This is the May 1, 2012 news archive. View today's Cleveland Sports news and rumors.

Cleveland Sports News and Rumors

Assessing the draft effort of Cleveland Browns' AFC North rivals

Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com

The Browns helped themselves in the draft, but the other three teams in the AFC North -- all of which made the playoffs -- kept pace.

Matt Florjancic, clevelandbrowns.com

Browns linebacker D'Qwell Jackson was No. 96 on the list of "The Top 100: Players of 2012."

theclevelandfan.com

In the aftermath of the NFL Draft, and really for the duration of the NFL’s off-season, I keep hearing talks of the Cleveland Browns fixing what’s broken.  While I am all for righting the ship that’s been off course for a very long time, I’m afra…

Matt Florjancic, clevelandbrowns.com

ESPN Draft Analyst Mel Kiper Jr. discussed the 2012 NFL Draft in a conference call with the national media on Monday afternoon.

Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com

By the end of the draft, the Browns had added the best running back prospect since Adrian Peterson, arguably the best pure passer in college football, a starting right tackle, one of the fastest receivers in college football (Miami's Travis Benjamin, No…

Glenn Moore, cleveland.com

Here are what blogs from Cleveland and around the country are saying about the Browns, Cavaliers and Indians.

Terry Pluto, cleveland.com

What matters most for draft picks is production, not where they were picked.

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

From the moment the Browns drafted Brandon Weeden, speculation has run rampant about Colt McCoy’s future with the organization. Less attention has been paid to Seneca Wallace, the team’s other veteran quarterback. Wallace, who is under contract for tw…

cleveland.com, cleveland.com

"Weeden is better tham McCoy - period. He has a stronger, more accurate throwing arm. Given the same talent around them, Weeden would do far better, no matter how good (or bad) that talent is. Quarterback is the most important player on the team, a…

Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com

The Cleveland Browns plan to wait until their May 11 rookie camp to announce their 2012 undrafted rookie class. Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon-Journal has tracked down the Browns’ UDFAs, though, and 15 of them have been confirmed. Here they are: James…

theclevelandfan.com

Whether or not it makes sense for the Cleveland Browns to have taken a 28-year old quarterback in the first round of the draft, a quarterback who, like another failed NFL quarterback, Drew Henson, played baseball first, the question remains: should the …

Starting Blocks, cleveland.com

Dennis Manoloff sounds off on the national media's rant on the Browns' draft.

ESPN.com

You can say Colt McCoy isn't a franchise quarterback. You can say McCoy doesn't have the accuracy or arm strength to succeed at this level. But you can't say anything negative about McCoy's attitude. He remains a class act at a time when others might no…

Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com

Vikings GM Rick Spielman says again that the Browns didn't get bluffed into trading up.

ESPN.com

Every morning, grab a cup of coffee and get your AFC North wake-up call here: Vikings general manager Rick Spielman disputed speculation that Minnesota bluffed the Cleveland Browns out of three draft picks in the first round. Believing there was at leas…

The No-Home Run Derby

May 1, 2012

theclevelandfan.com

Every now and then, there will be a day when you don’t get any mail. Even with a paper river of junk flowing between every business in America and the end of your driveway, and credit card companies still passionately trying to fuck up your life, there …