Anderson blasts the fans!

Derek Anderson had some not so kind words for Cleveland Browns fans, writing in an e-mail to the News Herald,

"The fans are ruthless and don't deserve a winner," Anderson said. "I will never forget getting cheered when I was injured. I know at times I wasn't great. I hope and pray I'm playing when my team comes to town and [we] roll them."

He made a half-assed apology later saying it was out of character and he was just frustrated. I have 2 HUGE problems with his apology and about several million problems with his performance as a Cleveland Brown. With regard to apology, he has known he was getting cut for some time. He had all sorts of time to come to a realization and brace himself for the ending of his Cleveland Career. Secondly, most of the time that people say something they regret and don't mean, it is in the heat of the moment and is a spoken quote. Most people do not sit down think about an email and write it, without thinking about what they are saying.

DA had his moments in Cleveland, he did not play well (with the exception of 2007). However, he made MILLIONS of American dollars, and because of what we did for him, he will have a chance to play somewhere else. He may be a backup, but that is what he is in this league.

I will never understand an athlete bashing fans when they leave. What is the point? Why piss a bunch of people off? Grow up, its a job, appreciate that you get to do what the rest of the population would do for a tiny fraction of the money you "earn". Have a little class.

Derek, I also hope you are playing when your team comes to Cleveland. Its nice to know that we will be playing a team that has a JV quarterback, who can't read a defense, can't throw an accurate pass under 25 yards and is a quitter, a whiner and an all around jackass.

I understand DA's problem with getting cheered while he was hurt. I certainly don't condone the behavior of the fans. I believe the fans were cheering for him getting off the field so that Brady could play, most fans were not hoping that DA was injured or anything personal. NOW IT IS PERSONAL! If DA is ever lying on the ground in Cleveland again, he will here a roar of the crowd, and I can't wait to be part of it.

Finally, I take extreme pride in being a Browns fan. I think we are the BEST fans in sports. And it takes very little for us to fall in love with a player. Try hard, be open and honest and you will be adored. Josh Cribbs understands this, LeBron (at least for now) understands this.

Derek Anderson, you don't deserve us!

SUPERBOWL!

CRIBBS SIGNS NEW DEAL WITH CLEVELAND BROWNS!!!

Joshua Cribbs has signed a new deal with the Cleveland Browns. It's worth up to $20 million, including about $7.5 million guaranteed.

The deal is largely based on incentives, but IF he continues to play like he has the last couple years, he should have no problem meeting these incentives. Also this is a restructuing of his remaining 3 year deal and NOT an extension.

Anyways, Congrats to Josh Cribbs. He deserves this deal. Also good job by the Browns taking care of their most electric player.

Position Breakdown: Special Teams

Current Roster Makeup:

Cribbs, Joshua, WR 6-1 215; Dawson, Phil K 5-11 200; Pontbriand, Ryan LS 6-2 255; Hodges, Reggie P 6-0 220; Zastudil, Dave P 6-3 220 (Kim Green? Well, among others.)

Breakdown:

It is difficult to break down special teams play completely because so many players make up these units. However, we attempt to highlight the special contributors in this section and make fun of those who are not "special" enough. Starting with the obvious, PRO-BOWLER Joshua Cribbs is THE best special teams player in the NFL, and i would guess even on mars you won't find a better special teams player there. He is electric. Everytime he touches the ball, he is a threat to make a house call. He single handedly kept us in and won us ballgames this year. As you may or may not know, he is in a contract dispute with the new front office, the old front office and the one before that as well. DO NOT WORRY... (yet) this will all be worked out and he'll be making us proud again next year. Also don't forget how spectacular he is on coverage teams where he makes seemingly all the tackles and makes rediculous plays to down the ball inside the one yard line. As my friend Dick Hundinger often says, JC is the heart and soul of this team.
Phil Dawson has been the most consistent player left from the expansion team. He is also the only player left from the expansion team. He went 17 for 19 on field goals this year led the team in points... again. The knock on Dawson is his kickoff distance, where he rarely forces a touch back. Phil Dawson is not pleased with his contract situation, so expect some movement there if he is in the team's plans for after next year. Phil also looks like the elf mascot, which is nice.
Dave Zastudil is a very good punter. Losing him did not help as Reggie Hodges came in and instead of kicking the ball out of the endzone, gave up a TD. That pissed me off so now I don't like Hodges. He is deeply religious and as far as I am concerned that play looked alot like Pedro Cerrano picking up the bird in the outfield before getting tagged out. Reggie, Jobu needs a refill and you have no marbles. KICK THE BALL OUT OF THE ENDZONE!!!!
Ryan Pontbriand is the best long-snapper in the NFL. Not one bad snap in his carreer. I thought that he had a bad snap on a snap to Reggie Hodges, but it hit some idiot who should not be on the team before Reggie finished off the aforementioned boneheaded play.

Couple of other people to mention on special teams. Pool played well before knocking himself out, Blake Costanza (Can'tStandYa!!) was amazing on special teams this year. Jason Trusnik was as good as advertised coming from the J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets! Kaluka "bean" Maiava looked good, as did Josh Cribbs. PAY THE MAN!

Looking Forward:
Expect more of the same from one of the NFL's best special teams!

Free Agency:
Special teams are often made up of players from the bottom of the roster. Aside from those listed above, look for lots of new faces on special teams next season.

Draft:
Mangini lika da way ...draft picks have to prove themselves on specials, so expect to see great impact on special teams from the 11 (as of now) draft picks.

SUPERBOWL!!!!

Also a huge thank you to Ryan Haber for the amazing design work on the logo and the twitter page.