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 2009-11-03T16:59:17-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/11/03/schottenheimer_dont_call_me.html Just in case you’re thinking how wonderful it would be if Marty “There’s a gleam, men” Schottenheimer stepped in to fix everything, let it be known he has no interest in getting anywhere near the situation. He said as much... 15529003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-11-03T16:59:17-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/11/02/report_gm_kokinis_bites_the_du.html The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer first reported early Monday evening that first-year GM George Kokinis had been fired and, in fact, escorted from team headquarters. At about midnight, the team got around to confirming the reports, although the part about Kokinis... 15516503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-11-02T21:04:39-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/10/29/savage_comes_out_of_hiding.html Phil Savage apparently just couldn’t take it anymore. And so the fired general manager of your favorite football team dropped a few morsels on his hometown boys about the sorry state of that football team and how most of the... 15449003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-10-29T00:25:57-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/10/20/hurricane_andrew_of_mismanagem.html Poor Eric Mangini. You fine a guy $1,700 for taking a $3 bottle of water from a hotel without paying for it. You force rookies to take a bus to Connecticut and work your camp. Your team is 1-5, sporting... 15327003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-10-20T21:16:42-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/10/07/at_least_they_got_something_fo.html Thought it was relatively shrewd of the Browns to get what they did from the Jets for receiver Braylon Edwards, especially since they weren’t exactly dealing from a position of strength after his recent off-field incident. Most appealing is that... 15149603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-10-07T21:57:56-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/10/05/did_braylon_punch_lebrons_frie.html Maybe it was frustration over not catching a pass in Sunday’s 23-20 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Maybe it was frustration over the loss itself. Whatever the case, Browns receiver Braylon Edwards is being accused of using one of... 15104203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-10-05T16:11:23-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/10/03/well_so_much_for_james_davis.html James Davis, the rookie sixth-round draft pick from Clemson who had done so well in preseason, has been placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury, meaning he is out for the season. To take his place, the Browns signed... 15078603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-10-03T15:54:40-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/09/27/quinn_deserved_a_chance_to_fin.html If the Browns were going to give Brady Quinn such a short leash, such a wickedly small margin for error, then they should have scrapped the whole Quinn experiment before it began and drafted Mark Sanchez. This has officially reached... 14976703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-09-27T23:08:24-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/09/25/rookie_goes_berserk_in_locker.html Witnesses say cornerback Coye Francies caused a scene in the locker room today, reacting inappropriately to a prank by hurling a bucket of ice and at least one punch. Great. Just what the team needs two days before they play... 14957403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-09-25T18:09:26-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/09/22/another_savage_draftee_bites_t.html The team picked up tight end Greg Estandia off waivers from Jacksonville and signed free agent defensive back Anthony Madison today while waiving tight end Martin Rucker and defensive back Marquis Floyd. Rucker had been a big-time pass-catcher at Missouri,... 14903303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-09-22T19:33:03-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/09/22/why_cant_a_russian_billionaire.html Saw a story on ESPN.com today about Russia’s richest man, Mikhail Prokhorov, making a takeover bid for the NBA’s New Jersey Nets. The headline I would have preferred to see: “Russia’s richest man makes takeover bid for the Cleveland Browns.”... 14900903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-09-22T16:55:11-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/09/18/brian_daboll_divulges_the_game.html If left up to the discretion of head coaches, offensive and defensive coordinators would never be allowed to speak publicly. So in recent years the league mandated that they be made available at least once in a while. Not surprisingly,... 14848203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-09-18T21:00:29-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/09/09/2_browns_in_top_100_players.html A list of the NFL’s top 100 players found its way into my e-mail in-box. A panel assembled by The Sporting News of more than 100 Hall of Famers, former executives and other “experts” ranks left tackle Joe Thomas No.... 14688303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-09-09T10:41:09-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/09/05/lewis_not_among_final_cuts.html Looks like veteran running back Jamal Lewis will be staying with the Browns, after all. Despite days of national speculation to the contrary, the 30-year-old Lewis was not among the 23 cuts announced this afternoon by first-year coach Eric Mangini.... 14649003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-09-05T18:50:04-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/09/01/ryan_tucker_perhaps_has_played.html Ryan Tucker perhaps has played his last NFL game. That’s just speculation, of course, but the offensive lineman wound up on injured reserve today (not released yet, as some outlets reported), and that’s never a good sign for a veteran.... 14576503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-09-01T16:13:31-04:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com