the transcript of a hapless student. Or... Posted Jan 12 2007, 08:40 AM by Anonymous with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• REPLACEABLE

  By way of the outstanding Mistake by the Lake Sporting Times blog, we learn that Derek Anderson's craptastic response to RAC's encouraging words ranks as the worst passing performance in the eight-year history of the "new" Browns, as... Posted Dec 27 2006, 06:19 AM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• ADD IT UP

  The last time the Browns scored more than 26 points in a game was the 58-48 loss to the Bengals on Nov. 28, 2004, the last gasp of former potentate PHD (Paul Hilton Davis, for the newbies). The Browns have yet to score on defense in the Crennel era, but... Posted Nov 14 2006, 08:53 AM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• THREE-LAYER CAKE

  Big day of Browns birthdays today: The great Bill Willis -- Hall of Famer, original Brown, and pioneer of what became the middle linebacker position -- celebrates his 85th. Also, Bobby Franklin turns 70 today. Paul Brown converted the former Ole Miss... Posted Oct 05 2006, 09:38 AM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO...

  Browse the Browns' weekly media release long enough, and you too might realize these strange things: In all four of the Browns' exhibition games, the winner scored 20 points. The Browns have opened their season with the Saints twice before. Each... Posted Sep 06 2006, 09:06 PM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: Browns History, The Team Today

• NO PASSING FANCY

  Interesting statistical analysis here of the worst 50 quarterbacks since 1970. Of course, if they were that bad, they wouldn't have had a chance to play at all. But what fun is that? I noticed that none of the 50 worst seasons for quarterbacks were... Posted Sep 06 2006, 11:02 AM by Anonymous with | with no comments Filed under: General, Browns History