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| Browns lock up OT Thomas for seven years |
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08/23/2011 |
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| Berea, OH (Sportsbooks) - The Cleveland Browns signed offensive tackle Joe to a seven-year contract extension. The deal, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Monday, is worth $84 million with $44 million guaranteed. It makes him the highest paid offensive lineman in the NFL. Thomas has not missed a snap since being selected by the Browns with the third overall pick in the 2007 draft. The Wisconsin product has also made the Pro Bowl in each of his four seasons. |
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| Dallas Cowboys 2011 Season Preview |
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08/23/2011 |
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| allas hopes Ryan's bag of defensive tricks can improve a disappointing stop unit from a year ago. Primarily a 3-4 scheme, the new coordinator will also implement many new looks along the front line like he did while serving in that same role for the Cleveland Browns the past two seasons. Ryan says players make his scheme, and he's got a good one at nose tackle in Jay Ratliff (31 tackles, 4 sacks), a three-time Pro Bowl honoree whose tenacity and tremendous athleticism gives opposing offensive lines trouble. He |
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| Report: Browns lock up OT Thomas for seven years |
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08/22/2011 |
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| Berea, OH (Sportsbooks) - The Cleveland Browns and offensive tackle Joe Thomas have reportedly agreed on a seven-year contract extension. The deal, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Monday, could be worth up to $84 million. Thomas has not missed a snap since being selected by the Browns with the third overall pick in the 2007 draft. The Wisconsin product has also made the Pro Bowl in each of his four seasons. |
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| Cribbs, Moore still out at Browns camp |
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08/22/2011 |
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Josh Cribbs and Evan Moore were among several players on exercise bicycles instead of in uniforms at the Cleveland Browns training camp. At least eight players wore baseball caps and did little more than ride the bikes Monday as players prepared for the Browns' third exhibition game in Philadelphia on Thursday. Cribbs tweaked a hamstring late in practice Sunday. The team's star kick returner is being used more as a wide receiver in Cleveland's new west coast offense. Moore caught two t |
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| Atlanta Falcons 2011 Season Preview |
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08/21/2011 |
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| sity of Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones. In order to move from 27th to sixth in the draft, the Falcons sent their 1st (27th overall), second-(59th) and fourth- round (124th) picks in 2011 as well as first and fourth-round selections in 2012 to the Cleveland Browns for a rookie who now has immense expectations. "We felt very strongly about the move up for a player that we believe truly adds the explosive, urgent athleticism that we were looking to improve on this team," Dimitroff said. "We feel like Julio is a |
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| St. Louis Rams 2011 Season Preview |
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08/20/2011 |
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| ons at the helm of New England's vaunted offense as its coordinator from 2006-08 before taking over for a short stint as Denver's head coach. He replaces Pat Shurmur and his West Coast offense after the former OC took the role of head coach with the Cleveland Browns. The move could help Bradford be even better in 2011, and the 23-year-old is ready to embrace a relationship that he hopes will be similar to when he worked exclusively with quarterback coach Josh Heupel at the University of Oklahoma en route to win |
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| Lions edge Browns 30-28 in penalty-filled game |
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08/19/2011 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Pristine one week, penalized the next. The second time around was sloppy for the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions. Colt McCoy threw three touchdown passes - two to tight end Evan Moore - in the first half, but the Browns blew a 15-point lead after halftime and lost 30-28 to the Lions on Friday night in a penalty-filled exhibition that showed both teams have plenty to fix in the next three weeks before the season opener. ``We've got a lot of work to do,'' McCoy said. ``There's plenty |
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| Lions edge Browns in preseason |
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08/19/2011 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - Matthew Stafford completed 6-of-10 passes for 85 yards and one touchdown and former Michigan State star Drew Stanton threw for 80 yards and two scores as the Detroit Lions topped the Cleveland Browns, 30-28, in the second preseason game for both squads. Maurice Stovall caught four passes for 67 yards and one touchdown while Nate Burleson and Brandon Pettigrew added touchdown catches for the Lions. Ian Johnson rushed seven times for 34 yards and Mike Bell ran 11 times for 33 yar |
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| Lions WR Johnson not playing against Browns |
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08/19/2011 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Detroit's top wide receiver Calvin Johnson is being kept out of the Lions' exhibition game against the Cleveland Browns as a precaution because of a bruised shoulder. Johnson was not initially listed among Detroit's inactives, but the team announced he would sit shortly before Friday's opening kickoff. Maurice Stovall will start in Johnson's place. Johnson got hurt in last week's 34-3 win over Cincinnati. He practiced twice this week and it was assumed he would play in Detroit's second p |
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| Cleveland Browns 2011 Season Preview |
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08/19/2011 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - If the changes to the Cleveland Browns came at a steady pace last season, then the 2011 version of the club has transformed itself at, to quote Mel Brooks' epic science fiction parody "Spaceballs," ludicrous speed. Following a 5-11 campaign in 2009, the Browns brought in the respected Mike Holmgren to serve as team president. Though the five victories did represent a one-game increase from the previous year, it was a strong finish that prompted Holmgren to keep head coach Eric Mangini and in |
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