Tag Archives: Mitchell Schwartz

First and 10: The rest of the story

November 6, 2012 – 8:23 pm

First and 10 started here this week … what follows is the rest of the story… 11) Joe Haden can’t have many games like he had against Baltimore if he wants to be among the elite of NFL cornerbacks. Haden is not elite, and that game showed he is far from it. The Ravens, according [...]

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First and 10: On the Eagles, and the cone of silence

September 4, 2012 – 1:36 pm

1) Mike Holmgren danced the very delicate dance a team must dance (like that word?) when a player returns from injury after missing the entire preseason. Especially if said player is a key player the offense needs rather badly. Trent Richardson had arthroscopic surgery Aug. 9 and was not seen on the practice field for [...]

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Tough to share the Browns joy after that Great Lakes Classic classic

August 11, 2012 – 8:30 am

Maybe I’ve watched too many Browns games over the years, or maybe I’m just old and cynical. But I was not feeling the joy Friday night after Cleveland’s 19-17 win over Detroit in the exhibition season opener, aka the Great Lakes Classic. The Browns celebrated after the game like they’d clinched the division, when in [...]

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Browns select RT Mitchell Schwartz with the 37th pick

April 27, 2012 – 7:58 pm

I’d have preferred cornerback Janoris Jenkins. The Browns preferred a right tackle. Because they need one. Badly. They got one from Cal in Mitchell Schwartz. Schwartz played both left and right at Cal, but he will be slotted to the right side in Cleveland. Combine him with Alex Mack (another Cal guy), and the Browns [...]

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