~ AND ~ ? only 204 days and now 92 ? 57 ? 32 ? 19 ? YES really ! And still counting... ? ....?
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I just remember how enormous Cleveland Stadium looked, and in the early 80s, how absolutely scary Cleveland was. I vividly remember all the empty old factories that lined 77 going up to downtown, all long gone now. Cleveland is a far nicer place to visit now than it was when I was a kid, for sure.
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We are now Hall of Famer Len Ford days from the start of the 2023 Browns season. Ford was a 6'5, 260lb DE from TTUN, and was named to the NFL's All-1950s team as one of the two DEs.
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We are now five time Pro-Bowler Bob Gain days from the start of the 2023 Browns season. Gain was a top-notch Defensive Tackle for the Browns for 12 seasons (1952, 1954-64). With the Browns, he won three NFL Championships.
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thank you both for keeping it going. i am still going to be gone for awhile,so thank you
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thank you both for keeping it going. i am still going to be gone for awhile,so thank you
It's been fun looking up players for the number of days left... Kind of a trip down memory lane.
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thank you both for keeping it going. i am still going to be gone for awhile,so thank you
I had a Tuesday doctor's appointment and am still not feeling quite 100% better yet ..... so Dutch is stepping up next. I should be better by Friday. (day-to-day status ...... but aren't we all lol)
GO BROWNS & GO GUARDIANS !
GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND! -
thank you both for keeping it going. i am still going to be gone for awhile,so thank you
I had a Tuesday doctor's appointment and am still not feeling quite 100% better yet ..... so Dutch is stepping up next. I should be better by Friday. (day-to-day status ...... but aren't we all lol)
GO BROWNS & GO GUARDIANS !
I had a Tuesday doctor's appointment and am still not feeling quite 100% better yet ..... so Dutch is stepping up next. I should be better by Friday. (day-to-day status ...... but aren't we all lol)
GO BROWNS & GO GUARDIANS !
I'll gladly take over your moderator duties for the time being.
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We are now Carl "Big Daddy" Hairston days away from the start of the 2023 Browns season. Hairston came from the Philadelphia Eagles in 1984 at the ripe age of 32, and still was able to play six season from the Browns. Of his 96 career sacks, 37.5 came from '84-89 with the Browns.
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★ And coming up next is one of the greatest OL ever who chose to wear the number 77 for the Cleveland BROWNS.
︎ After that there are a few all time great players who should "share" the number 76. What do you think ?
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77. DICK SCHAFRATH, LT Years: 1960-71.
Others: Lyle Alzado, DL (1979-81); Ross Verba, OL (2001-04); Kevin Shaffer, OL (2006-08); John Greco, OL (2011-16).Many argue that Schafrath should be in the Hall of Fame. A second-round pick in 1959, he wore No. 80 for one season before switching to 77 and becoming a six-time Pro Bowler and four-time first-team All-Pro.
He started 158 of 164 games after his rookie year, connecting Groza’s tenure at left tackle to Doug Dieken as one of three players to regularly play the position from 1946 to 1984.
SEE BELOW | <--- the "old time" program picture of #77 Dick Schafrath.
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Brett Kollmann put out an hour preview of Browns season on Bootleg Football. Perform capitalism by picking the podcast delivery method that works for you.
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thank you both for keeping it going. i am still going to be gone for awhile,so thank you
I had a Tuesday doctor's appointment and am still not feeling quite 100% better yet ..... so Dutch is stepping up next. I should be better by Friday. (day-to-day status ...... but aren't we all lol)
GO BROWNS & GO GUARDIANS !
I had a Tuesday doctor's appointment and am still not feeling quite 100% better yet ..... so Dutch is stepping up next. I should be better by Friday. (day-to-day status ...... but aren't we all lol)
GO BROWNS & GO GUARDIANS !
i hope you are well and well Elly hit's for the cycle first time since another 44 named eric davis did it for the reds in 89
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And we are now Lou "The Toe" Groza days away from the start of the 2023 Browns season. Groza, the son of a Romanian father and Hungarian mother, grew up on the Ohio River in Martin's Ferry, Ohio. He played at Ohio State until he joined the Army, and served in the Pacific Theater, including one of the most brutal battles of WWII - Okinawa. Groza would play with the Browns from 1946-67, sitting out the 1960 season. From '46-59, he also played Left Tackle while handling the place-kicking duties. (I know there's another famous #76 for the Browns, but figured we can use him for his other jersey number ......
..... *edit add .... that would be the other #76/ #36 jersey in 1952-1953 and 10 total games started, OK by me.)
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And we are now Joel Bitonio days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season, you crazy picklefuckers. Bitonio was a 2nd round pick in the infamous 2014 Browns draft, and as bad as the two first rounders were, Bitonio has quietly had a sterling NFL career. A five time Pro-Bowler, he's possibly in the mix for a bust in Canton sometime in the future
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We are now Paul Farren days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Farren was a 1983 twelfth round pick from the football powerhouse that was Boston University (not to be confused with Boston College), he would take over the Left Tackle spot when Doug Dieken retired, and was the LT during the entirety of Browns late 80s playoff run.
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Well look here, boys and girls, we are now Soon-To-Be Hall of Famer Joe Thomas days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Thomas was the 3rd overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft out of Wisconsin, and the best Browns player to date in the new Browns era. He was named to the Pro Bowl ten times, and will be inducted into Canton in his first year of eligibility.
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Well tuck my junk and call me an ugly woman, we are Jerry Sherk amount of days left until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Sherk was a second round pick in 1970 out of Oklahoma State for the Browns, and would go to the Pro-Bowl four years in a row from 1973-76. He primarily played as an interior Defensive Lineman, yet still was able to rack up 70.5 career sacks.
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The steady march toward the start of the 2023 Cleveland Brown season continues, as we are now Walter Johnson amount of days left. Johnson was another very good Browns defensive tackle, a 1965 second round pick and a three time Pro-Bowler with 68 career sacks who played a good chunk of the 70s next to Jerry Sherk. After his football career ended, Johnson became a professional wrestler, who occasionally wrestled bears, because why not?
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Well look here, boys and girls, we are now Soon-To-Be Hall of Famer Joe Thomas days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Thomas was the 3rd overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft out of Wisconsin, and the best Browns player to date in the new Browns era. He was named to the Pro Bowl ten times, and will be inducted into Canton in his first year of eligibility.
Well look here, boys and girls, we are now Soon-To-Be Hall of Famer Joe Thomas days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Thomas was the 3rd overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft out of Wisconsin, and the best Browns player to date in the new Browns era. He was named to the Pro Bowl ten times, and will be inducted into Canton in his first year of eligibility.
~ Well and after and a long hiatus of NO Cleveland BROWNS players getting into the NFL Hall of Fame here's a good one breaking that ceiling.
And also having the NFL HOF GAME featuring the NY JETS playing our Cleveland BROWNS team as part of the HOF Weekend festivities, a hometown advantage for our BROWNS this year in Canton, Ohio. A nice extra home game to get ready for this 2023 season.
SO GO BROWNS ! and "are you ready for some football ?" I sure am !
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Summer is flying by, isn't it, because it is already Don Colo amount of days until the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Colo was a stalwart defensive tackle for the Browns from 1953-1958, but it was a wild ride for him to ever get to succeed in the NFL. After serving in the navy in WWII, the southeastern Massachusetts native decided to attend Brown University, and despite never playing football in high school, walked on to the college team. He'd eventually get drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1950, but they'd experience financial troubles and disband after his rookie season. The Colts players were picked in a lottery, and he was selected by the New York Yanks, who in return would disband after the 1951 season after suffering their own financial problems. Again, he'd be selected by another team, the upstart Dallas Texans, WHO WOULD DISBAND AFTER THE 1952 SEASON AFTER SUFFERING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. (The NFL in the early 1950s didn't print money like the NFL does now). Three seasons in the NFL, three different teams that ceased to exist after Colo played for them. He then became a Baltimore Colt AGAIN (second version of the Colts in Baltimore and direct ancestor to the current Colts in Indianapolis) but was traded in a massive fifteen player trade before the season began, that included the Browns trading Don Shula to Baltimore. Colo now was a Cleveland Brown, and was the anchor for the Browns defensive line for the last six years of his career, named to the Pro-Bowl three times. He was named to the All-1950s Second Team by Pro Football Reference.
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Summer is flying by, isn't it, because it is already Don Colo amount of days until the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Colo was a stalwart defensive tackle for the Browns from 1953-1958, but it was a wild ride for him to ever get to succeed in the NFL. After serving in the navy in WWII, the southeastern Massachusetts native decided to attend Brown University, and despite never playing football in high school, walked on to the college team. He'd eventually get drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1950, but they'd experience financial troubles and disband after his rookie season. The Colts players were picked in a lottery, and he was selected by the New York Yanks, who in return would disband after the 1951 season after suffering their own financial problems. Again, he'd be selected by another team, the upstart Dallas Texans, WHO WOULD DISBAND AFTER THE 1952 SEASON AFTER SUFFERING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. (The NFL in the early 1950s didn't print money like the NFL does now). Three seasons in the NFL, three different teams that ceased to exist after Colo played for them. He then became a Baltimore Colt AGAIN (second version of the Colts in Baltimore and direct ancestor to the current Colts in Indianapolis) but was traded in a massive fifteen player trade before the season began, that included the Browns trading Don Shula to Baltimore. Colo now was a Cleveland Brown, and was the anchor for the Browns defensive line for the last six years of his career, named to the Pro-Bowl three times. He was named to the All-1950s Second Team by Pro Football Reference.
Summer is flying by, isn't it, because it is already Don Colo amount of days until the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Colo was a stalwart defensive tackle for the Browns from 1953-1958, but it was a wild ride for him to ever get to succeed in the NFL. After serving in the navy in WWII, the southeastern Massachusetts native decided to attend Brown University, and despite never playing football in high school, walked on to the college team. He'd eventually get drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1950, but they'd experience financial troubles and disband after his rookie season. The Colts players were picked in a lottery, and he was selected by the New York Yanks, who in return would disband after the 1951 season after suffering their own financial problems. Again, he'd be selected by another team, the upstart Dallas Texans, WHO WOULD DISBAND AFTER THE 1952 SEASON AFTER SUFFERING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. (The NFL in the early 1950s didn't print money like the NFL does now). Three seasons in the NFL, three different teams that ceased to exist after Colo played for them. He then became a Baltimore Colt AGAIN (second version of the Colts in Baltimore and direct ancestor to the current Colts in Indianapolis) but was traded in a massive fifteen player trade before the season began, that included the Browns trading Don Shula to Baltimore. Colo now was a Cleveland Brown, and was the anchor for the Browns defensive line for the last six years of his career, named to the Pro-Bowl three times. He was named to the All-1950s Second Team by Pro Football Reference.
Great job showing/reminding us of the blue collar heroes on the DL and OL that wore jersey #s in the 70s in various decades (and Bitonio most recently).
While our OL did a great job for our running game last year - our opponents ran the ball so far down the esophagus of our IDL I had to call 911. The 911 operator put Ghoolie on hold and transferred my call to Roto Rooter.
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