Factoid
I see that Mike Holmgren, the new GM in Cleveland, says he’s not going to mess with Cleveland’s offense. He’s not going to make Eric Mangini run his system.
Instead, Holmgren plans to use a hands off approach. Mangini will be allowed to run the team as he sees fit. Then, Holmgren will make a decision on the team at the end of the year. (This could involve firing Mangini, potentially replacing him with Jon Gruden).
Team passing yards last year shows the Browns at least 21 yards (per game) behind every other team in the league.
PASSING YARDS IN 2009
(These are gross passing yards; they do not include yards lost on sacks).
Yds
300 Houston
288 Indianapolis
284 New England
282 San Diego
281 Pittsburgh
281 Green Bay
281 New Orleans
280 Dallas
275 Minnesota
274 Philadelphia
265 NY Giants
263 Arizona
239 Denver
237 Washington
236 Seattle
231 Atlanta
230 Chicago
227 Baltimore
225 Jacksonville
217 Detroit
212 Miami
206 San Francisco
199 Kansas City
196 Tampa Bay
196 Cincinnati
194 Tennessee
192 Carolina
186 St. Louis
180 Oakland
174 Buffalo
162 NY Jets
141 Cleveland
—Ian Allan
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Posted by Craig Noeldner | Aug. 02 at 05:21 AM
Minor nit that Tom Heckert is the GM, not Holmgren. Still interesting that Holmgren's taking a hands-off approach, especially with Gil Haskell also in the front office.
Posted by IAN ALLAN | Aug. 02 at 06:13 AM
Yes. Thanks for pointing this out. Holmgren is like a GM, but his official title is President.
Posted by KEVIN WEAKLAND | Aug. 02 at 09:48 AM
Cleveland, Detroit, Tampa Bay, St. Luis and Carolina are the worst 5 teams in the league no matter what this team will stink to high heaven