Browns move up to No. 6 on the draft board, for now, thanks to Jacksonville's win over Tampa Bay. Links to more Browns stories.
Steelers receiver Jerricho Cotchery scores on a touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger during Pittsburgh's 14-3 win last Thursday night over Cleveland -- one of nine losses that puts the Browns at No. 6, for now, on the NFL draft board.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns were off on Sunday, following their 14-3 loss to the Steelers on Thursday night in Pittsburgh.
That doesn't mean all was lost for the Browns over the weekend.
Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com notes that the Browns are making strides in at least one area:
The bad news is that the Cleveland Browns (4-9) clinched last place in the AFC North as well as their 10th losing season in 12 years since rejoining the NFL.
The good news is that the Browns moved up one spot on the draft board to No. 6, inching past Jacksonville after the Jaguars won Sunday.
Actually, the "expansion-era Browns" have clinched their 11th losing season in 13 years. But who's to nit-pick, with optimism surging just four months prior to April's draft!
Hey, even the Atlanta Falcons lost on Sunday. The Browns own Atlanta's 2012 first-round pick. Unfortunately, the Falcons are one of four teams with an 8-5 record, better than 21 of the league's 32 teams.
Cleveland, which has lost eight of its last 10 games, visits the Arizona Cardinals (6-7) on Sunday. Arizona began the season 1-6, but is 5-1 since.
Plain Dealer and cleveland.com Browns coverage includes Mary Kay Cabot's story that Browns coach Pat Shurmur defends how the team handled Colt McCoy's injury -- which proved to be a concussion -- in the moments after McCoy took a helmet-to-helmet hit from Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison, though Shurmur wasn't specific about sideline testing of McCoy; Bill Livingston's column that the Browns deserve criticism for how they handled McCoy's injury, but Shurmur's response appears to have been proper; a transcript of Shurmur's Monday press conference; a report that Harrison doesn't think the NFL should fine him for his hit on McCoy; video by David I. Andersen of Shurmur talking with the media following Monday's practice; Tony Grossi's weekly chat about the Browns; Mary Kay Cabot, on Starting Blocks TV, saying that the NFL is investigating the Browns' handling of McCoy's concussion; and much more.
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Cleveland.com's Browns history database includes Plain Dealer stories on every regular season and playoff game in Browns history through the 2010 season. It was 47 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1964, that the Browns clinched the Eastern Division title with a 52-20 rout of the Giants in New York. That paved the way for the Browns' last NFL championship, when they stunned the Baltimore Colts, 27-0, at Cleveland Stadium that Dec. 27. The Plain Dealer's Chuck Heaton wrote about the convincing win over the Giants and the title-game victory over the Colts.
Safety T.J. Ward and wide receiver/returner Josh Cribbs are working through injuries and hoping to play against Arizona, Matt Florjancic writes for clevelandbrowns.com.
Whose stock is rising and falling for the Browns after the loss at Pittsburgh, by Mike Wilkening of Pro Football Weekly.
James Harrison talks about his illegal hit on Colt McCoy. By Gerry Dulac for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Looking at the final three weeks of the Browns season. A Bleacher Report slideshow.
Browns notes by Scott Petrak for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and Medina County Gazette.
The concussion controversy continues. By Fred Greetham for Scout.com's Orange and Brown Report.
The Browns don't look good in the controversy over Colt McCoy's concussion, Daniel Wolf writes for the National Football Authority.
The Cardinals -- the Browns' opponent on Sunday -- are making a remarkable turnaround, Paola Boivin writes for the Arizona Republic.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2011/12/cleveland_browns_pm_links_48.html
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