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29 Dec 2013

Browns vs. Steelers – Week 17

The Cleveland Browns take their Pro Bowl-laden roster to Pittsburgh today to close out the 2013 NFL season against the Steelers.

Pittsburgh is holding out slim hopes of making the playoffs after an 0-4 start to the season, while the Browns are battling for yet another high draft pick after starting out the year at 3-2.

Today could be the final game in a Browns uniform for several players, most notably Alex Mack, T.J. Ward, D’Qwell Jackson, Greg Little and Brandon Weeden.

With any luck, the game will also mark the final starting appearance by quarterback Jason Campbell, who will be looking to join the elite group of Cleveland quarterbacks who faced the Steelers in their final game as Browns quarterback.

The Opposition

Pittsburgh’s record: 7-8

Offensive rank: 16th overall/11th passing/29th rushing

Defensive rank: 14th overall/8th passing/22nd rushing

All-time record: Pittsburgh leads, 66-57

Last meeting: Pittsburgh won, 27-11, in Week 12

Injury report

The line: Browns +7

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27 Dec 2013

Jason Campbell could join select fraternity Sunday vs. Steelers

When Cleveland Browns coach Rob Chudzinski announced earlier this week that the team will “keep it the way it is” with the quarterback situation for Sunday’s season-finale in Pittsburgh, he kept alive the possibility that Jason Campbell will join a select group of Browns quarterbacks.

If Sunday’s game turns out to be Campbell’s last as the starting quarterback for the Browns he will join Thad Lewis, Seneca Wallace, Colt McCoy and Bruce Gradkowski among Cleveland quarterbacks since 1999 who made their final start in a Browns uniform against the Steelers.

27 Dec 2013

Rodgers sees Red after Boxing Day loss to Manchester City

Following Liverpool’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Boxing Day, Reds manager Brendan Rodgers left no doubt as to how he felt about the officiating at the Etihad Stadium.

Rodgers let loose on the officials after they failed to call a possible penalty on a Luis Suárez take down and when they waved off a Raheem Sterling goal after ruling Sterling offsides – when it was clear that Sterling was in an on-side position.

“They had no help whatsoever from the officials. I never go on about officials but I thought today they were horrendous, in terms of performance.” he said. “We had nothing that went our way at all. I thought that the linesman on the offside one – they weren’t even on the same cut of grass, and if you’re working at this level, you have to get that right. It’s not even a difficult one, that. These are the things we work on and talk about, we are asking a young player to try and break their line. It was a perfect timed run and he’s given offside when he’s through one-on-one on goal.

“Listen, the officials make mistakes. I just felt that the mistakes made tonight shouldn’t have happened at this level.”

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24 Dec 2013

From the editor’s notebook …

With one game remaining in the regular season for the Cleveland Browns – and in Pittsburgh, no less. Happy Holidays! – there isn’t very much left to say about another dismal NFL campaign.

A six-game losing streak; five consecutive losses on the road; an offense that leads the NFL in pass attempts despite having Jason Campbell, Brandon Weeden and Brian Hoyer on the roster; a defense that has gotten worse as the season went along; we’ve seen it all before but somehow it seems worse this time around.

Coach Rob Chudzinski once again talked about the team’s resiliency in his Tuesday press conference, but with the team repeatedly coming up short his words are starting to sound a little hollow.

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23 Dec 2013

Browns hit the road, the road hits back in loss to Jets

Well, at least there was no fourth-quarter meltdown this week.

While that may a nebulous sign of progress, it is just about all the Cleveland Browns have to hang their hats on following a dispirited 24-13 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday.

The defeat was the fifth consecutive on the road for the Browns and the sixth in a row overall.

“We got smacked,” cornerback Joe Haden said. “The team we have and the players we have, I was never expecting this. I wasn’t expecting the record to be like this.”

The loss also puts the Browns at 1-6 on the road with just next week’s season-ending game in Pittsburgh left on the schedule. Lose that game and the Browns finish with one road win for the third consecutive year.

But we are getting ahead of ourselves.

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22 Dec 2013

Browns vs. Jets – Week 16

The Cleveland Browns hit the road on today to take on the New York Jets for the first of two season-ending road games.

The Browns enter the game having lost five in a row overall and five consecutive on the road. In the Jets, they will be facing a team that is a respectable 5-2 at home.

In addition to the usual issues the Browns have to deal with on a weekly basis on offense, they will be without tight end Jordan Cameron, and possibly wide receiver Davone Bess and cornerback Joe Haden.

It should be another fun Sunday afternoon in the swamps of Jersey.

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19 Dec 2013

5 questions with …

We join some of the best and brightest to talk Cleveland Browns football in the latest Five Questions in Five Minutes at Cleveland Reboot.

Head on over and check it out. You’ll be glad you did.

A bargain at any price

Bill Barnwell at Grantland came out with his All-Bargain Team today and there are a couple of players that would have looked good in Orange and Brown – most notably wide receiver Julian Edelman and guard Geoff Schwartz.

Maybe a couple of Browns will be on the list next season.

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18 Dec 2013

From the editor’s notebook …

In a move that seemed unlikely just a few months ago, Liverpool is reportedly talking with Luis Suárez about a contract extension that would make the mercurial goal scorer the highest-paid player on the team.

According to multiple reports, Liverpool manager director Ian Ayre is in Barcelona to talk with agent Pere Guardiola about a long-term deal to keep Suárez at Anfield – and away from the big-money clubs on the continent.

All this after a summer of drama with a bid from Arsenal, Suárez publicly saying he wanted out (not just of Liverpool but out of England all together) and the club holding firm that he was not for sale at any price.

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17 Dec 2013

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Browns still running on empty

With two regular-season games remaining in the 2013 NFL season, it may appear as if there isn’t much for the Cleveland Browns to play for other than draft position.

But the Browns still have an opportunity to add a dubious entry to the franchise’s record book – the lowest rushing total for a team leader since the NFL went to a 14-game schedule in 1961.

Even though he has played just 11 games for the Browns this season – and may not suit up again this year – it seems like a lock that Willis McGahee will end the year as the team’s leading rusher.

McGahee’s current total? Three hundred and seventy-seven yards.

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16 Dec 2013

Browns close out home schedule the same way it began

The Cleveland Browns ended the home portion of the 2013 NFL season the same way they began it – with a loss.

Many are going to point to the 21 fourth-quarter points that the Bears scored as the reason the Browns lost, and there is some merit in that. But if you take the easy way out, that lets the offense off the hook for yet another weak performance with Jason Campbell at quarterback.

The Browns had two defensive touchdowns in the game – one on a Tashaun Gipson 44-yard interception return, the other on a T.J. Ward 51-yard fumble return – and normally if the defense hands the team 14 points that should be enough to secure the win.

But this being the Browns it’s probably not surprising that they found a way to lose.

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