Mercifully, the Browns’ season is over, but the interesting times are just getting started. Tom and Travis discuss decisions made—John Dorsey replacing Sashi Brown, transitioning from collecting assets to acquiring players, and (against all odds) keeping Hue Jackson—and the decisions to come (read: “quarterback, quarterback and quarterback”). As the Browns sort through their issues, there’s one other decision that’s easy for the guys: Neither of them would be caught dead at this weekend’s 0-16 parade. … Plus: Thoughts on the Rose Bowl and the upcoming college football national championship game, Isaiah Thomas’ exciting Cavs debut and what to do with J.R. Smith and Tristan Thompson.
It's been a dismal, dysfunctional week in Cleveland, from the Browns botching the trade deadline as only the Browns can to the Cavs taking their infamous regular season malaise to new depths. Thankfully, Ohio State gave us something to enjoy, as J.T. Barrett delivered an all-time performance in an instant classic victory over Penn State, launching the Buckeyes back into the national title picture and J.T. back into the Heisman race.
It’s Halloween weekend, so it’s a fitting time for the guys to finally take on the scariest house of horrors in town: Browns headquarters in Berea. … Plus: A preview of Ohio State’s big challenge Saturday vs. Penn State, J.T. Barrett’s search for a second signature win, #Pac12AfterDark and Halloween costumes.
A Browns beat writer since 1981, Jeff Schudel of The News-Herald thought he had seen just about everything—until now. With three weeks left in the season, the team is staring down the barrel of 0-16, with little hope in site. Embedded in the media room at Browns headquarters in Berea, Jeff pulls no punches as he sizes up the state of the team, from the quarterback position to the front office to a fan base that is understandably on the brink.
In the latest chapter of the never-ending soap opera at Browns headquarters, the club has dismissed GM Ray Farmer and Coach Mike Pettine, and handed control of its 53-man roster to relative unknown executive Sashi Brown. Tom and Travis sort through all of this, plus: How do you sell this new organizational structure to candidates for the vacant GM and head coach positions? Who do we want to see hired? And what do you do with Johnny Football and Justin "The Hard Sleeper" Gilbert?
