The Cleveland Browns invade Gillette Stadium today for a showdown with the Patriots. Both teams are currently 5-4 so there are major ramifications for both teams in this one. The winner would have a much clearer path to the playoffs. Today will be the Patriots 1,000th game as a franchise. It will also be the 26th meeting between the Patriots and the Browns. Cleveland leads the all-time series with a…
Photos: Cleveland Browns Ben Bloom and Drew Petzing have had plenty of experience in the NFL over the last two decades. Petzing’s coaching journey began at Middlebury as a grad assistant and has gone through Harvard, BC, Yale, the Vikings, the Cowboys and the Browns. Bloom took a similar path, graduating from Tufts before working with the program as a grad assistant. Bloom went on to coach at Harvard –…
Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels drew the ire of Patriots fans this season with his play calling. Despite years of unprecedented success and coordinating an offense that has won three Super Bowls, Patriots fans had enough of McDaniels and his system. When reports surfaced that McDaniels was a leading candidate for the Panthers, Giants and Browns openings, Patriots fans offered to chauffeur McDaniels to the airport. The Panthers and Giants…
AP Photo/Elise Amendola Game Rewind: The Patriots used some big plays from their defense early on to build a 17-0 lead and they held off an undisciplined Browns team 27-13 in a rain soaked game at Gillette Stadium. Here are five thoughts on the game. 1. Defense spearheads fast start: A fumble recovery for a touchdown, a forced fumble and an interception by Lawrence Guy of all people, allowed the…
The Patriots will be hosting the Browns today at a soggy Gillette Stadium this afternoon. Cleveland came into the season with a lot fanfare after several high profile acquisitions this off-season, most notable wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. The Browns however have failed to live up to the hype and have been a major disappointment thus far. Despite that, today’s game is a statement game for them. If they can…
The transformation of the Cleveland Browns from laughing stock to contender was completed on Tuesday night when the Browns traded for wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. The Beckham trade instantly transformed the Browns from a team on the rise to a legitimate contender in the AFC. Cleveland is not only the best team in the AFC North, but they are viable threat to the Patriots. Make no mistake about it,…
Three of the six head coaching openings that have been filled in the NFL this week have been filled by three young offensive coaches who are going to be first time head coaches. Matt LaFleur, Kliff Kingsbury and Freddie Kitchens are all relative unknowns in the NFL. Yet all three got head coaching job this off-season. Thanks to the success of 33 year old Sean McVay with the Los Angeles…
It is never too early to start making predictions for the 2018 season. Here are five teams that I think will be vastly improved in 2018. 5. Cleveland Browns: Yes. The Cleveland Browns will surprise people in 2018. I know they have become a sexy pick for experts because of the additions of Baker Mayfield, Jarvis Landry and Carlos Hyde but there are other reasons I like this team. The hiring…
The Browns are going to shock the football world and take Josh Allen number one overall. My second of three mock draft is here. There are some changed at the top based on pro days and some of the chatter that is circulating around teams at the top of the draft. Here is our second mock draft of the pre-draft process. 1. Cleveland Browns: Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming: Where there is…
The Patriots acquired defensive tackle Danny Shelton from the Cleveland Browns for two draft picks. The 24 year old Shelton is coming off arguably the best season of his career finishing with 33 total tackles At 6-2 335, Shelton is your prototypical two gap nose tackle but he is athletic and versatile. He can play the nose in 30 fronts and the 2i defensive tackle in a 40 front. Shelton…