WInfield is only interested in the right situation. Not sure that the Browns offer the right situation to him. He probably wants to go to a contender and we're not there yet.

@flyingfooldoug said:

Give Weedon another week to heal. Hoyer starts and we talk about it next week.

That right there!

I share that same fear. Not willing to can him, but hope he can finally get it right.

Here's Banner's response to Holmgren's reaction.

Former Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren told a radio station he'd have quit if told the team he coached had traded away Trent Richardson. It's only fitting then that current Browns CEO, Joe Banner, offered his rebuttal Friday via radio waves.

Richardson traded to Colts

News:
» Richardson traded to Colts for draft pick
» Colts GM Grigson lauds his new player
» McGahee to Browns pending physical
» Browns CEO looks to future with deal
» Holmgren: Deal would've made me quit

Analysis:
» Battista: Grigson, Colts going all-in
» Jeremiah: Banner, Browns on offensive
» Hanzus: Colts ready for Super Bowl run
» Rosenthal: Browns' move makes sense
» Fantasy take: RB's value rises in Indy
» Rank: Six biggest in-season trades

Video:
» Banner, Chudzinski explain trade
» Why did Browns do this deal?

"Mike's entitled to his opinion," Banner told ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike", per The Plain Dealer. "He ran the team for three years and was able to do what he believed in. It's our turn trying to do what we think is right. Obviously wouldn't have done this if we agreed with his comments."

During his rant, Holmgren intimated that it was possible first-year coach Rob Chudzinski didn't stand up to Banner and fight to keep his best offensive player. Banner emphasized Friday that the Browns coach very much was part of the "collaborative decision" to make the trade.

"I think the most important thing for me to say is we don't do anything with Chud not right in the middle of every discussion, every evaluation,"' Banner said. "Every single time I got off the phone with (Indianapolis Colts general manager) Ryan Grigson I went down, reported to him where we're at. He's a very strong believer in where we're at and where we're headed and how this is going to help us."

Now that the front office men are done (hopefully) prodding each other, Chudzinski is left to deal with the most difficult repercussion of the trade:

Convince an entire locker room to fight for 14 more games when the bosses upstairs already started working on 2014.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000247601/article/joe-banner-responds-to-mike-holmgrens-comments

Man, you completely crack me up. I couldn't help but laugh at this. Thanks, I needed that.

Very interesting video, Thanks for posting it.

Saw this on NFL.com and thought it should be shared. Regardless of what's being said about Richardson, someone who states this is a class act.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000247171/article/trent-richardson-to-cleveland-browns-fans-have-faith

Trent Richardson was more shocked than anyone about his trade to the Indianapolis Colts. On his first day in a Colts uniform, the running back wanted to send a message to the Cleveland Browns fans who were similarly stunned.

Keep rooting for the Browns," he told them Thursday. "Don't give up on them. ... It's going to happen. It's going to be big, too. They got a program that's going in the right direction. But like I said, I'm here starting a new chapter in my life."

It's a cool, classy sentiment. But Richardson understands he's joined a better team, even if the trade makes some sense for the Browns. He noted the positivity in the Colts' locker room and the attitude around the organization. He suddenly has a true franchise quarterback to play with. In Cleveland, the Browns are still searching.

"We are going to be here for a while," Richardson said about him and Andrew Luck. "We are not planning on going nowhere. We are planning to win a lot of games."

And later: "People can't just stack nine in the box no more. If you stack nine in the box, Andrew's got an arm for you."

Richardson said he wants to be a guy who "puts the team on his shoulders," but he won't have to in Indianapolis. Luck, Reggie Wayne, T.Y. Hilton, Ahmad Bradshaw and Coby Fleener will help Richardson make the Colts' offense dangerous every week. And Richardson has extra motivation after getting traded away so early in his career.

"I'm going to have a chip on my shoulder. And I'm going to play football how I know how to play football," Richardson said.

Colts coach Chuck Pagano said Richardson will touch the ball plenty in his first game as a Colts player Sunday in San Francisco against the 49ers. Richardson said that news was "music to my ears."

Once the initial shock wore off, Richardson seemed to recognize the full potential of life as a Colt.

It's official Mcgahee is a Brown.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000247213/article/willis-mcgahee-passes-physical-joins-cleveland-browns