All you Bob Wickman haters, give it a rest. Aside from his numbers, which are great, you gotta admit, the man keeps you watching the game. It’s a roller coaster ride every time he pitches. As much as I loved Jose Mesa in his prime, you could literally leave the game when he took the mound. A win was a forgone conclusion. Sure, it was great to have that certainty, but not as much fun as Wickie. With Wickman, you’re glued to the game until the last pitch.

It’s a bit like getting rid of umpires in favor of some machine. Stupid. The inherent variability of the strike zone when applied by human beings is part of the game, makes it fun, and what else would you argue about during the game?

I’ve been having this ongoing argument with a buddy of mine…who would you rather have as your QB in his prime? Brian Sipe or Bernie Kosar?

I’d take Bernie. Hard to argue with 3 AFC Championship game appearances. Sipe won an MVP, but Bernie had more great years than Sipe, and as for mobility, when Bernie was really hot, he was every bit as good as Peyton Manning or Dan Marino, both of whom are pretty immobile. In Browns history, there was nobody better at on-the-field command than Kosar. My buddy argues for Sipe, largely based on the MVP year of 1980.

Who would you take?

I like this…..and I really like this…..

He also befriended his childhood idol Bernie Kosar, who has taken Frye under his wing. “He’s talked to me about all the stuff off the field like ticket requests and things and to know that you’re here to play football and that’s your No. 1 priority,” Frye said. “It’s real cool to be able to watch him [growing up] and now he’s giving me pointers. [His poster] is still hanging up in my room in Willard, Ohio.”

Hangin’ out with Bernie scores major points with me.

Most Browns fans will agree that Butch Davis did very little for the Browns during his tenure as head coach, but the one thing he did right was deal Quincy Morgan to the Cowboys for Antonio Bryant last October. Morgan occassionally flashed some skill and potential while he was with Cleveland but his inconsistency was maddening. So when Butch swapped Morgan for Bryant, the Biletnikoff Award winner in 2000 as college football’s best receiver, I was estatic.

Now, nearly one year later, the trade looks even better for Browns fans. Bryant seems poised to have a breakout year as the team’s #1 receiver while the Cowboys, after signing free agent Peerless Price, cut Morgan Monday. Buried on the depth chart as the fourth or even fifth receiver, Morgan’s $750,000 base salary was too much for the Cowboys to swallow.

So, perhaps for the first time and certainly for the last, I say: Thank you Butch Davis.