~ AND ~ ? only 204 days and now 92 ? 57 ? 32 ? 19 ? YES really ! And still counting... ? ....​​​​​​​?

[gumby73]

@dutch-oven said:

I'm as excited as some old queen looking at photos of... 

2nd runner up !  WR #33 Reggie Rucker

Own only one Browns #33 Jersey 

Jordan Poyer's

 

Sashi Brown released Donte Whitner & Tashawn Gipson in 2015. To also lose Jordan Poyer, in week 6 to a lacerated kidney in 2016.  Bills signed Poyer as a FA in 2017 ? (the rest is _____)

Jordan Poyer is married to model  Rachel Bush.. 

  <<<< Mrs. Mahomo ain't all that !

[Dutch Oven]

I thought about doing Rucker, but he's got quite the checkered past.... 

[Flugel]

@gumby73 said:

2nd runner up !  WR #33 Reggie Rucker

Own only one Browns #33 Jersey 

Jordan Poyer's

 

Sashi Brown released Donte Whitner & Tashawn Gipson in 2015. To also lose Jordan Poyer, in week 6 to a lacerated kidney in 2016.  Bills signed Poyer as a FA in 2017 ? (the rest is _____)

Jordan Poyer is married to model  Rachel Bush.. 

  <<<< Mrs. Mahomo ain't all that !

Here's a #33 that's worthy of mention.  Leroy Hoard was the work horse on our 11-5 playoff team in 1994; and he was such an explosive/power RB that he actually made the Pro Bowl as a FB for the AFC despite the fact he only played RB.  He started 12 games and rushed for 890 yards and 5 TDs while also catching 45 passes for 445 yards and 4 TDs, Again this was in 12 starts only.  That year the Browns matched up against the impressive fronts in the NFC East featuring the Eagles, Cowboys, Giants and Redskins.  Hoard had some really good games against those teams...

[Dutch Oven]

Lets just get to brass tacks here gentlemen, for we have now come to the   *Greatest Damn Football Player  to ever lace on cleats, We are now Jim Brown days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Brown was the Browns 1st round pick of the 1957 season, sixth overall, from Syracuse. In his nine seasons with the Browns, he would go to the Pro Bowl every year, lead the NFL eight times and win the MVP another three times. The Browns would go to three NFL Championships with Brown at fullback, winning the NFL Title in 1964. As proud as he was of his NFL career, he was more proud of his civil rights activism, starting during his NFL career. Brown would finish his career with 12,312 yards rushing, 5.2 yards per carry and 106 rushing touchdowns. He would add 262 receptions for 2499 yards and 20 touchdowns. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

.... * So true from Cleveland BROWNS and most Football fans everywhere. 

[Flugel]

@dutch-oven said:

Lets just get to brass tacks here gentlemen, for we have now come to the Greatest Damn Football Player to ever lace on cleats, We are now Jim Brown days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Brown was the Browns 1st round pick of the 1957 season, sixth overall, from Syracuse. In his nine seasons with the Browns, he would go to the Pro Bowl every year, lead the NFL eight times and win the MVP another three times. The Browns would go to three NFL Championships with Brown at fullback, winning the NFL Title in 1964. As proud as he was of his NFL career, he was more proud of his civil rights activism, starting during his NFL career. Brown would finish his career with 12,312 yards rushing, 5.2 yards per carry and 106 rushing touchdowns. He would add 262 receptions for 2499 yards and 20 touchdowns. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

NICE!  When many 1st impressions of this franchise begin with Otto Graham and/or Jim Brown - we can thank or blame (or both) our parents and grandparents for the obstacle course to experiencing winning football again.  The sad thing?  This knucklehead wouldn't have it any other way!!!!  Thanks for my dad's memories that kind of became mine Jim!!!!!

Is it just a coincidence that the NFL waited until Jim Brown was terminally ill and passed away until they've made it full blown, unofficially-official that RBs do not deserve to be paid nearly as well as all other skill positions and linemen?  Of course, there's always a Jim Irsay around to remind us a RB like Jonathan Taylor is making way money than anyone on his practice squad.   Phew!!!!  There's a silver lining straight from the crack pipe.  Just 1 question for Jim?  While you continue to put junior achievement behind Center - Taylor rushed for 1811 yards & 18 TDs on 332 carries while adding 40 receptions for 360 yards & 2 TDs in 2021.  More specifically, you've certainly demanded the wear and tear from the 1 guy you don't want to pay as much as your next Carson Wentzwrong?  Good luck with that!   

[mjp28]

@dutch-oven said:

Lets just get to brass tacks here gentlemen, for we have now come to the   *Greatest Damn Football Player  to ever lace on cleats, We are now Jim Brown days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Brown was the Browns 1st round pick of the 1957 season, sixth overall, from Syracuse. In his nine seasons with the Browns, he would go to the Pro Bowl every year, lead the NFL eight times and win the MVP another three times. The Browns would go to three NFL Championships with Brown at fullback, winning the NFL Title in 1964. As proud as he was of his NFL career, he was more proud of his civil rights activism, starting during his NFL career. Brown would finish his career with 12,312 yards rushing, 5.2 yards per carry and 106 rushing touchdowns. He would add 262 receptions for 2499 yards and 20 touchdowns. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

.... * So true from Cleveland BROWNS and most Football fans everywhere. 

Well when you talk about  #32 Jim Brown  its almost unanimous that he might be one of the IF not the   "first or best GOAT players ever"   in the NFL professional football league  He led the league in rushing in 8 of the 9 years he played,   I think that may be safe to say that  nobody will come close to that stat even though the defenses were set up so 11 guys were trying to stop 1 guy.  Year after year but they never could suceed even when he was a receiver.    

And it will go on and on there,  that and the greatest player ever did pass away this year 2023 and of course was and always be an immoral  Cleveland Brown ever  so I was just looking for some pictures to remember him playing the game ...... here are a few.

[Dutch Oven]

We've had a nice run of Browns legendary RBs, so lets shift gears, ahall we? We are now Frank Minnifield days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Small but a feisty bump-and-run cornerback, Minnifield walked on the Louisville football team, and started his pro football career in the USFL, playing in 1983 and 1984 for the Chicago Blitz and the Arizona Wranglers. He then signed with the Browns after the '84 USFL season ended, and would play in Cleveland for his entire NFL career, retiring after the 1992 season. He and Hanford Dixon formed one of the best cornerback duos in league history, and he would go to four consecutive Pro Bowls, starting in 1986. Minnifield was also named to the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team. 

[syd]

@dutch-oven said:

We've had a nice run of Browns legendary RBs, so lets shift gears, ahall we? We are now Frank Minnifield days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Small but a feisty bump-and-run cornerback, Minnifield walked on the Louisville football team, and started his pro football career in the USFL, playing in 1983 and 1984 for the Chicago Blitz and the Arizona Wranglers. He then signed with the Browns after the '84 USFL season ended, and would play in Cleveland for his entire NFL career, retiring after the 1992 season. He and Hanford Dixon formed one of the best cornerback duos in league history, and he would go to four consecutive Pro Bowls, starting in 1986. Minnifield was also named to the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team. 

thanks dutch

[mjp28]

@dutch-oven said:

We've had a nice run of Browns legendary RBs, so lets shift gears, ahall we? We are now Frank Minnifield days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Small but a feisty bump-and-run cornerback, Minnifield walked on the Louisville football team, and started his pro football career in the USFL, playing in 1983 and 1984 for the Chicago Blitz and the Arizona Wranglers. He then signed with the Browns after the '84 USFL season ended, and would play in Cleveland for his entire NFL career, retiring after the 1992 season. He and Hanford Dixon formed one of the best cornerback duos in league history, and he would go to four consecutive Pro Bowls, starting in 1986. Minnifield was also named to the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team. 

Well  #31  Frank Minnifield  was a pretty much a run away winner here with  73 memorable games with that awesome BROWNS defense from  1984 to 1992 the beginning of   "the Dawgs !".     I think we all could agree with that.

And some distant  #31 jerseys  and games would be  Jamal Lewis 20, William Green 15  and  Donte Whitner 13.

"Woof,  Woof !"

[Dutch Oven]

Lets stay with the cornerback vibe fellas, as we are now Bernie Parrish days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Parrish, like Don Fleming, was a football and baseball player at the University of Florida, and was a ninth round pick of the Browns in 1958. Due to his pro baseball contract, Parrish wouldn't start playing for the Browns until the next season. He was a two time Pro-Bowler, helped the Browns win the NFL Title in 1964, and would play with the Browns until he asked for and received his release one game into the 1966 season. He'd finish his playing career in the AFL with the Houston Oilers, playing the rest of the '66 season there. During his playing career, he also was the team's union player representative. 

[syd]

@dutch-oven said:

Lets stay with the cornerback vibe fellas, as we are now Bernie Parrish days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Parrish, like Don Fleming, was a football and baseball player at the University of Florida, and was a ninth round pick of the Browns in 1958. Due to his pro baseball contract, Parrish wouldn't start playing for the Browns until the next season. He was a two time Pro-Bowler, helped the Browns win the NFL Title in 1964, and would play with the Browns until he asked for and received his release one game into the 1966 season. He'd finish his playing career in the AFL with the Houston Oilers, playing the rest of the '66 season there. During his playing career, he also was the team's union player representative. 

now that's a haircut you could set your watch to

[mjp28]

@dutch-oven said:

Lets stay with the cornerback vibe fellas, as we are now Bernie Parrish days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Parrish, like Don Fleming, was a football and baseball player at the University of Florida, and was a ninth round pick of the Browns in 1958. Due to his pro baseball contract, Parrish wouldn't start playing for the Browns until the next season. He was a two time Pro-Bowler, helped the Browns win the NFL Title in 1964, and would play with the Browns until he asked for and received his release one game into the 1966 season. He'd finish his playing career in the AFL with the Houston Oilers, playing the rest of the '66 season there. During his playing career, he also was the team's union player representative. 

And again Dutch got my #1 pick at #30  Bernie Parrish who from  1959 - 1965 half of 1966 played in 94 and started in 92 games,  31 INTs. 3 TDs  a very productive player even though he played LCB.  

A few others in the  "not so Honorable Mentions list"  were Cleo Miller 30, Jamil White 18, Ken Brown 16 and who doesn't remember Thane Gash 12.   On to the 20s,  we're getting there !

[Dutch Oven]

@mjp28 said:

A few others in the  "not so Honorable Mentions list"  were Cleo Miller 30, Jamil White 18, Ken Brown 16 and who doesn't remember Thane Gash 12.   On to the 20s,  we're getting there !

I always really liked Jamil White. He was a very good 3rd down back. 

[mjp28]

▪︎ ▪︎ ▪︎   Oh we had a  TORNADO WARNING   today, went right over our house.  Knocked the power out briefly  enough to bring our backup generator to come on.   Kind of exciting  ..... briefly.   ▪︎ ▪︎ ▪︎

Now back to Mr #29 and company.

[Dutch Oven]

Our cornerback trend continues, as we are now Hanford Dixon days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Dixon was a 1981 first round pick (#22 overall, back when the Browns picking #22 overall wasn't a dumpster fire) out of Southern Mississippi, and would pair up with Frank Minnifield in the mid to late 1980s to form one of the best cornerback duos ever. Hanford is well known as the person behind naming the bleacher section at Cleveland Stadium the "Dawg Pound", and he went to three Pro Bowls in a row (1986-88). He still is a Cleveland presence, seen on Browns pregame shows for years now. 

[Flugel]

@mjp28 said:

And again Dutch got my #1 pick at #30  Bernie Parrish who from  1959 - 1965 half of 1966 played in 94 and started in 92 games,  31 INTs. 3 TDs  a very productive player even though he played LCB.  

A few others in the  "not so Honorable Mentions list"  were Cleo Miller 30, Jamil White 18, Ken Brown 16 and who doesn't remember Thane Gash 12.   On to the 20s,  we're getting there !

I liked Cleo Miller a lot!  In 1976 and 1977, this 5'11" 207lb guy actually played FB while Greg Pruitt was our RB. In what may seem like a ho hum career for a franchise best known for it's RB tradition, I'm going to post his stats to show what he accomplished the only 2 years he played FB. Pretty good rushing and receiving stats to add to whatever Greg Pruitt was doing.  He was a VERY tough guy for a guy that size.  As Keith Jackson liked to say when he did the college games "he really packs it" - and of course that's what she said too.  However, the numbers outside of 76 and 77 pretty much show he was mostly a 2nd RB off the bench. I remember watching a game when the Browns played the Jets the commentator said that Cleo used to get behind his van and push it up a slight elevation uphill as part of his training.  I think Cheech and Chong did something similar for different reasons. Anyway, Cleo was just an average player with a big heart for the game that made himself memorable to a kid like me.

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1974	22	KAN	RB	30	14	2	40	186	0	47	4.7	13.3	2.9	14	149	10.6	0	34	1.0	10.6	54	6.2	335	0	4	3
1975	23	2TM	RB		11	0	13	23	1	10	1.8	2.1	1.2	2	20	10.0	0	10	0.2	1.8	15	2.9	43	1	2	0
		CLE	RB	31	5	0	6	3	1	6	0.5	0.6	1.2	2	20	10.0	0	10	0.4	4.0	8	2.9	23	1	1	0
		KAN	RB	30	6	0	7	20	0	10	2.9	3.3	1.2				0				7	2.9	20	0	1	0
1976	24	CLE	FB	30	12	12	153	613	4	21	4.0	51.1	12.8	16	145	9.1	0	38	1.3	12.1	169	4.5	758	4	8	7
1977	25	CLE	FB	30	14	14	163	756	4	38	4.6	54.0	11.6	41	291	7.1	1	28	2.9	20.8	204	5.1	1047	5	5	11
1978	26	CLE	RB	30	15	9	89	336	1	18	3.8	22.4	5.9	20	152	7.6	0	23	1.3	10.1	109	4.5	488	1	2	4
1979	27	CLE	RB	30	16	3	39	213	1	39	5.5	13.3	2.4	26	251	9.7	0	33	1.6	15.7	65	7.1	464	1	1	4
1980	28	CLE	RB	30	16	0	28	139	3	50	5.0	8.7	1.8	2	8	4.0	0	7	0.1	0.5	30	4.9	147	3	2	1
1981	29	CLE	RB	30	12	2	52	165	2	13	3.2	13.8	4.3	16	139	8.7	0	17	1.3	11.6	68	4.5	304	2	0	2
1982	30	CLE	RB

[Dutch Oven]

Well good morning Browns fans! We are four weeks away from Browns regular season football, also known as Herman Fontenot and Ron Bolton days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Hold up, TWO Browns players on the same day, Dutch? "Fo sho", Dutch retorted. 

Fontenot was an undrafted RB from LSU picked up after the Draft in 1985. He would play for the Browns for four seasons as a 3rd down back behind Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner, then finish his career in Green Bay for two more seasons. He had 143 career receptions for 1453 yards and 6 interceptions, compared to only 370 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns running the ball. 

Bolton was a 5th round draft pick in 1972 out of Norfolk State University by the New England Patriots, where he'd play four seasons, until the cornerback finished his career with the Browns, playing in Cleveland from 1976-82. He had 35 career interceptions, including two in the infamous Red Right 88 Ice Bowl game vs Oakland, taking one to the house. 

[syd]

[syd]

i  loved that uni

[mjp28]

@dutch-oven said:

Our cornerback trend continues, as we are now Hanford Dixon days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Dixon was a 1981 first round pick (#22 overall, back when the Browns picking #22 overall wasn't a dumpster fire) out of Southern Mississippi, and would pair up with Frank Minnifield in the mid to late 1980s to form one of the best cornerback duos ever. Hanford is well known as the person behind naming the bleacher section at Cleveland Stadium the "Dawg Pound", and he went to three Pro Bowls in a row (1986-88). He still is a Cleveland presence, seen on Browns pregame shows for years now. 

Oh yes what do 29 + 31 equal ?   How about  Dixon and Minnifield were selected by NFL.com as the No 2 "Best Cornerback Tandem of All-Time." . That's pretty good !

They led a really exciting era of  Cleveland BROWNS  football   when they played together on the field from the  1980s to early 1990s.  You couldn't wait to get your tickets to the game oe better yet in the venerable Cleveland  "Dawg Pound"  zone  known across the football world and even on the cover of Sports Magazines everywhere. 

And on TV  home or away you just couldn't wait for  ● GAMEDAY ● and maybe even a get-together with friends whether it's Thursday,  Sunday or Monday Night it was just 60 minutes of waiting to see what  Bernie Kosar  and the offense would do and then turn it over to the Cleveland defense and see what magic might happens next.

It's the stuff that makes and sustains we Cleveland BROWNS football fans year after year and from generation after generation.   And we'd  watch the   5' 9"  #31  and our 5' 11"  #29  in the defensive backfield doing their thing was so much fun ...... we'd hope they'd never end ......  but eventually they did.   

Hanford Dixon has kept very active in the local and regional sports picture and online.  Dixon remains a visible presence on the football front in Cleveland, as he is a football analyst for WOIO-TV 19 (CBS) in Cleveland, and the color analyst for the high school football game of the week on FS Ohio. He has a podcast with former Browns QB Bernie Kosar called "The Bernie Kosar Show with Handford Dixon" on the BIGPLAY Network.

Dutch, syd, *Flugs  and others do *give you even more on stats and things,  /I'm just going back in time today.   And I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.   And I can't wait for Mr #28.

* And see various revisions and updates on  8/14/2023 and other dates.      *AND OF COURSE, as always ......

GO BROWNS  !