Daily Dawg Tags: Should the Browns be worried about Justin Gilbert?
By Thomas Moore
Spanning the virtual globe to bring you the best of Cleveland sports – from the Browns to the Indians and Cavs – these are your Daily Dawg Tags for Thursday, Aug. 6.
Cleveland Browns:
Is it time to start worrying about Justin Gilbert?:
"In a different era, or under a different coaching regime, the narrative surrounding Justin Gilbert would be far different than it is today. Gilbert, the second-year cornerback out of Oklahoma State, would be lining up each day in training camp as one of the team’s starting cornerbacks. But those days are long gone in Cleveland, which makes us wonder about Gilbert’s future."
5 ways the Browns can reach the playoffs:
"Is it possible that the Browns can make a run at the playoffs in 2015? If so, here are five things that have to go right."
Browns training camp Day 6: Thinking touchdowns, not field goals:
"The Cleveland Browns returned to the practice field on Wednesday and spent a portion of training camp working on goal-line situations. Which seems like a grand plan after seeing the offense finish 27th in scoring last season."
Danny Shelton brining Polynesian culture to locker room (clevelandbrowns.com):
"You can’t miss the side of what rookie Danny Shelton refers to as the “Poly lifestyle” – traditions and culture he grew up with as an infant in the Samoan Islands. And he’s bringing that culture to the locker room and city of Cleveland. (Editor’s note: We’d buy a lava-lava in Browns colors before we’d buy one of the new jerseys.)"
Betting big on Josh McCown (nfl.com):
"NFL Media’s Albert Breer makes a stop at Browns training camp in Berea."
NFL News:
Oakland wants Alabama version of Trent Richardson (Just Blog Baby):
"Trent Richardson at Alabama was an elite running back prospect, in the class of Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch. He had good balance, power, speed, vision, could make guys miss and he just plain ran angry. However three years after being picked No. 3 overall, we’re still looking for that version of Richardson in the NFL."
Let’s tap the brakes on the Marcus Mariota bandwagon (The Tennessean):
"Somebody needs to tap the brakes on the runaway Marcus Mariota bandwagon. The guy’s human. He hasn’t single-handedly rescued the Titans franchise just yet. Can we wait a couple of weeks before naming him MVP of Super Bowl 50?"
Blake Bortles shines in full pads (Black and Teal):
"The Jacksonville Jaguars are in the thick of training camp with a scrimmage coming up this Saturday and their first preseason game a little over a week away. The team finally had a chance to get physical on Wednesday with their first full pads practice, and the word coming out of the session is that Blake Bortles looked very sharp."
Cleveland Sports:
The Greek debt crisis has everything to do with Cleveland sports (Belt Magazine):
"As tempting as it might be to shrug and say, “Only in Cleveland,” about last year’s county-wide ballot issue on the “sin tax,” we’re actually talking about another typical (if especially glaring) product of the same creditors-over-people politics that’s been eating away at the whole developed world for the last 40 years."
Too bad Donald Trump was kidding about buying the Tribe (Wahoo’s on First):
"Cleveland Indians’ fans have grumbled for years about the cheapness of Paul Dolan. They have longed for an owner who would spend money as willingly as other Cleveland owners Jimmy Haslam (Browns) and Dan Gilbert (Cavaliers). And, for a brief moment on Tuesday, Tribe fans were teased by the possibility of a billionaire owner whose knack for spending would put even the late George Steinbrenner to shame."