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By: Robert D. Cobb
MOBILE, AL – The University of North Carolina has long been known as a basketball haven as it has produced such legendary figures on the hardwood such as Michael Jordan and James Worthy. On the gridiron, the Tarheels have produced standouts such as Hall-Of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor and in recent years has produced standouts [...]
By: Jason A. Thomas
Over the past few drafts the Cleveland Browns have done a great job of pleasantly surprising us with selections that we haven’t heard much about but have eye-popping college highlights. TJ Ward was the first to impress me with his monstrous hits as an Oregon DB. Greg Little, was the second. This guy is a freakish athlete, [...]
By: Jason A. Thomas
Pat Shurmur is a good football coach. He has to be to get a job as a head coach in the NFL. There are great football minds across the country that can only dream of coaching the finely-tuned athletic machines that are NFL players. He was good enough for Holmgren & Heckert to hand-pick as [...]
By: Andrew Limpert
The Browns can take Robert Griffin III. The Browns can trade up for Andrew Luck. They can draft playmakers in LaMichael James and TY Hilton. But there is one thing the Browns cannot ignore in this draft. That is the need for defensive playmakers. The current Browns defense is already pretty good. They kept the [...]
By: Jason A. Thomas
Watching this years NFL playoff games, you can’t help but notice the latest NFL trend of utilizing the “Super Ends”; tight ends that are too big and athletic for safeties and outside linebackers to cover. You may have heard of a few this offseason: Jimmy Graham (Saints), Vernon Davis (49ers), Gronkowski and Hernandez (Pats). These [...]
By: Jason A. Thomas
It’s tough being a Cleveland fan. Everyone knows of the sad love story, the 48 year championship drought, the long stretches of inconsistency. Yet each generation of Cleveland fan seems to feel that they are destined to witness at least one professional sports teams achieve greatness in their lifetime. Arguably the most popular of these [...]
By: Andrew Limpert
There weren’t many bright spots for the Cleveland Browns in 2011. But there still were some to be found. One of those bright spots was the defense. The defense kept the Browns in many games this season, when the offense couldn’t do anything with the ball. Jabaal Sheard, Phil Taylor, and Chris Gocong all made [...]
By: Andrew Limpert
A major overhaul of the Browns offense is about to occur. Every position will be subject to an upgrade. And that could bring into question the long term future of Mohamed Massaquoi. The wide receiver out of Georgia was drafted in the second round of the 2009 draft by then head coach Eric Mangini. By [...]
By: Andrew Limpert
It certainly sounds as if the Cleveland Browns will be adding a quarterback season. But who will it be? Well, it may come down to a choice between Robert Griffin III and Ryan Tannehill. Tannehill has been steadily moving up draft boards this season. The wide receiver turned quarterback has made some impressive plays this [...]
By: Andrew Limpert
Everyone says Robert Griffin III is the can’t miss prospect of the 2012 NFL Draft. ESPN has been leading the Griffin bandwagon to the point where they suggest he could go first overall. However, everyone is forgetting the major weakness of “RG3”. There is no doubt Griffin has the physical skills that you love. His [...]
