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Cleveland Browns Team President Mike Holmgren is planning to draft a quarterback next month, and Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow would appear to be the leading candidates.   Appearances can be deceiving, but in this case, if a team wants a closer look, as they do with McCoy and Tebow, they don’t do it lightly.   Holmgren has been very candid about the Browns’ search for a new franchise quarterback, unusual for a front ...

With NFL Free Agency in full swing, mock drafts are undergoing major facelifts. Positions that were thought of as first round needs now are late-round considerations because of free agent signings.   The landscape has completely changed and the person once thought of as a solid lock in the first two spots, Ndamukong Suh, now may not even be a top five pick.   Tim Tebow has had his endless debate over his merits ...

One of the most unpredictably predictable things about the NFL Draft is that there are going to be trades. The question always is "Who is going to do it?" A trade involves one fan base being elated at getting to pick above where they thought they were, and another fan base wondering if their front office is crazy, smart, or just plain dumb. The problem with predicting trades on draft day is ...

With draft preparation in full swing, believe everything and nothing you hear from head coaches, general managers and team presidents. That goes double if they work for the Cleveland Browns. Mike Holmgren and Eric Mangini went south for a day to attend the pro day for Tim Tebow and Joe Haden. Haden is a favorite to be the Browns' First Round pick, and Tebow is gaining steam to go to the Browns ...

Sometimes, relationships end. It happens. And sometimes, there's nothing that can be done about it, the relationship has run its course and it's time to move on. But parting ways can be ugy. So ugly that it can become almost impossible to ever deal with each other again in a remotely adult fashion. Divorces can get real ugly with words spoken that can't be taken back and actions taken that cause irrepairable harm. Take ...

Whatever the 2010 Cleveland Browns turn out to be, 100 percent of the credit or blame will fall on Mike Holmgren's shoulders. In what can only be described as eye-catching moves, Holmgren and General Manager Tom Heckert replaced their two young quarterbacks: one who was largely unproven and one who threw a lot of interceptions. But Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace are older than Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson, so they have ...

Now that the shock over the Cleveland Browns signing a 35-year-old quarterback to a two-year deal has begun to fade, let's look at the Browns draft strategy in the wake of this decision. To say Jake Delhomme is going to be a transitional quarterback would be the understatement of the year. Let's also address the elephant in the room in Tim Tebow, Hello Tim!! With Delhomme most likely already pencilled in as the ...

Whether you rooted for Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson the last few years in Cleveland, that's all over now. Jake Delhomme's agent confirmed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer Saturday night that Delhomme has signed a two-year contract with the Browns. Terms were undisclosed as of Saturday night. Team President Mike Holmgren and General Manager Tom Heckert have come to the mutual decision that Brady Quinn is not the future of the Cleveland ...

For a team that’s supposed to be in a rebuilding year, the Cleveland Browns certainly have been active on the free agency front.   There is a popular school of thought that contends you don’t build a winning team through free agency, you do it through the draft, using free agency to fit the final pieces of the puzzle together.   In the last week, Team President Mike Holmgren and General Manager Tom Heckert ...

The last few days have been full of action and drama around the Cleveland Browns headquarters in Berea, Ohio. The revolving door at the quarterback position continues to turn as the offseason moves forward. Derek Anderson is gone, Seneca Wallace is trying on his brand new jersey and Brady Quinn twists in the wind. Quinn is used to dangling in the air, unsure of his future in Cleveland. It's been his defining ...