Could the Browns be the most talked about team in the offseason?

by OSUMoneyball on Dec 23, 2009 12:24 PM EST

Possible story lines for this offseason:

Mike Holmgrem- How does he plan on turning the team around?

QB situation- What does Holmgrem do with our current QB's?

Mangini situation- Does he stay or does he go?

If Mangini goes- What happens to Rob Ryan?

Charlie Weis factor- Rumor has it the Browns are eyeing him.

Joshua Cribbs contract situation- If a new regime comes in what happens to his contract situation. If he doesn't get a new one, will he demand a trade?

Dante Stallworth situation- Been gone a year, do we keep him or release him?

Bernie Kosar as GM?- Mike Holgrem was named president, so will he hire a puppet GM? It could be labled as Bernie's training.

NFL Draft- Browns have the a top 10 pick and the most picks in the draft. Do we draft a QB? Can we trade
up and get Suh?

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I totally forgot about Stallworth…Hm..

Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!

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by Andrew Tolliver on Dec 23, 2009 2:09 PM EST reply actions

Please no with regards to Kosar as GM

by Roger Dorn on Dec 23, 2009 3:25 PM EST reply actions

Webster Slaughter as WR coach!

by Bernie19Kosar on Dec 23, 2009 11:13 PM EST up reply actions

If Mangini goes- What happens to Rob Ryan?

He is the best thing to happen to our defense in a long time.

Joshua Cribbs contract situation- If a new regime comes in what happens to his contract situation. If he doesn’t get a new one, will he demand a trade?

No.

NFL Draft- Browns have the a top 10 pick and the most picks in the draft. Do we draft a QB? Can we trade
up and get Suh?

No.

by Simmsinns on Dec 23, 2009 9:15 PM EST reply actions

The Browns seem to be the most talked about team in the offseason yearly- that’s part of the problem.

by gahnki on Dec 23, 2009 9:48 PM EST reply actions

yeah, i certainly don’t want to be talked about when football isn’t actually being played.

by Dawg Nuts on Dec 23, 2009 10:50 PM EST up reply actions

Given Mangini’s no-nonsense approach, Stallworth could be on his way.

by skipkirk on Dec 23, 2009 10:06 PM EST reply actions

It’ll be interesting to see if he gets another chance.

by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Dec 23, 2009 10:54 PM EST up reply actions

To me, not even the storyline of whether he stays or goes is interesting.

If we somehow manage to trade him for something, then yes, interesting. Heh.

by skipkirk on Dec 24, 2009 4:49 AM EST up reply actions

We need him badly.

by TheRealSlimShady on Dec 25, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions

No Stallworth
I love Bernie, No to GM
Will not draft high enough to get Suh, should not trade up
Mangini will be gone

Who coaches? who knows.

by Grockcubs on Dec 23, 2009 11:20 PM EST reply actions

If Mangini goes- What happens to Rob Ryan?

I know this is sacrilege to some around here, but I really couldn’t care less if Rob Ryan is here next season.

Don’t get it twisted, I like Ryan and the (at times) attacking nature of his defense.

But we are still talking about a DC who gave up on average 34 points to the Bears, Lions and Chiefs, in other words the 23rd, 27th, and 26th scoring offenses in the NFL.

HIs two great games (Bills and Steelers) were both played with horrible offensive conditions.

But he does have kick ass hair.

by Bernie19Kosar on Dec 23, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions

I think he’s a fine defensive coordinator but hardly irreplaceable.

by gahnki on Dec 24, 2009 12:33 AM EST up reply actions

Mind you, he’s done this with only Shaun Rogers for standout, talented players on defense.

by Simmsinns on Dec 24, 2009 1:17 AM EST up reply actions

If Mangini goes and so does Ryan, do we (possibly) bring in a fired Wade Phillips? It seems concensus that he won’t be around after the season’s over.

by BrownDawg1409 on Dec 24, 2009 1:42 AM EST up reply actions

As a DC of course.

by BrownDawg1409 on Dec 24, 2009 1:42 AM EST up reply actions

I love Wade as a DC. He knows the 3-4.

by Bernie19Kosar on Dec 24, 2009 3:17 AM EST up reply actions

I thought the suspicion that Mangini would be gone because of the differences in scheme between Holmgren and Mangini.

One baseball game, he came to the plate and heard a woman in the crowd shout to the pitcher, "I'll make you a chocolate cake if you strike out that 'so-and-so'!" Says Strong: "I hit that ball out of the park. Then I looked at her like, 'Do I get a cake now?' "

by Villeslgr on Dec 24, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

*would be gone WAS because of

by Villeslgr on Dec 24, 2009 9:48 AM EST up reply actions

I wasn’t saying anything more than I like Wade Phillips as a DC.

by Bernie19Kosar on Dec 25, 2009 12:10 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah I know, but the original poster mentioned his name as a replacement for Ryan and I thought the whole premise for Mangini leaving would be incompatible schemes. It wasn’t really directed at you more just a statement in general.

by Villeslgr on Dec 25, 2009 10:53 AM EST up reply actions

I agree about the hair and I agree about the defenses. the defense looked horrible and with the performances of cribbs and harrison against the chiefs, we still made it close.

by bross09 on Jan 8, 2010 4:02 AM EST up reply actions

Rob Ryan

I feel Rob Ryan is doing amazing right now…Ive never seen our defense do this good…It really showed during the Steelers Game…Please keep him.

by FrankieGigi on Dec 31, 2009 10:01 PM EST reply actions

are you kidding…the only reason the D looked good is b/c the the steelers D line was leaky and the conditions were horrible. the conditions were such that you would be lucky to get 100 yards passing and the steelers got about 150 yds passing and about 10 passing first downs. in that weather, with those receivers, that is a hard feat…but not when playing the rob ryan defense. yes, this game was one of the few games where the opposing team did not rush for over 100 yards. out of the 2 games where teams rushed for less than 100 yds against us, one was in very cold, bad weather where no offense was happening b/c the players couldn’t cut as well on the field and the browns D loaded 8 men into the box (steelers game) and the other, the other team didn’t rush the ball a lot b/c they passed all over us for over 400 yds (lions, who were one of the worst offenses in the league in fact). we won the steelers game b/c of josh cribbs. he had a 55 yd punt return to put us into field goal range and he had a 30 yd run to put us in the red zone on a drive that led to a touchdown.

by bross09 on Jan 8, 2010 4:15 AM EST up reply actions