Who is the Browns' General Manager for the 2013 off-season?

[MoFlo]

What has gone on with this football team since you guys took over?

-"I deserve zero credit. The credit goes to the administration, the coaches, and the players. It's a young team, they're making good progress and getting better every week, and it's exciting to watch."

Seeing progress and wins, what are your thoughts going forward for this franchise?

-"I think we have the nucleus of a very good team. We just gotta continue to add good, young players. If we can have another good draft or 2, I think we can be competitive in our division, and the rest of the league."

With the way you guys are ending the season, with the wins & improved play, how much does that alter things or determine things for this coaching staff?

-"We've said all along that every year, we would sit down & evaluate everybody in the organization, including the coaches, and we'll do that this year for the 1st time."

As you guys have won, have you felt the fans pick up on this?

-"That is a tremendous football town and there's genuine excitement. We've now won 5 games on the year, but we've won 5 of our last 8. There's excitement building and hopefully we can get a win this week in our last home game."

What's the most important thing for you guys to learn these last 3 games?

-"The young players need to continue to improve, and obviously we need to assess how Brandon's progress is. He played well last week and hopefully he'll play well these last 3 weeks."

Nothing earth shattering.

[Doc Shakalou]

I really hope Haslam just looks at his last 2 drafts and lists all of the starters/contributors he's managed to add in such a short period of time. I mean, how can you honestly justify getting rid of this guy with the way he's drafted?

[MGMT]

Edit: nevermind old news nothing we didn't know

[cdt]

If Joe Banner becomes GM and tries to stick his ass where it doesn't belong this team is going to crash and burn harder than it ever did with any of Randy's Regime's. Scary scary stuff right now if Haslam and Banner think they're going to play Sims: NFL Edition.

[howler1313]

This is what'll frustrate me most if Heckert doesn't stay on: probably our two biggest holes right now are an RDE and a #2 corner. Heckert's track record drafting both positions is incredible, and I have no doubt that he'll be able to nail those needs in the next draft if he has the chance. Our defense could easily be elite next season if he stays. Not a Shurmur fan at all, but I'd gladly keep him on with Heckert instead of getting rid of both to get someone like Lombardi.

[Nw220]

Agree totally we gotta keep Heckert on, i think he realizes he is almost a few defenders away from having one of the Best defenses in the leagues....Not to mention that almost all of them are young and signed long term,all that can mean is continually sucess...

[Doc Shakalou]

If the price of keeping Heckert is keeping Shurmur as well, I'd gladly pay it. It's not often you can find a GM who can bring in just under 20 major contributors in three draft classes.

Joe Haden
T.J. Ward (get him a ball hawking FS and he will shine as one of the best SS in football. Phenomenal in run support).
Montario Hardesty (has looked very solid this season)
Colt McCoy (solid backup, Humgum made the pick)
Shawn Lauvao (started shaky, has much improved)
Phil Taylor
Greg Little
Jordan Cameron (has potential to be great, hasn't really started to realize it yet).
Buster Skrine (whatever you think of him, he's great at covering small speedsters not the Boldins of the world).

Then you have one of the best drafts I've ever seen from one team.
Trent Richardson
Brandon Weeden (has shown the potential to be a good NFL QB, still developing)
Josh Gordon
Mitchell Schwartz
John Hughes
Travis Benjamin
James Michael-Johnson
Billy Winn
Craig Robertson
Josh Cooper


I bolded the guys who I think are, or eventually will be, studs.

[Goldin Brown]

Anybody see this week's episode of NFL Road Tested? The followed the Browns to Dallas to play the Cowgirls. They showed a moment when Haslem ran into Gil Brandt on the sideline before the game and Gil was saying that he loved the young talent we have. Said we have 20 guys that he loves, Haslem was like, "really?" lol. He has to understand what he has in Heckert, he'd have to be an idiot to get rid of him.

[The Voice]

If the price of keeping Heckert is keeping Shurmur as well, I'd gladly pay it. It's not often you can find a GM who can bring in just under 20 major contributors in three draft classes.

Joe Haden
T.J. Ward (get him a ball hawking FS and he will shine as one of the best SS in football. Phenomenal in run support).
Montario Hardesty (has looked very solid this season)
Colt McCoy (solid backup, Humgum made the pick)
Shawn Lauvao (started shaky, has much improved)
Phil Taylor
Greg Little
Jordan Cameron (has potential to be great, hasn't really started to realize it yet).
Buster Skrine (whatever you think of him, he's great at covering small speedsters not the Boldins of the world).

Then you have one of the best drafts I've ever seen from one team.
Trent Richardson
Brandon Weeden (has shown the potential to be a good NFL QB, still developing)
Josh Gordon
Mitchell Schwartz
John Hughes
Travis Benjamin
James Michael-Johnson
Billy Winn
Craig Robertson
Josh Cooper


I bolded the guys who I think are, or eventually will be, studs.

If you take Josh Cooper off that list, I'll agree.

[DCunleaded]

Blatant homerism aside, I think they're doing a really nice job with the Browns' Road Tested show so far. I loved the stuff with Bernie and the Iraq Veteran's family on episide one, the team making the school visit last week, and all the behind-the-scenes stuff too. It will be nice this week to see an episode after a win, for a change.

[The Voice]

Blatant homerism aside, I think they're doing a really nice job with the Browns' Road Tested show so far. I loved the stuff with Bernie and the Iraq Veteran's family on episide one, the team making the school visit last week, and all the behind-the-scenes stuff too. It will be nice this week to see an episode after a win, for a change.

Loved the TJ Ward stuff at the beginning of the show. It was also cool to watch Dawson's family and how they took the loss.

[JMcCurry08]

For all the talk of Mike Lombardi to the #Browns, multiple sources have told me he'll have a good opportunity with another NFL team.

— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) December 15, 2012

Good let him go ruin another

[DanRosenberg]

Between hearing weekly Lombardi interviews on ESPN's Colin Cowherd "The Herd" and a few other random interviews, Lombardi has been progressively moving from "No, I'm comfortable with my job here" to "I haven't talked to anyone, I plan on staying with NFL Network" to "I have not talked to anyone YET, all talks will be done in the offseason". Not good

[Bob_The_Cat]

If the price of keeping Heckert is keeping Shurmur as well, I'd gladly pay it. It's not often you can find a GM who can bring in just under 20 major contributors in three draft classes.

Joe Haden
T.J. Ward (get him a ball hawking FS and he will shine as one of the best SS in football. Phenomenal in run support).
Montario Hardesty (has looked very solid this season)
Colt McCoy (solid backup, Humgum made the pick)
Shawn Lauvao (started shaky, has much improved)
Phil Taylor
Greg Little
Jordan Cameron (has potential to be great, hasn't really started to realize it yet).
Buster Skrine (whatever you think of him, he's great at covering small speedsters not the Boldins of the world).

Then you have one of the best drafts I've ever seen from one team.
Trent Richardson
Brandon Weeden (has shown the potential to be a good NFL QB, still developing)
Josh Gordon
Mitchell Schwartz
John Hughes
Travis Benjamin
James Michael-Johnson
Billy Winn
Craig Robertson
Josh Cooper


I bolded the guys who I think are, or eventually will be, studs.

Also forgot Jabaal Sheard on the list somehow. I think he has the potential to be a double digit sack guy if we can get him some help on the right side. I don't necessarily think he'll ever be a #1, top notch pass rusher like a Michael Strahan or a Jared Allen, but he can be a great 2nd pass rusher. If he has a guy on the right side that will force the offense to alter their blocking schemes up a bit, then he's going to have way more opportunities. Rubin, Taylor, Hughes, and Winn all get a pretty good push up the middle, but there's not a lot of help on the right side.

[Day Man]

Also forgot Jabaal Sheard on the list somehow. I think he has the potential to be a double digit sack guy if we can get him some help on the right side. I don't necessarily think he'll ever be a #1, top notch pass rusher like a Michael Strahan or a Jared Allen, but he can be a great 2nd pass rusher. If he has a guy on the right side that will force the offense to alter their blocking schemes up a bit, then he's going to have way more opportunities. Rubin, Taylor, Hughes, and Winn all get a pretty good push up the middle, but there's not a lot of help on the right side.

Sheard was literally being blocked by three Redskins today and it has always blown my mind that he gets so much crap from the fans.

Lining up opposite of him, Parker has six sacks because he is never doubled-- just imagine if we draft Werner, Mingo or Montgomery to pair with him.