Seen that before Monkey .I Think some crafty Steeler fan is making those up as there are quite a few of them . we all know that no one in Baltimore is that bright

http://youtu.be/1fAXhm3QLQM</a> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Who says we dont still care about Art

I think we are going to look for this guy.  Sounds like a fun time, haha. 

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Got a sick kid so we didnt go. & my bad. Its a brown jumpsuit not orange..

Hope u found him/them anyways & are having a great time 

Browns fans!  I return in peace.  I few months ago I came on here asking for some advice on where to tailgate before the Browns vs. Ravens game in early December.  We never actually met up with anyone from the board, but we did go the huge lot that I was told about.


What a fun time!  You guys know how to tailgate, and I'm glad that the Detroit Lions main tailgate area is trending toward the Muni Lot style.


I only got razzed a little bit about wearing my Lions hat (something about "we get it, you know Eminem"), but it did happen to be over a huge set of speakers by some type of dance floor...  Since we didn't have a home base, some dudes let us hang with them and play tailgating games and eat some of their food, so I came away with a great experience tailgating in Cleveland.


I just realized that I had never come back on to thank you for the advice to head to Muni Lot, so thank you!

Would you trade the #4 overall pick in the draft for Sam Bradford?

Or the Browns do trade down a few picks and
heaven behold he is still there for some reason and the Browns
draft him.   Or maybe the Browns believe he is the best/safest and
most sure thing out there and they wanted all along wanting to
have a dynamic duo backfield of Richardson and Hillis.  I could live with that
and then draft the best WR available with our #22 pick. 

Or you could pray that a RB needy team is in the trading mood for Richardson.  Everyone is assuming that RGIII or Blackmon are the only guys teams are worth giving back compensation.  There are a few teams that might come calling at number four for Richardson. He has been that impressive for two years. 

Would you trade the #4 overall pick in the draft for Sam Bradford?

Only if he turned out to be 100% healthy.  He and RGIII are the only QBs I would even consider parting with the number four.  So, therefore if the Rams take RGIII, the Browns should take Bradford. That is the only scenario I see St. Louis giving up Bradford.

Every team will be represented by numerous personnel. From team representatives to agents and representatives, the NFL Scouting Combine is the place for teams and players to get up close and personal.....for the fans, its quickly becomes news that is often misrepresented and plagiarized for weeks to come.1035368

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For all that find themselves ravaged by football withdrawal, I can only offer the following.

I will rain on your parade.

In fact, consider me a late February thunderstorm after reading these words:

The NFL Scouting Combine is the most useless week on the NFL calendar.

And to properly contextualize this sentiment, consider that the NFL is masterful at making even the most mundane moments of the offseason appear spectacularly relevant. The annual draft – an event highlighted by timed intervals of reading names – is now a primetime event. In the process, the Scouting Combine – once the exclusive domain of medical professionals – is now the showcase preamble for an event that has been hijacked by people with nothing better to talk about.

And to further my point, I would even watch a Pat Shurmur-coached offense to satiate my current Sunday boredom.

The original purpose of the Scouting Combine was to medically examine players potentially entering the NFL Draft. Over the past couple decades, the process has evolved from determining how long before a running back shreds his knee into how well a player can spit out safely worded rote responses. This evolution has created an environment where a player is publicly castigated for going off-script or offering any genuine scrap of reality to their potential suitors.

But then again, the stakes are elevated when millions of future dollars are at stake. NFL executives need to meet firsthand the players who they will soon invest small fortunes of money in. For the players, the Combine is one of the last steps in a draft process that began for many in middle school. After years of football camps, clinics, courtships and improving the resumes of lower-level coaches, the Combine is the professional culmination of an amateur career.

For everyone else, the sole exercise of the Combine is networking. The Combine is a literal LinkedIn for those who capable of tweeting about fluid hips or upper body strength – or at least those who find a knowledgeable source to steal from. In the coming days, look for the lexicon of Mike Mayock to be liberally poured across thousands of “draft analyst” Twitter feeds.

Unless you skip out on the entire week – like the really smart players.

Can you blame them?

Commonly referred to as the “Underwear Olympics”, the Combine is more representative of a contemporary cattle call at best or a slave auction on a more cynical note. The NFL’s version contains more sophisticated forms of poking and prodding – the shuttle run is a tad less degrading – but the process is still reminiscent of a meat packing plant inspector stamping defective beef.

Beyond the original intent of detecting medical flaws, the Combine features an illogical collection of measures to evaluate which players can succeed in the most physical of sports by doing the most innocuous gym class exercises. While gym class heroes are crowned, there is little else to learn about these future NFL athletes – other than basic mechanical issues.

While running and lifting exercises can be symbolic of a player’s overall work ethic, NFL talent has reached an almost egalitarian state of athletic supremacy. There’s very little that a Combine exercise can reveal about the fate of a quarterback. Successful NFL quarterbacks typically possess the ability to quickly process information, take a physical punishment and retain the will to endure.

Take Robert Griffin III – or Ryan Tannenhill, if you’re a Browns’ executive and/or head coach petrified of having to change a 1993 offense to fit a game-changing 2012 athlete’s talents. The Combine will reveal little about Griffin that most scouts, executives and fans don’t already know. Griffin’s 40-yard dash time will be electric, he will lift hundreds of pounds of weights and throw the ball a measured equivalent of a mile.

However, what the Combine will not reveal is if Griffin can process the changes afforded by an NFL defense slipping into a zone blitz or whether his throwing motion changes in the face of a James Harrison helmet to helmet strike.

Or, for a more immediate comparison, think of how little the Combine affected either recent Super Bowl quarterback. Neither Eli Manning or Tom Brady are a workout warrior type of athlete – the sort who excels at the Combine. However, each is a gutty football player fully in possession of the elusive demeanor that creates NFL success.

Everything else is designed to support a cottage industry of people who aren’t athletes – or coaches, executives or scouts – but instead possess the means to hyper-analyze an athlete’s every missed step. On a grander scale, such criticism is usually shared by media types who are trying to advance an agenda for a particular league general manager or player. On the lower channels of communication, such statements are garbled into gossip and tossed aside once real news is reported.

Either way, the results are easily forgotten. Rarely does the Scouting Combine completely alter a player’s NFL fate. Teams usually have a sense of what they’re getting in a player before the Combine stage. While an unfortunate interview response or medical examination certainly can be an exception to the rule – think Ryan Mallett and DaQuan Bowers – the results of the Combine are transitory.

Or, remember Joe Haden a couple years ago?

Haden – perhaps the Browns’ best secondary player since the 1980’s – ran a 4.57 40-yard dash at the 2010 Scouting Combine. Practically every media source from the respected NFL Network to recycled garbage like the Bleacher Report used terms such as “disappointing”, “alarming” and “falling stock” to describe Haden’s performance. Haden’s profile dramatically fell – at least until he improved his 40-yard time at Florida’s Pro Day.

Or, once he became a top flight NFL cornerback.

Similarly, Wake Forest’s Brandon Ghee saw his “stock” “rise dramatically” after turning in a 4.4 40-yard dash at the same Combine. Of course, Ghee barely made the Bengals’ roster in 2011 and played only after Leon Hall suffered a season-ending injury.

What a difference a tenth of a second makes.

What a waste of time.

Yet, this week the exact same arguments will once again surface. Twitter will explode with inane chatter stolen from draft experts with time to kill. Players will offer rehearsed answers to scripted questions and everyone else will be standing around judging a process that no one other than a licensed physician should understand.

But, because it’s the NFL, we’ll all play along.

Lazy glad you enjoyed yourself . come back anytime . all fans are welcome in here .long as they behave themselves . we put up with Steeler fans from time to time  ..so whats a Lions after all that .

Good luck to your Lions . just quit picking up ex Browns corners . if we cut them they cant be that good .

Looking forward to the Great Lakes Classic . it really is cool that they do it every year . the Trophy is pretty cool looking also . maybe the Lions & Browns who both dominated the fifties ..no one saw those teams play except for Lyman  . can meet back up in a championship game .  

Browns announce that Pat Shurmur will call plays in 2012 and OC Brad Childress will be in the booth

Don't be mad bluez, I like having Childress eyes up in the booth surveying the defense. It is where he belongs and will help us most. Shurmur couldn't make any adjustments at the half, because he quite simply had too much going on. Childress will make the offense better by relaying what he sees on the field down to Shurmur.

This is brilliant IMHO...

Irish .i am not mad . more like dissapointed .i have ZERO Faith in Shurmur . the team wasnt prepared to play last season . the offense which was supposed to be his strong suit was offensive . i agree that having Chilly up in the booth will help . i still am not on board with the puppet  calling the plays . will he listen to Chilly ? or will he just continue to do the same ? time will tell and i sure as hell hope your right . he has proven nothing after one year . only that he is lost . the team has no fire to it at all . they say a team takes on its HC Personality . Shurmur doesent have one it appears . a very very bad hire .

i hope i am wrong on this . tired of staring over . tired of being the laufghing stock of the league . tired of all the BS & Negativity surrounding a franchise i have loved since i was a kid . i am 55 now and almost out of paitience . Holmgren says to trust him ? its past time fat boy to earn it . you have done NOTHING to date ! 

the defense was top 10 ? well when teams come out smack them in the mouth  on the ground . yeah i guess the passing defense would be top 10 . they are still to" soft ". is that Shurmurs personality ? i hope not .

The Browns announce that Pat Shurmur will call plays in 2012 and OC Brad Childress will be in the booth


Don't be mad bluez, I like having Childress eyes up in the booth surveying the defense. It is where he belongs and will help us most. Shurmur couldn't make any adjustments at the half, because he quite simply had too much going on. Childress will make the offense better by relaying what he sees on the field down to Shurmur.

This is brilliant IMHO...

I agree w/ Irish here. It's about time the Browns had "eyes in the sky" so to speak.  Hoepfully this not only helps w/ halftime adjustments, but will allow for making adjustments sooner giving the offense a better chance of scoring TD's and not FGs.

the defense was top 10 ? well when teams come out smack them in the mouth  on the ground . yeah i guess the passing defense would be top 10 . they are still to" soft ". is that Shurmurs personality ? i hope not

Actually Bluez the Browns D wsa 5th in points allowed last year.  So Hopefully with a few more additions to the D we can improve our Run defense, and be a top 5 overall and #1 in pts allowed.  


 

I agree w/ Irish here. It's about time the Browns had "eyes in the sky" so to speak.  Hoepfully this not only helps w/ halftime adjustments, but will allow for making adjustments sooner giving the offense a better chance of scoring TD's and not FGs.

No surprise here.  Shurmur actually has a lot more experience calling plays as compared to Chilly.  Scary thought eh?

Chilly can radio down to Fritz that the Tight End in the backfield has no experience running the ball and will likely fumble..

Hoepfully this not only helps w/ halftime adjustments

Halftime adjustments are too late.  You need to be able to adjust on the fly.  The days of 15 scripted plays are history...

 

Hoepfully this not only helps w/ halftime adjustments,

Halftime adjustments are too late.  You need to be able to adjust on the fly.  The days of 15 scripted plays are history...

but will allow for making adjustments sooner giving the offense a better chance of scoring TD's and not FGs.

Hey ya Jake,  Looks as if you need to slow down on the Kool-Aid a bit and wash your glasses


I totally agree that the Offense needs to start making adjustments to the defense Sooner than Halftime. 


  

No surprise here. Shurmur actually has a lot more experience calling plays as compared to Chilly. Scary thought eh? Chilly can radio down to Fritz that the Tight End in the backfield has no experience running the ball and will likely fumble..

One can only hope Jake one can only hope

Maybe the Browns will look at adding a QB early in the draft. Maybe they won't. Either way, head coach Pat Shurmur discusses the QB position and other early off-season topics prior to the NFL Combine.

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BEREA—Pat Shurmur met with the local media in the offensive line meeting room in Browns headquarters for close to an hour before he and his staff were scheduled to leave for the NFL Indianapolis Combine which begins Thursday. GM Tom Heckert was scheduled to take part, as well, but due to illness was unable to.

Much of the discussion and questioning surrounded the quarterback position with Colt McCoy and potential draft possibilities, with the most notable being Robert Griffin III.

Most of the draft experts have spent a lot of their talk assuming the Browns would do what they can do to either trade up to get the Heisman Trophy winner or draft him if he’s available at the fourth spot.

According to Shurmur, that talk is premature when asked if the draft pundits are jumping the gun.

“That’s a fair comment,” Shurmur said. “I think what happens there is a lot to be said and written. Folks are making predictions and we’re just digging and getting involved in the process. That’s the exciting part of the combine with 300 athletes there and looking at them.”

Shurmur said he hasn’t met Griffin and is looking forward to at the combine.

“First of all, I’ve never met the man,” Shurmur said. “That’s why it’s so important. Obviously, he’s very accomplished. I’ve watched the players on tape and as we go through it all we’ll determine if he’s (everything that’s been said about him).”

Shurmur didn’t sound as though he is ready to write off McCoy, although he didn’t name him the starter for 2012. Shurmur said McCoy is healthy from the concussion he sustained that caused him to miss the final three games of the season.

“I’m expecting him to attack this off-season and being as good as he can in our system,” Shurmur said. “You know him and I expect him to do that. Young players always have a lot to learn and he really works at it.”

Shurmur said he expects McCoy to improve much in the off-season.

“I think it’s fair to say he has things he needs to improve on,” Shurmur said. “There are things he needs to work on and be refined whether that be reads, decision making or footwork.

“He’ll have the off-season and will really critique himself,” he said. “Things that can be refined and with the off season and the pace slowed down, he’ll be able to do that.”

Shurmur said he’s been in contact with McCoy since the season ended frequently.

“I’ve communicated with Colt throughout this off-season,” Shurmur said. “Basically, I told him to prepare himself and take as much time as necessary to get ready and relax.”

Shurmur was asked how high a ceiling McCoy has.

“I think he can be very good and can play at a high level,” Shurmur said. “(If he plays) like I think he can when he makes these improvements, he can put the ball in the end zone and win games. I’m expecting him to (improve). What’s encouraging is he’s a guy who will work at it.”

One of the biggest criticisms about McCoy is that he doesn’t have a big arm, but Shurmur disagrees.

“I think he can throw the deep ball,” he said. “Most quarterbacks have to throw the deep ball in rhythm. I’ve seen him throw the deep ball.”

Over the next weeks as the front office evaluates what to do in free agency and the draft, Shurmur does admit that the Browns have to get the quarterback position right.

“It’s very important that we need to do what we can to get the quarterback right,” he said. “It’s important in the dynamic model as we put the team together as it’s structured.”

Shurmur said there is no question the Browns are developing McCoy and they have to decide if they want to do so again in the draft or bring in a veteran through trade or free agency—rather than stick with McCoy.

“When you’re developing a quarterback like Colt McCoy, it’s a process,” he said. “We’re trying to speed up the process. What happens when you’re developing a guy, you’re always going to focus on the details.”

Shurmur said he’s not worried about McCoy’s psyche being damaged with all the talk about Griffin or other quarterbacks. He views McCoy as a player going into his second year, even though it’s his third.

“It’s natural to watch who they bring in, but there’s a big difference in my mind from year one to year two (for a quarterback).”

When the process is all sorted through, Shurmur and Heckert will have all the information they want on Griffin and other candidates.

“You’d be amazed at how much information is out there and what we have access too,” Shurmur said.

The key is they make the right decision.

Hey ya Bluez,


Nice article.  It almost sounds as if Shurmur thinks Colt is still the Guy 

at least for now...



Set-em up so we can drink em down. 


KOOL-AID for everyone

I like the article too. Let the Skins trade 2 years worth of top picks for a QB. While we let Heckert bring us in more and more talent. Talent in which we need. BAD!

Childress will be in the booth!  That's the best news ever....This reassures me that the Browns are on the right path....Great call.

He's a mastermind type coach....The booth is exactly where he should be.   I'll be honest, I was scared when they hired Chilly.  I thought his play calling in Minnesota was highly questionable....No doubt this guy knows defenses and how to pick them apart.  The birds eye view from the booth will only enhance Brad Childress's greatest strength....

Now lets get him a QB to work with!

RG3!  RG3!   RG3!!

C'MON BLUES!

RG3!  RG3!   RG3!!

ALL TOGETHER NOW!

WOOF!

By Fred Greetham OBR Senior Reporter
Posted Feb 23, 2012

No doubt about it, the Browns offense in the 2011 season was poor. The addition of Brad Childress as the offensive coordinator and additional talent could pave the way to drastic improvement.

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BEREA, Ohio—Browns offensive coordinator Brad Childress met with the Cleveland media for the first time since he was hired and believes he will be able to help ramp up the Browns anemic offense. Childress was the Vikings head coach until last season and was out of football coaching last year for the first time in 33 years.

"It really was a great blessing to me," Childress said. "After doing this for 33 years on the sideline during the fall, my daughter had grandsons so I'm a grandpa now. I probably wouldn't have gotten that chance so it was a real blessing."

Childress and Pat Shurmur were hired the same day by Andy Reid and both shared the same office for seven years with the Eagles. He feels he’ll be able to help shoulder some of the load that Shurmur had last season.

"We speak the same language," Childress said. "It's not like I'm coming in and reshaping the wheel.

"The biggest thing is the trust level," Childress said. "At this stage I'm at in my coaching life it's really important to be with people that you trust and that you know. It's a very difficult business and it's nice to know people and what their reactions are. In a perfect world you end up working with someone that you know and trust."

The Browns are hoping that Childress can impact the offense the way Dick Jauron did with the defense as the defense ended the season ranked 10th in the NFL. Meanwhile, the offense was at the bottom.

Here are some other questions that Childress addressed:

Q: What are your thoughts on Colt McCoy?:

Childress: “I haven’t evaluated him too deeply yet. The big question is does he show up, but I haven’t done a broad-based study. How I look at Colt is a second-year quarterback who had no benefit of an off-season. He’ll be so much better just with knowing the terminology.”

Q: How did you view him as the Vikings coach when McCoy came out of the draft?:

Childress: “He was very bright eyed. The product of a coach’s son. Many times coach’s sons are gym rats.”

Q: Thoughts on Peyton Hillis?:

Childress: “When he played he was a battering ram. He’s not a one-dimensional back. He’s not an elusive back, but he’s a big back and he’s been productive.”

Q: Thoughts on play calling duties?:

Childress: "You guys are making a big deal out of it. It really is a collaborative effort. It's not just a mad scientist thinking about it in his head at all. He's getting input from all areas. You can't have everybody talking at once and in the end someone's got to send the play in to the quarterback but it really is a collaborative game planning type of situation. Whether or not (Shurmur) wants to do it or wants me to do it, I'm good either way."

Q: What are your thoughts on the run/pass balance?:

Childress: "If I told you that it's 50-50 that probably means we're (not good) at both of them. Somewhere, you throw your lot in and you say 'hey this is where we're the best or against this particular team this is what we need to do to be able to win this game' so I think you have to be flexible.

By Fred Greetham OBR Senior Browns Reporter
Posted Feb 22, 2012

The Cleveland Browns head coach Pat Shurmur met with the local media on Wednesday before departing for the NFL Combine.

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BEREA,Ohio — Pat Shurmur met with the local media for close to an hour before leaving for the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Here are some other questions he addressed besides the quarterback information.

Q: What’s the biggest difference for you from year one to year two as a head coach:

Shurmur: “I learned much more about the players. I have a vision as to what I want to do moving forward and have much more clarity as we move on. My first team meeting in July was the first time I met some of the guys. To know the players now, we know what we need to do to get better.”

Q: Can the Browns make the jump this year from 4-12 to a winning record?:

Shurmur: “Absolutely. When you look back on all the games in total, I think we’re very close. The margin of error between winning and losing is very small. I think the way you do business changes the culture, and I know I’ve spoken with a lot of players and they’re really looking forward to April 16.”

Q: Thoughts on the draft:

Shurmur: “We have a real good feeling and are committed to building through the draft. We have nine picks right now and as coaches are just getting involved in the process right now.”

Q: Thoughts on Peyton Hillis’ return?:

Shurmur: “I really like what I saw of him when he was playing healthy. I really can’t say a lot more than that. We want to try to put the best roster we can. When he was playing he did a good job. The last time we visited, it was good. I’ve spoken with him a few times and I try to communicate with all our players.”

Q: D’Qwell Jackson:

Shurmur: “He’s a guy we want back. We haven’t issued a tag, but there’s a starting date for that, but we want him back.”

Q: Phil Dawson:

Shurmur: “He’s another guy that obviously, performed well for us.”

Q: Will you use the franchise tag on Jackson, Hillis or Dawson?:

Shurmur: “We’re going to be willing to use it as we go through seeing what is the best way to use it.”

Q: How’s Eric Steinbach doing?:

Shurmur: “He’s doing very well. He’s getting better and we’ll see how it goes. I like what I saw of him (in 2010).”

Q: Do you see Jason Pinkston as a possible tackle?:

Shurmur: “I see him more as a guard.”

Q: Who will play right tackle?:

Shurmur: ”We’ll have to see who can play there. We have Tony (Pashos) and some other guys like (Oniel) Cousins and (John) Greco.”

Q: Thought on free agency:

Shurmur: “We meet on it all the time. It’s very fluid and we have some areas we’d like to address, but to keep the (information) private for competitive reasons. There are obviously some attractive free agents that would fit.”

Q: What about the wide receivers?:

Shurmur: “What you’re counting on and confident the guys coming back will improve. There’s a good group of talent and will use both free agent and the draft to fill needs. I think it’s important you have leadership and experience at the position.”

Q: Mike Adams and Dimitri Patterson:

Shurmur: “Dimitri did a good job for us and is a nice player. Adams did a good a good job and he’s one of our guys.”

Q: Are you locked into offense with the first pick?:

Shurmur: “I don’t think we’re locked in to anything right now. It’s way early and I don’t think we’d every divulge that. I’m sorry for that.”

Q: Who will call plays?:

Shurmur: “Here we go. Here’s what happens. Unless something changes, Brad will be upstairs. During the week we decide what plays will be used and then call them. I’ll be on the field, calling (plays).”

Staff changes: The Browns made three changes to their staff in the off-season. Tim Hauck replaced Jerome Henderson as defensive backs coach.

“I’ve known Timmy since he was a player when I was on the staff in Philadelphia,” Shurmur said. “I’ve followed his career and he’s a good fit.”

Nolan Cromwell is senior offensive assistant.

“I coached with Nolan in St. Louis and he was a good fit,” Shurmur said. “He’s a terrific teacher.”

The most notable was hiring Brad Childress as offensive coordinator.

“I worked with Brad for seven years. We actually were hired on the same day and we learned together and I’ve known him for a long time and have great respect for him.”

Nolan Cromwell is senior offensive assistant.

“I coached with Nolan in St. Louis and he was a good fit,” Shurmur said. “He’s a terrific teacher.”

The most notable was hiring Brad Childress as offensive coordinator.

“I worked with Brad for seven years. We actually were hired on the same day and we learned together and I’ve known him for a long time and have great respect for him.”

Ay ya yi...

And I just reupped for my season tickets for this?  woof...

P.S.  Just to entice us, the Browns included a photo of the old stadium.  Me thinks maybe I will get it framed.  I still have an overhead shot of the old gal from the final Indians game in '93 out in the garage.  My wife's favorite quote after going to a baseball game there in the early 90's "The pigeons won't even roost in this place".. When I showed her the picture yesterday her comment was "see, no pigeons"...

Maybe they are going to tear down the new one and rebuild the old one.  I for one would still rather go down to the old one, at least they seemed to win games there...

P.S II why did "Brad Childress" get highlighted/underlined?  I though that was just for players?  

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Posted Dec 29, 2006
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The Vikings’ head coach will have a number of decisions to make in the offseason, as the question has been raised: Has the rookie head coach overextended himself with play-calling duties?
The Vikings will close the regular season Sunday against St. Louis with no hopes of a playoff berth and plenty of questions about the job first-year coach Brad Childress has done this season. 

If players were on the fence about Childress as a coach, he might have pushed many of them over the edge when he decided to cut receiver Marcus Robinson on Christmas Eve. 

Robinson had spoken out about some of the issues with Childress and the Vikings offense in a newspaper article one day before being told he would be placed on waivers, but this was no way to treat a 10-year veteran. Players who returned from a three-day break on Tuesday — the Vikings were given time off after losing at Green Bay last Thursday — admitted they were surprised by the move. 

Not surprisingly, none of the players spoke out against Childress, but don’t think for one second that the decision to cut loose Robinson this late in the season won’t be noticed by potential free agents around the NFL. 

It also will be noticed all through a Vikings locker room where Childress has managed to create an air of negative tension throughout the season. 

Many fans in Minnesota would like to see the plug pulled on Childress’ act after only one season but that isn’t going to happen. Owner Zygi Wilf gave Childress a five-year contract last January and the former Eagles offensive coordinator is going to get at least one more year to prove he can get the Vikings on the right track. 

If Childress is going to last for the life of his contract, however, he will have to be willing to make some adjustments in his coaching style and handling of players. The key question facing the Vikings’ brain trust entering the offseason will be this: Did Childress learn anything and how can he build on that in 2007? 

If Childress did not learn from 2006 — and worse yet, no one can convince him he needs to make some changes — things could turn as ugly in the locker room as they did on the field, at least offensively, this season. 

Childress has said he will evaluate all areas of his football team this offseason, including his decision to be the chief play-caller. While it seems unlikely he will give up that assignment, it might be wise for him to make that move. 

Considering offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell’s inexperience, Childress could be best served by bringing in a veteran offensive mind. 

Childress has seemed overmatched in his attempt to call plays all season and isn’t able to devote as much time to other areas of being a coach, such as gaining the trust of his players and communicating with them. 

The coach continues to believe in the West Coast system and recently called it a “kick ass offense.” But Childress’ insistence on trying to make the players fit into his idea of the system instead of working with what he was gives the impression that he is not flexible. 

Any of this sound familiar?

Browns fans!  I return in peace.

I don't think there is much danger from or to a Lions fan.  Unless we get into it over the "Great Lakes Classic"...

Glad you enjoyed the game and the Muni Lot! 

Anybody worn #18 for the Browns since Gary Danielson?  

MR IMJUSTLAZY03 it your draft pick time......