The quarterback battle in Cleveland is far from the NFL’s sexiest signal-caller derby, but Brandon Weeden might want to keep an eye on Jason Campbell. Longtime Browns writer Steve Doerschuk of The Canton Repository reported this week that Campbell showed up to organized team activities with “(Ben) Roethlisberger-like size.“ Schein Nine: Breakout candidates “Campbell’s clearly [...]
COMMENTARY | As the exciting stages of free agency and the NFL draft have come and gone, the Oakland Raiders still find themselves without a veteran wide receiver. The Raiders’ wide receiving corps is incredibly young and incredibly inconsistent. With Darrius Heyward-Bey no longer in the picture, Oakland must rely on Denarius Moore, Jacoby Ford [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops May 10 The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced that the team has waived guard Brandon Roy. “We wish Brandon and his family all the best in the future,” said Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Flip Saunders. During the 2012-13 NBA season, Roy appeared in five games with the Timberwolves, and [...]
Sometimes a player exits the NBA on terms that in no way reflect his talent. As reported by Yahoo!’s own Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday, the Minnesota Timberwolves are formalizing the release of shooting guard Brandon Roy, effectively ending his career. After signing with Minnesota in the summer of 2012, Roy showed little ability to play [...]
Baltimore Ravens third-round pick Brandon Williams has come a long way in a short time. The nose guard emerged from the bowels of Division II football at Missouri Southern to become a draft sleeper. Williams participated in his first NFL minicamp over the weekend. One year ago at this time, he was hauling and cleaning [...]
If the Cleveland Browns wanted a legit quarterback competition, they would have brought in a better player than Jason Campbell to challenge incumbent Brandon Weeden. Like all new coaches, Rob Chudzinski is championing a “competition” mantra — and that philosophy extends to the quarterback position. League sources even told The Plain Dealer on Friday that [...]
If the Cleveland Browns wanted a legit quarterback competition, they would have brought in a better player than Jason Campbell to challenge incumbent Brandon Weeden. Like all new coaches, Rob Chudzinski is championing a “competition” mantra — and that philosophy extends to the quarterback position. League sources even told The Plain Dealer on Friday that [...]
If the Cleveland Browns wanted a legit quarterback competition, they would have brought in a better player than Jason Campbell to challenge incumbent Brandon Weeden. Like all new coaches, Rob Chudzinski is championing a “competition” mantra — and that philosophy extends to the quarterback position. League sources even told The Plain Dealer on Friday that [...]
The Cleveland Browns‘ decision not to draft a quarterback seemed like a vote of confidence for incumbent Brandon Weeden. However, Coach Rob Chudzinski told WKRK-AM on Thursday that he is not yet ready to hand the job to the second-year pro. “I feel good about where we’re at right now,” Chudzinski said, via CBS Cleveland. [...]
Professional athletes are often unreasonably confident, making bold claims that sound like utter nonsense to anyone with a shred of objectivity. While that self-belief is an important part of being a success on the court, it can also occasionally verge into something a little more delusional. When Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings predicted that [...]
KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said he has been in trade talks with the Miami Dolphins regarding Chiefs left tackle Branden Albert throughout Wednesday morning and expects to have more conversations into the evening about completing a deal. Dorsey added, in a pre-draft interview with NFL Network and NFL.com, that [...]
Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings made some waves Thursday night when he told the crowd at the Wisconsin Sports Awards just how confident he felt heading into his team’s first-round matchup with the heavily favored Miami Heat: “I’m sure everybody is writing us off but but I see us winning the series in six.” [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 19 Brandon Jennings smiled when asked about his Thursday night prediction of the Bucks over the Miami Heat in six. Hey, somebody had to stick up for the Bucks, right? “We were joking around,” Jennings said after the Bucks practice session Friday at the Cousins Center. “I was [...]
by Marcel Mutoni / @ marcel_mutoni The first round Playoff matchup between the defending champion Miami Heat and the upstart Milwaukee Bucks is expected to be a laugher. LeBron James certainly seems to think the Bucks have no shot, and he’s more than likely correct. Only one person seems to believe in Milwaukee being able to [...]
Brandon O’Brien trains for the draft. Playing in the NFL is, for so many men, a lifelong dream. But there are times when your dreams have to take a back seat to your willingness to serve. Brandon O’Brien is 6’1″, 220 pounds, a receiver built in the mold of Anquan Boldin. He’s also 30 years [...]