game 2 preseason: Browns vs Rams

The Browns face off against the Rams tonight in their second exhibition game.It will be interesting to see if they can build on the Green Bay game. Everyone realizes that this is the exhibition season but the Green Bay game in any case gave some very good reasons for all Browns fans to breath a sigh of relief. It can only be seen as positive that the Browns were well organized and ready to play against Green Bay. Against St Louis what we should look for is progress. Can the Browns defense put pressure on Sam Bradford. Will Jake Delhomme look good playing a few more series. Can the Browns passing attack stretch the field a bit more.

All important questions, let's see how it goes.

2010 NFL Draft: Today is round 1

The NFL draft starts today. Looks like the Browns won't move up to get Sam Bradford Let's hope that Eric Berry lasts til number 7, as he will be an instant contributor in 2010.

2010 NFL Draft: More Sam Bradford rumors...

click on this link to get the latest affirmation that the Browns are trying to get the top pick in the draft...

When I watch film of Bradford, I see Joe Namath's arm and Bernie Kosar's accuracy. Just look at his stats, 88 TD passes and 16 interceptions in little more than 2 years. It's just remarkable. Durability....? Cross your fingers on this one if we make this trade but sometimes in life you just gotta take your shot and hope for the best. The upside on Bradford is 3 super bowl rings, I say "go for it"...!

2010 NFL Draft: The Browns are trying to move up!

The St. Louis press is speculating that a trade is in the offing that would allow the Browns to move up to the number 1 pick and choose highly touted QB Sam Bradford. If these rumors were not coming out of St. Louis I wouldn't give much weight to them but consider too that the writer of the article is Howard Balzer, a very well connected gentleman....

This might sound like typical pre-draft hyperbole, but consider that Mike Holmgren is really sold on Bradford and the reason is that Bradford has an arm like Elway with Bernie Kosar like accuracy. That is one helluva combination that has Super Bowl written all over it (watch the highlight film below to get a feeling for how far and how accurately Bradford can wing it). The only question mark with Bradford, and it's a major one, is whether or not he will be durable enough for the NFL. Watching the highlight film it's clear that this guy has a Hall of Fame arm, but he lost most of his senior year to an injury and that's not a great sign that the kid can take the beating an NFL quarterback must endure.

The rumor mill should keep getting hotter as 20 April nears, look to The Brown Log to keep yourself well connected to Draft 2010.

2010 NFL Draft

The 2010 NFL draft is little more than 3 weeks away. To follow the draft, I recommend visiting this excellent ESPN site. The Browns have several extra draft picks and we all know that the NFL draft will make or break a team's future. We need only site past draft disasters such as Fair Hooker, Steve Holden, Mack Mitchell, Mike Phipps and Tim Couch for proof of that fact. The question here is will Mike Holmgren's first Browns draft rank up there with ex Cleveland Brown and Paul Brown protege Chuck Noll's incredible 1974 selections that set the table for a long run of Steeler's Super Bown dominance by taking 4 future professional football Hall of Famers in Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth and Mike Webster, or will we be picking the next Willis Adams?

To date, it's clear that Holmgren is dedicating himself very diligently to the draft and he has a good track record. The rumor mill would indicate that unless Holmgren is able to move up in the first round in order to grab QB Sam Bradford, that he will select a DB in round one, such as Florida's Joe Haden (Eric Berry, who is pictured on this blog and is in my opinion the most dominant db in this draft will likely be long gone by the 7 pick that the Browns possess). If the Browns are not able to move up and get a top rated QB, it's likely that Holmgren will look to grab a QB in round 2 or 3 that he can develop, such as Tim Tebow who has the potential to be a great quarterback, albeit many believe his career will be nothing more than an abortion.