Posts Tagged ‘Joe Banner’
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Browns General Manager Michael Lombardi is part of a new team hoping to move on from past mistakes (Photo: Mark Duncan AP via usatoday.com)
DraftBrowns.com Contributor: David Burkart
With the draft just over two weeks away, it is still almost impossible to predict who the Cleveland Browns will pick, or which way they are leaning. But this could be a good thing for a number of reasons. Most importantly, it increases the trade value of the pick…but that’s if they want to trade. If they stand pat, predicting the Browns pick remains difficult because there is no clear cut consensus number one overall pick. While most mock drafts have Texas A&M offensive tackle Luke Joeckel being selected number one overall, it is not a done deal. (more…)
Tags: 2013 NFL Draft, Cleveland Browns, Jimmy Haslam, Joe Banner, Michael Lombardi
Posted in Cleveland Browns, Front Office, NFL, NFL Draft | Comments Off
Saturday, March 9th, 2013
How will “The Banner Model” help the Browns build a winner? (photo: Ohio.com)
DraftBrowns.com Staff Writer, Ryan Alton
UPDATE: According to Former NFL Agent and NFL contract/salary cap expert for the popular website NationalFootballPost.com, Joel Corry, Joe Banner is currently constructing the contracts of the new Browns Free Agents the same way he did while he was President of the Philadelphia Eagles. Corry posted the following tweet on Wednesday March 13 at 10:33 am… (more…)
Tags: bill belichick, Joe Banner, ozzie newsome, pat kirwan
Posted in Cleveland Browns, Front Office, NFL, Salary Cap Info | 2 Comments »
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Fair or not, the leash is short on the new regime in Berea. (photo: cleveland.com)
DraftBrowns Staff Writer, Ryan Alton
It’s happening already. There hasn’t been a practice or even an organized team activity, let alone a game that counts. The team can’t even officially meet as a whole, but already, it’s happening. (more…)
Tags: Jimmy Haslam, Joe Banner, Michael Lombardi, mike holmgren, randy Lerner, Tom Heckert
Posted in Cleveland Browns, Front Office, NFL | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Could the Browns fill a huge need in Free Agency while also raiding a familiar foe? (photo: sbnation.com)
By DraftBrowns.com Staff Writer, Ryan Alton
In Part One of my Free Agency Preview, I explained how I felt the Browns, despite being in a favorable position with regards to cap space compared to many other teams, would still remain somewhat conservative when it comes to spending in Free Agency. During a sit down with local media at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Browns CEO Joe Banner gave the impression that the Browns would be ‘aggressive’ in upgrading the talent on the roster by being ‘active’ in free agency.
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Tags: antoine cason, brian hartline, dashon goldson, derek cox, geoff schwartz, greg toler, Joe Banner, keenan lewis, louis vasquez, martellus bennett, philip wheeler
Posted in Cleveland Browns, Front Office, NFL, Predictions | Comments Off
Friday, February 8th, 2013
Weeden is here. Shurmur is gone. Now what? (photo courtesy: pro32.ap.org)
DraftBrowns.com Writer, Ryan Alton
I have long suspected that former President Mike Holmgren and former General Manager Tom Heckert were given marching orders to “fix” the quarterback position for the Cleveland Browns once and for all heading into the 2012 off-season by former Owner Randy Lerner. I have no proof of this, only a collection of facts and events strung together that might lead one to that logical conclusion. I attempt to explore that assumption with this piece. Let’s start from the beginning… (more…)
Tags: Brandon Weeden, Colt McCoy, Joe Banner, Michael Lombardi, mike holmgren, pat shurmur, robert griffin iii, russell wilson, Tom Heckert
Posted in Cleveland Browns, Front Office, NFL Draft, Player Evaluation | 7 Comments »
Friday, February 1st, 2013
With all eyes on New Orleans, I’m thinking Berea. (photo: cosbysweaters.com)
DraftBrowns Writer, Ryan Alton
Welcome to February! The NFL business season is in full-swing, with the notable exception of Sunday’s participants in Superbowl XLVII. One of those teams will leave New Orleans with the Lombardi trophy. The other, with a thousand questions. None more prominent and haunting than “Will we ever make it back here?”. But for the remaining thirty less-fortunate clubs, it’s scouting reports, cap crunching, and roster evaluations up to the eye-balls. (more…)
Tags: Brandon Weeden, Jimmy Haslam, Joe Banner, NFL combine, Rob Chudzinski, Tom Heckert
Posted in Cleveland Browns, Front Office, NFL Draft, NFL Scouting Combine, Player Evaluation, Rumors, Salary Cap Info | Comments Off
