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HFS Cleveland Podcast – Ken Carman

Posted on October 13, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Hard Foul Sports Cleveland’s Adam Bennett sits down with Ken Carman of 92.3 The Fan to talk Browns, Indians and Cavs on the first of two HFS Cleveland podcasts this week.

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CBS Sports Radio's Ken Carman

CBS Sports Radio’s Ken Carman

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HFS Cleveland Podcast – Episode 2

Posted on October 6, 2015 by | Leave a comment
Mike Pettine is being let down by his staff (AP Photo).

Mike Pettine defense isn’t getting the job done (AP Photo).

In this week’s podcast, we discuss:

  • The Browns’ 30-27 loss in San Diego
  • Do the Browns’ problems run deeper than QB?
  • The Tristan Thompson holdout situation
  • We take mailbag questions from our followers

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To submit a question for next week’s mailbag, tweet us @HFSCleveland.

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Browns Coordinators Letting Pettine Down

Posted on October 1, 2015 by | Leave a comment
Mike Pettine is being let down by his staff (AP Photo).

Mike Pettine is being let down by his staff (AP Photo).

When you’re an NFL head coach with no prior experience other than being a coordinator for a few years, the most important thing you can do is hire an experienced, reliable staff.

You need a really good staff to guide you through problems in the locker room, on the practice field, and when it comes to scheme. You can’t be all things to all people and you can’t be in every position room at once. At the end of the day, your 53-man roster isn’t going to ultimately respond to your coaching. They’re responding to your staff’s coaching.

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10 Thoughts – Browns vs. Raiders

Posted on September 28, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Ten thoughts on the debacle home loss to the Oakland Raiders on Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium:

Photo via Bottlegate

Photo via Bottlegate

1.) At one point in his post-game press conference, Mike Pettine said, “I told our staff, at times we looked like a scout team.” He said it almost to deflect the blame to his staff. But at the end of the day, Pettine is responsible for the product on the field. The only one to blame for the Browns looking like a “scout team” against the NFL’s perennial scout team in the Oakland Raiders is Mike Pettine. Plain and simple.

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HFS Cleveland: Podcast 1 – 9/27/15

Posted on September 28, 2015 by | Leave a comment
Is Mike Pettine the right man for the job long-term? (ESPN Photo)

Is Mike Pettine the right man for the job long-term? (ESPN Photo)

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By Playing Not to Lose, Pettine is Losing a Weary Fanbase

Posted on September 23, 2015 by | Leave a comment

By Adam Bennett, @HFSCleveland

Since their return to the NFL in 1999, the Browns have always taken the safe route. Conservative roster choices and even more conservative playcalling have led to a “Play Not To Lose” mentality that supersedes – and may even accurately define – the “Play Like A Brown” mantra that Mike Pettine and Ray Farmer have adopted in their time here.

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It’s Johnny’s Time

Posted on September 21, 2015 by | Leave a comment

By Adam Bennett, @HFSCleveland

For the good of the franchise in the short AND the long term, it’s time to give Johnny Manziel the keys to the offense for the rest of the season.

That statement isn’t an indictment of Josh McCown. McCown looked good before he went down with a concussion that has sidelined him since the first series of the season opener. There’s just simply more at play here.

Manziel celebrates one of two TD passes to Travis Benjamin (USA Today)

Manziel celebrates one of two TD passes to Travis Benjamin (USA Today)

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The Hard Foul Pick ‘Em: Week 2

Posted on September 18, 2015 by | Leave a comment

– The Hard Foul Staff 

Week 1 is in the books, and the Hard Foul Staff looked like this with their predictions:

Brian Wolf led the way with 13 correctly picked winners.

Angela Nicholas, Evan Sally, Matt Haring, and Steve Stich had 11 correctly picked winners.

Scott Goodwin and Cruz Serrano knotted 10 winners a piece.

Rounding out the group was Jim Bearor, Zack El-Sharif, and Mike Tolsma with 8 winners.

This week, the gang does this one a little different. This is the style we intend to use the rest of the way. The staff decided on 4 big games and will be picking those, with the inclusion of Adam Bennett (HFSCleveland) as well.

The games this week we have decided to pick are: New England at Buffalo, Seattle at Green Bay, San Diego at Cincinnati, and Dallas at Philadelphia. Who do you have in this week’s Big 4? Continue reading →

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By The Numbers: Bad Drafts Holding Browns Back

Posted on September 17, 2015 by | 3 comments

By Adam Bennett, @HFSCleveland

The Browns have been bad at drafting. Just how bad? We take a look. (Photo via @WFNYScott)

The Browns have been bad at drafting. Just how bad? We take a look. (Photo via @WFNYScott)

Any Browns fan knows the organization has been one of the worst, if not THE worst, when it comes to executing on the field. Most fans also know the team is one of the worst when it comes to executing in the draft.

The widespread perception is the Browns are being held back on the field because the organization’s various general managers and personnel people are performing poorly off the field. Today, we provide some light to that perception with statistics.

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The All-Ohio NFL Team

Posted on September 15, 2015 by | Leave a comment

By Adam Bennett, @HFSCleveland
Yesterday’s Browns Recap: The Browns Are Building It Wrong

Ohio has produced some amazing football talent over the years. So that led us here at Hard Foul Sports to think … what if the Browns had first rights to any player born in the state of Ohio? What would the team look like today?

Here’s a positional breakdown of what the Browns starting lineup would look like if it featured current players from the best state in the land:

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