Special Edition: As a Browns fan living in Chicago, I recently attended the Bears’ preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals and got a chance to tackle this question in real life. We won’t cover anything else as we wait for the first week of the season to arrive.
Question: So, are the Bears going to be any good this year?
A thoughtful and long winded answer: Honestly, I see a lot of the 2008 Browns written on the Bears this year.
Sitting in a Chicago bar with Bears fans you can feel it in the air. Everyone is in on the edge of [...]

Eric Mangini announced yesterday that during the Browns’ fourth and final preseason game against the Chicago Bears, Colt McCoy and Brett Ratliff would play the entire game. This means we can close the book on Jake Delhomme for the 2010 preseason.
Even though these games don’t count, you’d have to say at this point that he was pretty marvelous.
His final stats through three games were: 38 / 48 for 345 yards, with 2 TDs and 0 INT. He completed 79% of his passes, and finished with an average QB rating of 109.9. He also fumbled 3 times, but lost only 1.
Jake was [...]

There are times when I want to contact someone within the Arizona Cardinals organization and say, “Don’t fall into the trap! This is Derek Anderson we’re talking about here!” But that’s just because I like the Cardinals. Other times – which is most of the time – I’m perfectly willing to sit back and get ready for the implosion that will ensue.
Anderson was the starter in the Cardinals’ preseason game against the Chicago Bears last Saturday, which was a 14-9 win for the Cards. The former Browns quarterback completed 7 of 12 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown, giving [...]

On October 13, 2008, Derek Anderson played the best football game of his professional career. He dominated the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants to the tune of 310 yards passing and 2 TDs, in front of a national TV audience. The Browns won 35-14 in the surprising blowout on Monday Night.
Anderson then went on to have an awful season. He lost the starting QB job a month later and finished the season on injured reserve. The Browns finished with a 4-12 record.
So October 13 should serve as a whispering reminder for fans: Everyone at the NFL level has the [...]

The Browns routinely have very little to offer come fantasy football season. As a fan I see this as both a good and a bad thing.
On the one hand, I like my Browns not having anything to do with my fantasy universe; there’s less of a conflict of interest that way. I need the Browns to win on the field in reality, no matter how they do it.
I hate feeling relieved when they can’t convert in the red zone and settle for a field goal because Phil Dawson is my kicker.
I despise owning Steelers and Ravens, and anytime I start [...]

The Cleveland Browns have never had a capable leader residing above the general manager and head coach until now. Thus, new President Mike Holmgren is the epicenter of  fan optimism coming into this season. If how an organization performs all starts at the top, the circumvention of owner Randy Lerner’s influence is key. With Holmgren running the show the situation could only get better right?
But none of us have actually sat in on an internal Browns meeting with Holmgren and his troops. How does he operate as a CEO, and what are the specific things he is changing within the organizational structure [...]

Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports has been ranking NFL teams position-by-position throughout the summer.
Today Cole broke down the NFL linebackers, with the Browns coming in near the bottom of the league at 26.
Here is what Cole had to say about Cleveland’s linebackers:
26. Cleveland: D’Qwell Jackson is really a terrific inside linebacker, but he’s a step below the really great guys at that spot, like Patrick Willis. Sadly, there isn’t much growth potential in Jackson’s game because he’s somewhat limited as an athlete. As for the rest, the Browns are much like Kansas City in that [...]

Once LeBron James went on national TV, only to tell Cavalier fans that he was bolting for Miami, he instantly became one of the most hated sports figures in Cleveland history.
However, the man he’s battling for that title, Art Modell, says King James still has a long way to go before he is more hated than the former Browns owner.
Modell sealed his fate as Public Enemy No. 1 when he moved the Browns to Baltimore in 1996 and left the city of Cleveland without an NFL franchise for the next three years.
Modell told the News-Herald on Friday he understands James’ [...]

The FanSided Network has put together an ultimate roster for each division in the NFL and, when looking at it, the AFC North puts up a pretty formidable all-star roster.
The original roster was conceived by Nate over at Stripe Hype, and I have included his player comments as well. All of the changes and comments I have made are in bold, with the original player chosen in parentheses .
Without furter ado, here is the AFC North’s best roster:
Offense
LT:  Joe Thomas, Cleveland – You could argue Andrew Whitworth, but Thomas carries a little more clout. – To be honest, there was [...]

Andy Behrens of Yahoo! Sports is breaking down each team for the upcoming fantasy football season. Recently, Behrens gave his thoughts on the Browns, who came in 31st in his team fantasy rankings.
Here is what Behrens had to say about Cleveland’s running back position:
The Browns provided the fantasy community with exactly one useful player last year, but that guy could find himself on the short end of a platoon this season. Jerome Harrison was the top-scoring fantasy running back over the final three weeks of 2009, thanks to an obscene workload (35.3 carries per [...]