Links and opinion regarding today's media coverage of the Cleveland Browns...
Based on
this morning's newswire, Kellen Winslow's medical status appears to have
changed over the last 36 hours from "closely-held secret" to "common knowledge".
With the Associated Press
jumping on
the torn ACL bandwagon, the day belongs to the numerous (and universally
unnamed) sources who have been telling Bernie's Insiders and others that Winslow
will need surgery on his knee that will wreck his 2005 season.
With the press converging on what appears to be the sad truth, the Cleveland
Browns organization remains mute on Winslow's future, and the Winslow braintrust,
including agents Kevin and Carl Poston have offered only deafening silence on
the subject of the young tight end's behavior.
The media, like nature, abhors a vacuum and the various columnists and
pundits of the Browns and NFL world have rushed in to fill the void.
That group is led by the Plain Dealer's ever-eloquent Bud Shaw, who
seems to enjoy waiting to see how the Postons will react now that their
negotiating position has evaporated. The Beacon-Journal's Tom Reed jumps into
the fray as well, offering his take that the Browns
should give Winslow a year to recuperate and then make decisions about his
future with the team.
ESPN's Len Pasquarelli, who could undoubtedly find Cleveland on a map if
given enough time, also feels the need to weigh in,
offering the stunning observation that "Winslow displayed a dearth of common
sense" and goes on to mostly bash the player and suggest his comeuppance is
nigh. Even
the
Macon Telegraph sees the opportunity to opine on Winslow.
Browns fans, meanwhile, will get to wait a bit longer for local and national
pundits to have something nice to say about the team and its fortunes.
Also on the newswire today is
another chapter in the sad tale of Abram Elam, the Kent State defensive back
who was scouted heavily by the Browns and later signed by the Miami Dolphins.
Unbeknownst to us, David Carducci's scoop on the team's interest in Elam appears
to have created a letter-writing campaign directed at the team. Although not
currently Browns-related, I felt the story was worthy of linkage given the
discussion on the forums following Dave's story.
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