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Browns President Mike Holmgren Says Drafting Brandon Weeden Was the Team’s “Plan B”

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

When Mike Holmgren took over as President of the Cleveland Browns, the thought was that he would be the guy to finally turn the Browns around and get them going in the right direction. Since the team came back in 1999, there have been numerous different regimes that have tried ...

Cleveland May Have Found Its New Starting Quarterback in Brandon Weeden

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Whenever a team picks a quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft, it's not good news for any incumbent quarterback on that team. That means bad news for Colt McCoy, who saw his Browns draft Brandon Weeden with the 22nd overall pick on Thursday. Since then, there have ...

Trent Richardson Promises He’ll Be a Name to Remember “In All of NFL Football”

Friday, April 27th, 2012

It didn't take long for trades to become a huge part of the NFL Draft on Thursday night. Everyone knew that Indianapolis would take Andrew Luck with the No. 1 overall pick and Washington was set to take Robert Griffin III second. After that, it became a bit of a ...

Mike Holmgren: “I’m not down on Colt McCoy.”

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

This past year was another disappointing season for the Cleveland Browns, the second under the watch of President Mike Holmgren. The offense, led by quarterback Colt McCoy, was the worst offense since the Browns came back in 1999. While acclimating to the new west coast offense of first year coordinator ...

Mike Holmgren Says He is Setting the Foundation in Cleveland Properly

Monday, January 9th, 2012

When Mike Holmgren became the President of the Cleveland Browns he vowed to turn the franchise around and make the Browns a winner. While Holmgren inherited a mess and walked into the most dysfunctional franchise in the NFL thanks to the decision making of an ill-equipped owner, the Big Show ...

NFL Network’s Heath Evans Rips Into Cleveland Browns President Mike Holmgren

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Generally, Mike Holmgren appears to be fairly well regarded throughout NFL circles, at least in terms of his body of work. He finished 161-111 as a head coach during the regular season, coached teams to three Super Bowl appearances, won one of them and has a fairly impressive tree of ...

Oakland Raiders Hope to Avoid Letdown During Emotional Game Back at Home

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

The Oakland Raiders have been one of the surprise teams of the NFL this season. Oakland really put a stamp on that last Sunday when they went out and beat the Houston Texans on the road in the wake of the death of owner Al Davis. Now the Raiders return ...

Scott Fujita: “Colt McCoy just reminded me of a young version of Drew Brees. He was such a natural leader.”

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

The Cleveland Browns bounced back from an awful Week 1 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals to win consecutive games in Weeks 2 and 3 over the Colts and Dolphins. Neither team is exactly world beaters this season, but Cleveland felt confident heading into their critical Week 4 matchup against the ...

Joe Thomas Has No Doubts About Colt McCoy

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Heading into the first preseason game nobody really knew what to expect from the Browns. After all, in a shortened offseason the team made a number of changes on offense and defense and it was Pat Shurmur’s first game as head coach in Cleveland. Even though it was just one ...

Mike Holmgren Says The Browns Lost 331 Years Of Age In The Offseason

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

When Mike Holmgren took over as President of the Cleveland Browns, he inherited a mess that nobody had been able to clean up. Holmgren is heading into his second full season as Browns President and while the wins still haven’t piled it, it appears the Browns are heading in the ...