Been awhile.... heh typo.....

Greeny ..WOOF how ya been buddy ?

we really REALLY hope the Browns do well this season . long overdue for some joy around here

is Tebow going to start this year

Hangs sign on door ..gone racing . tonight is a special night as we honor the memory of Travis the rabbit Miller ..his # 17 Winged sprinter is in my av .


RIP Travis a true racer & fine human being . they say only the good die young .  its true in his case

Have a good time bluez, I think the heat will be turned down slightly more than the last couple of nights, should be a great night for racing!

Team-by-team cap space as of June 22

Posted by Mike Florio on June 22, 2012, 8:02 PM EDT

Jaguars:  $25.1 million.

Titans:  $19.97 million.

Eagles:  $18.02 million.

Browns:  $17.7 million.

Bengals:  $16.58 million.

Chiefs:  $16.54 million.

Buccaneers:  $15.74 million.

Colts:  $14.59 million.

Packers:  $11.25 million.

Patriots:  $10.93 million.

Broncos:  $10.87 million.

Vikings:  $10.59 million.

Panthers:  $8.76 million.

Seahawks:   $7.47 million.

Bills:  $7.38 million.

Cowboys:  $7.18 million.

Redskins:  $6.97 million.

Jets:  $6.04 million.

Cardinals:  $4.55 million.

Dolphins:  $4.45 million.

49ers:  $4.19 million.

Texans:  $4.05 million.

Bears:  $3.97 million.

Lions:  $3.77 million.

Rams:  $3.60 million.

Steelers:  $3.58 million.

Giants:  $3.11 million.

Chargers:  $2.86 million.

Falcons:  $2.83 million.

Saints:  $2.27 million.

Raiders:  $1.34 million.

Ravens:  $606,000.

Brandon Jackson career ypc running: 3.8, awful.

Brandon Jackson receiving and blocking, good.  

That's about all there is to say there. 

The Browns are hoping Greg Little can become a top wideout.

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It’s no secret the Browns did not add a marquee free agent wide receiver in the off-season. In fact, they didn’t even add a mid-level free agent.

Nor did they use one of their top three picks to add a receiver. They did add wide receiver Travis Benjamin, a speeder out of Miami Fla. in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.

The question that begs to be asked is why would the Browns not show any sense of urgency in upgrading the receiving position?

It is becoming clear the Browns’ brain trust has enough confidence that Greg Little will become the team’s No. 1 receiver—at least for this season.

Only time will tell if he becomes the Browns long term top receiver.

Browns fans have clamored for additions and upgrades to the receiving corps since before the 2011 season and the only notable addition last season was Little, taken in the second round.

Little, who just turned 23 on May 30, officially became a starter after the first four games of his rookie season. He responded with 61 receptions for 709 yards and two touchdowns, including a season long 76-yard score against the Cardinals in December. Little was second in the AFC among rookies only to the Bengals’ A.J. Green, who had 65 receptions.

Overall, Little ranked 17^th in the AFC in receptions. His 709 yards was the fourth highest in Browns history among rookies. His reception totals were second best only to Kevin Johnson’s 66 grabs in 1999. Little had six receptions in three games, with his high being 131 yards against the Cardinals.

Most Browns fans feel Little can be a fine NFL receiver, but not all outside the Browns’ front office consider him a sure-fire top tier receiver. However, Little has shed 11 pounds and the Browns are hoping one year of experience will help him to become one of the top receivers in the league.

For Little, 2011 was more about feeling comfortable as a receiver and re-learning the position.

“I’ve seen him look a lot quicker, a lot more sudden,” Browns’ Head Coach Pat Shurmur said during June’s minicamp. “To this point he’s caught the ball at a much more consistent rate. He just looks like a different guy to me—a guy who’s been through it once.”

Little (6-2, 219) didn’t play his final year at North Carolina because he accepted gifts from an agent. Because he wasn’t part of the football team, he spent all of his time in the weight room trying to get stronger.

“I was in the gym so much that I gained so much weight,” Little said. “Not from sitting around, but from always wanting to pump iron, not running around as much. Just gaining muscle weight. When I went into the combine I was so jacked. They were like, ‘You got to get out of the weight room.’ “

Little worked out at Bommarito Performance Systems in Miami, Fla. during the offseason and changed his diet. He dropped 11 pounds without losing strength. He played at 230 pounds in his rookie season and was at 219 during minicamp.

“That’s one of the things the guys got on me about,” Little said. “If you’re not as light as you need to be, you’re not going to be as swift on the field as you need to be. I feel just as strong and even faster and feel better on my feet, as well.”

Shurmur was asked why the Browns didn’t upgrade their receiving corps.

“I think we have some guys, number one that are good players and I think they’ve had a chance to play a year in the system and to improve their game,” Shurmur said. “We’ve added some young players who have a chance to develop into good players.”

Shurmur feels improved quarterback play – likely by Brandon Weeden and a running game led by Trent Richardson – will make a big difference for the receivers.

“When you have more efficient quarterback play and efficient running game, it all plays together,” Shurmur said. “For all of those reasons, I think they will be more productive as it fits together.”

Little said the receivers noticed that the front office has confidence in him and the rest of the current corps.

“It definitely sends a message that the guys we have as receivers are who they’re confident with going into any game situation,” Little said. “That message was understood in our room. We have to take and make them look like the good guys.”

Little dropped a team high 12 passes as a rookie and has spent the off-season working on his receiving skills and his running better routes.

“I just wasn’t focusing,” Little said about last year. “I was trying to do too much. Defenses are taught to swipe at it and get it out when they can. That’s why you practice—to be perfect in a game.”

Shurmur is confident all of the receivers—including Little—will be much more sure-handed this year.

“We try to avoid saying, when a ball is dropped, ‘Hey, catch the ball,” Shurmur said. “It’s about focusing on a small point. It’s about your eyes and your fingers and catching the tip and all of those things.”

“We have an increased number of drills that we do and I think you’ll find in coaching and teaching that you get what you emphasize and we’ve emphasized it a great deal,” Shurmur said. “(Little) embraced working at it and we’re hopeful it will show up that way once we start playing for real.”

Little was advertised as a receiver who could break tackles and make big plays on short passes, skills key to the West Coast offense. That’s exactly the type of receiver Little intends to become.

“I just want to be physical and run with some assertiveness and be strong with the ball in your hand,” Little said. “Any play maker in this league has to be good running after the catch, being able to break at least one tackle.”

If Little can continue his upward ascent, the Browns very well could have found the receiver they’ve been looking for now and for the future.

While the majority of the Cleveland Browns’ offseason has been pretty good—with the exception of the Colt McCoy trade rumors—the team’s current situation with linebacker Scott Fujita has become a distraction they may not want to deal with moving forward.

Fujita’s role in “bounty gate” from his time spent with the New Orleans Saints has saddled the Browns with the loss of the veteran for three games early in the 2012 season, unless he can find a way to win an appeal. While the 33-year old has provided leadership to a young defense in his two seasons in Cleveland, his production is nowhere near high enough for the organization to deal with this headache much longer.

In his two seasons with the Browns, Fujita has played in just 19 of a possible 32 games. He has racked up 101 tackles, 3.5 sacks, two interceptions and forced two fumbles. All of his sacks and forced fumbles came in the nine games he played in 2010.

With the potential Fujita situation looming over the team’s head—coupled with an already present lack of depth at the position—the Browns decided to use a pair of picks in the 2012 NFL Draft to infuse some youth and talent to their linebacking corps.

The first of their additions was Nevada linebacker James-Michael Johnson in the fourth round. Johnson was a highly productive player for Nevada, racking up 295 tackles (37.5 for a loss), 7.5 sacks, three interceptions and five forced fumbles in his career. The 6’2” and 240-pound linebacker is a high character player in the mold of current Browns’ linebacker D’Qwell Jackson, and should easily be able to fill any role the team needs him to.

The other linebacker they added was Texas Longhorn standout Emmanuel Acho, who they used a sixth-round selection on. After barely playing his freshman year, Acho finished his career at Texas with 240 tackles (32.5 for a loss), 7.5 sacks, two interceptions and four forced fumbles.

Acho obviously has the NFL pipeline thanks to his brother Sam who plays linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals, which means he already has an understanding for the demands of the NFL game. Not to mention his 6’2” and 238-pound frame gives him the versatility to play all three linebacker positions.

This is Fujita’s final season of his contract with the Browns, and he is slated to make $3.6 million. Of that $3.6 million, $684, 375 has already been paid out in the form of a bonus. He originally signed a three-year, $14 million contract prior to the 2010 season.

As you can see, the Browns’ wouldn’t be taking a major hit if they decided to part ways with Fujita—a move that is highly recommendable. Between the distractions, the lack of production and the new, young talent the team acquired in the draft, it just does not make sense to hold on to Fujita any longer.

With the combination of Johnson and Acho learning from an excellent veteran leader like Jackson, the two should be able to fill Fujita’s shoes pretty easily. And for a young, gritty defense like the one currently taking the field in Cleveland, fewer distractions will mean continued growth and success—something fans have been waiting a long time for.


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hangs sign on door again ..yup gone racing 


2nd leg of Ohio Sprint Speedweek at Waynesfield raceway park . 9 nites of racing  all throught the great state Ohio . the fire breathing most wicked 410 Winged Sprints .

have fun all . i know i will

Hangs sign on door, gone on vacation, be back in 34 days when training camp opens.

But Holmgren says, there could be some surprises on roster moves..  What does he mean by that?

Cutting Hardly Hardesty?  Parting ways with Colt McCoy.  Stay tuned...  maybe they will sign some more rookie free agents...

It's only 11 weeks until opening day...  

Go Browns, beat the Eagles... 

Packers wide receiver James Jones talked this week about being part of a deep wide receiver group in Green Bay and admitted to occasional moments of frustration when it comes to getting in line for opportunities.

Jones also gave his hypothetical reaction to a trade, which involves a few tears and then a quick move to the new team. Jones’ name comes up now and again as a trade possibility, although it is hard to say if that’s just because it makes sense that the Packers would make a move from strength to shore up other weaknesses or if teams have really been engaging in conversation.

According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Browns are not one of the teams involved in any such conversation. In a response to a mailbag question about trading Colt McCoy to Green Bay for Jones, Cabot writes that the Browns are not interested in adding Jones to their receiving corps.

The Browns have Greg Little and Mohamed Massaquoi as starting receivers at the moment and they may want to give both a chance to establish themselves this season. With Josh Cribbs ticketed for primarily special teams work, there isn’t a lot of depth behind the starters and whatever depth they do have is very short on experience. Jones would definitely be an upgrade to the group, although the lack of Cleveland interest in a deal and the absence of clear signs that Jones will be traded make it hard to see him catching passes from Brandon Weeden this season.

for some odd reason H&H Continue to say that the WR are more than okay ?????? the whole world dissagrees with them . we all cant be wrong and they be right about them ..can they ?

if they hold us back this year the venom directed at the front office will not be printable


James Jones makes perfect sense . he has had his share of drops so maybe not . we have enough of those on the roster .

i have my doubts about the unit as a whole . i am a prove it to me kinda guy .so far they have proven to be inadequate at best .

i hope you guys are right about the WR & Hardesty . the Browns need all the help they can get to turn this embarrasing mess around .

Best to keep ‘light switch’ on

<small> Posted by Bernie Kosar on <abbr title="2012-06-21T21:25:15+0000"> June 21, 2012 – 9:25 pm </abbr> </small>

By Bernie Kosar, Special Contributor to ClevelandBrowns.com

Here are my takes on the Browns made while appearing on “Cleveland Browns Daily, Driven by Liberty Ford”:

The time between now and the start of training camp is a test of the players’ ability to stay focused while also getting a little time to relax before putting on the pads and going through the next phase of preparing for the season.

This is especially true for the younger guys. Working out and staying in the game mentally not only are helpful to getting them ready to play their best, but they also help keep them from the distractions of all the new friends and family they have because this is their first chance at money. And sometimes, all of those additional people in their lives will tend to take them away from staying in shape, being ready for training camp, and being ready for preseason games.

For the undrafted free agents, it makes sense for them to be plugged in as much as possible during this so-called down time, to keep learning, to keep growing. They not only will help their chances of making the final roster, but also help the chances of the Browns being a better team.

The politically right thing to say and the easy thing to say is, yeah, you want get away from it for a little bit, but you continue to work out. The reality of it is that football – especially at age 22, 23, 24 – is so exciting. For me, it’s so fun, it’s so important, that I never let it go away. I never checked out. I never put the light switch off.

And the guys who put the light switch off and then think they’re going to flip the light switch on and they’re going to be at a hundred percent are wrong. It does not happen.

You have your whole life to relax and have fun. It’s not now, though. Now is about playing football. And even though it’s four or five weeks off, you still have to work out. You still have to think about your plays, your assignments, your details of assignment, the details of how you run your position.

I always tell the younger guys, “Yeah, you can relax and maybe tone it down some. But you can never check out and flip the light switch completely off.”

Be sure to catch Bernie Kosar’s regular appearances with Vic Carucci on “Cleveland Browns Daily, Driven by Liberty Ford,” Monday through Friday, 6-7 p.m. ET, live on ESPN 850 WKNR and ClevelandBrowns.com

This is Fujita’s final season of his contract with the Browns, and he is slated to make $3.6 million. Of that $3.6 million, $684, 375 has already been paid out in the form of a bonus. He originally signed a three-year, $14 million contract prior to the 2010 season.

As you can see, the Browns’ wouldn’t be taking a major hit if they decided to part ways with Fujita—a move that is highly recommendable. Between the distractions, the lack of production and the new, young talent the team acquired in the draft, it just does not make sense to hold on to Fujita any longer.

Considering the linebacking position has been a point of contention for a while now, they better hold onto all the able bodies they can.  If Fujita isn't going to start for three games, the rookies will already be getting some nice experience.  Throw in pre-season games just to get their feet wet, from a rookie POV who could ask for more?  I have a feeling Heckert made some nice decisions late-rounds with these guys.  I was hoping the Browns would take Acho, and I like everything I am hearing about Johnson.  The fact that Cleveland is $17.7 million under the cap according to one posting and they shouldn't worry about salary.  Fujita may be on the decline, yet he still knows his way around the NFL.  He has seen virtually every team in the league more than a couple of times.  If he isn't the consensus lead tackler of that group he can still give good support.   He may have lost a step, but he knows where to be and when.  That could help make up for injuries and questionable ability.

<span style="color: #000080;"> 38 KINDER, GENTLER WAYS TO SAY SOMEONE IS STUPID

1. A few clowns short of a circus
2. A few fries short of a Happy Meal
3. An experiment in artificial stupidity
4. A few beers short of a six-pack
5. Dumber than a box of hair
6. A few peas short of a casserole
7. Doesn't have all his cornflakes in one box
8. The wheel's spinning but the hamster's dead
9. One Froot Loop shy of a full bowl
10. One taco short of a combo plate
11. A few feathers short of a whole duck
12. All foam, no beer
13. The cheese slid off the cracker
14. Body by Fisher - Brains by Mattel
15. Has an IQ of 2 and it takes 3 to grunt
16. Warning: Objects in mirror are dumber than they appear
17. Couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel
18. He fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down
19. An intellect rivaled only by garden tools
20. As smart as bait
21. Chimney's clogged
22. Doesn't have all his dogs on one leash
23. Doesn't know much but leads the league in nostril hair
24. Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor
25. Forgot to pay his brain bill
26. Her sewing machine's out of thread
27. His antenna doesn't pick up all the channels
28. His belt doesn't go through all the loops
29. If he had another brain it would be lonely
30. Missing a few buttons on his remote control
31. No grain in the silo
32. Proof that evolution CAN go in reverse
33. Receiver is off the hook
34. Several nuts short of a full pouch
35. Skylight leaks a little
36. Slinky's kinked
37. Surfing in Nebraska
38. Too much yardage between the goal posts

Well it's been a helluva week....I haven't had a computer since my Dell crashed and burned last week. STUPID PIECE OF CRAP!


So here I am, back up and runnin on a brand new system, just a mere $750.00 later....I was surprised to see that I lost in fantasy baseball last week.   Had a real solid week, but it wasn't enough to beat Bux.  He has a really awesome team.....Joey Votto and Mike Trout are scary good.

Oh well, iguess the bright side is that I might actually be able to access the fantasy football draft room on Yahoo this year! lol!   So yeah, i guess it was totally worth it!
     

NFL rookies heard from Michael Vick and Pacman Jones at the rookie symposium on Monday, with those two veterans of the NFL — and the judicial system — telling this year’s draft picks how to stay out of trouble off the field. And the rookies also heard from a doctor who told them what to do when they find themselves hurting on the field.

Dr. Mark Schickendantz, the head physician for the Cleveland Browns, told rookies that concealing head injuries and concussions is a major problem in the NFL, and that the players need to take it upon themselves to alert team doctors when they’re feeling symptoms.

“Don’t try to hide it,” Schickendantz said. “A little ding is not just a little ding.”

Schickendantz seems like a strange choice for the NFL to present as an expert on concussions because last season’s most infamous undiagnosed concussion happened on his watch. Browns quarterback Colt McCoy took a brutal helmet-to-helmet hit from Steelers linebacker James Harrison, suffered a concussion, and was cleared to go back into the game anyway. Browns President Mike Holmgren said afterward that Schickendantz checked McCoy out and “was looking at his face and his eyes” and didn’t think McCoy had suffered a concussion.

At the rookie symposium, Shickendantz said the league cares about the players’ well-being.

“Our only agenda is your health and safety,” he said. “It’s about you, not about us.”

The reality is it’s about everyone. It’s true that players sometimes avoid getting checked out by team doctors because they don’t want to be removed from games, and it’s true that’s a very bad idea. But it’s also true that sometimes players are mistakenly cleared to return to games even when they have been checked out by team doctors, and that’s a bad mistake.

So here I am, back up and runnin on a brand new system, just a mere $750.00 later....

Dude you should have got a Dell ...

LOL I actually don't mean that but I couldn't resist.

LOL I actually don't mean that but I couldn't resist.

Dell sux!!

You can get a store bought HP and it will have better components than a custom built Dell...I have a 11 year old desktop that is still running on it's original components for the kids(My oldest received a Dell from her mom's(my ex) parents and it has been to the OSU tech department 4 times in two years), an 8 year old laptop and a 5 year old laptop and they combined have not had half the issues as my current 2 year old Dell that my boss insisted on buying...

As prices drop, the previous two laptops cost me about $2,100 and this idiot spent $2,300 on my current machine and it doesn't even have a video card??? A current machine without a dedicated video card??? Who the hell does that?

Now, if I want to do a customer presentation, I take my old HP so that the video works properly.

My wife's Gateway has better video than this stupid machine.

BTW...last year my second oldest got her first HP and my 3rd oldest just got her first Netbook(not an HP, she hasn't earned it yet at 9 years old)...