Modell will forever be thought of as a sneaky, slug of a man.  As he was planning to move to Baltimore after the 1995 season, he decided to rape the fans on the way out.  He raised tickets 50% for the 1995 season after making the playoffs in 1994.  Everyone (myself included) bitched about it and then ponied up the cash.  Then with the Browns 3-4 he announced the move and the players tanked the season, except for playing the Steelers tough and winning the last game of the season….at home against the Bengals.  At that Bengals game,  the tarp for the field was out of the reach of the fans….but a sign on it (professionally done) said “Thanks Art Modell for Excellence”.  The sign made me want to puke.

I have a free ticket for you anytime you want it Art, in the middle of the lower Dawg Pound……among all the people you screwed. 

I can just picture a kid getting a present on Christmas morning in Baltimore.  He opens it up to see a hideous purple, black and gold jersey, and on the back of it is the name Lewis.  It doesn’t really matter what the number or the first initial is….either way it is a worthless criminal.  Who makes drug deals on a cell phone?  Wow, Jamal is someone for the kids to look up to.  Looks like he got in touch with his feminine side in prison as he ran quite soft last year.

Ray “The Killa” Lewis, hacked up two guys from Ohio and got away with it!  How can a man have the victims’ blood all over his clothes and not know who did it?  The jury must have had purple jerseys on under their suit.  Another fine role model in Baltimore.

No one used to go to the Colts games and forced the Irasys to pack up in the middle of the night and move to Indianapolis.  Then they did a dirty deal with Art Modell, when they took money ear-marked for the schools of Baltimore and built a stadium with it, thus not caring if their kids got an education as long as they had something to do on a Sunday!  What morons!  So if visiting Baltimore, remember why you feel vastly superior to them intellectually!

The Cavaliers couldn’t believe their luck at #25 in the first round.  They had been targeting Daniel Gibson (point guard from Texas) at number #25, he was there but the Cavs took Shannon Brown from Michigan State instead.  As soon as the Cavs made that pick, they started burning up the phones to trade up to get Daniel Gibson.  No takers were found for what the Cavs were offering, and lo and behold, Gibson was there at #42.  The Cavaliers seemed so happy that they probably wasted their third pick of the night (Ejike Uboaja) on a player that probably will stay in Africa for a year to try to hone his game before joining the NBA.

The players:

Shannon Brown, 6-4, 205   20 years old   shooting guard   Michigan State    Brown in his career at Michigan State played in 97 games and scored double figures in 61 of them, including 20+ in 13 of them.  He is known for his intensity on the court and is a very good defender.  His career averages as follows:  12.2 pts., 3.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.28 steals per game.  He probably will start his Cavs career as Larry Hughes back-up, and he provides excellent insurance against a Hughes injury.

Daniel Gibson, 6-2, 190   20 years old   point guard  Texas     The Cavs were ecstatic to get Gibson in the second round.  It seems as if he’ll start his Cavs career as Eric Snow’s back-up, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if Gibson beat him out for the starters job.  Gibson was the Big12 freshman of the year in 2004-05, and an Honorable Mention All-American last year as a sophomore.  Gibson, like Brown, is a very good defender.

Ejike Uboaja  6-9, 225   20 years old   power-forward   Nigeria    Uboaja was a puzzling pick as he’s not thought of as a player that will be available at all for the Cavs this season.  He was a member of the Nigerian National Team. 

The thought around Cleveland is that the Browns might not be totally confident in Ken Dorsey being it’s #2 QB, which has led to speculation that the Browns might consider bringing Testaverde back to Cleveland.  The Browns will probably wait until after Training Camp to give a call to Vinny so that the 42 year old QB doesn’t accrue any additional wear and tear.  Of course, Dorsey could make this a moot point if he excels in camp.  Testaverde is familiar with Crennel when both were with the Bill Parcells’ led Jets, thus Crennel thinks Vinny will pick up his offense quickly if he were to sign.

Testaverde first came to Cleveland as a 30 year old free agent signed by Coach Bill Belichick.  Testaverde was downright horrid with Tampa Bay, in six seasons there he threw 77 TD passes and 112 interceptions.  With Cleveland in 37 games (31 starts) he threw for 7,255 yards with 47 TD passes and 37 interceptions.  Testaverde grew in Cleveland, and his ability started to shine with a renewed confidence in himself.

Testaverde is currently #8 in all-time touchdown passes (269), #6 in passing yardage (45,252), and #6 in pass completions (3691).