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The bad news is that the Cleveland Browns have lost starting cornerback Daven Holly to a “serious” knee injury.
The good news is that they still have Leigh Bodden. (Oops.)
With Bodden traded to Detroit for defensive tackle Shaun Rogers, the Browns are suddenly thin at the position. And the Philadelphia Eagles suddenly have more leverage in their efforts to trade cornerback Lito Sheppard.
The Browns haven’t disclosed the extent of Holly’s injury.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Sounds as if he’s done for the year. Ouch.
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May 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Prediction: Browns trade all available draft picks for Sheppard.
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May 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Yes, but what would the Browns give the Eagles for Lito?
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May 21st, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Unless it’s Braylon Edwards then don’t do it. no way in hell the Browns are dealing him, i dont think Lito’s going anywhere this year.
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Rating: 4.65 / 5 with 3 rating(s)
May 21st, 2008 at 2:50 pm
There goes my 4 win prediction out the window.
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May 21st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Sheppard for Edwards..PSYCH..
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Bray-lon! Bray-lon! Braylon! Bray-lon! Bray-lon! Braylon!
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
You’re right Florio. The Browns should be keeping as many defensive backs as possible. No need to have a decent defensive line or anything.
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:12 pm
For who? For what?
They don’t have a WR…though if we had three first round picks we could make a move…or we could draft THREE linemen!!
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Rating: 1 / 5 with 2 rating(s)
May 21st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Unless they’re offering Braylon Edwards Lito isn’t going anywhere period. Stop it already. This is as bad as last season when every time you talked about the Eagles you talked about McNabb getting traded. Oops he’s still on the team. Why don’t you post a big story about how you were dead wrong about that.
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Somewhere in Cincinnati Ohio, Carson Palmer’s eyes just lit up!
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Maybe they will trade for Lito Sheppard. They still have most of next years draft picks to waste… er, I mean lose.
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Could the Browns trade Donte back to the Eagles? What kind of contract does Donte have with them? Seems like a win win with some kind of additional but nominal compensation to the Browns…
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Sorry about your luck Brownies!!! That Shaun Rogers trade is looking worse and worse. And then Savage made the boneheaded move of not taking a cornerback in the draft. Course, the Browns only had like four picks total, all on the second day. Very dumb for them to trade up for that linebacker when they needed all the picks they could get. And even dumber not taking a corner. Seriously, who are the Browns top three cornerbacks going to be? Eric Wright and who else?
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Rating: 3.65 / 5 with 3 rating(s)
May 21st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Sheppard > Bodden > Holly
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Waiting to here eagles fan asking for for a 1st and a 4th rounder next year.
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:39 pm
“The good news is that they still have Leigh Bodden. (Oops.)”
It’s football, florio. Injuries happen. It doesnt change the fact that bodden is/was/will continue to be a stiff. they’ll fare just as well with the kids they have as they would have with leigh “i have a girly name” bodden.
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Rating: 2.65 / 5 with 3 rating(s)
May 21st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Lito’s awesome when he’s between knee, elbow, hip, ankle, hand, quad, thumb, back & toe injuries. I wonder what The Eagles can get from The Browns for him?
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Lito would be a nice addition to the Browns franchise. I hope that works out for them.
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:52 pm
the good news is that, if it’s not a season ender, there is still plenty of time for him to recover before the season starts.
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May 21st, 2008 at 3:59 pm
It doesn’t really matter how bad the knee injury is.
The moment they cut Holly open he’ll end up with a staph infection and be done for the year.
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May 21st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I can’t wait to bet the under on Cleveland Browns total wins for the 2008 season. I’m guessing it will be something like 9.5. Gonna make some nice coin on that one.
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May 21st, 2008 at 4:13 pm
seriously folks, who are we talking about? Daven Holly? Did any of you outside the 44115 area code know who he was until Florio just implied chaos at the cornerback position in Cleveland?
The facts are that Daven was/is a solid role player that was/is up for competition as one of the starting CB’s. He is 1 of 9 CB’s currently on the Browns roster competing for that spot opposite E. Wright.
In hindsight, the trade (Bodden and a pick for Rodgers) is still a no brainer! Bodden was above average when healthy. WHEN healthy, which was very rare the last couple years.
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Rating: 3 / 5 with 2 rating(s)
May 21st, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Yeah…i am sure the browns are gonna suck this year because they won 10 games last year with great defense (corners) and a crappy offense.
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May 21st, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Bodden was making noise about a new deal, the Browns saw that he was quickly becoming an “overrated” CB, and wanted to be paid like a top CB. As the Giants showed last year, a pass rush is much more important than “shutdown” CB’s. The Browns saw this and decided to act.
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Rating: 4.35 / 5 with 3 rating(s)