Cleveland Browns (2008 Season) - Page 8

Buckeneye · #**106** (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Buckin' A

- Also stated that there will be no open competition for the QB job, that Anderson is the man in 08.

We'll see how that goes if Brady gets solid PT in pre-season.

schwab · #**107** (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 01:36 AM

After having read the last 8 pages or so in one sitting, I posit that absolutely no one here is actually good at predicting what is going to happen with the Browns. Links are good, and speculation is fun, just not very accurate (at all). Thanks for trying though fellers, and I look forward to scrolling through this thread more frequently in the future, I just had a computer situation arise that I couldn't help immediately. Therefore I have been getting leftovers, per se, for the last 3 weeks, and I finally got back on here to get updated.

You guys have no future in this business!

But I love what Savage is doing. I agree with Quinn, Williams, Rogers>1,2,3 round in 08 draft that was discussed...at least you know what you are going to get at camp this way... I am of the belief that right now in the NFL is the time and place to make a move, and the payoffs can reap huge benefits. We shall see.

And yes, I do believe that Cleveland takes home a 1st round draft pick this year. I just don't know how yet.

Crashcup · #**108** (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Buckin' A

So the Browns didn't spend a [censored] load of money last year getting Lewis, Steinbach, Smith, Peak, or Thomas? They didn't go 10-6 this year and barely miss the playoff's? That isn't a huge improvement?

Congratulations...you now sound like the world's dumbest human being.

You don't have to get in a snit. Thank you very much for that "stupid" remark.

40 years and you're talking 1 day.

OSUBasketballJunkie · #**109** (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 08:06 AM

Dispatch

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Anderson gets 3-year, $24 million contract

Saturday, March 1, 2008 3:21 AM
By James Walker

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

BEREA, Ohio -- Quarterback Derek Anderson didn't last one day as a restricted free agent.
The Cleveland Browns signed Anderson yesterday to a three-year,
$24 million contract, with $13 million guaranteed. Through incentives, the value could rise to as much as $26 million.
An agreement was reached about 5 a.m. yesterday. Anderson, who became a restricted free agent at midnight, said he always wanted to return to the Browns. Last season, Anderson became the starter in the second game and went 10-5, with the team barely missing the NFL playoffs.

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OSUBasketballJunkie · #**110** (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 08:23 AM

CPD

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Browns trade for Rogers, Williams

Posted by Tony Grossi February 29, 2008 23:14PM

Categories: Browns
The Browns swung some heavy trades on Friday to add almost 700 pounds to their defensive line.
Shortly after formally confirming the trade of the club's second-round pick for Green Bay defensive lineman Corey Williams, General Manager Phil Savage was completing another trade for mammoth Detroit lineman Shaun Rogers.
The latter deal, hastily consummated after a proposed trade of Rogers to Cincinnati fell through, sends cornerback Leigh Bodden and the Browns' third-round pick to Detroit.
The Browns did not confirm the Rogers trade, but a Lions source did.
Rogers is listed as 6-4 and 340 pounds, but a weight gain of nearly 30 pounds last season landed him in the doghouse of Lions coach Rod Marinelli. Rogers had a career-high seven sacks and four forced fumbles in 2007, but the Lions did not want to pay the two-time Pro Bowler a $1 million roster bonus that was due today.

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OSUBasketballJunkie · #**111** (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 08:24 AM

CPD

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Anderson earns keep and a starting role

Posted by Mary Kay Cabot February 29, 2008 23:16PM

Categories: Browns
Browns General Manager Phil Savage emphasized Friday night that the Browns signed quarterback Derek Anderson to a three-year contract to keep him and start him in 2008.
"We are not trading Derek in 2008 -- thank you very much!" Savage said after being probed about it repeatedly during a news conference. "We're going through 2008 with both quarterbacks."
Savage also stressed the Browns would not have signed Anderson to such a lucrative deal -- three years for at least $24 million, with $2 million more in incentives and $13.5 million to $14.5 million guaranteed -- without intending to start him.

"When you sign a contract like we did with Derek, I don't think there's going to be an open competition," Savage said. "I think we go in with Derek as the lead horse."

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OSUBasketballJunkie · #**112** (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 08:31 AM

ABJ

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Derek Anderson stays put
Browns also acquire defensive tackle Corey Williams
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sportswriter

Published on Saturday, Mar 01, 2008

BEREA: After a night heavy on negotiations and light on sleep, General Manager Phil Savage finally said what he should have said months ago.
''We are not trading Derek Anderson in 2008, thank you very much,'' Savage said Friday.
And what about Brady Quinn?
''No. We're going through 2008 with both quarterbacks,'' Savage said. ''We're going to have both quarterbacks as long as we can keep them, then we're going to pick one of them. The Cleveland Browns are going to be quarterbacked by one or the other, either Derek Anderson or Brady Quinn, for a long time.''

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OSUBasketballJunkie · #**113** (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 08:41 AM