Mark Leonard

September 2007 - Posts

• Savage's draft record

  When last I wrote about the 2007 Cleveland Browns, I called upon GM Phil Savage to get busy fixing what ails this club, particularly its perpetual inability to defend the run. It is commonly known Phil loves to scout collegians and that an inordinant... Posted Sep 26 2007, 08:23 AM by MALeonard's Xanga

• Little you don't already know

  One tries to have something illuminating to share before commencing commentary on a Sunday setback such as the Browns absorbed in Oakland the other day. However, those of you with functional eyesight had displayed for yourselves all that is the current... Posted Sep 25 2007, 10:30 AM by MALeonard's Xanga

• The axiom.

  Among football coaches, the axiom is a team is not always as bad as it looks when it loses or as good as it looks when it win. That statement is one for Browns' fans to keep in mind when they contemplate this weekend's contest on the left coast... Posted Sep 20 2007, 07:32 AM by MALeonard's Xanga

• A genuinely extraordinary game

  Possibly lost among the many immensely incredible elements in yesterday's Cleveland Browns' 51-45 home win over the downstate Cincinnati Bengals is that the Game Two QB starter had been unable to separate from the Game One QB starter, despite... Posted Sep 17 2007, 07:47 AM by MALeonard's Xanga

• Hard to attract vet talent to Cleve?

  It is beginning to appear as if it might be very difficult for Browns' GM Phil Savage to entice veteran talent---whether it characteristically functions on the field or on the sidelines---to the Cleveland organization. A multitude of reasons may factor... Posted Sep 14 2007, 09:43 AM by MALeonard's Xanga

• Here is why no vet QB.

  Understandably, many voices are now crying for Browns' GM Phil Savage to secure the services of a veteran QB option. At last, they've seen enough of Charlie Frye and see deficiencies in Derek Anderson that similarly identify him as inadequate... Posted Sep 11 2007, 08:04 AM by MALeonard's Xanga

• More than about talent, it is about proficiency.

  The Browns aren't ready. It's as simple as that. This team is not ready to play NFL football in real games that matter, especially against rivals in its own division. The evidence was overwhelming yesterday afternoon along the Lakefront, where... Posted Sep 10 2007, 09:05 AM by MALeonard's Xanga

• Still so many questions

  With the 2007 NFL opener just hours away for the Cleveland Browns, the preponderance of significant personnel questions disturbs. Though it is indisputably true GM Phil Savage and his henchmen have enhanced a needy roster, too many questions remain, most... Posted Sep 09 2007, 06:30 AM by MALeonard's Xanga

• NFL cuts; one man's garbage...

  There were not, at least as yet, too many surprise cuts around the NFL this weekend, at least insofar as recognizable veteran names are concerned. Predictably, the list consists primarily of young no-names, but such are the dreams of personnel departments... Posted Sep 01 2007, 07:32 PM by MALeonard's Xanga