Tommy's Thursday Thirty-Two

It's back...........

Buffalo Bills - Looks like Kevin Kolb might be the starting QB. Drink up Bills fans.
Miami Dolphins - It's the 30th anniversary of Ray Finkle's miss. Such a shame.
New England Patriots - Odds ESPN does a special on Tebow when Billy cuts him?
New York Jets - Mark fucking Sanchez? Still?

Baltimore Ravens - Ring ceremony & banner raising when Cleveland comes to town. Why Lord? Why??
Cincinnati Bengals - Why the hell are their fans so arrogant? Last playoff win was 1990 bros.
Cleveland Browns - New rap tune in the works: WR's speeding, catching it from Weeden.
Pittsburgh Steelers - Their Oline's nickname should be herpes. It's that bad.

Houston Texans - Matt Schaub is like the average girl. Still available at 2:00 am.
Indianapolis Colts - Seems like there isn't much hype here. My AFC champion pick.
Jacksonville Jaguars - Hey new helmets for all 6 of their fans to enjoy.
Tennessee Titans - This team needs a splash of excitement. Give Locker a snake on the field.

Denver Broncos - Von Miller wears glasses and lives in Colorado. Play the glaucoma card bro.
Kansas City Chiefs - They are painfully average.
Oakland Raiders - The Raiders new slogan: Just win a game baby.
San Diego Chargers - Rumor has it the Chargers have to catfish their fans to go to the games.

Dallas Cowboys - The only way this team gets back to the promise land is by bringing back the white house.
New York Giants - I still can't decide if Football on your phone is funny or horrendous.
Philadelphia Eagles - Is Mr. Hero like the Chip Kelly quick version of the cheesesteak?
Washington Redskins - When James Andrews retires, will we just amputate from the knee down?

Chicago Bears - Can Marc Trestman make Bill Swerski's superfans remember the good old days?
Detroit Lions - Matthew Stafford might be the hardest NFL player to figure out. Is he good or horrible?
Green Bay Packers - Fact of the day: team's first slogan - we pack meat.
Minnesota Vikings - It's the last year of the Metrodome. Yes, we'll all miss that ugly shithole.

Atlanta Falcons - Matt Ryan takes the next step and leads the Falcons to NFL champs.
Carolina Panthers - Today's trivia: name the Panthers 4 Head Coaches in their history.*
New Orleans Saints - The Saints struggled last year but will bounce back. Why? COACHING.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Take 1 game away from Martin, would his fantasy value still be that high?

Arizona Cardinals - Carson Palmer is the 7th starting QB since Warner retired. Cle of the West?
St. Louis Rams - The backups blow as Bernie told us but this team might give you a shocker.
San Francisco 49ers - Colt McCoy's career is on life support. Hi there Rachel, wink.
Seattle Seahawks - I'm still not over Russell Wilson's wife making out w/ the dog on draft day.

*Trivia answer - Dom Capers, George Seifert, John Fox & Ron Riviera

Position Battle #2 - TE

I thought our DB’s were shaky until I started looking into this debacle.  The Browns TE corps is lacking the almighty characteristic know as production.

Jordan Cameron 6’5” 245 – The project basketball player from USC is going to finally get to show his stuff.  Jordan sat behind Ben Watson the last 2 seasons and learned (we hope) what it takes to be an NFL TE.   Jordan definitely has the athletic ability that Norv and Chud desire at the position, the question is, can he be the go to guy?  Is he ready?

Kellen Davis – 6’6” 262 – I can’t claim this as fact because I can’t remember where I heard it from but rumor has it that Kellen’s nickname is “dick fingers”.  Now I don’t really know what that means, but I wanted to put it out there.  Kellen is your average blocking tight end that will occasionally catch the ball for you when he’s already lying on the ground.  Not much to see here folks. 

Gary Barnidge 6’6” 247 – Is a 7th year player from Carolina who’s primarily played special teams in the past.  Gary has recorded 18 catches and 1 td in his career so I don’t expect him to battle too much for a “starting” role on the team unless there are a couple injuries.  Chud must like him though since he brought him over from Carolina. 

Dan Gronkowski 6’5” 255 – There isn’t much to say about the guy.  He’s here if we need him because of injuries.  I would say he has better hands than Kellen or Gary but he lacks everything else.

The Browns only shot at getting any offensive stats out of the TE position lie within 3^rd year player out of USC Jordan Cameron.  Chances are in Chud and Norv’s TE heavy offense Jordan should get the starting nod seeing how he’s the only TE on the team that can actually catch the ball.  I don’t see much of a battle here but the thing that will be interesting to watch is the progress that Jordan has made.



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Position Battle #1 - CB

We all know Joe Haden is the top DB but who will be starting opposite him on opening day and who will be the starting nickel?  

Buster Skrine 5’09” 185 – After what I saw last year, Buster scares me.  He has tons of talent but hasn’t shown that he can cover without being overly aggressive.  He cost us that game in Dallas and I can’t get over it. 

Leon McFadden - 5’10” 193 - The 3^rd round rookie out of San Diego St. has a real shot at becoming a starter for the Browns this season.  I don’t know if he will be ready to be thrust into that role by week 1 though, especially since he hasn’t signed a contract yet and is missing out on quality time. 

Chris Owen - 5’9” 181– The Browns signed Chris from Atlanta this off season and he has mostly played the nickel corner.  Rumor has it that during mini-camp Chris showed up determined to win the spot opposite of Haden and has looked really good.  Chris could be the sleeper in this battle, watch out. 

Trevin Wade - 5'11" 192 - Trevin could be a big surprise this preseason.  He plays bigger than he is and has the ability to cover the bigger receivers in the league. 

Johnson Bademosi -6'0" 200 - I really liked watching him play last year.  His ability to rotate between Safety and Corner showed his flexibility. Will he be platooned at Safety because of the lack of depth or does he have a legit shot to play Corner?

This is going to be a fun battle to watch during training camp and the preseason games.  We have a plethora of young talented guys that want to prove their worth.

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Jim Brown Hypocrite and Attention Whore

Yesterday, May 29^th the Cleveland Browns announced the hiring of Cleveland Brown great Jim Brown.  He will serve as a “special advisor” working in the community, with the fans and mentoring the players. If you don’t remember, this is the same position he held with the club until 2010 when Mike Holmgren took over.

“I want to thank Jimmy Haslam and Joe Banner for giving me this chance to return to the organization and the great city of Cleveland, whose fans are the best in the NFL and who always have supported me.  I look forward to getting started and once again make difference, not just with the franchise but in the Northeast Ohio community.”

This statement bothers me on multiple levels. So let’s just start from the top:

“I want to thank Jimmy Haslam and Joe Banner for giving me this chance to return to the organization and the great city of Cleveland” – Jimmy Haslam and Joe Banner offered Jim the same job that he turned down from Mike Holmgren.  For him to act like Mike ran him out of the office is ridiculous.  Mike told Jim to zip his lip and do his job and that wasn’t an option for Jim.  Jim Brown (Al Sharpton Jr) uses the Browns organization as a stage to spew his hypocritical messages with a large microphone.  So of course he is happy to be back with the team without a muzzle on.

“Whose fans are the best in the NFL and who always have supported me” – Yes, I agree with this 100% but I’m not sure why he gets the support he gets. Respect for arguably being one of the best to play the game makes sense but not support. Why do we support a guy with a longer rap sheet than Lindsay Lohan? And why do we let him mentor our young impressionable players?  We are talking about the guy who quit on us in 1965 to be an actor and then couldn’t even show up for the induction ceremony for the ring of honor.  Yeah, you really care about these fans Jim.

1965, Brown accused of beating and sexually molesting two teen-age girls.

1968, Jim was accused of throwing his girlfriend off a second-story balcony.

He managed to escape charges that alleged he assaulted another man following a traffic accident.

1978, he was jailed for a day and fined $500 for beating up a pro at a Los Angeles golf course in an argument over the placement of a golf ball.

1985, Brown was arrested together with a woman companion on suspicion of rape and sexual battery on a 33-year-old woman at Brown's Hollywood Hills home.

1987, Brown was arrested for spousal battery.

1999, Brown was convicted of smashing the window of his wife's car, after refusing to attend counseling.

1999, Jim Brown was arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly making "terrorist threats" against his wife.

Brown served a six-month jail sentence in 2002.

“I look forward to getting started and once again make difference, not just with the franchise but in the Northeast Ohio community” – Right! What he really looks forward to is collecting a paycheck because of his name and bashing other pro athletes for not being “social activists” and good role models for young black athletes i.e. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Magic Johnson.  Because yes, beating women and having anger issues like Jim are perfectly acceptable traits for being a role model.

It is sad to say but I hate that Jim Brown is involved with the Cleveland Browns organization.  He is a loud mouth hypocrite with an agenda and none of it has anything to do with football.  The attention he brings to himself is distracting and has no place in a football organization.  Jimmy Haslam, this is your first mistake with the Browns, let’s hope it’s the last.



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Post Draft 2013.

It all starts back before the draft in 2012 when the Browns couldn’t muster up enough “marbles” to get their guy, RGIII.  The fans, the media, they all went crazy because Heckert and his brain trust fell short, or so the story goes.

The moral of the story is if you want a guy, you can’t sit around on your hands.  You have to put your best foot forward and make it happen no matter what the price is. The Browns front office fell short of doing so and I’ve heard about it for the past 12 months.   

Fast forward to draft 2013. 

What did the Browns do?   

Exactly what they didn’t do in 2012. 

It’s said that Mingo was the guy that this front office wanted, so what did they do?  They got him.  They didn’t fall to temptation and trade down to 16 and grab a second rounder from St. Louis which was on the table, they stuck to their guns and got their guy.  Guess what, the dumb fans are pissed again, go figure.  We don’t have to agree with the Browns talent evaluators but can we stop contradicting ourselves just to bitch?   

The only thing that changes in Cleveland more than the coaches and the weather are the fans personalities. 

Let’s face it, this draft pool was very shallow.  The fact that the front office is smart enough to go against the grain and stock up for next year’s draft says a lot about the integrity of this organization.  Next year has the potential to be one of the best draft classes we’ve seen in a while and as of now the Browns have 9 picks.  Not too shabby.

In summation, I like what the Browns have done this off-season.  The front 7 on defense are going to be a force.  The addition of Bryant and Kruger in free agency immediately made that defensive front very strong.  Pieces were added on both sides of the ball that will impact this team immediately.  David Nelson and Devon Bess are huge additions to our offense and their presence will be felt on day 1. 

I realize that there are still holes on this team.  Middle linebacker and tight end stand out the most to me but would a 4^th and 5^th round pick really of made a difference there? 

Mingo – Not my favorite player in the draft, I had him rated as a mid-late first round selection.  That means nothing though because Mingo has the skill set to be a very good pass rusher.  I’ve said it since the beginning of the draft talk this off-season, if Mingo finds the motivation and drive to better himself, he’s a top 5 pick in this draft.

Josh Gordon – No matter how you look at it, we got him for a second round pick this year.  He’s one year ahead of the curve and he’s a damn good receiver.  I don’t care who drafted him, he cost this new regime a pick.

Leon McFadden – I’m already tired of hearing about how this kid is too small.  McFadden is a good talent.  He’s quick and very good in man coverage.  He should be the starter opposite of Haden when the season starts. 

Jamoris Slaughter – This might be the best pick of the draft.  Jamoris is a stud.  He’s smart and he’s got a lot of talent to back it up.  If he hadn’t blown out his Achilles he would have been taken much earlier in this draft, keep your eyes on him. 

Armonty Bryant – I know nothing about him and I won’t act like I do. 

Garrett Gilkey – I love this kid, if you haven’t read his story please do so.  http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2013/story/_/id/9101543/laughing-now-garrett-gilkey  I really thought some team was going to pull a quick one and jump on this kid in the 3^rd.  Needless to say, I can’t wait to watch his progress and see what he’s capable of.  I will be watching this kid’s career, wherever he may go. 

Candidly, it’s a process.  Go Browns.