Daily Dawg Tags: Are the Browns right to honor Jim Brown?
Spanning the virtual globe to bring you the latest news about the Cleveland Browns and the NFL – these are your Daily Dawg Tags for Friday, Feb. 19.
Cleveland Browns:
Cleveland Browns: Right to honor Jim Brown with statue?
"With the announcement made that the Browns will honor all-time great Jim Brown with a statue this fall outside of FirstEnergy Stadium, one can’t help but wonder if that should be the first statue erected on the banks of Lake Erie. Or, did the team miss the boat on its first statue dedication in not building one to honor its namesake and founding father, the late Paul Brown."
Report: Cleveland Browns alumni alienated, disrespected
"The Cleveland Browns leveraged the occasion of Jim Brown’s 80th birthday to announce that the team will place a statue of the Hall of Famer outside of FirstEnergy Stadium. The popular move to honor one of the franchise’s and NFL’s greatest players may have ignited an unintended public relations storm for the team, according to a report by Tony Grossi at ESPN Cleveland."
2016 NFL Mock Draft: Cleveland Browns select Jared Goff
"Another week and another mock draft. This time the mock draft comes from FanSided, and features picks by an expert from each of the 32 NFL sites in the FanSided family. Dawg Pound Daily had its say and had the Cleveland Browns select California quarterback Jared Goff with the second overall pick."
Cleveland Browns: Ray Horton still talks a good game
"Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Ray Horton made his first media appearance since returning to town and you have to give the man credit as he talks the best defensive game this side of Rob Ryan. “When you watched the Super Bowl and the AFC Championship Game, it was a factor of big men who could run, coming around that edge, and then also it’s little guys who can get them on the field,” Horton said."
Cleveland Browns terminated two veterans’ contracts (Factory of Sadness)
"The start of many roster moves is underway. The Cleveland Browns decided toterminate the contracts of tight end Jim Dray and defensive lineman Randy Starks. Comparing the two players, Starks easily contributed more to the team than Dray did."
Former Browns skeptical of motives behind Jim Brown statue (Dawgs by Nature)
"One might assume the announcement of a statue and a tribute to one of the bestCleveland Browns players of all-time would be cause for celebration among team alumni. That’s not the case. According to ESPN Cleveland’s Tony Grossi, former Browns players are unhappy with the state of affairs in the alumni department and doubt the motives of Jimmy and Dee Haslam in the decision to erect a statue honoring Jim Brown."
NFL News:
Panthers DE Jaren Allen announces his retirement via video (ESPN)
"Carolina Panthers defensive end Jared Allen announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday in an unconventional but appropriate way. The NFL’s active sacks leader (136) posted a video of himself wearing a black cowboy hat, heavy coat and riding a horse off “into the sunset” even though there was none."
Suh: Dolphins ‘destroyed’ Panthers in training camp (NFL.com)
"Offseason downtime in the NFL has a unique way of coloring memories. For Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, it’s a time for optimism and remembering how his team beat up the NFL’s eventual No. 1 offense and NFC champion Carolina Panthers way back during joint training camp practices."
Bill Polian: There’s a smear campaign going on against Peyton Manning (CBS Sports)
"The man who selected Peyton Manning with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft is now defending him. Former Colts general manager Bill Polian, who made the decision to take Manning over Ryan Leaf with the top pick in 1998, isn’t happy with the way that Manning’s being treated by the media."