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Back with a little help from its friends…Cleveland Reboot is proud to present Part Two of its 2009 NFL Preview.
While Part One offered just a taste of the speculative succulence you have all come to know Cleveland Reboot for, Part Two offers the kind of meaty analysis you would normally have to pay double for…in [...]

I guess you don’t need a calendar to know which month it is. Several prominent sports magazines (they still make those?) have released their NFL predictions for 2009. And not surprisingly, there is not a lot of love to be had for our beloved Browns.
Sports Illustrated’s venerable fanboy Peter King perhaps offers the most cruelty.
Peter [...]

Over the past few weeks, I have been asked to join roughly four fantasy football leagues. And, not coincidentally, I have come up with the following excuses for declining such offers:
1. I don’t have a computer.
2. I don’t endorse gambling.
3. I can’t add numbers to other numbers.
4. I only follow one NFL team.
5. I can’t [...]

So, before I gather my life savings and take the “under”, let’s try to answer some questions that I posed in yesterday’s post.
6. Despite the results of tonight’s game, what will fans and media focus on more…the Browns defense, new offensive philosophy or the QB controversy?
Although the question was framed to poke fun at our [...]

While the first days of Browns training camp have been encouraging, especially considering the roster overhaul and implentation of a demanding head coach in Eric Mangini, there is still plenty of work to do. The sad reality of training camp is a realization that the 2009 season is basically a work in progress. Despite the [...]

I guess I had to see it coming. Take an underachieving, annually overweight, mouthy backup defensive tackle and insert him in the radar sights of an ultra-authoritarian, no-nonsense head coach and the results were predictable. In a new era of accountability and de-emphasis on the individual in Berea, Shaun Smith is unfortunately the first casualty [...]

I hate to sound like a spoiled American, but after suffering through the gaping void of NFL news that constituted the past few months, I’ve reached the point of information sensory overload. In the past week, I’ve developed an almost compulsive need to check TheOBR.com and (shudder) the Plain Dealer for any and all scraps [...]

Thanks to the wonderful folks at TheOBR.com, I recently spent some time in Georgetown, KY watching from the sidelines as the Cincinnati Bengals opened their 2009 training camp. To say I was an outsider in Bengals country is an understatement of epic proportions. From the event staff playfully mocking my vintage Kardiac Kids era license [...]

And really, what’s the point anymore?

Of course, the source here is ProFootballTalk.com, which could mean a variety of things have actually occurred, such as:

1. Alex Mack is on a plane headed back to California.
2. Donte Stallworth accidentally spiked Mack.
3. Eric Mangini has placed Mack on the Secret Reserve Doghouse List.
4. Hank Fraley swallowed his own fist.

Alex Mack Likely to Sign; Other Picks Not Close

So, remember all that nonsense I wrote exactly one morning ago, suggesting that the Browns signing of Alex Mack could be complicated by the players selected around him in April? No? Well, good. It wasn’t important, anyway.

The Browns talked deep into Thursday night to try to close a deal with No. 1 pick Alex Mack. An agreement with the center from the University of California is expected to be completed Friday.