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Quarterback Jake Delhomme completed his visit to Cleveland last week and drove to the airport for a flight to New Orleans. He never made it.

Travel delays forced Delhomme to return to Charlotte, N.C., where he chose to sign with the Browns without visiting his hometown Saints. The chance to start was more important than being a backup in his home state.

Delhomme, who grew up in Breaux Bridge, La., and spent his first five years with the Saints, would have been a backup to Drew Brees with the Super Bowl champions. In Cleveland, he is the favorite to win the starting job after team president Mike Holmgren and the Browns parted ways with Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn.

Delhomme’s main competition will be Seneca Wallace, whom the Browns acquired in a trade with Seattle.

Click here to read the full article – By Associated Press of ESPN.com

Eric Mangini expects Josh Cribbs to play when the Cleveland Browns go against the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

Cribbs was strapped to a backboard and carted off the field after the last play of the Browns’ 16-0 loss to Baltimore on Monday night. He was briefly hospitalized with a possible neck injury and concussion.

Mangini says all of the measures taken with Cribbs were precautionary and that all the tests came back negative.


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Browns coach Eric Mangini has returned to his secretive ways with his starting quarterback.


Mangini said Monday that he will wait until Wednesday to announce whether Derek Anderson or Brady Quinn will start next Monday night against the Baltimore Ravens. During Cleveland’s bye week, Mangini said he would reveal his starter early this week.

Mangini said he knows where he is headed on the decision but has not yet spoken to his two quarterbacks.

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The Browns just can’t catch a break when facing the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Strong safety Troy Polamalu, who’s missed four games since suffering a knee injury in the season opener, is expected to play. He practiced Wednesday and Thursday. If he gets through today’s practice without a problem, he’ll be on the field.

“He’s one of the best in the world at what he does,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said of Polamalu. “You can’t quantify his impact on a football game when he plays. If he should play this week, I’m sure it would be a big help to us.”

Browns receivers are probably wishing that Polamalu will need another week to be ready. The receivers dropped an estimated nine passes in the 6-3 win over the Buffalo Bills. It won’t be any easier with the aggressive Polamalu roaming the secondary.


Click here to read the full article – By MIKE McLAIN of Tribune Chronicle

Backup kicker Billy Cundiff hit an 18-yard field goal with 23 seconds remaining Sunday, giving Cleveland a 6-3 victory over Buffalo for its first win under coach Eric Mangini.


Cundiff’s kick ended a display of offensive ineptitude between the Browns and Bills in a how-bad-was-it game.

Cundiff also made a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter, while punter Dave Zastudil was the Browns’ MVP. Zastudil downed seven of nine punts inside the Bills 20, including three inside the 5. Zastudil also providedthe game-turning play when Roscoe Parrish muffed a rolling punt. The Browns recovered at the Bills 16 to set up the winning score.

The Bills (1-4) have lost to winless teams in consecutive weeks following a 38-10 defeat at Miami.

Click here to read the full article – By JOHN WAWROW of The Associated Press

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LeBron James called Browns receiver Braylon Edwards “childish” for allegedly punching James’ friend early Monday morning outside of a Cleveland night club.

James said Edwards punched Edward Givens, a friend of James’ and a promoter with a Cleveland marketing firm who was working outside the club around 2:30 a.m. EDT.

“I’ve never crossed paths with Braylon before, but it seems like there’s a little jealousy going on with Braylon and me and my friends. I have no idea why,” James said. “I’ve never said anything to Braylon at all. But for him to do that is very childish. My friend is 130 pounds. Seriously. It’s like hitting one of my kids. It doesn’t make sense.”


Click here to read the full article – By TOM WITHERS of Associated Press

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Quarterback Brady Quinn tried his best to conceal his disappointment about being benched in favor of Derek Anderson.

“It’s just what I have to deal with,” Quinn said. “I wish I would have had a little longer to be in there to play, but that’s not the situation.”

Quinn was never benched in high school or college. This will be a big test of how he can handle adversity.

“It’s something to deal with, but I think you have to remain confident in your abilities,” Quinn said. “We didn’t play well as a team, and we didn’t win those games as a team. That’s kind of how you have to react to it. I have to change roles a little bit and be the best teammate I can be right now.”


Click here to read the full article – By MIKE McLAIN of Tribune Chronicle

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James Davis has walked in Jamal Lewis’ shadow for years. On Sunday, the Cleveland Browns’ rookie running back might have to step out of it.


And it might not be a lot of fun.

With Lewis nursing a hamstring injury, Davis, who attended the same Atlanta high school as his more famous teammate, could make his first NFL start when the offensively challenged Browns visit Baltimore to play the Ravens and their bone-bruising defense.

Lewis missed his second consecutive day of practice Thursday, increasing the possibility that he will sit out against the Ravens, his team from 2000 to 2006. The durable 30-year-old, who has made 118 of a possible 122 starts since his rookie season, was injured during last week’s loss at Denver.

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