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Fellow sports fans:    Indebted is defined as being bound to, grateful for, or being beholden to someone or something.   NFL Hall of Famers such as Dan Fouts, John Madden, and Joe Gibbs certainly owe a great deal of gratitude to Don Coryell for bringing his new and revolutionary passing attack, known as "Air Coryell," that was never before seen in the NFL at that time and is now used ...

Browns Backers,    Now that the 2010 NFL Draft has come and gone, the Cleveland Browns have positioned themselves to improve in areas of need such as the secondary, with the drafting of Joe Haden from Florida, T.J Ward out of Oregon and Larry Asante out of Nebraska, and on the defensive line, with Clifton Geathers out of South Carolina.  Drafting former Tennessee RB Montario Hardesty, All-American QB Colt McCoy out of Texas ...

Browns Backers,    Let me first start this column off by saying, that me being off on the Browns taking Clausen at No. 7 is a serious understatement.    Obviously, Tom Heckert and Mike Holmgren know more about football than I'll ever know, and with their first draft as president and general manager in the books, I can safely say that they scored a solid B+ grade.    As much as the national ...

Browns Backers,áá impression - "the first and immediate effect of an experience or perception upon the mind; sensation "áá To paraphrase the popular Head and Shoulders® commercial, you never get a second chance to make a first impression, whether on a job interview or a first date the first action you do will be remembered last. á When new management comes on board you really want to give them a reason to ...

Browns Backers, "banner" is defined as "anything regarded or displayed as a symbol of principles."ááá Somewhere, Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown is smiling like a proud father after Jerome Harrison's epic 286-yard, three-touchdown rampage in the middle of the American heartland, and fantasy football owners EVERYWHERE are kicking themselves for not picking him up. I can most certainly relate to the latter.áá There has been so much made in ...

Browns Backers,áá Redemption - " deliverance from sin; salvation"áááá Christmas came early in Cleveland. To paraphrase All-World KR-WR Joshua Cribbs, this win was for the fans, and after losing 12 straight times to the hated Steelers, the Browns redeemed themselves in the eyes of many, with Brady Quinn beating Pittsburgh in his first career start against them, officially elevating him into Bernie Kosar, God-like status.ááá Forgive me for not being around the ...

Browns fans.á The one word that defines what happened today against the Lions is absurd.á It was absurd, completely illogical. Absurd. á That is the word of the moment and the official battle cry from Browns backers everywhere after seeing the most unbelievable loss in the NFL. And in true fashion, Cleveland had to be on the short end.áá I've been watching football since I was three years old. My ...

So much for the bye week giving Mangini time to right their sorry ship eh? In maybe the most eventful week since Kosar was sacked by Belichick for his "diminishing skills," it appears that the Browns offense and the Mangini experiment may be soon be diminishing along with the rest of this dreadful season.áá Just when you thought that the offensive offense of Dumb and Dumber, Mangini and Daboll, couldn't ...

Browns Backers, Horrid: "extremely unpleasant or disagreeable." For the Cleveland Browns, it would only seem fitting that on a day the Chicago Bears honor a man known as "Sweetness," the Browns would provide their own homage to being sour.áá With the Browns getting stomped in Chicago 30-7, you have to wonder how much lower the Browns can sink. How much more garbage must Browns fans be treated to such a display of utterly ...

Browns Backers,ááá dropù"to let or cause to fall". The classic cliche of football being a game of inches is indeed true, and in the case of the Browns game in Pittsburgh, the controversial spot of a ball that was clearly short of a first down can be used as a microcosm as to how this season is going.á But for once, you can't say that the Steelers dominated Cleveland in its 12th ...