The top three backs for Browns fans were all free agents or trades. The Browns have done the near impossible across multiple front offices and coaching staffs. They have managed to not hit on a running back out of nowhere from later in the draft or off the street as an undrafted free agent. I don’t know the stats from around the league, but it seems inconceivable that there isn’t a name on this list that put more than two good years together running the ball for the Browns. Wouldn’t you have to say Jamal Lewis had the most productive overall career for the Browns? Scary. [Read more...]
I wanted to talk more about the Browns’ inactives today because it is one of the things that really bugs me. The choices for inactive players really flies in the face of the idea that this team is a couple years away. Make no mistake. The Browns thought they might be playing a bit for the present this year when they decided not to trade Braylon Edwards before the draft. Instead, they jumped into the season with a guy who was never going to be here next year before finally trading him to the Jets. At that point, I fully expected to see all those young guys filling the field in order to take their lumps early and often rather than wait it out. Then, yesterday the decisions went against that. The inactives for yesterday’s game included Jerome Harrison, Brian Robiskie, David Veikune, and Coye Francies. Let’s take them one by one. 
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Nobody knows what was going on with Jamal Lewis and his tirade except maybe Jamal Lewis, a few teammates, and maybe some on the coaching staff. We can guess and speculate all we want, but we might not ever find out for sure. I would probably just take it all at face value if it wasn’t the second time in as many weeks that Lewis was talking. He blurted out his retirement announcement in the locker room out of frustration. And now, a week or so later he is back again spouting off in the locker room to reporters. It is hard to tell just what the motivation could be for all this talk.
