189 day's till The Browns kick★off ... the regular ♠︎ season.

[syd]

Gipson days to go

[Orion]

@syd said:

Gipson days to go

We shoulda' never let him walk.  We suffered at that position after he left.  Not saying he was great...but...

[syd]

@orion said:

We shoulda' never let him walk.  We suffered at that position after he left.  Not saying he was great...but...

we let poyer walk also

[Flugel]

@syd said:

we let poyer walk also

Exactly!  And he's made Pro Bowls  in recent years.  Safety is a defensive area we need to upgrade IMO

[syd]

@flugel said:

Exactly!  And he's made Pro Bowls  in recent years.  Safety is a defensive area we need to upgrade IMO

I remember probably 90pct of this board said he sucked

[Orion]

@syd said:

I remember probably 90pct of this board said he sucked

The problem was two fold.  The team sucked.  And the guys in charge sucked.  These guys wanted a contract and Sashi Baffoon said, We were 4-12 with you.  We won't be any worse without you.  -  We are soo much better off with Stef and Berry.  (human beings though they may be)

[Bob806]

@syd said:

I remember probably 90pct of this board said he sucked

90% of this board is GM material ( I think)?

[syd]

Langham days to go

[syd]

Rockins days till kick off

[syd]

The Great Charley Scales days to go

[Orion]

@syd said:

The Great Charley Scales days to go

Poor guy gets his picture taken in the parking lot...

[mjp28]

~  Here's  ~  one for the  Cleveland  BROWNS'  jersey # 35  that probably doesn't get much attention. ....  but deserves some.   AT  # 35  playing  LB  Mr  Galen Fiss  ....  See his wiki bio and stats below  ...  [ even doctored up a bit  by  ME !        Mr mjp  himself ! ]

Back in the years ( 1960 to 1971 ) when unless you were a  QB or maybe a RB you didn't get much press.  Did not get great team photos either .... far before the  "NFL GLAM ERA".   

● Despite the fact he played for 11  seasons at  LB  -and-  was the   TEAM CAPTAIN    for the  ....  (of the SIX YEARS that he was a  TEAM CAPTAIN)  ... BEST there was since the   ■   1964  NFL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM !  ■

▪︎ the wiki bio ▪︎  Galen Fiss (July 30, 1931 – July 17, 2006) was an American football linebacker who played 11 seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). Fiss was captain on Cleveland's NFL championship team in 1964.

*Fiss, who had Alzheimer's disease, died of cardiac arrest in 2006. [ *What a sad end of his story here. Passed on in his mid 70s of Alzheimer's disease.      * by mjp. ]

■   .... edit add # 1  ....   I found  this ADDED  piece of information from the    cleveland . com      obituary of  Mr Galen R. Fiss.   Please read on  .....   ■

After graduation he was drafted by both the Cleveland Indians and the Cleveland Browns, although he initially served his country for two years as a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.

He played baseball for the Fargo Twins a minor league club of the Indians in the Northern League.

■  Galen was then offered a contract by Paul Brown and reported to the Cleveland Browns training camp in 1956 where he played the next 11 years for the Browns of the National Football League at linebacker. Galen served as a    CAPTAIN of the team for   SIX YEARS ; his career was highlighted with an NFL World Championship in 1964. He was an NFL Pro Bowl member in 1963 and 1964. ■

After retiring from professional football Galen and Nancy returned to Kansas.

City, where he started his insurance career. He formed and was President of the G.R. Fiss Co. an insurance and surety bond agency now operated by his sons.   END of the part from the Galen R. Fiss obituary.  He was quite a player and a person.   EOM.

▪︎---------▪︎

Galen Fiss

No. 35
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	July 30, 1931 Johnson City, Kansas, U.S.
Died:	July 17, 2006 (aged 74) Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
College:	Kansas
NFL draft:	1953 / Round: 13 / Pick: 155
Career history
Cleveland Browns (1960–1972)
Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1964) Second-team All-Pro (1962) 2× Pro Bowl (1962, 1963) Cleveland Browns legends (2013) First-team All-Big Seven (1952)
Career NFL statistics.    Interceptions: 13 INT yards: 178 Fumble rec. 18

Fiss was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.

[syd]

Greg Pruitt Days Away

[syd]

Honorable mention Ben Gay Days Away

[Bob806]

Curtis Dickey #33

[syd]

Reggie Rucker days away

[Bob806]

@syd said:

Reggie Rucker days away

He had dinner with Sam Wyche

[syd]

@bob806 said:

He had dinner with Sam Wyche

o.k ?

[Bob806]

@syd said:

o.k ?

Lol. Back when Rucker announced games for NBC, he was assigned a Browns-Bengals game.

During the game he said he had dinner with Sam Wyche. A reporter brought it up, Wyche denied it. 

I don't know why I remember this crap?

[Flugel]

@syd said:

Honorable mention Ben Gay Days Away

Well done!  I gotta add Kevin Mack too - LOVED me some Kevin Mack!!!!