On Wednesday the Cleveland Cavaliers traveled to the Big Easy New Orleans Louisiana to play the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center. The Cavaliers are riding an 8-game win streak to start their season. They are 8-0 and are trying to go 9-0. New Orleans has a record of 3-5. Their star player… read more

It was 29 years ago in early November of 1995, when then Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell announced in Baltimore Maryland that the Cleveland Browns are moving to the city of Baltimore to start the 1996 NFL season. Browns fans all over the world were shocked and rightfully angry. The next day Cuyahoga County Ohio… read more

Browns general manager Andrew Berry held a press conference Wednesday. Many excellent, probing questions were asked by media members onsite. But it was the fanbase that spoke the loudest. Cleveland fans are some of the best on Earth. There is support despite reiterative underachievement. There is hope despite continual disappointment. But with that type of… read more

The Browns have been through five drafts with Andrew Berry guiding the ship as general manager. That’s enough of a body of work to make a determination as to his fitness for duty in that position. Many AB backers contend that judgment should continue to be withheld because the Browns have drafted just twice in… read more

Are the draft choices Andrew Berry has made so far as Browns general manager good enough? Nope. End of article. Well, OK, let’s have some context first. Why is this the conclusion? In Part 1 we discussed how a dearth of first-round picks isn’t an excuse for not maximizing the value of the capital that… read more

On the afternoon of November 5th news broke that the Cleveland Browns traded 32-year-old defensive end Za’Darius Smith to the Detroit Lions. Detroit was in the market for a pass rusher after losing defensive end Aidan Hutchinson for the 2024 season due to injury. The Lions receive Za’Darius Smith and a 2026 7th round draft… read more

Garrett has been a cornerstone for the Browns to build on since being drafted first overall in 2017. His presence and contribution have been invaluable to an organization continually lacking foundational stability ever since Michael White was mayor. And like the White administration, the 2024 NFL trade deadline has come and gone and not enough… read more

In order to determine what an NFL player’s trade value would be, first a baseline must be established. Garrett is the Defensive Player of the Year for the 2023 season, so comparisons are difficult to come by; players of such a stature aren’t traded and for good reason — usually. But when the Raiders traded… read more

In looking at previous transactions to ascertain an accurate projection for trade value, it’s important to take all facets of a circumstance into consideration. Both Khalil Mack and Jalen Ramsey were unhappy in their state of affairs, and both received record-setting contracts from their new clubs. Neither left a mess of already paid money on… read more

Garrett’s current contract has been on the books for several years with the Browns. It was also restructured in 2023. Teams restructure contracts to create cap space in the current league year. This works by treating base salary (which would be due weekly across an entire season) as bonus money, because while bonus money is… read more