Cleveland Browns News

3, 2009. Here are some news, notes and nuggets as the Browns get set to take on the Bears on November 1st, 2009: This will be the battle of the best kick returners, with Joshua Cribbs on one side and Devin Hester on the other side.

Randy Lerner has made it clear that he prefers to be behind the cameras, and not in front of them in his role as owner of the Cleveland Browns.

Just hours after Cleveland's fired general manager walked down the front steps in disgrace carrying his belongings in travel bags, two disgruntled fans climbed the same steps inside the team's headquarters for a meeting with the team's camera-shy owner.

3, 2009 Wide Receiver Joshua Cribbs: - "I feel like the organization is still intact.

You don't need me advising you to start Peyton Manning and Maurice Jones-Drew, or to bench Derek Anderson and Earnest Graham.

GREEN BAY, Wis. a ' If Jermichael Finley hadn't sprained his knee against the Cleveland Browns two weeks ago, the Green Bay Packers might not have discovered just how effective tight end Spencer Havner can be catching passes.

Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner dismissed Browns general manager George Kokinis on Monday after the Browns were embarrassed by the Bears on Sunday.

Devin Hester #23 of the Chicago Bears runs against the Cleveland Browns at Soldier Field on November 1, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois.

Could the Cleveland Browns have fired anyone more blameless for that horrendous Football mess on the lakefront than the general manager who really wasn't a general manager? How about a secretary, maintenance guy or parking lot attendant? Or maybe the guy who walks team owner Randy Lerner's dog? There is only one way this ridiculous ...

Jamal Lewis can see the goal line to his career. It's just eight games away. Cleveland's durable running back said Wednesday that he hasn't changed his mind about retiring after this season, his 10th in the NFL.

Eric Mangini said he'll have input into the hiring of the new general manager of the Browns.

CHICAGO a ' Eric Mangini has seen enough. His 1-7 Browns have an open date next weekend, and several Cleveland players could be saying "bye" to their starting positions, according to the beleaguered coach.

Browns linebacker Kamerion Wimbley said Wednesday he was fined $7,500 by the NFL for roughing the passer on Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.

Patience, Cleveland fans. The Dallas Cowboys of the 90s weren't built in a day. 1. The Browns must announce that coach Eric Mangini and GM George Kokinis will stay with the team through 2009 and 2010.

EACH OF THE 32 men who began this NFL season as a head coach still holds the job, and it's not because all 32 bosses are happy.

Halloween weekend is a particularly troubling time of the year in this rugged and depressed industrial city.

No longer needed, kicker Billy Cundiff has been waived by the Cleveland Browns. Cundiff filled in while Phil Dawson missed five games with a pulled right calf muscle.

The first ax fell on Monday in the Cleveland Browns organization as general manager George Kokinis was escorted out of the facility by security.

They say hindsight is 20/20, and Browns fans every where are starting to see the error of owner Randy Lerner's ways.

Lovie Smith likes to talk about how losses don't leave a good taste in his mouth, but this win probably didn't taste too good to Jay Cutler, who was swallowing blood after a blow to the chin from the helmet of Cleveland linebacker Kamerion Wimbley in the second quarter.