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á Even though the Cleveland Browns are on their bye week, there has been more noise in the last few days than points the team has put up in the first half of the 2009 season. ESPN insider guru, Adam Schefter, has released some details regarding the sudden firing of general manager George Kokinis saying that the Browns have been investigating Kokinis for several weeks. Apparently Kokinis and head coach Eric Mangini, ...

Now that Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner has made a statement to his management staff by firing General Manager George Kokinis, ESPN.com has reported that Lerner is actively talking to retired and former New York Giants GM Ernie Accorsi. UPDATED 11-3-09 10:10 AM: Cleveland.com reports that Accorsi denies any involvement in becoming the Browns GM. Accorsi retired in 2007, is a former Browns GM back in 1985-1992 during their multiple playoff runs ...

The Randy Lerner hands-on approach to running the Cleveland Browns began this afternoon with the firing of General Manager George Kokinis. Kokinis came on board with the team after head coach Eric Mangini was already hired, which was a very weird approach by Lerner because usually a general manager is hired first, and then the head coach. Still Lerner, who is usually a hands-off type of guy when it comes to ...

With every other journalist on Bleacher Report either getting ready to write or having already written a Cleveland Browns midseason report article, this journalist is going to lay down the hard facts and take a look at the team's "coulda, woulda, shoulda." (In no particular order.) á The Coulda's 1. Brady Quinn could have made $11 million in incentives this year, but he was benched after 10 quarters of inept play. Eric Mangini ...

One of the hardest transitions to make from the college level then into the NFL is easily at wide receiver. In college, receiver go from barely any physical contact from defensive backs to getting thrown around and abused by the professional corners in the NFL. A rookie receiver almost needs to learn his position all over again in regards to running precise routes, making moves mid-route, when to turn on the speed, ...

The Cleveland Browns have no answers right now, especially at the quarterback position where another possible switch is quickly approaching. We all know the story, first the long and drawn out quarterback competition in the preseason, which led to Brady Quinn running the offense on opening day. Then, 10 quarters of ineffective quarterback play later, Quinn gets pulled at halftime and Derek Anderson gets plugged into the first team. Anderson did provide a ...

This past Sunday's football game that was played on the shore of Lake Erie in Cleveland Browns Stadium, was one of the most inept displays of football that has been seen in Cleveland. It rivaled the games of when the team was an expansion franchise back in 1999. It was a complete debacle. No offense, no defense, and a special teams unit that is the only aspect of the team that gives ...

The Cleveland Browns' offense has been less than stellar all season long, but in the last two games, there has been a media frenzy regarding all of the bad throws and dropped passes during games. So who is to blame for the putrid passing game of late? Most of the media outlets have been focusing on the wide receivers dropping too many passes, but are those drops their own fault, or are ...

On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers completely exploited a Browns defense that was ranked 10th in pass defense. How did this happen? This occurred because Pittsburgh is no longer a running and grind it out type of football team that they have been for years and decades as a franchise. Ben Roethlisberger had all day to throw the football, and when he did let it rip, his wide receivers had so much open daylight ...

On another sad Sunday of watching Cleveland Browns football, I was a witness to some familiar football play that actually made me smile as a Browns fan. It wasn't even during the Browns game. Wait, I did smile when Joshua Cribbs returned a 98 yard kick for a touchdown, but the other smile came while I was watching the Jets play at home against the Bills. Specifically, there were a few offensive plays ...