Every NFL team has its core players. Players a team can build around, they are the teams foundation. The more core players a team has, the better the foundation.
Looking at the Cleveland Browns roster, they are still a few key players away from being a playoff team team. They need to find a franchise quarterback first, along with a safety, cornerback, right tackle and possibly a number one wide receiver and an inside linebacker. A big back to compliment Jerome Harrison is more of a luxury than a real need. Josh Cribbs should be able to step into a bigger role on offense next year with more carries.
Who are the players Mike Holmgren will build around starting with free agency and then the draft? First you have to start with left tackle Joe Thomas. He's a yearly pro bowl player yet to [...]
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Oh what a difference a day makes. Just one day after the Cleveland Browns disappointing 34-20 loss to the Minnesota Vikings I can see more clearly. It wasn't as bad as I thought. Minnesota is an outstanding team. Anyway the Browns did have some positives.
Josh Cribbs can flat out play. Cribbs had a 67 yard touchdown on a punt return and once again showed why he is the most exciting player on the Browns' roster. Cribbs never gives less than 100 percent.
Joe Thomas, our pro bowl left tackle, had a very nice game. Thomas is a rock. Should we have taken Adrian Peterson over Thomas in the 2007 draft? Maybe, maybe not. both are great players that are still getting better. I'm happy with Thomas.
Kameron Wimbley made his pressence felt all day at outside linebacker. Wimbley is [...]
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You know what? It seems that every year the Cleveland Browns fall short of expectations. For the past decade now they've regularly disappointed those who thought they'd be cinderella, with the exception of 2007 (and they didn't even finish with a playoff spot in hand in that season).
Things are going to be different this year. I think we're going to see a year that is similar to the 2001 season in which they are competitive in every ball game and when they fall short on ability on paper, they'll make up for in heart and effort. It shall be a season in 2009 that no doubt sees the usual amount of heartbreakers and losses in games that they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory; but they'll also win a few that they [...]
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