Category: Cleveland Browns (Page 102 of 114)

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.

T-Minus one bad Trent Dilfer performance. I don’t know how you throw for 186 yards in the first half of the final exhibition game and not be the second stringer. And I’d say it’s a matter of time before Charlie Frye starts this season. Frye is the real deal. First mediocre performance from Dilfer, and Trivissonno’s gonna be bangin’ the drum.

Trying to find a mention in the PD of Sultan McCullough’s rushing performance last night is a bit too difficult. Only one mention of him anywhere in the articles. THE MAN RUSHED FOR 103 YARDS!!! In a little over one half of play! Why isn’t this a story? And why does Ruben Droughns get top of the page coverage in the Browns Insider column? Yeah, he had a good game, but McCullough ran for 43 more yards. Droughns’ avg per carry was 6.6, McCullough’s 5.4, so not that big a difference. They both broke big gainers, so you can’t argue that one back had more carries outside the average than the other. I’d keep the kid.