~ AND ~ ? only 204 days and now 92 ? 57 ? 32 ? 19 ? YES really ! And still counting... ? ....?
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i believe it was the week after Bernie was let go. and i was on the 50 yard line center(seahawks game) and rode belichek for most of the game. and yes he was nice enough to turn around and acknowledge my boorish behavior
Love Ya Bernie
i believe it was the week after Bernie was let go. and i was on the 50 yard line center(seahawks game) and rode belichek for most of the game. and yes he was nice enough to turn around and acknowledge my boorish behavior
Love Ya Bernie
The infamous Todd Philcox game in Seattle.
Belichick wasn't well-liked here, specifically for this move, but sadly he was right about Kosar. By his fifth or sixth season, he was already in decline. By the time Bill cut him, his days as a starter were done. He was only 29.
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Good morning lads! Allow me to blow your minds with this tasty trivia tidbit, for today I will inform you (or remind you) that once, the Browns had a QB with a truly fantastic name. Yes, boys, we are Dick Shiner days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Shiner was a 1964 seventh round pick of Washington who played sparingly for the Redskins for three seasons behind started Sonny Jurgenson.
He then came to your Cleveland Browns in 1967, and Dick backed up Frank Ryan. In his one glorious season for the Browns, the ol' Pud Polisher was 3 for 9 for 34 yards, no touchdowns and 1 interception. Shiner would then be involved in the trade to Pittsburgh that netted the Browns QB Bill Nelsen, who would replace Ryan. Shiner started nine games in 1969 for the Steelers, Chuck Noll's first season in Pittsburgh as head coach.
He was traded to the NY Giants the following year after the Steelers drafted Terry Bradshaw, and then would play in Atlanta (1971-73) and finish his career in New England, retiring after the 1974 season. For his career, Shiner threw for 4801 yards with 36 touchdowns and 43 interceptions. Below is one of the craziest football cards you will ever see, a guy in a Browns uniform with a Steelers logo on the card.
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i believe it was the week after Bernie was let go. and i was on the 50 yard line center(seahawks game) and rode belichek for most of the game. and yes he was nice enough to turn around and acknowledge my boorish behavior
Love Ya Bernie
The infamous Todd Philcox game in Seattle.
Belichick wasn't well-liked here, specifically for this move, but sadly he was right about Kosar. By his fifth or sixth season, he was already in decline. By the time Bill cut him, his days as a starter were done. He was only 29.
The infamous Todd Philcox game in Seattle.
Belichick wasn't well-liked here, specifically for this move, but sadly he was right about Kosar. By his fifth or sixth season, he was already in decline. By the time Bill cut him, his days as a starter were done. He was only 29.
Bernie was always my guy. He also was a 100% BROWNS fan.
Bernie's benefits company in Boardman was next door to my doctor's office -but- he was never there ..... his dad Bernie Senior would plop his lazy butt there and figure how to get more money out of it. I never liked him. The only money Bernie ever took out was to pay for his sister's college bills .... his dad spent the rest ..... on himself..
Bernie's uncle worked at the same US Steel plant that I was at. He was an OK guy, he worked in the same department that my dad was a boss of. My dad also got my one cousin a job there in the communications department at. My dad was an electrical test engineer in charge of central power there. A real smart guy, he knew Bernie's uncle well.
US Steel in Youngstown/ McDonald had over 10,000 employees, over 15,000 at one time. When I as there a real family company ...... Intel it closed. Oh well. Nice company to work for.
Just a little Kosar family information.
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Good morning lads! Allow me to blow your minds with this tasty trivia tidbit, for today I will inform you (or remind you) that once, the Browns had a QB with a truly fantastic name. Yes, boys, we are Dick Shiner days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Shiner was a 1964 seventh round pick of Washington who played sparingly for the Redskins for three seasons behind started Sonny Jurgenson.
He then came to your Cleveland Browns in 1967, and Dick backed up Frank Ryan. In his one glorious season for the Browns, the ol' Pud Polisher was 3 for 9 for 34 yards, no touchdowns and 1 interception. Shiner would then be involved in the trade to Pittsburgh that netted the Browns QB Bill Nelsen, who would replace Ryan. Shiner started nine games in 1969 for the Steelers, Chuck Noll's first season in Pittsburgh as head coach.
He was traded to the NY Giants the following year after the Steelers drafted Terry Bradshaw, and then would play in Atlanta (1971-73) and finish his career in New England, retiring after the 1974 season. For his career, Shiner threw for 4801 yards with 36 touchdowns and 43 interceptions. Below is one of the craziest football cards you will ever see, a guy in a Browns uniform with a Steelers logo on the card.
Good morning lads! Allow me to blow your minds with this tasty trivia tidbit, for today I will inform you (or remind you) that once, the Browns have a QB with a truly fantastic name. Yes, boys, we are Dick Shiner days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Shiner was a 1964 seventh round pick of Washington who played sparingly for the Redskins for three seasons behind started Sonny Jurgenson.
He then came to your Cleveland Browns in 1967, and Dick backed up Frank Ryan. In his one glorious season for the Browns, the ol' Pud Polisher was 3 for 9 for 34 yards, no touchdowns and 1 interception. Shiner would then be involved in the trade to Pittsburgh that netted the Browns QB Bill Nelsen, who would replace Ryan. Shiner started nine games in 1969 for the Steelers, Chuck Noll's first season in Pittsburgh as head coach.
He was traded to the NY Giants the following year after the Steelers drafted Terry Bradshaw, and then would play in Atlanta (1971-73) and finish his career in New England, retiring after the 1974 season. For his career, Shiner threw for 4801 yards with 36 touchdowns and 43 interceptions. Below is one of the craziest football cards you will ever see, a guy in a Browns uniform with a Steelers logo on the card.
Well there are not many #18 jersey wearing like Dick Shiner above but there are few notable names that did.
Like #18 Gary Danielson for example in 1985, 1987 & 1988 as an emergency quarterback went down with injuries like Bernie Kosar.
And #18 Len Dawson early in his career in 1960 & 1961 after being hardly used in Clevland or in Pittsburgh 1957-1959 and eventually ending up in Kansas City.
Or #18 Mike Tomzack. In Cleveland in 1992 for one year. A lot of players going through here many moved on to or through Poittsburgh. Why not ?
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We are only two days away from the last preseason game, and we are also Brian Sipe days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. The Californian was a 13th round pick of the Browns in the 1972 Draft out of San Diego State. He had a slow go at it getting his career started, he was a practice squad player his first two seasons, and didn't become a full-time starter until 1976, when he lead the Browns to a 9-5 record, a six game improvement over the previous season. Over the course of the 1979 and '80 season, he lead the Browns in eleven game-winning drives in the 4th quarter or overtime, spawning the "Kardiac Kids". In 1980, Sipe would throw for 4132 yards and 30 touchdowns, helping the Browns go to the playoffs for the first time since 1972. He was named the NFL's MVP and went to the Pro-Bowl. Sadly, the exciting season ended with Sipe throwing an interception vs the Raiders in the frost-bitten "Red Right 88" playoff game. The Browns would slump after that, with Sipe losing his starting job for a while in 1982 to Paul McDonald. He would regain his starting job in 1983 and lead the Browns to a 9-7 record. Sipe would then jump to the USFL, where he would play his final two pro football seasons. For his career, Sipe threw for 23,763 yards, 154 touchdowns and 149 interceptions.
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Well let me start your weekend off by telling you that we are only Josh Cribbs days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! The Browns signed Cribbs after he went undrafted in the 2005 Draft, and converted the Kent State QB into a special teams extraordinaire. Cribbs would play for the Browns through the 2012 season, going to the Pro Bowl three times. He end his career with stops in Oakland, New York (Jets) and Indianapolis over the last two seasons in the NFL. He was named to the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team. In his career, he would have 11,113 yards in kickoff returns (26.1 avg) and 8 touchdowns, and add another 2373 yards (10.7 avg) and another 3 touchdowns in punt returns. On offense, he'd run for 797 yards (5.7 avg) and 2 touchdowns and would have 110 career receptions for 1175 yards and 7 touchdowns. His wife Maria and Josh can be seen on their show "Cribbs in the CLE" on WOIO.
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Good morning gentlemen, and others, as we sprint closer to another fun-filled football season. In fact, we are now Mike Phipps days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Phipps might be possibly the most infamous of all the players we've profiled, and while the popular sentiment is that the Browns executed one of the worst trades in NFL history to get him, they might have pulled off one of the best trades ever to get rid of him!
Phipps was a three year starter at Purdue (1967-69) where he lead the Boilermakers to three straight wins over Notre Dame, who had won a National Championship in 1966. He finished second in the Heisman his senior year, and the Miami Dolphins selected Phipps #3 overall in the 1970 Draft. They already had Bob Griese (who Phipps had succeeded as starter at Purdue, coincidentally enough) so they traded him to the Browns for future Hall of Famer WR Paul Warfield. To sum up Phipps' seven seasons in Cleveland succinctly, he didn't exactly play well. In fact, he put up some of the worst numbers I've ever seen of a QB who got as much playing time for as long as he did that I've ever seen. For his career, Phipps threw for 10,506 yards (at a paltry 49.2% completion rate) with 55 touchdowns and 108 interceptions. Holy shitballs indeed. The weird thing was that somehow his starting record as a QB was 38-31-2. Well, the Bears saw something in his seven seasons with the Browns they liked (hence, why the Bears have traditionally been horrible at the QB position) and traded a 1978 first rounder to the Browns in May of 1977 for Phipps. He'd end his career there in the early 80s, and the Browns would take that first rounder in 1978 and draft Alabama WR Ozzie Newsome, and move him to TE.
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Good morning gentlemen, and others, as we sprint closer to another fun-filled football season. In fact, we are now Mike Phipps days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Phipps might be possibly the most infamous of all the players we've profiled, and while the popular sentiment is that the Browns executed one of the worst trades in NFL history to get him, they might have pulled off one of the best trades ever to get rid of him!
Phipps was a three year starter at Purdue (1967-69) where he lead the Boilermakers to three straight wins over Notre Dame, who had won a National Championship in 1966. He finished second in the Heisman his senior year, and the Miami Dolphins selected Phipps #3 overall in the 1970 Draft. They already had Bob Griese (who Phipps had succeeded as starter at Purdue, coincidentally enough) so they traded him to the Browns for future Hall of Famer WR Paul Warfield. To sum up Phipps' seven seasons in Cleveland succinctly, he didn't exactly play well. In fact, he put up some of the worst numbers I've ever seen of a QB who got as much playing time for as long as he did that I've ever seen. For his career, Phipps threw for 10,506 yards (at a paltry 49.2% completion rate) with 55 touchdowns and 108 interceptions. Holy shitballs indeed. The weird thing was that somehow his starting record as a QB was 38-31-2. Well, the Bears saw something in his seven seasons with the Browns they liked (hence, why the Bears have traditionally been horrible at the QB position) and traded a 1978 first rounder to the Browns in May of 1977 for Phipps. He'd end his career there in the early 80s, and the Browns would take that first rounder in 1978 and draft Alabama WR Ozzie Newsome, and move him to TE.Good morning gentlemen, and others, as we sprint closer to another fun-filled football season. In fact, we are now Mike Phipps days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Phipps might be possibly the most infamous of all the players we've profiled, and while the popular sentiment is that the Browns executed one of the worst trades in NFL history to get him, they might have pulled off one of the best trades ever to get rid of him!
Phipps was a three year starter at Purdue (1967-69) where he lead the Boilermakers to three straight wins over Notre Dame, who had won a National Championship in 1966. He finished second in the Heisman his senior year, and the Miami Dolphins selected Phipps #3 overall in the 1970 Draft. They already had Bob Griese (who Phipps had succeeded as starter at Purdue, coincidentally enough) so they traded him to the Browns for future Hall of Famer WR Paul Warfield. To sum up Phipps' seven seasons in Cleveland succinctly, he didn't exactly play well. In fact, he put up some of the worst numbers I've ever seen of a QB who got as much playing time for as long as he did that I've ever seen. For his career, Phipps threw for 10,506 yards (at a paltry 49.2% completion rate) with 55 touchdowns and 108 interceptions. Holy shitballs indeed. The weird thing was that somehow his starting record as a QB was 38-31-2. Well, the Bears saw something in his seven seasons with the Browns they liked (hence, why the Bears have traditionally been horrible at the QB position) and traded a 1978 first rounder to the Browns in May of 1977 for Phipps. He'd end his career there in the early 80s, and the Browns would take that first rounder in 1978 and draft Alabama WR Ozzie Newsome, and move him to TE.
awesome read
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It feels like Syd started this a year ago, but we are starting to get close, boys. In fact, we are Otto Graham days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Graham was signed by Paul Brown before the end of WWII, but was not the starting QB for the new Cleveland Browns in their first two AAFC games, as he arrived late from being discharged from the Navy. He quickly showed why Brown signed him a year before, and would run off ten seasons the likes will never been seen again. In all ten seasons, the former Northwestern Wild Cat lead the Browns to their respective league's championship. He'd win all four AAFC Championships, win the 1950 title in the Browns first season in the NFL, then after three tough Championship losses in a row win two more titles for the Browns in convincing fashion. After Graham retired, he'd be head coach and athletic director at the Coast Guard Academy before and after a three year stint as head coach of the Washington Redskins.
Automatic Otto would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. For his career, he'd throw for 23,584 yards with 174 touchdowns against 135 interceptions. Graham still holds the record for the highest career yards per pass attempt in history. He'd also rush for 882 yards and 44 touchdowns.
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It feels like Syd started this a year ago, but we are starting to get close, boys. In fact, we are Otto Graham days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Graham was signed by Paul Brown before the end of WWII, but was not the starting QB for the new Cleveland Browns in their first two AAFC games, as he arrived late from being discharged from the Navy. He quickly showed why Brown signed him a year before, and would run off ten seasons the likes will never been seen again. In all ten seasons, the former Northwestern Wild Cat lead the Browns to their respective league's championship. He'd win all four AAFC Championships, win the 1950 title in the Browns first season in the NFL, then after three tough Championship losses in a row win two more titles for the Browns in convincing fashion. After Graham retired, he'd be head coach and athletic director at the Coast Guard Academy before and after a three year stint as head coach of the Washington Redskins.
Automatic Otto would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. For his career, he'd throw for 23,584 yards with 174 touchdowns against 135 interceptions. Graham still holds the record for the highest career yards per pass attempt in history. He'd also rush for 882 yards and 44 touchdowns.
It feels like Syd started this a year ago, but we are starting to get close, boys. In fact, we are Otto Graham days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Graham was signed by Paul Brown before the end of WWII, but was not the starting QB for the new Cleveland Browns in their first two AAFC games, as he arrived late from being discharged from the Navy. He quickly show why Brown signed him a year before, and would run off ten seasons the likes will never been seen again. In all ten seasons, the former Northwestern WildDawg lead the Browns to their respective league's championship. He'd win all four AAFC Championships, win the 1950 title in the Browns first season in the NFL, then after three tough Championship losses in a row win two more titles for the Browns in convincing fashion. After Graham retired, he'd be head coach and athletic director at the Coast Guard Academy before and after a three year stint as head coach of the Washington Redskins.
Automatic Otto would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. For his career, he'd throw for 23,584 yards with 174 touchdowns against 135 interceptions. Graham still holds the record for the highest career yards per pass attempt in history. He'd also rush for 882 yards and 44 touchdowns.
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~ Some very good stories in the teen numbers ...... I will try to get back to them soon. mjp.
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We go from the greatest QB in Browns history to the last Browns QB to lead the Browns to a NFL title, as we are now Frank Ryan days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Ryan was drafted in the 5th round of the 1958 Draft by the Los Angeles Rams out of Rice, but would play sparingly in his four seasons there. He was then traded to the Browns before the start of the 1962 training camp, and was slated as the backup to Jim Ninowski, but became the starter that season after Ninowski suffered a season-ending injury. Ryan would hold onto the starting QB position for the next six seasons.
Ryan would lead the NFL in touchdown passes in 1964 (25) and the Browns to a NFL Championship, and another trip to the NFL Title Game the next season too, but the Browns fell short vs the Packers. He'd have a fine season in 1966 too, which would end his three year in a row Pro Bowl run. He would be replaced early on in the 1968 season as starter by Bill Nelsen, as he had been battling injuries ever since the 1964 Pro Bowl. Would move on to Washington in 1969, and retire from there after the 1970 season. While with the Browns, Ryan would get his Ph.D in mathematics. After retiring, he'd put his education to work, as he worked at times in the U.S. government, was also the athletic director at Yale, professor at Rice, among other jobs.
For his career, Dr. Ryan threw for 16,044 yards with 149 touchdowns against 111 interceptions. He also added 1358 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns.
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This next one might ruffle some feathers. Panties might get in a bunch... but we are now Josh Gordon days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. "Now Dutch..." you growl, "Why would you pick THIS guy? You could have used longtime kicker Don Cockroft!", you angrily add.
Well, allow me to retort. I've been watching the Browns since the end of the Sam Rutigliano head coaching era, and I'll go to my death bed convinced that for ONE season, Josh Gordon was the most dominant Browns player I've ever seen. Gordon was a second round draft pick of the Browns in the 2012 Supplemental Draft out of Baylor, and had a solid rookie season, catching 50 balls for 805 yards (16.1 avg) and 5 touchdowns. He would miss the first two games of the 2014 season due to a failed drug test, then would just flat-out dominate, catching 87 passes for 1646 yards (18.9 avg) and 9 touchdowns. He put up these Madden Playstation numbers with Jason Campbell and Brandon Weeden starting 13 of the Browns games, going 1-12. (Brian Hoyer went 3-0 in his starts).
Its been a shitshow since. Between 2014-2017, Gordon played in 11 games combined, due to failed alcohol/drug tests. He missed both the 2015 and 2016 seasons entirely. The Browns finally pulled the plug on Gordon by trading him to New England in 2018, but he voluntarily left the active roster amid a potential indefinite suspension. Returned in 2019, to only get suspended in 2020. Reinstated in 2021 and played for Kansas City, then played for Tennessee in 2022.
A tale of two Josh Gordons:
2012/2013: 30 games, 137 rec, 2451 yards, 17.9 avg, 14 touchdowns
2014-2022: 47 games, 115 rec, 1833 yards, 15.9 avg, 7 touchdowns
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This next one might ruffle some feathers. Panties might get in a bunch... but we are now Josh Gordon days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. "Now Dutch..." you growl, "Why would you pick THIS guy? You could have used longtime kicker Don Cockroft!", you angrily add.
Well, allow me to retort. I've been watching the Browns since the end of the Sam Rutigliano head coaching era, and I'll go to my death bed convinced that for ONE season, Josh Gordon was the most dominant Browns player I've ever seen. Gordon was a second round draft pick of the Browns in the 2012 Supplemental Draft out of Baylor, and had a solid rookie season, catching 50 balls for 805 yards (16.1 avg) and 5 touchdowns. He would miss the first two games of the 2014 season due to a failed drug test, then would just flat-out dominate, catching 87 passes for 1646 yards (18.9 avg) and 9 touchdowns. He put up these Madden Playstation numbers with Jason Campbell and Brandon Weeden starting 13 of the Browns games, going 1-12. (Brian Hoyer went 3-0 in his starts).
Its been a shitshow since. Between 2014-2017, Gordon played in 11 games combined, due to failed alcohol/drug tests. He missed both the 2015 and 2016 seasons entirely. The Browns finally pulled the plug on Gordon by trading him to New England in 2018, but he voluntarily left the active roster amid a potential indefinite suspension. Returned in 2019, to only get suspended in 2020. Reinstated in 2021 and played for Kansas City, then played for Tennessee in 2022.
A tale of two Josh Gordons:
2012/2013: 30 games, 137 rec, 2451 yards, 17.9 avg, 14 touchdowns
2014-2022: 47 games, 115 rec, 1833 yards, 15.9 avg, 7 touchdowns
This next one might ruffle some feathers. Panties might get in a bunch... but we are now Josh Gordon days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. "Now Dutch..." you growl, "Why would you pick THIS guy? You could have used longtime kicker Don Cockroft!", you angrily add.
Well, allow me to retort. I've been watching the Browns since the end of the Sam Rutigliano head coaching era, and I'll go to my death bed convinced that for ONE season, Josh Gordon was the most dominant Browns player I've ever seen. Gordon was a second round draft pick of the Browns in the 2012 Supplemental Draft out of Baylor, and had a solid rookie season, catching 50 balls for 805 yards (16.1 avg) and 5 touchdowns. He would miss the first two games of the 2014 season due to a failed drug test, then would just flat-out dominate, catching 87 passes for 1646 yards (18.9 avg) and 9 touchdowns. He put up these Madden Playstation numbers with Jason Campbell and Brandon Weeden starting 13 of the Browns games, going 1-12. (Brian Hoyer went 3-0 in his starts).
Its been a shitshow since. Between 2014-2017, Gordon played in 11 games combined, due to failed alcohol/drug tests. He missed both the 2015 and 2016 seasons entirely. The Browns finally pulled the plug on Gordon by trading him to New England in 2018, but he voluntarily left the active roster amid a potential indefinite suspension. Returned in 2019, to only get suspended in 2020. Reinstated in 2021 and played for Kansas City, then played for Tennessee in 2022.
A tale of two Josh Gordons:
2012/2013: 30 games, 137 rec, 2451 yards, 17.9 avg, 14 touchdowns
2014-2022: 47 games, 115 rec, 1833 yards, 15.9 avg, 7 touchdowns
Yeah, not a lot of competition for him wearing #12. Vinny was the QB of our 11-5 team but it was sometimes hard to differentiate if he was the driver or the passenger.
Those Potsy Gordon numbers were impressive at times; but it was hard to depend on him for any length of time.
Speaking of that, the 1 season the Browns could count on Braylon Edwards in 2007 - check out the numbers he produced and TDs in particular:
SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YPG TD LNG ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YPG TD LNG TOT YDS TOT TD FUM LOST 2007 CLE 16 80 153 5.0 1,289 16.1 80.6 16 78 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1,289 16 3 2 -
Edwards had a great season without a doubt, but Gordon was a man among boys. The perfect size/speed combo.
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We're so damn close, the train is almost at the station. In fact, we are Donovan Peoples-Jones days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. DPJ was a five star high school player from Cass Tech High School out of Detroit, and for reasons unknown, he decided to play college ball at TSUN. He would leave after his junior year, after a somewhat disappointing college career. In three seasons with TTUN, he caught 103 passes for 1327 yards (12.9 avg) and 14 touchdowns. He added two more touchdowns on special teams returns.
The Browns would take Peoples-Jones in the 6th round of the 2020 Draft, and he's been a great value pick for Andrew Berry. In three seasons for the Browns, he has caught 109 passes for 1740 yards (an impressive 16 yards a catch) and 8 touchdowns.
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We're so damn close, the train is almost at the station. In fact, we are Donovan Peoples-Jones days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. DPJ was a five star high school player from Cass Tech High School out of Detroit, and for reasons unknown, he decided to play college ball at TSUN. He would leave after his junior year, after a somewhat disappointing college career. In three seasons with TTUN, he caught 103 passes for 1327 yards (12.9 avg) and 14 touchdowns. He added two more touchdowns on special teams returns.
The Browns would take Peoples-Jones in the 6th round of the 2020 Draft, and he's been a great value pick for Andrew Berry. In three seasons for the Browns, he has caught 109 passes for 1740 yards (an impressive 16 yards a catch) and 8 touchdowns.
We're so damn close, the train is almost at the station. In fact, we are Donovan Peoples-Jones days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. DPJ was a five star high school player from Cass Tech High School out of Detroit, and for reasons unknown, he decided to play college ball at TSUN. He would leave after his junior year, after a somewhat disappointing college career. In three seasons with TTUN, he caught 103 passes for 1327 yards (12.9 avg) and 14 touchdowns. He added two more touchdowns on special teams returns.
The Browns would take Peoples-Jones in the 6th round of the 2020 Draft, and he's been a great value pick for Andrew Berry. In three seasons for the Browns, he has caught 109 passes for 1740 yards (an impressive 16 yards a catch) and 8 touchdowns.
Nice write-up! I like the Peoples-Choice. I got me a feeling he's ready for a breakout season...
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We're so damn close, the train is almost at the station. In fact, we are Donovan Peoples-Jones days away from the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. DPJ was a five star high school player from Cass Tech High School out of Detroit, and for reasons unknown, he decided to play college ball at TSUN. He would leave after his junior year, after a somewhat disappointing college career. In three seasons with TTUN, he caught 103 passes for 1327 yards (12.9 avg) and 14 touchdowns. He added two more touchdowns on special teams returns.
The Browns would take Peoples-Jones in the 6th round of the 2020 Draft, and he's been a great value pick for Andrew Berry. In three seasons for the Browns, he has caught 109 passes for 1740 yards (an impressive 16 yards a catch) and 8 touchdowns.
Nice write-up! I like the Peoples-Choice. I got me a feeling he's ready for a breakout season...
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We're almost to single digits, as we are Kelly Holcomb days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Holcomb was an undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995, and would move on to the Indianapolis Colts and be a backup from 1996-2000. Signed by the Browns, he was Tim Couch's backup at first, but would play well in short stints in the lineup, which eventually started the "new" Browns first QB controversy. Couch would get hurt at the end of the 2002 Browns season, as they were making their first playoff push since they had returned in 1999. In stepped Holcomb, and he threw for an outstanding 429 yards and three touchdowns vs the Steelers in their Wild Card playoff game, but the defense faltered down the stretch, blowing a huge lea, and eventually the game. Holcomb would end up being named starter the next year, but injuries and mediocre play ended his future as a Browns starter. He'd be replaced by Jeff Garcia the next season, and in 2005 moved on to Buffalo, then Philadelphia, and finally Minnesota. He would retire after the 2007 season. For his career, Holcomb started 24 games, 12 of them with the Browns, plus one remarkable playoff game.
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We're almost to single digits, as we are Kelly Holcomb days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Holcomb was an undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995, and would move on to the Indianapolis Colts and be a backup from 1996-2000. Signed by the Browns, he was Tim Couch's backup at first, but would play well in short stints in the lineup, which eventually started the "new" Browns first QB controversy. Couch would get hurt at the end of the 2002 Browns season, as they were making their first playoff push since they had returned in 1999. In stepped Holcomb, and he threw for an outstanding 429 yards and three touchdowns vs the Steelers in their Wild Card playoff game, but the defense faltered down the stretch, blowing a huge lea, and eventually the game. Holcomb would end up being named starter the next year, but injuries and mediocre play ended his future as a Browns starter. He'd be replaced by Jeff Garcia the next season, and in 2005 moved on to Buffalo, then Philadelphia, and finally Minnesota. He would retire after the 2007 season. For his career, Holcomb started 24 games, 12 of them with the Browns, plus one remarkable playoff game.
We're almost to single digits, as we are Kelly Holcomb days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season! Holcomb was an undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995, and would move on to the Indianapolis Colts and be a backup from 1996-2000. Signed by the Browns, he was Tim Couch's backup at first, but would play well in short stints in the lineup, which eventually started the "new" Browns first QB controversy. Couch would get hurt at the end of the 2002 Browns season, as they were making their first playoff push since they had returned in 1999. In stepped Holcomb, and he threw for an outstanding 429 yards and three touchdowns vs the Steelers in their Wild Card playoff game, but the defense faltered down the stretch, blowing a huge lea, and eventually the game. Holcomb would end up being named starter the next year, but injuries and mediocre play ended his future as a Browns starter. He'd be replaced by Jeff Garcia the next season, and in 2005 moved on to Buffalo, then Philadelphia, and finally Minnesota. He would retire after the 2007 season. For his career, Holcomb started 24 games, 12 of them with the Browns, plus one remarkable playoff game.
NICE! When I lived in Nashville, I always listened to the sports radio station "The Fan." As you said Holcomb played at Middle TN State University so in his life after playing - he was a commentator for MTSU. They had Holcomb as a guest on the radio 1 morning talking football with hosts Frank Wycheck and Mark Howard.
All of a sudden they asked what he liked to do when he wasn't working. He said he has a good friend Tim in KY that he likes to go hunting with. Then the host said "Wait a minute! That wouldn't be Tim Couch - would it?" He said, "Yeah, he's a very good friend of mine. We were in each other's weddings and our wives are also close friends." Of course the host reminded him he thought there was a big QB controversy in Cleveland and you 2 guys hated each other. Holcomb replied "that couldn't have been further from the truth; but it definitely helped sell newspapers in Cleveland at the time." Why do I get the feeling Mary Kay Cabot was all over this like she was pouncing on her vibrator? Kelly added, Tim never stopped being a great friend and teammate when I got the opportunity to play. He told me you got this and I got you." That all may not be word for word - but it's pretty fricken close.
Long story short, I learned something new that morning...
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