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Big Ben doesn’t show up in Pittsburgh today and now new  allegations are coming up about him and his security. If it is true his bodyguards and him should go to prison and rot there for many years. Big Ben and the Steelers are in trouble and about to get a rude awakening if these allegations are true. In other Squeeler news they signed Larry Foote. Foote wasn’t any good when he  left Pittsburgh and probably isn’t going to be good with them again. The Steelers will be down and ready for the Browns to beat them up again this year.

 

Ben Roethlisberger’s bodyguards guarded the entrance to the bathroom where he allegedly sexually assaulted a 20-year-old college student, according to an eyewitness account at FanHouse. Another witness tells the web site that the Steelers quarterback looked “as surprised as anybody” when police arrived at the Milledgeville, Ga. bar later in the night.

A woman who claims to have partied with Roethlisberger the night of the alleged assault says the Steeler “was not nice.” She tells WTAE Pittsburgh that he “bought a round of shots for girls and said, ‘All you bitches, take my shots.’” The article reports that Roethlisberger “hit on her but she wasn’t interested and didn’t like the way he was acting, so she left.”

 

 

 

“All the recent moves we’ve made were done by (General Manager) Tom Heckert and he’s on the road. We don’t know a lot on why he did stuff,” Holmgren said”My own belief is this team needs an aging veteran,” Holmgren said. “They need a guy who’s going to grab everybody by the throat and say follow me through that door. So I don’t look at him as an aging veteran. I look at him as the leader that I would want in the locker room if, in fact, he’s the starter.”As for Wallace, Holmgren advised, “The ‘career backup’ played for me, so I know him better than any quarterback mentioned. I think he has the potential to be a starter. Wait until you see him practice, wait until you see him play. He can really throw well. The other thing is, he says, ‘I’ll do anything you want me to do.’”

“He’s going to have his hands full learning a new offense and being the player I want him and Eric wants him to be,” Holmgren said. “We want him as a quarterback to win games for us, not to manage the game. He has this natural instinct, very friendly guy, easy to like. I said ‘I want the younger players to just watch you. We have coaches. You play and they will watch how you do things.’ That’s his mentoring.”"How long is Jake going to play? We signed him to, what, two years? So you can kind of paint the picture yourself what we’re going to try to do. But right now, for this next season, I think we have a great combination.”"We’re not there yet [in the strategy phase],” he said. “We have to analyze our needs, how we make the team better right away. We have some areas we need to address that are as crucial now, immediately, as the quarterback thing. This probably is the only year we’ll have all these draft picks, so we have to be wise in how we do that.” “He called me first thing in the morning when he made the decision to sign,” Browns coach Eric Mangini said. “Better than coffee the way he felt. His excitement to be here, that rejuvenation, that passion that he’s had for so many years, it was fun to hear from a head coach’s perspective.”"He’s a proven, consistent winner,” Mangini said. “I don’t think it’s uncommon for a guy to have a bad year. When you look at his body of work, I know what his touchdowns/interceptions ratio was, but there were a lot of good plays on that tape, too. Guys do go through bad years. He’s been very consistent in terms of his production and ability to win games.”

From Cleveland.com

 

The Cleveland Browns have been very active today with the Brady Quinn Era came and gone in Cleveland. The Browns shipped Quinn and Wimbley to the AFC West. The Cleveland Browns have capped off this past week with a bang on Sunday. Holmgren landed another third round pick making it three in this years draft. Also the Browns now have 10 picks in the first five rounds in this years draft. The Cleveland Browns are going to be a major player in this years draft with all the Draft picks they  stockpiled in the deepest draft in NFL History. Browns fans maybe bummed for the trading of Quinn but it was best for him and the organization to go in a different direction. This years Browns won’t look like  last years team at trainning camp ,with the moves the Browns made this week and the draft coming up this is  a  whole new team headed in the right direction. Go Browns Destination Super Bowl!!!!!

The Cleveland Browns have been very active this off season and it continues today with the trading of Quinn and now Kamerion Wimbley.  The Browns and  Oakland Raiders have reached an agreement  for a third round pick in this years draft  for  Kamerion Wimbley, who  has totaled 26.5 sacks in his career with the Browns. Wimbley was supposed to be one of the guys who would help the Browns turn the corner,after a great rookie season Wimbley has struggled to become the pass rusher everyone thought he would become.

The Cleveland Browns must have been serious about not wanting to give Brady Quinn a shot to be the teams starting QB, as today the team moved the QB to the Denver Broncos. The Browns in return get running back Peyton Hillis and two future draft picks.

Here’s the clubs official press release on the deal:

The Cleveland Browns today acquired running back Peyton Hillis and two future undisclosed draft choices in exchange for quarterback Brady Quinn.

“I appreciate everything Brady did for us last year and in his three seasons with the Cleveland Browns,” said Browns Head Coach Eric Mangini. “He is professional in the way he goes about doing his job and worked extremely hard at every aspect of his game. I wish him the best of success in Denver.”

The 24-year-old Hillis is a veteran of two NFL seasons who was a seventh-round draft choice of Denver in 2008. He played in 28 games with eight starts in his two years with the Broncos and totaled 397 yards rushing and six touchdowns on 81 attempts (4.9 avg.) and caught 18 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown. As a rookie in 2008, he started six of the 12 games in which he appeared and rushed for 343 yards and five scores on 68 carries (5.0 avg.) and amassed 14 receptions for 179 yards and a touchdown. His rushing total as a rookie included a 129-yard effort at the Jets on November 30 when he carried the ball 22 times and scored a touchdown in Denver’s 34-17 victory.

The 6-2, 250-pound Hillis lettered four years at the University of Arkansas (2004-07) and rushed for 959 yards and 12 touchdowns on 203 attempts and caught 118 passes for 1,195 yards and 11 scores. Born January 21, 1986, Hillis attended Conway (Ark.) High School.

The Cleveland Browns quarterback carousel continued today as they have acquired the second player at that position in less than a week. Recently cut Jake Delhomme has reportedly agreed to a 2-year contract with the Browns.

Delhomme’s agent Rick Smith said the veteran quarterback would be continuing his career with the Browns. He also said that Delhoome would sign his contract before the team begins their off season conditioning program.

Delhomme is the fourth quarterback on the roster that includes holdovers Brady Quinn, Brett Ratliff and the recently acquired Seneca Wallace. Many deep thinkers in the league think that Quinn will be traded before the draft.

The Browns said they have no comment and no press conference scheduled at this time

The Cleveland Browns today signed tight end Benjamin Watson to a multi-year contract as an unrestricted free agent from the New England Patriots, where he had spent each of his first six NFL seasons (2004-09).

“We viewed Ben as one of the top all-around tight ends in the free agent market,” said Browns General Manager Tom Heckert. “Because of his athleticism and intelligence, he has proven valuable as both a receiver and blocker during his career, and has performed well in both facets. He comes from a winning program in New England and possesses the traits that we like in a player. We feel as though he can help us in many different areas and we are excited about his addition to our team.”

Originally a first-round draft choice of the Patriots in 2004 (32nd overall), the 6-3, 255-pound Watson has appeared in 71 regular season games in his career, including 47 starts. During that time he has caught 167 passes for 2,102 yards and 20 touchdowns. He also has played in nine playoff contests, starting seven of them, and tallied 19 receptions for 195 yards and three touchdowns.

He turned in his most productive season in 2006 when he hauled in 49 passes for 643 yards and three touchdowns. He accounted for a career-high six touchdown catches the following year, when he totaled 36 receptions for 389 yards. He turned in the lone 100-yard receiving game of his career in 2007, in a matchup against the Browns on October 7 at Gillette Stadium when he had six receptions for 107 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Last year with New England, Watson played in all 16 games with seven starts and caught 29 passes for 404 yards and five scores.

The Browns are still looking at options at the running back spot, this despite a strong end of the year for Jerome Harrison. The team today talked to QB Jake Delhomme, but they also made time for a visit with former Raiders running back Justin Fargas, who was dumped after failing a physical by the team last week:

Free agent running back Justin Fargas, released last week by the Raiders, visited the Browns today, the club confirmed. There was no word yet on whether or not the team will sign him.

He is scheduled to visit the Eagles on Friday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Fargas, a third-round pick of the Raiders in 2003 out of USC, led the club in rushing in 2006-2008, including 1,000-yard seasons in 2007 and 2008. In 2009, he split time with two other backs, finishing second on the team with 491 yards on 129 carries. He also had three TDs.

Fargas missed the end of last season with a knee injury, but is believed to be healthy now. Waived just days before earning a $1.7 million roster bonus, Fargas told reporters the Raiders told him it was strictly about the money.

He said reports that he didn’t pass his Raiders physical were untrue.

“I definitely have a lot of football left in me,” Fargas told sfgate.com. “I just want to do everything I can to help another team win a championship.”

The Browns also spoke with former Pats TE Ben Watson, and Delhomme was at the Berea complex, but word from NFL.com is that he will take a visit with the Saints on Friday.