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• Mortgaging the future no crisis

  For the second straight year, Phil Savage has traded away a future pick to load up on draft day. This time, he did it twice. He sent next year's third-rounder for Dallas' mid-fourth, used on Missouri TE Martin Rucker. Then, he reacquired the sixth... Posted Apr 27 2008, 10:14 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions, draft

• Meet the Browns

  Before baseball season hits full stride and April Fools Day diminishes the credibility of anything you might read, here's a quick recap of Browns news since the Pro Bowl. This off-season's moves could prove enough to send this team over the top... Posted Mar 31 2008, 08:59 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions

• Todd man out

  Some week, huh? We get the Chud drama settling with a reassuring contract extension. There's Phil Savage's season-wrapping presser and all its news hooks, including a possible extension for honcho Romeo himself. Then, an intriguing team and media... Posted Jan 12 2008, 12:37 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions, history

• Diminishing deal

  Eagle-eyed fan adogbtown noticed an unpublicized recent change to the six-year, $36 million contract of LeCharles Bentley. The injured center's deal now ends after next season, after which he would presumably be a free agent. The logical impetus for... Posted Nov 17 2007, 06:52 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions

• Secondary rays

  Signed: Nick Sorensen, nominally a safety but in reality more of a special teams player. " Sunshine " does have experience with the Rams and Jaguars, but if they were going to sign a safety to Gary Baxter's roster spot, I was hoping that... Posted Oct 24 2007, 02:13 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: transactions

• Gary, and the corollary

  A year and a day after tearing both patellar tendons , the Browns finally shut down Gary Baxter, conceding that his miracle comeback won't happen this year. Phil Savage's loyalty to the veteran defensive back, one of his first free agent signees... Posted Oct 24 2007, 08:32 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: transactions