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Former Cleveland Browns Quarterback Derek Anderson now is a free man. After being released by the Browns on Tuesday, mainly due to his hefty contract, he can sign with any team who wants him. The question is, who wants him? Anderson made the Pro Bowl in 2007 as an alternate, winning 10 of his 15 starts,and throwing for 3,787 yards, 29 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. He posted an above-average passer rating of ...

Cleveland Browns' team president Mike Holmgren made his first bargain with his old team on Monday by trading for quarterback/wide receiver Seneca Wallace.   While not a blockbuster trade—the Browns reportedly only gave up a late round 2011 pick for Wallace—this move does add depth to the roster at quarterback and wide receiver.   How does this tade help the team? And what will happen to Brady Quinn and Brett Ratliff?   Derek Anderson’s roster bonus, ...

The Cleveland Browns were busy the first weekend of free agency with the addition of Scott Fujita and Tony Pashos.   The two signings capped off a busy couple of days for the Browns' front office that also saw Corey Williams traded to the Detroit Lions.   With these latest moves, coupled with the six tenders to restricted free agents, the Browns are entering the draft from a position of strength.   Right tackle was a ...

ôCoffee is for Closers.ö á Alec Baldwin delivered, perhaps, one of the single most memorable performances in the history of cinema with his one-scene appearance in the movie ôGlengary Glen Ross.ö á Right now, Cleveland Browns team president Mike Holmgren and general manager Tom Heckert have to be getting themselves that well-earned cup of coffee because they closed this deal. á Joshua Cribbs signed a three-year, $20 million contract that replaces his old contract. The deal ...

In what hopefully will be regarded in hindsight as a brilliant move, the Cleveland Browns offered six restricted free agents the second round tender Thursday. á This means that the six players tenderedùsafety Abram Elam, running back Jerome Harrison, linebackers DÆQwell Jackson, Jason Trusnik and Matt Roth, and fullback Lawrence Vickersùwere offered salaries of $1.759 million for 2010. á Other teams who want the services of these players would have to give their second ...

For the last few weeks, Joe Haden has shown up as the de facto pick for the Cleveland Browns with the seventh pick. Those days may be over. á With Haden running a 4.57 40-yard dash at the Combine, the Browns and their front office of Mike Holmgren and Tom Heckert now will have to completely re-evaluate what to do with their first round pick, assuming they were focusing on Haden. á Haden became ...

Get ready to rewrite that mock draft you were working on because Taylor Mays and Eric Berry just made their case to be taken in the top five. á Going into the Combine, Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy were considered the only two defensive talents to go in the top five with Berry as a possible third. á Now that Mays has run a 4.43 40-yard dash, with one scout saying he ran a ...

Cleveland Browns General Manager Tom Heckert said nothing is off the board for him going into the April Draft, including trading up or down in the first round. á The Browns have the seventh pick in the draft and are projected in most mock drafts to be going after safety Eric Berry or cornerback Joe Haden if Berry is off the board. á ôMy job is to get great football players,ö Heckert told the ...

If thereÆs one thing you now can definitively say about Jacoby Ford now, itÆs that heÆs fast. á Ford posted a 4.28-second 40-yard dash speed, the second fastest since 2000 and the fastest by a wide receiver since Jerome Mathis in 2005. á Fordánow has everyoneÆs attention moving forward as he also excelled in the pass-catching drills, meaning not only is he fast, he can actually catch the ball. á Ford now will be closely looked ...

While the Combine typically is about the draft prospects, itÆs inevitable other NFL business creeps into the conversation. á According to NFL.com, NFL Spokesman Greg Aiello said there will be a discussion at next weekÆs league meetings about how overtime is conducted in the postseason. Under the proposed new rules, both teams would get the ball at least once unless the first team with the ball scores a touchdown. If the first team ...