Adkins: Tales from the In-Box
Lane examines some of the recent queries he's received since the draft. Take a look at the stories and camp battles which may soon surface at cornerback, tight end, wide receiver, and running back… [Link]
Galassi Looks Back on "Frustrating" Tryout
Despite not getting a contract from the Browns, offensive lineman Mike Galassi still thinks he has NFL talent. The OBR's Marty Gitlin talked to the NAIA All-American as he ponders his next steps… [Link]
Renovated Pro Football Hall of Fame opens to public (AP)
A ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday marked the opening of the $4 million renovated wings at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Former Cleveland Browns star Dante Lavelli helped do the honors as the new wings were shown to the public. Renovations to the hall's enshrinee mementos, unchanged for nearly 30 years, include video and audio to help bring the game's greatest players and moments to life. [Link]
New crop of wide receivers ready to take over (SportingNews.com)
The crop of thirtysomething wide receivers is moving past its prime. It's time to get to know these six receivers, all of which are 25 and under. [Link]
Passan: Only 350 Scouting Days Left!
Sad about missing Day One of this year's NFL Draft? Is that what's troubling you, Pookie? Rich Passan has the answer - the 2009 NFL Draft! It's never too early to start pondering what the needs the Cleveland Browns will be able to fill this time next year. There's only 350 or so shopping days left… get scouting! [Link]
Kenny Wright: Browns "Monitoring" Legal Situation
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Browns Podcast with Adam Caplan
You've been asking us to bring back the OBR podcast, and we're going to make it happen. Scout.com NFL reporter Adam Caplan talked with OBR Publisher Barry McBride about recent Browns news and here's their chat, available for streaming or download. [Link]
Browns LB McGinest to retire after '08 season
CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns linebacker Willie McGinest says the 2008 season will be his last. [Link]
Best Available NFL Free Agents-Defense
With the NFL draft behind us, here's an updated look at the best available free agents from the defensive side of the ball. [Link]
Browns LB McGinest to retire after '08 season
Browns linebacker Willie McGinest says the 2008 season will be his last. McGinest told SI.com that he wants to finish his career on one last playoff run. "This will be it," he said. "This will be my 15th season. I've worked hard; I think I've done everything I set out to accomplish. [Link]
McGinest to retire after '08 season
Browns linebacker Willie McGinest says the 2008 season will be his last. McGinest told SI.com that he wants to finish his career on one last playoff run. McGinest played 12 seasons and won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots. He signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Browns in 2006. In two seasons with Cleveland, McGinest hasn't been the pass-rushing threat that he was with the Patriots. He has seven sacks and 107 tackles in 27 games for the Browns. [Link]
Browns LB McGinest to retire after '08 season (AP)
Browns linebacker Willie McGinest says the 2008 season will be his last. McGinest told SI.com that he wants to finish his career on one last playoff run. "This will be it," he said. "This will be my 15th season. I've worked hard; I think I've done everything I set out to accomplish." McGinest, who played 12 seasons and won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, signed a three-year, $12…
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Best Available NFL Free Agents-Offense
Here's a post-draft look at the best available NFL free agents from the offensive side of the ball. [Link]
Transcript: Adam Caplan Chat
Adam talked with hard-core Browns fans on the OBR chat room on Wednesday night. The focus was on defense… [Link]
X-man and the X factor
The adjustment from college football to pro football is difficult. The adjustment from defensive end to linebacker is challenging, too. One former Tennessee Vol will try to handle both in the months ahead. [Link]
Behind the Grantham Ouster: Part 1
During the 2007 season, the OBR provided the only real coverage of the issues that led to Todd Grantham's ouster. Now, Lane Adkins begins an exclusive three-part series providing new information and perspective on what caused the changes. In Part 1, we get a view straight from the locker room about really happened to cause the defensive divide… [Link]
Inside Skinny: OTA Days Ahoy
Lane Adkins talks defense as the Cleveland Browns get ready to "volunteer" for practices starting next week. More the Browns new defenders, Antwan Peek, Daven Holly, and Willie McGinest's swan song… [Link]
This NFL offseason has been anything but uneventful
Who says nothing happens in the NFL offseason? Peter Schrager hands out some awards after a seriously hectic couple of months. [Link]
Report: McGinest to retire after 2008 (PA SportsTicker)
Cleveland Browns linebacker Willie McGinest said he will retire after the upcoming season, according to a Sports Illustrated report Wednesday. [Link]
This NFL off-season has been anything but uneventful
Who says nothing happens in the NFL off-season? Peter Schrager hands out some awards after a seriously hectic couple of months. [Link]
What Happened to Eric Young?
Eric Young, a well-regarded offensive lineman considered to be a high second-day pick somehow fell through the draft to the Cleveland Browns. His fall continued on Monday when the team released him after rookie mini-camp. The OBR has learned, however, that the story's not over… [Link]
Willie McGinest: Discusses Retirement
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Pro Football Scout of the Year
Former pro scout Tom Marino took a look at the often unheralded pro scouts in the NFL and selected one as his "Professional Football Scout of the Year." Find out who he picked, and why, in this Scout.com feature. [Link]
Inside Skinny: The New Recruits
On Monday, the Browns added seven tryout players, jettisoning others the team had signed the week before. Lane Adkins looks at the new guys to see if there could possibly a Josh Cribbs or Leigh Bodden hidden in the group… [Link]
The Elephants in the Room
As Braylon Edwards sat nearby, sportswriter Buzz Bissinger tore into sports blogs, blaming them for the doom of quality sports journalism. OBR publisher Barry McBride argues Bissinger and others need to stop picking on easy targets, and focus on much more challenging problems… [Link]
Answering the Question
Why does a 29-year-old man continue to chase after a dream that some would say is improbable, if not impossible? Marty Gitlin talked to Tod DeLamielleure about his dream this weekend, and learned that there's a lot more to this young man than a famous name… [Link]
From "All That" to "Not Enough"
OBR photographer Jeff Wills returned from this weekend's Browns rookie camp with hundreds of photos for use in the OBR Magazine. Helping him make sure that each player's photo was taken was Kat Andrews, who spent Saturday "player spotting". She shares with us her thoughts about what she saw… [Link]
Martin Rucker: Could Play Large Role
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Beau Bell: Expected to Play on Special Teams
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Browns Sign Seven; Dump Seven
The Cleveland Browns announced today that they have signed seven tryout players from last weekend's mini-camp. To make available room, the Browns dumped six rookie free agents signed just last week, as well as RB Kory Chapman. Here's the press release… [Link]
Is Beau Bell "The Hammer"?
In the fourth year of the Savage/Crennel era, the Cleveland Browns continue to look for a physical linebacking presence on the inside for their 3-4 defense. Will Beau Bell be that player? Scout.com looks at this potential… [Link]
Austin Scott: Makes the Grade
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Rage Against the Blogosphere
Nature is a brutal overlord. Species thrive, and then perish. So, too, do individuals and businesses, particularly in the age of the internet. Cleveland Browns WR Braylon Edwards found himself on the killing fields last week, as two sides of a new conflict raged at each other. OBR publisher Barry McBride looks at the controversy… [Link]
NFL Draft: 2009 Mock Draft
The 2008 NFL Draft is behind us, but it doesn't mean we can't have a little fun and take a look at the 2009 draft. Scout.com's NFL Draft Analyst Chris Steuber releases his first 2009 mock draft and includes draft-eligible underclassmen. [Link]
Rookie Camp Photo Gallery (Day 1)
Jeff Wills of the OBR was at Friday's rookie camp session. The Browns indoor practice facility isn't the world's most glamorous setting, but good enough for us to capture the Browns new players (and hopefuls) in action… [Link]
Berea Report: Hall Ready to Be Coached Up
From Berea, Fred Greetham brings us the latest from the Browns rookie camp. Fred talks to Alex Hall, the Browns developmental prospect who started the learning process this weekend… [Link]
Browns General Manager Savage Rewarded With Extension
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Cleveland Browns rewarded general manager Phil Savage with a three-year contract extension on Friday after the NFL team improved from 4-12 to 10-6 last season. [Link]
Martin Rucker Starts NFL Career
The Browns new tight end started his adjustment to the pro game in Berea today. [Link]
Savage Excited about Future
From Berea, Marty Gitlin reports on Phil Savage's first day under a new contract. As Beau Bell and Martin Rucker got their first practice in wearing Browns gear, the architect of the Browns talked to the media about how far the team has progressed… [Link]
Browns sign GM Savage to 3-year extension
The Browns have signed general manger Phil Savage to a three-year contract extension through the 2012 season. Savage, whose new deal was announced Friday, has spent the last three seasons overhauling the Browns roster through draft-day trades and free agent acquisitions. He was hired in 2005 to rebuild a team that had made the playoffs only once since returning to the NFL in 1999. Although they missed the playoffs last season, the Browns finished 10-6 and had one of the NFL's top offenses. [Link]
Browns sign GM Savage to three-year contract extension
After resuscitating the Cleveland Browns through three years of trades and free-agent signings, general manger Phil Savage made a deal for himself. Even Savage, who received a three-year contract extension through the 2012 season, had to marvel for a moment Friday on how bad things were in Cleveland. "I'm hopeful that we're through the difficult part," Savage said. [Link]
Browns Invite 54 Tryout Players
The Browns today announced that 54 players have been invited to Berea to participate in this weekend's rookie mini-camp. [Link]
Savage Signs Three-Year Extension
Cleveland Browns GM Phil Savage sign a much-expected contract extension today, keeping him with the Browns organization for another three years. Here is the press release. Look for full coverage of today's rookie camp from the OBR as the day continues! [Link]
Browns sign GM Savage to extension (PA SportsTicker)
The Cleveland Browns signed vice president and general manager Phil Savage to a three-year contract extension Friday. [Link]
Transcript: Adam Caplan Chat
You're a real football fan. You want to know if the Cleveland Browns new players can play, not whether their third-grade teachers think they were nice boys. Cue Adam Caplan… get the straight scoop on the Browns draft picks from Scout's NFL reporter, as well as his take on the Ravens, Steelers, and Bengals drafts. [Link]
Pressing needs for every NFL team
The draft can't fix everything (see the Jets' and 49ers' QB quandaries). Alex Marvez runs down every team's pressing needs. [Link]
Tom Marino on the Browns Rookie Free Agents
This time of year, it looks like every team's draft and rookie free agent class has potential stars in their midst. Veteran NFL scout Tom Marino tells the OBR the strength and weaknesses of the undrafted free agents signed by the team yesterday. Get the straight scoop on some of the new guys… [Link]
Derry: He's Not Ocho Winslow… Yet.
OBR columnist Frank Derry takes a look at murmurs from Kellen Winslow's camp about a new contract. Is Winslow justified in asking for a new deal? Or is this just a selfish act by a self-absorbed player? Here's Frank's take… [Link]
Scout.com NFL Draft Report Card
Only five NFL teams earned an "A" in last weekend's NFL Draft according to former pro scout Tom Marino. Was your favorite team one of them? Or was it one of the handful who earned a failing grade? Check out Marino's grades for all 32 teams in this Scout.com feature. [Link]
Best Available NFL Free Agents-Offense
Here's an updated report of the best available NFL free agents from the offensive side of the football. There are some interesting names still available at the running back position. [Link]
