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Cleveland Browns general manager George Kokinis sidestepped questions about trade rumors during a Thursday news conference, saying that discussion about players on the roster was “internal business.” Continue reading on NFL.com
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The Cleveland Browns today announced that the club has hired Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator, Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator and Brad Seely as assistant head coach/special teams coordinator. Continue reading on NFL.com
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Eric Mangini is starting over where he started out. Mangini, who began his NFL career as a ballboy for the Browns, was introduced as Cleveland’s 12th full-time coach on Thursday, less than two weeks after he was fired by the New York Jets. Continue reading on NFL.com
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Browns coach Romeo Crennel says quarterback Brady Quinn will miss Cleveland’s final five games with a broken right index finger. Continue reading on NFL.com
After a stellar two games in which he did not throw an interception to open his NFL career, Brady Quinn of the Cleveland Browns will miss the remainder of the 2008-09 season after suffering a broken finger. Quinn finished the season w/ 2 TDs and 2 INTs, ironically enough in the two games the Browns lost. He threw for 185 yards and no TDs in their win over the Buffalo Bills a couple weeks ago.
Derek Anderson will resume the QB position for Cleveland, but he’ll only have it for 5 games according to head coach Romeo Crennel, who said “I had planned for Brady to be the quarterback. When he comes back, he will be the quarterback.”
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The Browns have agreed to rescind Kellen Winslow’s one-game suspension, but the Pro Bowl tight end will still miss Cleveland’s game on Sunday. Continue reading on NFL.com
The pseudo-suspension of TE Kellen Winslow didn’t hurt the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, as they won against the Jacksonville Jaguars, 23-17. Winslow has been more of a distraction than anything for the Browns, so I’m sure it was a relief for them to go out and get the victory over a tough AFC opponent.
Winslow, as evidenced by his behavior the past few years since being drafted, is quickly putting himself into the “spoiled ass” football player category, joining fellow players Terrell Owens, Plaxico Burress, Chad Johnson and Jeremy Shockey.
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A staph infection in a bursa sac in Peyton Manning’s left knee led to the surgery that kept him out of much of the Indianapolis Colts’ preseason training camp, the team confirmed Friday. Continue reading on NFL.com
For whatever reason, National Football League teams are “covering up” the fact that their players are suffering from staph infections at a steady rate.
First, we have Kellen Winslow of the Cleveland Browns being hospitalized for an undisclosed reason. Several days later, after the team continued to keep quiet about the reasons, Winslow himself comes out and says the team tried to hide and didn’t have any compassion towards him (they didn’t even come visit :( ). The Browns retaliated by suspending the pompous tight end for this week’s game, which Winslow will protest… after all, he’s losing a paycheck.
The announcement by the Indianapolis Colts, comes only after the issue w/ Kellen Winslow, so had that incident not unfolded, we still might not know why Peyton Manning’s required knee surgery earlier this year. Manning has struggled to open the season and his team is floundering in the AFC, but the team will surely rebound before the end of the season and make the playoffs.
STAPHGATE sits patiently waiting to take it’s next victim… Until then, let’s just hope that we get to continue watching TO and Chad Johnson make a mockery of the NFL.
And in case you’re wondering (according to WebMD):
Anyone can develop a Staph infection, although certain groups of people are at greater risk, including newborn infants, breastfeeding women, and people with chronic conditions such as diabetes, cancer, vascular disease, and lung disease. Injecting drug users, those with skin injuries or disorders, intravenous catheters, surgical incisions, and those with a weakened immune system all have an increased risk of developing Staph infections.
What gets me, is why players in the NFL are hanging out w/ breastfeeding women and requiring intravenous catheters…OUCH! Is this the new trend in strip clubs these days?
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Pro Bowl tight end Kellen Winslow has been suspended for one game without pay for conduct detrimental to the team. Continue reading on NFL.com
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Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow remains hospitalized with an undisclosed illness, making it more unlikely he won’t play in Monday night’s game against the New York Giants. Continue reading on NFL.com
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The NFL found no evidence that Cleveland Browns defensive players intentionally gouged the eyes of Baltimore running back Willis McGahee during the Ravens’ 28-10 win last Sunday.
I’m not sure I agree with the NFL’s position on the incident from last week’s Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns game. If Willis McGahee’s eyes were not gouged, how does he come out of the pile w/ a bloody eye? Running backs get tackled and go down 40+ times game in some cases, but rarely if ever, do they have a bleeding eye to show for.
The NFL likely found “some” evidence that the eye gouging occurred, but not enough to warrant any kind of action. As long as the trend does not continue, I don’t see a problem with their decision. Keep the issue under wraps and a minor issue and hopefully it will just go away. There are too many good things happening in the NFL (LOL, right?), to let something like this take away from the season.
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson left tonight’s exhibition game against the New York Giants early in the second quarter with what the team said was a possible concussion. Continue reading on NFL.com
Derek Anderson really came out of nowhere last year to finish as one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. He led the Browns to one of their best seasons (recently) and made the argument of starting Brady Quinn a null issue. Anderson and wide receiver Braylon Edwards helped form one of the top tandems in the NFL for the 2007-2008 season. This year, they won’t sneak up on anybody, but they’re also a better team, so they should be able to compete with just about anybody.
The impact on fantasy is almost nothing, since Anderson will recover and return to the field within about a week to 10 days. I don’t recall him having any previous concussions, so there’s really no reason to waver in your fantasy draft - take Anderson high.