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• Practice players to pluck

  Now that both of the Browns' leading tacklers, inside linebackers D'Qwell Jackson and Eric Barton, are shelved for the season, the active roster stands at 52, leaving one available job, even after this week's promotion of rookie LB Marcus... Posted Nov 11 2009, 12:27 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions

• A seven-for-one stunner

  The new Browns braintrust gets an A for the sheer number of holes they plugged on draft weekend. Just how well all those holes were plugged will take longer to figure out. I winced as the Seahawks snatched Curry just ahead of the Browns. But that's... Posted Apr 27 2009, 09:22 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions, draft

• Sandwich Browns

  At the risk of treating a player like " a piece of meat ," I bring you this list of "sandwich" Browns, those who have taken two tours in Cleveland, interrupted by a stint with at least one other team. Quality standards require sandwichers... Posted Mar 24 2009, 07:25 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: transactions, history

• You say Poteat, oh?

  Browns teams of recent years have featured certain repeated stock characters. These include the Illusory Rookie Rushing Phenom (Hill, Prentice, Gay, Green, Barclay, Thomas), the Receiver Who Used To Be A Quarterback (KJ, Frisman, Alston, Cribbs), the... Posted Mar 10 2009, 05:33 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions

• Dealing Wheelie

  The first bombshell of the Mangini/Kokinis era has fallen, and Wheelie will be soldiering south. It's sad in a way, because he's a premiere talent, the best skill position player the Browns have had since, say, Eric Metcalf . (The Detroit Diva... Posted Feb 27 2009, 06:29 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: transactions

• Phil's roster: how much better is it?

  So Randy swung his big axe, and the first cut was the Player-Picker-in-Chief himself, Phil Savage. The strained forced marriage of Savage and Crennel in the end devolved into dysfunction all around. Few doubt that the departing duo are both knowledgeable... Posted Dec 29 2008, 09:26 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions, front office

• Mortgaging the future no crisis

  For the second straight year, Phil Savage has traded away a future pick to load up on draft day. This time, he did it twice. He sent next year's third-rounder for Dallas' mid-fourth, used on Missouri TE Martin Rucker. Then, he reacquired the sixth... Posted Apr 27 2008, 10:14 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions, draft

• Meet the Browns

  Before baseball season hits full stride and April Fools Day diminishes the credibility of anything you might read, here's a quick recap of Browns news since the Pro Bowl. This off-season's moves could prove enough to send this team over the top... Posted Mar 31 2008, 08:59 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions

• Todd man out

  Some week, huh? We get the Chud drama settling with a reassuring contract extension. There's Phil Savage's season-wrapping presser and all its news hooks, including a possible extension for honcho Romeo himself. Then, an intriguing team and media... Posted Jan 12 2008, 12:37 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions, history

• Diminishing deal

  Eagle-eyed fan adogbtown noticed an unpublicized recent change to the six-year, $36 million contract of LeCharles Bentley. The injured center's deal now ends after next season, after which he would presumably be a free agent. The logical impetus for... Posted Nov 17 2007, 06:52 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, transactions

• Secondary rays

  Signed: Nick Sorensen, nominally a safety but in reality more of a special teams player. " Sunshine " does have experience with the Rams and Jaguars, but if they were going to sign a safety to Gary Baxter's roster spot, I was hoping that... Posted Oct 24 2007, 02:13 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: transactions

• Gary, and the corollary

  A year and a day after tearing both patellar tendons , the Browns finally shut down Gary Baxter, conceding that his miracle comeback won't happen this year. Phil Savage's loyalty to the veteran defensive back, one of his first free agent signees... Posted Oct 24 2007, 08:32 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: transactions