A few thoughts on a few things involving the Browns:
*I heard a couple of guys on the radio the other day saying that, to paraphrase, everybody believes that the Browns going through a total rebuild – and possibly a winless season – is a necessary step to guarantee success down the road. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. No, everybody does not think that. The people who follow the Browns are the best – and the smartest – fans around. They know that there are no guarantees that what the Browns are doing will work. However, they also know – again, because they’re so smart – that if the Browns had continued to try these half-hearted rebuilding projects, it’s a guarantee that they would have never succeeded. They know that what the Browns are doing now guarantees them only a CHANCE to get this thing right, which is all you can ever ask. Why some people can’t figure this out – it’s really simple—baffles the heck out of me. What is so difficult to comprehend?!
*So the Browns are trying to see if quarterback Robert Griffin III can come back this season, which is what they’re going to determine over these next three weeks as he returns to practice. Bad idea. Really bad idea. If the Browns think that RG3 has any chance to help them down the road, then they’ll refrain from exposing him to the worst offensive line in the NFL – again. He was scrambling out of trouble in the opener at Philadelphia when he got hurt. The definition of insanity is … well, you know the rest. Bring him back next season when the line will hopefully be much better, and safer for quarterbacks.
*Finally, a salute to Dick Goddard, who Tuesday night ended his 55-year career as a Cleveland TV weather forecaster. It’s said to be the longest tenure by a TV weatherman in one city in history. What never gets enough attention is the fact that he also spent 42 years (1968-95 and 1999-2012) as the statistician for the Browns Radio Network at home games. Goddard, who played football for Greensburg (now Green) High School in southwest Summit County in the late 1940s as the Browns were getting started, said he had aspirations back then of someday being the team’s punter. He didn’t live out that dream, but he still became a legend with the Browns by serving what has to be the longest tenure with one team as the radio network statistician in NFL history.
