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 2010-02-08T17:43:53-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/02/08/stallworth_chapter_officially.html In a sad but inevitable end to one of the more lamentable chapters in team history, the Browns today officially released receiver Donte’ Stallworth. Stallworth was suspended for the 2009 season by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after pleading guilty to... 16605303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-02-08T17:43:53-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/02/05/at_least_you_wont_pay_more.html After the kind of season they just had, it would have been a major insult for the Cleveland Browns to demand more money from their most loyal customers. Perhaps this figured in their decision, announced Friday, to hold the line... 16588603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-02-05T23:13:53-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/02/03/gm_appears_in_public_talks_teb.html At the Cleveland Sports Awards (don’t laugh) tonight, Associated Press reporter Tom Withers caught up with new Browns GM Tom Heckert, who had more to say about Florida quarterback Tim Tebow than he did about Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson.... 16565303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-02-03T23:20:46-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/02/01/capologist_swap_completed.html The Browns on Monday announced they are adding Matt Thomas as vice president of football administration, effectively completing the “trade” that sent Dawn Aponte to the Miami Dolphins. Aponte recently accepted the position of senior vice president of football operations... 16536203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-02-01T21:02:08-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/01/30/holmgren_to_bring_in_old_pal_h.html Billy Martin had Art Fowler. Mike Holmgren has Gil Haskell. Sometimes the guy in charge just wants to surround himself with trusted confidants, the more the better. Toward that end, Haskell soon will be joining the Browns as an adviser... 16521703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-01-30T21:52:53-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/01/27/a_quarterback_in_the_first_rou.html ESPN’s original draft guru Mel Kiper has come out with his analysis of Browns’ draft needs. He ranks them this way: quarterback, big running back, cornerback, safety, outside linebacker, wide receiver, tight end. Makes sense, but would Mike Holmgren and... 16490703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-01-27T16:01:18-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/01/20/sandusky_to_run_personnel_depa.html Former Penn State safety John Sandusky has signed on to be director of player personnel. Bios from the press release on Sandusky and the three other members of the personnel department who were named Wednesday: John Sandusky joins the Browns... 16416303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-01-20T22:47:36-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/01/18/more_awards_for_thomas_cribbs.html Judging from the awards they keep piling up, you would swear the Browns made the playoffs rather than finishing a relatively dismal 5-11. The latest: Left tackle Joe Thomas and return specialist Josh Cribbs were named to the Pro Football... 16387003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-01-18T22:20:40-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/01/16/housecleaning_continues_in_ber.html The moves were considered inevitable once Mike Holmgren brought in Bryan Wiedmeier from the Dolphins to run the business side, so it’s hardly a surprise that Mike Keenan and Dawn Aponte are being swept out of the front office, as... 16367503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-01-16T00:07:08-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/01/14/scouting_department_overhaul_b.html With a new front office in place and the head coach secure (for now), heads have started to roll at the lower levels. New GM Tom Heckert cleaned house with four firings in the personnel department Thursday, according to this... 16350403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-01-14T19:27:49-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2010/01/07/manginis_back_and_its_good.html The Browns just announced that Eric Mangini will return for a second season as coach. It’s the right move, and not just because the team reeled off four consecutive wins to close the season. It’s the right move because what... 16274303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2010-01-07T16:05:30-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/12/20/is_it_time_to_give_mangini_som.html His record says he should be gone tomorrow, but the Cleveland Browns have not quit, and for this it seems the head coach deserves some kind of nod. Say what you will about Eric Mangini, but he still has the... 16121103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-12-20T22:59:04-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/11/17/cribbs_out_of_the_hospital_see.html The only bit of good news to come out of Monday night’s embarrassing 16-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens appears to be this, as released by the team just now: “Browns wide receiver Josh Cribbs was taken to the Cleveland... 15743503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-11-17T13:35:49-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/entries/2009/11/11/another_reminder_of_the_futili.html Brady Quinn (yawn) is the starting quarterback again for your favorite football team. He has this going for him: The offense can’t get any worse, and he can’t be any worse, statistically, than Derek Anderson. Much more interesting today was... 15668203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/browns/ 2009-11-11T17:27:25-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com 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/ 2009-11-03T16:59:17-05:00 smcclelland@daytondailynews.com