The Browns have hired Tim Hauck as their defensive backs coach.
Hauck is best remembered as the player who tackled Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin and caused Irvin’s career-ending spinal cord injury in a game back in 1999.
Hauck worked coaching the defensive secondary for the University of Montana. In 2008, he was hired by UCLA to coach the team’s defensive secondary. In 2009, Hauck went to the Titans to coach their defensive secondary.
LB D’Qwell Jackson mentioned that he’s hoping to re-sign with the Browns, per Greg Bedard of the Boston Globe. Jackson has missed 26 games after suffering multiple torn pectoral muscles during the last few years but this season he was able to finish second in total tackles and is a one of the top candidates for Comeback Player of the Year.
“I want to be in Cleveland,” he said. “If it’s the franchise tag, it’s the franchise tag. As long as I still have my health, that’s what is most important.” Jackson should drawn plenty of interest during the offseason but it’s hard to assume that teams will be offering him a long-term deal.
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Family parties around the NFL have always been a staple in my family. My first memory from a family party was Super Bowl XVII on January 30th 1983.
While that was fun, finally in 2006 it was my turn to host my first Super Bowl party, a bash complete with food, games, and the two best teams that season in the league.
The menu was pretty basic, yet effective. Pizza, wings, pasta, red potatoes, a veggie and cheese tray, and even fruit salad. The party kicked off with some squares, a football tradition, and even some football bingo with some small prizes for those lucky enough to take home a game. Finally at 6:25pm, it was kickoff of Super Bowl XL.
While I have gone back and watched the game probably about 3-5 times, the real memories of that party is not the game, but the fact that it was all about the people that attended.
We had a number of people rooting for both teams, so the game vibe was pretty solid, which was a cool element to the party. Add to the fact the game was close, there was a lot of rooting during the contest.
There was a healthy mix of people that included relatives and friends. The conversation during the game centered not just on football, but on the holidays that had passed just a few weeks before, new jobs, new relationships, and even about other sports like baseball and basketball.
That’s the best part about football parties. It’s the games, the food, and most important, the people that make the game great, like the family and friends you spend it with.
Browns fans have had to sit back and watch a ton of other teams celebrate Super Bowl parties for all the other teams in the league. While folks in Cleveland can throw some massive parties, I can only imagine the parties if the team can finally make it to the dance in the next few seasons!
February 6th is another chance to create memories at yet another Super Bowl party, and now there’s a perfect way to figure out just who to invite!
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Super Bowl XLVI – another chance to create that connection with family and friends once again. Don’t miss out on it.
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The Browns have added a senior offensive assistant, as the team today announced the hiring of Nolan Cromwell. The 56-year-old will take the spot of Keith Gilbertson, who retired after holding the title of senior offensive assistant last season.
Cromwell was with the Rams the last two seasons as the teams wide receivers coach.
He played with the Rams as an All-Pro safety, and after his playing days ended he coached special teams with the Rams (1991) before spending six seasons as the special teams coordinator on Mike Holmgren’s coaching staff with the Packers.
He moved to receivers coach in 1998 before following Holmgren to the Seahawks, where he coached the receivers until 2007. After a two-year stint as offensive coordinator at Texas A&M, Cromwell rejoined the Rams organization as a wide receivers coach in 2010, working with then-offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, who is now the Browns head coach.
The Browns failed to score much in 2011, putting up their lowest point total since 2000. Today, with free agency and the draft still to come this offseason, we take a look at some of the spots the Browns should focus in on to improve on.
1. Wide Receiver – Many people are on the bandwagon of the team picking WR Justin Blackmon with the 4th overall pick in the draft – and why not? He’s the playmaker the team sorely needs, as right now the club is sorely lacking in that area. Josh Cribbs and Greg Little are nice wide outs, but let’s be real, they are never going to scare a team. Right now no one on this team can go downfield and catch passes.
2. Quarterback - Yes, the position that the Browns never seem to get right. Colt McCoy is a nice person, and a nice player, but he’s never going to get this team to a Super Bowl. Could Robert Griffin III get them there? Right now I think people would love to find out. He’s the game-changer that the Browns could need, but it’s not really in the makeup for the Browns to take him – but they really should think about it if he’s there.
3. Linebacker – This is the team that passed on LB’s in the past few years like Clay Matthews Jr. and Rey Maualuga, and now it’s an area they really could use an upgrade. D’Qwell Jackson is the best player on the team in that position, but he can’t play all the spots for the LB’s, and he himself is getting older and has been hurt. The team needs to use at least 1-2 spots in the draft or free agency on this position.
4. Cornerback - Joe Haden has been a nice pickup for the team, but they need another player on the corner, as Sheldon Brown is not the long term answer. Plus Haden didn’t play nearly as well after he suffered a knee injury. They could use a high draft pick on a CB, and he could sit behind Brown for a season before joining Haden as a starter in 2013 or maybe in the second half of 2012.
The Browns reportedly could have interest in quarterback Kevin Kolb should he become available this offseason, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kolb, who was originally drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles as their quarterback of the future before Mike Vick re-emerged as one of the premier players in the league, originally was scouted by current Browns head coach Pat Shurmer and general manager Tom Heckert.
Heckert and Shurmer reportedly handpicked Kolb for the Eagles because of his ability to run the West Coast offense, the same style that the Browns currently employ.
The 27-year-old is currently under contract with the Cardinals, however an injury filled year that allowed him to post just an 81.1 quarterback rating in nine games last season has left some to speculate that the club may attempt to move Kolb in order to cut their losses. In five NFL seasons Kolb has posted a 76.1 quarterback rating with 20 touchdowns and 22 interceptions.
The Browns are on the verge of losing their defensive backs coach, as Jerome Henderson is going to be leaving the team to become the secondary coach for the Dallas Cowboys.
The 41-year-old was named the Browns DB coach on January 22, 2009. He will reunite with defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, who is the Cowboys defensive coordinator. Henderson worked for Ryan the first two years he was the Browns defensive backs coach.
Henderson helped the Browns ranked second in the NFL in passing defense this season. He broke into coaching with the Jets in 2007 as an assistant defensive backs coach/director of player development, he was promoted to defensive backs coach in 2008, when Darrelle Revis made his first Pro Bowl appearance.
Henderson was a second-round pick by the Patriots in 1991 and played eight seasons in the NFL as a free safety. He made 33 starts in his career while playing for the Patriots, Bills, Eagles and Jets.
January 23rd, 2012 
Matt Loede 
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