http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ A regular chronicling of the Cleveland Browns' exploits on and off the field. en-us smcclelland@daytondailynews.com 2012-02-07T18:37:49-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2012/02/07/no_love_for_the_browns_already.html Super Bowl odds are out and this (from Bovada) isn’t so encouraging if you’re a Browns fan. Hint: Look toward the bottom. Green Bay Packers … 6/1 New England Patriots … 7/1 New Orleans Saints … 8/1 Philadelphia Eagles …... 17404323@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2012-02-07T18:37:49-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2012/01/27/childress_named_offensive_coor.html Brad Childress is their new offensive coordinator, the Browns just announced. Here’s the rest of the press release: Childress brings 33 years of coaching experience on both the collegiate and professional levels to the Browns, including 13 in the NFL.... 17403835@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2012-01-27T16:08:32-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2012/01/24/another_exbrown_makes_good.html Highlights tend to happen for players, coaches and even franchises when they leave Cleveland. Running back Greg Pruitt went to the Super Bowl with the Raiders, receiver Paul Warfield with the Dolphins, center Shaun O’Hara with the Giants, defensive tackle... 17403678@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2012-01-24T17:48:32-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2012/01/11/in_2006_i_remember_getting.html Several years ago I remember getting a call from a British radio station as Browns owner Randy Lerner was contemplating buying Aston Villa, a soccer team over there. They wanted to know from someone who had covered the American football... 17403053@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2012-01-11T16:02:39-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2012/01/09/exbrowns_coaches_making_news.html The Kansas City Chiefs announced they are removing the interim tag from former Browns head coach Rome Crennel, giving him a three-year contract as successor to the fired Todd Haley. Crennel was 24-40 with the Browns from 2005 through 2008,... 17402912@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2012-01-09T12:21:51-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2012/01/04/today_marks_the_31st_anniversa.html Today marks the 31st anniversary of the game that came to be known as “Red Right 88,” the playoff game against the Oakland Raiders that the Browns lost because they had no confidence in injured placekicker Don Cockroft and Brian... 17402734@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2012-01-04T17:01:51-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/12/30/lb_jackson_named_player_of_the.html The Cleveland chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America has voted middle linebacker D’Qwell Jackson its PFWA Player of the Year. Safety Mike Adams was named the PFWA Dino Lucarelli “Good Guy Award” winner, which means he was probably... 17402565@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-12-30T17:38:08-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/12/22/ward_going_on_ir_season_over.html Browns coach Pat Shurmur said today that safety T.J. Ward’s sprained foot has not healed as hoped so he’s being placed on injured reserve, meaning his season is over. Shurmur also said quarterback Colt McCoy was in the building today,... 17402353@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-12-22T15:33:20-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/12/21/oh_brother_cleveland_teams_ten.html Word of the Browns signing tight end Dan Gronkowski to replace the injured Alex Smith got me thinking about brothers and how Cleveland teams have had an uncanny knack for getting the wrong one over the years. Gronkowski is the... 17402326@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-12-21T16:41:17-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/12/17/with_seneca_wallace_replacing.html With Seneca Wallace replacing a concussed Colt McCoy this week at quarterback, it’s a reminder of the drama and uncertainty that have plagued the position since the team’s 2002 playoff season. Since then, there have been 141 games started by... 17402176@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-12-17T21:16:46-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/12/14/when_in_doubt_just_lie.html The Browns are seemingly always in the news for the wrong reasons. Coaches are hired and fired left and right. Executives come and go. Since returning to the NFL in 1999, this is a team that has garnered notice for... 17402022@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-12-14T16:32:00-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/12/12/cockroft_book_a_painful_remind.html Browns fans have little choice but to exist in the past, which is what former placekicker Don Cockroft apparently is counting on with his new book about the 1980 team that lived on the edge and died with Brian Sipe’s... 17401919@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-12-12T20:43:26-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/12/09/at_least_mccoy_didnt_cry.html It was obviously a dumb move by the Browns letting quarterback Colt McCoy go back into Thursday night’s game against Pittsburgh after sustaining a vicious hit from James Harrison (who needs to be fined heavily and suspended, and oh how... 17401820@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-12-09T18:37:16-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/12/07/hillis_questionable_for_steele.html There’s a 50-50 chance the Browns will be without running back Peyton Hillis again for Thursday night’s game in Pittsburgh that most people won’t be able to see because they don’t get the NFL Network. Hillis is listed as questionable... 17401674@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-12-07T16:16:38-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2011/11/30/always_sad_when_the_long_snapp.html Sad day for the Browns on Tuesday. First, you know you’re in the midst of a frustrating and disappointing season when your long snapper gets cut. And then, to lose linebacker Scott Fujita for the remaining five games with a... 17401301@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2011-11-30T00:17:31-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com