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  • gerard lawson......

    i guess im the only one that doesn't mind this. yes, he's a playmaker, and my opinion has no bearing on his ability. the sad reality is that we need as many picks as we can get to get this shitbox turned around.

  • The Dolphins just drafted Pat White in the SECOND ROUND - 44th overall.

    They aren't trading for Cribbs...

    CHANGE IS GOOD
  • S Squintz

    The Dolphins just drafted Pat White in the SECOND ROUND - 44th overall.

    They aren't trading for Cribbs...

    @squintz said:

    The Dolphins just drafted Pat White in the SECOND ROUND - 44th overall.

    They aren't trading for Cribbs...

    thanks.gif

    2009-10 Browns Prediction: 8-8

  • If we traded Cribbs I would stop being a fan for the rest of the season. Take from that what you will, but he is our best (and my favorite) player on the team, outside of Joe Thomas

    "The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things " - mike huckabee

  • Can you seriously imagine a 2nd round pick adding as much value to this team as Cribbs?

    I think the odds of that are not in our favor.

    Imagine if we'd done this deal in the offseason: we would have traded Cribbs for Robiske.

    Cough up the big money, and sign Cribbs to a long term deal. This isn't the same as dealing Winslow, Edwards, or even Quinn.

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    @gips said:

    Cheap seems to be the law of the mankok regime..and if cribbs hasnt proven he is worth much more than he is getting paid to mangini yet...he isnt going too..i consider cribbs a staple and the only true star that this team has..daboll doesnt use him enough due to a lack of football knowledge and creativity in this clubs offensive sets and at miami he would be used in the WildDawg scheme a whole bunch...it would make a lot of sense for miami to pursue him and unfortunately it would make a lot of sense for cribbs to be interested..

    Man we cant afford to lose him...

    Thanks peen!

    I really don't know if I could keep rooting for this team if they traded cribbs... Its already getting hard to even care.

    AdaM said:

    I really don't know if I could keep rooting for this team if they traded cribbs... Its already getting hard to even care.

    Then hurry up and jump on the Steeler bandwagon. Its about full so you better hurry douche.

  • Josh Cribbs is a kick and punt returner. As you guys have seen he is nothing other than that.

    I love Josh Cribbs but he signed a deal and took bonus money up front and now wants a new deal. If he likes it or not we don't have to pay him shit. He can hold out all he wants and lose out on money (I think they get fined every day that they hold out) and come back on opening day and return kicks.

  • Isn't running the WildDawg offense too much like playing in a dome stadium? I couldn't imagine it on the shores of Lake Erie or even anywhere near the AFC North division.

  • Cribbs' value to this team goes beyond returning punts/kicks. He's a force on coverage units. He has a 31 yard run from scrimmage. He's a hedge should we look to include WildDawg packages. Finally, and maybe most valuable, is he's a consummate professional. I think that last point is highly valued by EM.

    I've told the stories before, but here's two on Cribbs that make me a fan for life:

    - Cribbs was the marquee player to come to the autograph tent at training camp 2 years ago when I had my kids with me. At the time they were 4, 6, and 8. Josh greeted each kid personally with a "Hey little man" or "Hi sweetie" (sons and daughter). Looked them in the eye, and signed their minature footballs. Cribbs just oozed "real".

    - Mike and Mike had Speilman on their show after the Brandon Marshall drama broke. Speilman had been vocal about how offended he was by Marshall's antics. On Mike and Mike he said somthing to the effect of (paraphrased): "There's a way to go about maximizing your contract and Marshall is not doing it. Look at a guy like Joshua Cribbs in Cleveland. Here's a guy who is clearly underpaid and yet he goes to work every day, plays hard, is an example for his teammates and negotiates in private with the ball club."

    Cribbs is a keeper.

  • The Dolphins just drafted Pat White in the SECOND ROUND - 44th overall.

    They aren't trading for Cribbs... squintz

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    THANK YOU. I was going to say just that.

    Pat White is the kind of player drafted because other teams saw what Josh Cribbs means to the Browns.

    A very important talented playmaker.

    I would love to see him play safety a little...

  • ballpeenB ballpeen

    http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/conte...erest_in_b.html

    Dolphins showing interest in Browns’ Cribbs

    By Carlos "Big C" Holmes | Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 09:34 PM

    Miami’s “WildDawg” formation might be about to get a little bit wilder.

    According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the Dolphins are showing interest in trading for Cleveland Browns receiver/kick returner Joshua Cribbs.

    The NFL trade deadline is Oct. 20 and Cribbs’ representatives have been seeking a new deal for their client since the offseason.

    I’m told that negotiations on a new contract for Cribbs are at a stalemate and not to rule out a trade. It was not made clear whether or not the Browns would entertain offers for Cribbs, so a call was placed to Browns headquarters but GM George Kokinis was unavailable for comment.

    Cribbs has three years remaining on a six-year, $6.7 million contract he signed in 2006, but is vastly undervalued with the current deal. The former Pro Bowler is scheduled to make $720,000 this season and $735,000, $750,000, $890,000 over the next three years.

    In my opinion, the Browns are getting Cribbs on the cheap when you compare those numbers to his performance.

    Cribbs brings a lot to the table, both on and off the field, and the Browns could do a lot worse with their money. With the trade deadline looming, it will be interesting to see if talks heat up. If not, this may give representatives for Cribbs leverage to demand a trade if the organization fails to negotiate.

    Can things get any worse in Cleveland?

    @ballpeen said:

    http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/conte...erest_in_b.html

    Dolphins showing interest in Browns’ Cribbs

    By Carlos "Big C" Holmes | Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 09:34 PM

    Miami’s “WildDawg” formation might be about to get a little bit wilder.

    According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the Dolphins are showing interest in trading for Cleveland Browns receiver/kick returner Joshua Cribbs.

    The NFL trade deadline is Oct. 20 and Cribbs’ representatives have been seeking a new deal for their client since the offseason.

    I’m told that negotiations on a new contract for Cribbs are at a stalemate and not to rule out a trade. It was not made clear whether or not the Browns would entertain offers for Cribbs, so a call was placed to Browns headquarters but GM George Kokinis was unavailable for comment.

    Cribbs has three years remaining on a six-year, $6.7 million contract he signed in 2006, but is vastly undervalued with the current deal. The former Pro Bowler is scheduled to make $720,000 this season and $735,000, $750,000, $890,000 over the next three years.

    In my opinion, the Browns are getting Cribbs on the cheap when you compare those numbers to his performance.

    Cribbs brings a lot to the table, both on and off the field, and the Browns could do a lot worse with their money. With the trade deadline looming, it will be interesting to see if talks heat up. If not, this may give representatives for Cribbs leverage to demand a trade if the organization fails to negotiate.

    Can things get any worse in Cleveland?

    This Browns team is reminding me more and more like the Indians!! Man, if Lebron leaves the Cavs they might as well shutdown the City of Cleveland as far as Professional Sports go. Cleveland fans don't deserve the BS that these sorry ass owners and M's are doing to these teams!!

    There is NOTHING that the Miami Dolphins can offer for us to give him up in a trade to them! Cribbs is the best player on this team and to not pay him would be a mistake! Just ridiculous!! The ONLY way I trade him is for a starting QB straight up and no one will do that!

  • Guys don't buy into this, I live in Dayton and Carlos "Big C" Holmes is a xxxxing moron! If this thing had any legs whatsoever we would hear about it from more reputable sources than this douche bag! No way after Mangini trading away every weapon this team has will they trade our last, aint happening. Dont worry this guy has written shit like this before that never came to fruition, he's a xxxxing idiot with no sources whos trying to get people to read his column!

    Slow Ur Role Jabroni!

  • Someone earlier in this thread said a 2nd rounder and a 2011 1st rounder for Cribbs.

    You guys will be lucky to get a 4th rounder for him IMO. MAYBE a team is silly enough and gives up a 3rd rounder.

    I like Cribbs and he's one of the best return men in the game right now....but no one is going to give up as much as you guys probably think he's worth.

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  • They will not trade Josh Cribbs.

    That is all...

  • I'll believe it when I see it. Cribbs is a guy who works and fits the Mangini mold. I think he gets a new (fair) contract at the end of the season.

  • down here in Miami the feeling is they won't do it.

    the radio guys think the only way it happens is for a 4th or 5th rounder....like the Browns would take that.

  • I never trust anything written by a writer called "Big" anything....

    A "source with knowledge of the situation"?? Why on earth would Mangini get rid of arguably his BEST player? You still need to return kicks. I compare Cribbs to Leon Washington for the NYJ. Mangini LOVED what that guy brought to the table.

    Stalemate? If he's worth it...the Browns will pay him.

  • I say pay Cribbs & put him at running back where he would be a definite triple threat.

    I doubt that they trade him, but if I were GM & they WERE considering a trade, that would cost the Dolphins Ginn & a 2nd. What the hey...if they want him, make them pay! None of this "conditional" garbage either.

    Mike

    IN DORSEY I TRUST

  • Ain't gettin a 2nd rounder for a guy that just returns kicks.

  • C cardinalmaniac

    Someone earlier in this thread said a 2nd rounder and a 2011 1st rounder for Cribbs.

    You guys will be lucky to get a 4th rounder for him IMO. MAYBE a team is silly enough and gives up a 3rd rounder.

    I like Cribbs and he's one of the best return men in the game right now....but no one is going to give up as much as you guys probably think he's worth.

    @cardinalmaniac said:

    Someone earlier in this thread said a 2nd rounder and a 2011 1st rounder for Cribbs.

    You guys will be lucky to get a 4th rounder for him IMO. MAYBE a team is silly enough and gives up a 3rd rounder.

    I like Cribbs and he's one of the best return men in the game right now....but no one is going to give up as much as you guys probably think he's worth.

    This is another example of Browns fans overrating a player

    Cribbs is a specials team player with at best 3 years left the way he plays the game

    People here call him a playmaker and the best player on the team, the guy was terrible as a wide receiver and yes he is a great kick returner but no team would give you a 2nd rounder for a guy who returns kicks and is a gunner on the coverage units.

    This tells you everything about the Browns when your supposed best player is a kick returner

    I am so tired of people saying Cribbs can do this and that and put him in the WildDawg, Cribbs is only good in space and on gimmick plays, when he is in the backfield the plays don't work because the defense knows what plays he is running from the shotgun, Cribbs is a guy you can use 4-5 times per game in specialty packages, this is not a guy you give up a 1st or 2nd round pick for, maybe a team looking for that last piece might offer a 3rd round pick.

    Tell me the last kick returner traded for a 1st or 2nd round pick, this is the NFL not fantasy football people

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