I believe he was thinking more along the lines of this: Spoiler But, please Lym, correct me if I'm wrong....
Meh, they're about 20oz ers...anything bigger and your beer will get warm drinking it. You gotta think these things through Duff.
BEREA, Ohio ? A year ago, members of the Browns' secondary were touting themselves as one of the NFL's top three defensive backfields. It was about the same time as analysts were asking questions as to why the organization didn't draft a tight end to replace Jordan Cameron. It's not like Gary Barnidge was going to wake up at age 30 and start catching passes with his thighs and challenging Ozzie Newsome's club record for touchdowns in a season. The point here is a lot can happen between May and the end of the year. But if there's one prediction I think holds true for 2016 it's the Browns' rebuilt secondary is out of the prediction business. A unit that injected itself into the conversation with the Seahawks' Legion of Boom went bust. None of its top players met expectation in a nightmarish 3-13 season. A year after returning four former Pro Bowlers, the position group is arguably the team's most unsettled top to bottom. Free safety Tashaun Gipson left for the Jaguars. Strong safety Donte Whitner was released. Cornerback Tramon Williams just turned 33. Cornerback Joe Haden is coming off the worst year of a decorated career and is rehabbing an ankle injury that might sideline him into training camp. How altered is the secondary landscape? Nickel back K'Waun Williams might be its most dependable member heading into organized team activities this week. In other words, there's plenty of work to be done and decisions to be made before the Browns open in Philadelphia on Sept. 11. The Browns must settle on two new starting safeties from the group of Rahim Moore, Ibraheim Campbell, Jordan Poyer and rookie Derrick Kindred. Moore, a sixth-year pro, is the only one with extensive starting experience, but he's trying to rebound from a disastrous 2015 season with the Texans that saw him benched and made inactive over the final nine weeks. Poyer is a veteran backup and Campbell earned just one start last year as a rookie. Kindred, a fourth-round pick, is an intriguing prospect because of his physicality and grit. The 5-foot-10, 207-pound TCU product played all last season with a broken collarbone he suffered in practice. "Whatever he rubbed on it, we're going to get some of it," said Sashi Brown, the team's head of football operations after the draft. "I'm going to take some of that home with me tonight." The roster is difficult to assess because the new regime is taking a longer view and possesses a war chest of high picks in 2017 and 2018. The front office placed an emphasis on receivers and pass rushers in this draft, knowing it couldn't address every weakness despite a league-high 14 selections. The secondary is very much a work in progress, even after the Browns traded for Dolphins corner Jamar Taylor, who started six games last season. There are ample questions about the corner position: Can Haden regain his Pro Bowl form coming off a pair of concussions and ankle surgery? How much does Tramon Williams, who faltered down the stretch last year, have left in the tank? Will the Browns ever get anything from Justin Gilbert, the No. 8 overall pick in 2014, who's been a massive disappointment? And what to make of depth players like Pierre Desir, who regressed in his second season, and Charles Gaines, who looked overmatched in several late-season appearances? The Browns drafted Louisiana-Monroe's Trey Caldwell in the fifth round, but where he fits into the equation remains to be seen. The organization will start getting answers in training camp and preseason. As we learned with Barnidge's out-of-nowhere campaign, each year offers surprises good and otherwise. When it comes to the Browns' secondary, it should make for a hungry and, yes, humble group.
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Comp picks added to the 2017 draft . First round (2): Their own pick and the first-round pick from the Philadelphia Eagles ?Second round (2): Their own pick and the second-round pick from the Tennessee Titans ?Third round (1): Their own pick ?Fourth round (3): All three selections are compensatory picks for losing Alex Mack, Mitchell Schwartz and Tashaun Gipson in free agency. ?Fifth round (2): Their own pick and a compensatory pick for losing Travis Benjamin in free agency. ?Sixth round (1): Their own pick ?Seventh round (1): The seventh-round pick from the Indianapolis Colts http://dawgpounddaily.com/2016/05/17/cleveland-browns-compensatory-picks-add-to-2017-draft-haul/
Good night last night for watching Cleveland teams on the boob tube: Tribe beat the Reds 13-1 and the Cavs won by 31 in Game 1 of the Eastern Finals. *DRINK*
When Browns cornerback Joe Haden had ankle surgery earlier this offseason, executive vice president of football operations Sashi Brown said it was ?too early to tell? if he?d be healthy enough to play in the first week of the regular season. Haden met with the media for a press conference after the Browns wrapped up Wednesday?s practice and addressed where he is in his recovery from the procedure. Haden said that he stopped wearing a protective boot on Tuesday and was sure he?d be in the lineup in Philadelphia despite not knowing when he?ll get cleared to return to action. ?My whole thing is I?m not missing any games,? Haden said. During his own press conference, coach Hue Jackson suggested the team shares Haden?s outlook by saying that he thought the cornerback would return to action sooner rather than later. Jackson said that Haden is doing an ?outstanding job? in his rehab and Haden returned the favor by calling Jackson?s arrival the best thing to happen to the team since Haden got to Cleveland. A healthy Haden playing at top form would give a nice boost to Jackson?s chances of having a 2016 record that reflects that feeling, although it looks like it will be a little while until we know when he?ll have the cornerback at his disposal.
In 2011, when Hue Jackson was head coach of the Raiders, the team used a third-round supplemental draft pick on Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor. As a rookie Pryor barely played, and Jackson was fired at the end of the season. Now Jackson is coaching Pryor again in Cleveland, only Pryor has moved to wide receiver. The circumstances are different this time around, but Jackson is liking what he?s seeing. ?Obviously, he?s flashed. He?s flashed the last several days. He?s taking coaching from the best there is from Al Saunders and Bob Saunders,? Jackson said, referring to the father-son combo of assistants who are coaching the receivers in Cleveland this year. Pryor?s season in Jackson?s offense may help, even though it was five years ago and at a different position. ?I think he kind of knows this system,? Jackson said. ?He?s been around it a little bit. He knows what to expect, what to do, what not to do. The biggest thing, I think, that he?s done is he?s settled down and understands this is really what I want to do and I want to be good at it. ?I?m athletic enough to do it. What?s my why? Why do I want to do this? Do I want to be great at this?? My challenge to each and every one of these guys is to be great at what you do, not just be average, it?s to be great. He?s working at it. I think we all see it. I think he?s growing every day and getting better every day, and that?s all you can ask for.? Pryor, who caught one pass last season, is still a work in progress as a wide receiver. But Jackson likes the progress he has made.
The Cleveland Browns have signed WR Dennis Parks and placed K Jaden Oberkrom on reserve/retired. Parks is a 6-2, 201-pound rookie out of Rice, who signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent on May 6. In 46 career games at Rice, he recorded 97 receptions for 1,507 yards and eight touchdowns. A native of Converse, Texas, he graduated from Judson High School. Oberkrom was claimed via waivers from Jacksonville on May 18.
By Mike Polk Jr., special to The Plain Dealer Email the author on May 20, 2016 at 7:42 AM Stay connected to cleveland.com ? "Just finished #Believeland. Now I'm gonna watch "Schindler's List" & a video of my ex slow-dancing at her wedding then I'm calling it a night." That was my Twitter response to the ESPN 30 for 30 that aired this past week. In truth, it did not depress me. But I've never been one to ignore low-hanging fruit, and no fruit hangs so close to the ground as modern Cleveland sports. Here, then, are random thoughts I jotted down while watching "Believeland": ?Yuh oh. The film begins with that song from Major League. I began crying before Randy Newman even started singing. This doesn't bode well. ?At the end of Bob Golic's interview they should have cut to a wide shot revealing that he's surrounded by the entire cast of "Saved By The Bell The College Years". That's a real missed opportunity there. ?The two people willing to go on camera to defend Art Modell's actions are his son and his business partner. Jimmy Dimora must have turned them down for fear of tarnishing his reputation. ?Modell's son David does the entire interview with a framed portrait of Art glaring at him menacingly from the background. Definitely nothing weird about that. ?As a testament to what must have been a warm relationship he repeatedly refers to his father as "Art". This is weird but not nearly as weird as his bizarre attempts at rationalizing his Dad's actions. He stopped just short of placing some blame on The Illuminati and the Vernal Equinox. ?Ted Stepien might be the only person who is happy to see Art Modell in this film, because his earnest incompetence seems almost charming compared to Modell's chicanery. ?By my account Charlie Nagy was on screen just twice and he swore both times. I really want to hang out with that guy. ?Craig Ehlo somehow looks like a really old little boy. ?There is more soft, sad piano music in this ESPN special than there is in the Bette Midler movie "Beaches". ?Vexed by the distinct lack of Bernie Kosar in this production. His absence is glaring and off-putting. Feels like "Speed 2: Cruise Control". Just not the same magic without Keanu. (In this convoluted metaphor Kosar is Keanu Reeves, but in a good way.) ?Tearful Earnest Byner reveals that following the infamous "Fumble" he received a letter from a grief-stricken man claiming that the play had ruined his life. That's sad, but if your life can be ruined so easily by something you saw on TV, then it just as easily could have been destroyed by a broken garbage disposal. Overall, the film was nostalgic and fun. There were some glaring historical omissions, but in fairness there's such a bumper crop of tragedy from which to select, there simply wasn't time to touch on everything. ESPN loves the tragedy of Cleveland sports fandom because tragedy sells. They arranged LeBron's ill-fated "Decision" special and broadcast our public shaming to tens of millions of basic cable consumers. They ran ads for light beer and pickup trucks and profited from our pain. And in Believeland, ESPN portrays Clevelanders as unanimously sports-obsessed and woeful. They would have you believe that the only way we will ever find validation and happiness in our desolate lives is if a group of rich athletes from our city outperforms rich athletes from every other city in one of the three major sports. Thanks, ESPN. Keep playing that sad music. Please don't let on that we're happy here. This is utter nonsense. I love sports. They're a fun distraction. They have the potential to be an economic lift and a source of civic pride. But to suggest that they play the dominant role in our identity as a city is ludicrous. If one of our teams wins a championship, that would be great. If not, it's not the end of the world. There's plenty to do around here beyond spectator sports. I might roll over to Blossom to hear our ridiculously-good orchestra, or head down to Playhouse square to catch an awesome production. Or wander through the Metroparks, or hang out with friends at my home, where the mortgage payment is about what a Chicagoan pays to park a car for a month. There are so many great things about this city, and I prefer that the outside world remains ignorant of them. Cleveland is like a really good dive bar with cheap drinks, great music and cool people. The fastest way to ruin a good dive bar is to tell everyone about how cool it is. The next thing you know, they jack up the drink prices, fill the Jukebox with Top 40, and deny you a seat because the place is packed with hipsters. So thanks, ESPN. Keep playing that sad music. Please don't let on that we're happy here.
I have lived In NE Ohio, Northern Louisiana, small town East Texas, Houston, and near Dallas. None of these places has ANYTHING close to the Metroparks system. There are crappy state parks that I have been to all over that I have had to pay to get in that don't offer anything close! I really miss hiking in Brecksville off of 82, at the Bedford Glenns, and Tinkers Creek in Valley View. Now I cant wait, Im planning a trip back up there in August and I am going to have to hit up all of those spots!
