Archive for March, 2011

2011 Browns Gab NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report – RB Mikel Leshoure

By Abe Munch Mikel Leshoure, RB, Illinois, 6’1 230 Position Ranking: #2 Strengths: Ideal combination of size, quickness, and playing speed for the position. Shows very good foot quickness in space and in the small areas; shook and juked defenders with his footwork and bounce. A multiple cut runner that regularly made defenders miss at [...]

Holmgren Says Delhomme Never Said He Wouldn’t Be a Backup

According to Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal, Browns general manager Mike Holmgren is refuting a report from the National Football Post that Jake Delhomme informed the team he has no intention of being a backup in 2011. The original report seemed fishy as it seemed unlikely Delhomme would voluntarily walk away from the [...]

Browns to Visit with USC Offensive Tackle Tyron Smith

Aaron Wilson of the National Football Post reports USC blue-chip offensive tackle Tyron Smith is scheduled to visit the Redskins, Cowboys, Vikings, Chiefs, Browns and the Buccaneers according to league sources with knowledge of the situation. That’s six of his 10 visits over the next few weeks. Smith is ready to conduct his Pro Day [...]

Browns Workout Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick

National Football Post reports that the Browns worked out Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick on Monday. Nevada standout quarterback Colin Kaepernick is conducting an individual workout today for the Cleveland Browns, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation. It’s one of five private workouts for Kaepernick this week. He also has workouts for [...]

Browns Ideally Want McCoy as the Starting QB in 2011

It would seem to be that at the age of 36, Jake Delhomme would appear to be at the stage of his career where he would make an ideal backup, but it’s starting to look like he either will be brought back to Cleveland as a starter, or he won’t be brought back at all. [...]

Browns to Visit with Baylor nose guard Phil Taylor

Massive Baylor nose guard Phil Taylor has eight upcoming official visits, including the Jets, Steelers, Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation. Taylor conducted three private workouts this week with the Browns, Chiefs and an undisclosed [...]

Dawg Pound Bites – Links From Around the Web on the Browns

Here on Browns Gab, we give our readers some of the better Browns and NFL related stories out there from the past week. Ken Lanci’s lawsuit against the Cleveland Browns and NFL has little chance, sports management professor says – Cleveland.com Browns Scheduled to Meet With CB Buster Skrine – Dawgs by Nature More Draft [...]

Browns Attend Pro Day of Middle Tennessee State RB Phillip Tanner

Middle Tennessee State running back Phillip Tanner ran the 40-yard dash in 4.55 seconds today at his campus Pro Day workout, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation. The 5-foot-10, 208-pounder also posted a 36-inch vertical leap and a 10-3 broad jump. Among the teams attending the workout: the Titans, Texans, Ravens, [...]