Winter Comes to the Lion of the O-Line

Winter Comes to the Lion of the O-Line

Longtime Brown Doug Dieken comes to the end of the line John Reid/Cleveland Browns   Before he ascended into the heaven that is the Cleveland Browns radio broadcast booth, Doug Dieken played a hallowed position: Left tackle. It is the one spot along the offensive...
Mayfield Memorandum 29: A Season of Aughts

Mayfield Memorandum 29: A Season of Aughts

Too much T.J. Watt (90) proved too much for James Hudson (66) and Baker Mayfield Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns   As the Cleveland Browns were solidifying their claim as the worst team in the best division—AFC North—of the National Football League, quarterback...
Mayfield Memorandum 28: No Quarter Given

Mayfield Memorandum 28: No Quarter Given

What it must feel like to be Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield Photo by Vitolda Klein on Unsplash   After yet another display of his shortcomings, Baker Mayfield had to have realized the sporting commentariat would come for him hammer and tongs. Collecting a...
Mayfield Memorandum 27: Bad Ending Redux

Mayfield Memorandum 27: Bad Ending Redux

Browns Quarterback Baker Mayfield: Another interception coming right up Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns   The cosmic disconnect between the games of football that two quarterbacks—Baker Mayfield and Aaron Rodgers—played could not have been more extraordinary. On...
Mayfield Memorandum 26: An Honest President!

Mayfield Memorandum 26: An Honest President!

Cleveland center JC Tretter does much more than protect his quarterback Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns   Merry Christmas, Mr. President. No, not the Joes—not Biden nor Manchin (the West Virginia senator who behaves as if someone elected himpresident). As far as...
Mayfield Memorandum 25: The Browns are 7-7???

Mayfield Memorandum 25: The Browns are 7-7???

Quarterback Nick Mullens received a lesson about Northeast Ohio sports destiny Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns   QB3 Nick Mullens wobbled early but stayed on his feet as the 32nd starting quarterback since the Cleveland Browns were rechristened in 1999. He might...