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T.J. Ward, safety out of Oregon, was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 38th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. As I mentioned in my last article, I was skeptical of the pick because USC safety Taylor Mays was still on the board, and I remember what an impact player he was in his games against Ohio State the past two seasons. I was also skeptical because I did not even ...

Thursday night on ESPN was "Jon Gruden's Quarterback Camp." The former Super Bowl champion winning coach sat down with the top four QBs in this year's draft (Sam Bradford, Jimmy Clausen, Colt McCoy, and Tim Tebow) to analyze their game and pick their brains. Gruden told Tebow that he reminded him a lot of former San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl champion winning QB Steve Young. Young was inducted into the Hall of Fame in ...

Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The Brady Quinn/Derek Anderson era in Cleveland is over...done...finished. While there is no need to dwell on the past, it is important that we learn from past mistakes so they do not get repeated in future. GM Phil Savage and head coach Romeo Crennel drafted Brady Quinn as the 22nd pick in the 2007 draft to become the franchise quarterback. Quinn held ...

The Cleveland Browns have parted ways with a second quarterback within the past week. However, unlike Derek Anderson, who blasted Cleveland fans on his way out the door, Brady Quinn went out with class. After being released on March 9, Anderson ripped Cleveland fans in an e-mail to the News-Herald: "The fans are ruthless and don't deserve a winner. I will never forget getting cheered when I was injured. I know at times ...

On the same day that he reported that Brady Quinn is on the trading block, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter has reported that former Carolina Panther quarterback Jake Delhomme is scheduled to visit the Cleveland Browns on Thursday, March 11. This news adds even more credence to the possibility that Quinn will get moved before the start of next season. Delhomme was released by the Panthers on March 5 after a rough ...

The Cleveland Browns have traded DE/DT Corey Williams and a seventh round pick to the Detroit Lions for a fifth round choice. The move makes sense for the Browns considering that Williams had a bloated salary and gave little out-put in his two seasons with the club. Had he not been traded, he most likely would have been cut. Williams came to the Browns in 2008 from the Green Bay Packers, where ...

Brandon McDonald, out of the University of Memphis, was the 140th overall player taken in the 2007 NFL Draft. After a promising rookie season, he joined Eric Wright (taken in the second round of 2007 Draft) as a starting cornerback in just his second season in 2008. Starting 15 games he put out a solid season: 75 tackles, 17 passes defended, five interceptions, and one touchdown. However, in 2009, his third season, McDonald ...