Dawgbeat 05/01/2007
Building a Dynasty? ? ?
by Eric Brown
Joe Thomas, Brady Quinn, Eric Wright, Kamerion Wimbley, Braylon Edwards, Brodney Pool, Dqwell Jackson, starting to look like a pretty good foundation doesn’t it? These Phil Savage draft picks are potentially the core of a dynasty for the Cleveland Browns franchise. Throw in Butch Davis draft picks Kellen Winslow, Andra Davis and Sean Jones and it looks even better. But wait, you still have to consider Eric Steinbach, a young veteran, Kevin Shaffer (if he sits down for a minute and rethinks his position) Leon Williams, Shaun Smith, Antwan Peek, Leigh Bodden, Joshua Cribbs, Daven Holly, Travis Wilson, Lawrence Vickers and Justin Hamilton. There is a very solid infrastructure being put in place by Phil Savage in Cleveland, and the rest of the league is beginning to take notice. Just scour some of the football websites and listen to what other team’s front offices are starting to say about the Cleveland Browns draft as well as their prospects for the future. These young players are reason for excitement about our football team in Cleveland. And I want to say one thing right here before I make my next point, no matter what you have thought of Brady Quinn in the past, he is a Cleveland Brown now and you better not let your conception of him flood your brains before giving the kid a chance. He is a top tier quarterback prospect from Ohio that wanted to play for the Cleveland Browns, and that is hard thing to find in recent years.
On to my next point, I haven’t even mentioned our veteran core as part of this team, you have Joe Jurevicius who is known for his knack of being on teams that make it to the big game, ex-patriots Ted Washington and Willie McGinest, they’re familiar with success, and Hank Fraley, Steve Heiden, Robaire Smith and Orpheus Roye. Are you starting to see my point? This team has made a dramatic improvement talent wise in this off-season and over the past two seasons. For all the woe is me Browns fans its time to wake up and come out of your doom and gloom attitudes. The new Cleveland Browns are here and they’re going to be winners, bet on it. This team is on the brink of becoming a top tier NFL team and maybe, just maybe, a dynasty that our city can remember for all time.
Romeo Crennel is a wonderful man and I respect him for sticking to his guns and seeing these first two hard years out. My plea to him this season is to get this team ready to play four quarters of football from September 9, 2007 until the end of the season, whenever that may be. You really want to show this city that the Browns are back and playing hard for our respect as well as their own self respect. We no longer want to be the joke of the NFL, our time to win is now.
To the fans, its been a rough eight seasons and we haven’t had much to cheer about, but come September 9th, 2007 at 12:00 p.m. fill up that stadium early and be ready to yell your head off because its time to bring this franchise to life. You may not agree with all the personnel decisions but these are our Cleveland Browns and the time to turn the corner is now, get behind it with all your might. Get a positive vibe around this team and it can only help. I know you have all been let down before and hurt by this team, but a new era is here and a dynasty was born on April 28th, 2007.
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