Hats off to Roger Goodell

Over these years, The Brown Log has been consistent in our support of many actions taken by NFL commish Roger Goodell. He has been tough on bad behavior and he has been a strong and reasonable voice in managing operations. With regards to the now concluded labor troubles, I believed Goodell would find it nearly impossible to manage the private club of owners without damaging the league and it's players in some way. In the end, the issues were solved without affecting the regular season and believe me, balancing the owners and players needs was no simple task. Blame would have been absorbed 100% by Goodell has this unrest continued through and caused games to be canceled. Therefore the credit for a great solution and 10 upcoming years of labor peace must go to Goodell.

Thanks commish, you did a helluva job!

Eric Wright picks Detroit

Eric Wright has signed with Detroit. Wright is replaceable but he was, without doubt a solid if average NFL player. One of those players who should not start but often comes in handy as a role player and back up.
Browns: Cornerback Eric Wright picks fresh start in Detroit

Free agent signings

The Browns have signed the following free agents. Most of these players won't make the final roster but a future pro-bowl player may be in this list too. 

In any case, it's a good sign that the Browns got out of he gate quickly signing free agents. 

Here is the list so far:

LB Brian Smith of Notre Dame 

6'5" WR Chris Matthews of Kentucky.

QB Troy Weatherhead of division II Hillsdale College

Tennessee State LB Sidney Tarver

 Oregon State CB James Dockery

UTEP RB Donald Buckham

DT Kyle Anderson of Georgetown

OG Dominic Alford of Minnesota

Maryland Alex Wojciak  LB

Appalachian State DT Jabari Fletcher

Jarrod Shaw OG Tennessee

It's over!

Now that owners and players have done the right thing and ended the lock out, we can get back to having fun.

It's going to a crazy and critical few weeks as team general managers try to squeeze nearly 4 months of activity into a few short weeks. We will try to keep up with the action.