Category: Cleveland Browns (Page 93 of 114)

The Browns calculate…

…that a family of four spends an average of $297.16 to attend one Browns home game – up 5.4 percent from last season.

Unbelievable.

I saw this clip on the news the other day, and it just appeared in the PD.

“You guys like Braylon, right?” Crennel said. “Ever since we signed Braylon, you guys have been talking about Braylon this and Braylon that.” “If Braylon makes some more plays, that might help him out,” Crennel said Crennel went on to say that Edwards is making great progress and that he’s not dissatisfied with him in any way. He also said he might move him up to the No. 1 receiver at some point this season.

I really like Crennel’s approach. He’s under absolutely no pressure to win right now, but even if he was, you get the sense that he’s just going to take his time with every player. That’s good.

One of the best things about preseason was how Josh Cribbs returned kickoffs. Straight upfield. No nonsense. Fearless. He should be back in the lineup this week…

Cribbs never ran kickoffs until he came to the Browns. It’s a job nobody else wants. Former Browns returner Andre Davis didn’t want to do it, and punt returner Dennis Northcutt doesn’t want to do it. Cribbs embraces the job. “There’s a lot of linebackers running down full speed,” he said. “Wide receivers want to stay away from linebackers. I don’t care at all. I’m trying to make a mark at it. I’m trying to make a name for myself, being that tough guy willing to do whatever it takes.

On a side note…why was William Green the only one running back kickoffs in the meantime? He seems the antithesis of Cribbs, seems to slow down the closer he gets to the wedge.

Pat McManamon at the Akron Beacon Journal wrings his hands about how reporters deal with rumors on the Browns that swirled in the bye week, and kinda screws up.

Example two came during the off week when word spread around town that Trent Dilfer might not start against Chicago and that Charlie Frye had been told to get ready to start. These reports never reached print or broadcast; they were underground scuttlebutt. But the scuttlebutt was strong. Crennel brusquely cast those rumors aside as well, and without being mean or nasty made it clear exactly what he thought of them.

Ummm….did Pat know that it was the PD’s Roger Brown who made sure the rumor “reached print”?

Romeo Crennel is more worried about his defense than about how much Jack Daniels Kyle Orton downed during the bye week.

There are some unflattering photographs of Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Kyle Orton circulating on the Internet. In one, he holds a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey and his chin and T-shirt are sopping wet. In the other, he flashes the mid dle finger of his left hand to the camera.

“All I have to do is tell them look at the stats,” said coach Romeo Crennel. “We’re at the bottom of the NFL defensively…I’m not worried about [Orton], I’m worried about us,” Crennel continued. “If you want to take anybody lightly being at the bottom, I don’t know who it can be. I’m telling our guys, this is an NFL quarterback. He has enough ability to be an NFL quarterback, so you better honor him.”

See said NFL QB, Coach Daniels, and Kyle’s middle finger here.