Archives for September 2012

‘Spiller has rushed for 292 yards on 29 attempts — 10.1 yards per carry. He is the first player to average at least 10 yards a run through his team’s first two games — minimum 25 attempts — since Brown started the 1963 season averaging 11.3 yards (394 yards on 35 carries). Spiller also is the second Bill to rush for at least 100 yards and a touchdown in each of his first two games. Simpson did it in 1973 and 1975.’

‘”He has the speed and he’s a big guy, too,” Schwartz said. “He’s one of those guys you have to be on top of your game for.”‘

Cleveland Browns’ Trent Richardson eager for Sunday meeting with Jim Brown (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Rebuilding the Browns requires talent and wins, not necessarily a roof (Kansas City Star)

Buffalo’s C.J. Spiller enjoying a record-setting start to 2012 (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Browns owner Jimmy Haslam talks stadium dome with Cleveland City Council (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Brandon Weeden can make history with another 300-yard game (Willoghby News Herald)

Browns QB Brandon Weeden has what it takes, and other NFL thoughts (Willoghby News Herald)

Owner Jimmy Haslam open to putting roof on Cleveland Browns Stadium (Willoghby News Herald)

A roof for Browns Stadium? Winning would be better (Canton Repository)

Gaining some more Mo (Canton Repository)

Browns rookie Trent Richardson says playing in front of Jim Brown ‘raises the stakes’ (Akron Beacon Journal)

Jimmy Haslam III tells Cleveland City Council he’ll explore possibility of putting roof on stadium (Akron Beacon Journal)

Browns ready to face Buffalo’s Williams (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Trent Richardson, Brandon Weeden want to stay strong for Browns (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Browns’ Weeden recovers from dismal debut (AP)

Browns’ Fujita to reschedule meeting with Goodell (AP)

Shurmur says Brown’s role will be changing (The Sports Xchange)

Strategy And Personnel (The Sports Xchange)

Savage learned texting can get you fired (The Sports Xchange)

Browns and Bills share a rich history and a hollow present (ESPN)

Dome stadium for the Cleveland Browns? Too little, too late for at least one player (ESPN)

Eyes on Berea: 9-19-12 (ESPN)

Browns week 3 against Bills will set tone for rest of season (WEWS-TV)

Browns’ Scott Fujita to reschedule meeting with Roger Goodell (WEWS-TV)

New Browns owner meets Cleveland City Council, will explore idea of retractable roof at stadium (WEWS-TV)

Browns Owner Considers Stadium Roof (WJW-TV)

Haslam meets with city council (WKYC-TV)

Browns owner Jimmy Haslam talks stadium improvements (WOIO-TV)

Trent Richardson To Meet Jim Brown On Sunday (WOIO-TV)

Go Ahead Jimmy Haslam, Put A Lid On It (WKRK-FM)

Richardson Looks Forward To Meeting, Bonding With Jim Brown (WKRK-FM)

Browns expect challenges from Bills (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Haslam focused on winning (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Shurmur press conf. transcript – 9/19 (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Player Quotes – 9/19 (ClevelandBrowns.com)

‘Gailey still has plenty of old-school throwback in him to appreciate a good ground attack. If he had his druthers, Gailey would call a run every chance he had. ”Every snap,” Gailey said Wednesday.’

‘Coach Chan Gailey provided the update before practice, saying Byrd had a setback since hurting his foot against in a 35-17 win over Kansas City last weekend. Gailey wasn’t sure if Byrd would practice this week, and said it might be a game-time decision as to whether he’ll play.’

‘”We had a sense of urgency. It was just different from the very beginning,” Williams said. “We went out there and put it all on the line. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen last week, but we have to build on this and continue.”‘

‘For the second straight week, Nick Barnett was out on the field for every snap that mattered for the Buffalo Bills.’

‘Stevie Johnson had a nice catch and run 49 yard touchdown against Kansas City. He is not at all upset that the Bills have been running more, “It’s kind of been a surprise to us because you know coach Gailey, he’s great at making those pass plays and putting people in places where we can succeed on the outside, but as of lately, it’s been a running attack and we’ve got to adjust to that. That’s what’s keeping us going so let’s ride that wave and we’re all in so we’ll see how long it’ll be until the defenses start switching up and we have to step up as receivers so it’s just a part of the game plan now.”‘

‘”He’s taken a step back. It doesn’t … he’s going to struggle to make some practice this week, so we’ll have to see. It may be a game-time decision on him. Ruvell Martin won’t practice today and of course Marcell’s not here today.”‘

‘”We all know the effects of it(regionalization) in Rochester and such” Brandon told WGR. “But you look at the last five years and what the Toronto initiative has done and when we stood up and talked about this, we talked about bringing our fans from Southern Ontario back to Ralph Wilson Stadium. That has been the biggest positive of this agreement.”‘

‘It is a tough, hard-nosed game. It is a tough game for tough people. I think if you run the football, you can impose your will on other teams. It is different. The game is different than it was 10 to 15 or 20 years ago. You change. You change with the times and you adjust. You do what you have to do.’

‘When Spiller suddenly started putting up ridiculous numbers as a multi-purpose playmaker, I thought I’d break down his game to see how the Bills have gotten their young superstar going. Here is what I discovered…’.

‘”Anytime you stockpile some draft picks into the offensive line, and then you bring in an experienced guy like Pears you’ve assembled a decent group,” said Wood. “We had a lot of turnover in the first couple of years I was here. It’s great that we’ve now had the same group around for the past couple of years. To have the organization committed to a group definitely means a lot to us and we want to perform because of that.”‘

‘"Rightfully so, the focus here is to get guys ready for Sunday, so I felt like if I was going to go to the training room, I’d see the trainers and they’d say ‘here’s what you need to do, go do it’ and then they’d go work on Fred or whoever to get him ready for Sunday, which is what should happen. I’m not complaining about that at all, I think that’s the right way to do it. But for me, I just need to go off site somewhere and get ready to come back."’

‘The Bills were consistently able to get pressure on Matt Cassel and keep the Chiefs’ offense guessing where the rush was coming from.’