The Sports Fix - Tues May 14, 2013

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XMas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa all in one for you CLEVELAND BROWNS FANS!!!

By: Jerry "J-Rocc" Mires

Cleveland Browns fans everywhere, if you haven't yet done so, you really should be busy right now firing off cards and letters in thanks to one Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins. Thanks to his organization, Browns fans everywhere wont find themselves even MORE miserable for the next 5-7 years... and in no thanks at all to 95% of the local media here in Cleveland.

Usually, I refrain from referencing other broadcasters or stations, unless its in a positive way (such as bringing to the forefront a great book, or column written by a local author/columnist). However, the majority of the Cleveland sports media should be ashamed of themselves for the way they fawned all over RG3, and attempted to steamroll Browns fans and followers everywhere into lemming-like agreement with their chosen target of todays' affection (not to mention tomorrows regret!).

The FM station in town should have just renamed themselves RG.3(s) BIG FAN, as I mean it, goofs on all day parts of that station (minus a select few) COULDN'T THROW THEMSELVES AT THE RG3 ALTAR FAST ENOUGH!  

I heard host after host around town (and read blog after blog, and tweet after tweet, blah blah blah) rail against the Browns if they had any notion of taking anyone not named RG3, and some even after the Skins-Rams trade, blasting the Browns for not trumping Washington to get the almighty RG3... 

They were willing to trade any and all that it took to get what some of the local "media" claimed as the once in a lifetime talent that is RG3.. He is NOT ONCE IN ANY LIFETIME first off, he is a good college quarterback who took center stage after the real QB jewel of the draft not named Andrew Luck (Read that: Matt Barkley) decided not to join in on the fun...

He is also a good quarterback who lived in an offense unlike most of the NFL and has never taken snaps behind center, and the list of all world college QBs who threw for 1 million college yards, but who didn't translate to the NFL is long enough that you don't risk your draft for the next 3 years, and smart teams let other teams make that move... 

[That's what most teams allow us to do in the draft every year, Cleveland takes Mel Kipers' picks who flop, while Pittsburgh takes the great players ESPN doesn't mention at all late in the 1st rd who always become All-Pro talents!]

They hung up on any caller who didn't want him, said anyone who didn't agree with them knew nothing about football, proceeded to make themselves sound like newbie fan boys with the loudest microphone, as if the more often and the louder they say it, the more true it becomes...

As I said on the show over and over the last month, however good RG3 pans out to be next year and beyond in the NFL... that is not how good he would have been if his path went through Cleveland. This team is in no position to make that move, and by the sheer luck that someone out there dumber than people wanted us to be made the Rams a "Herschel Walker" deal, we are spared finding this out first hand!

The Browns are now spared (for once) making the chowder head moves of the draft, and can focus on using the entire spectrum of our draft picks/options on filling the multiple holes remaining on our team.

We can now add starters on the offensive and defensive lines, bring in some more pieces on defense (perhaps Clairborne from MSU at 4, if Kalil goes at 3? Or how about Melvin Ingram if he falls to us at 22? Mike Adams and/or Devier Posey in Rds 2 or 3?), grab a WR prospect to pair along with a free agent WR or 2... With perhaps as many as 10 picks once the compensatory picks are dished out, the Browns have a chance to add youth, depth and talent.. NOT TO MENTION AT LEAST 3-5 STARTERS to a young team, and really kick start this rebuild right in the ass!

If the Browns get RG3... none of these options are on the table, nor the 1st round draft pick for the next 3 seasons...

Let that sink in...

If you think things are bad now, imagine what happens if everybody touting RG3 just happened to be wrong about our 2012 draft, you know, because its not like that has ever happened to us here in Cleveland before right? We've never been wrong in the top 5 of the draft, have we?

We have? Oh, well in that case...

This week Cleveland, don't fret, and don't moan about RG3.. Trust me, in the immortal words of Rick James and Dave Chappelle: "It's a celebration Cleveland, Enjoy yourselves!" (Wish I had more hands, so I can give Dan Snyder 4 thumps up!!!)

The Expansion of The Sports Fix

Hello fans, friends, listeners and new members of  The Sports Fix Universe!

My name is Jerry "J-Rocc" Mires, and I'm the host and producer of the insanity and awesomeness you have come to know, love and expect from a crew of crazy Cleveland sports loving type guys! Along side my ever present partners in crime "The Albino Sasquatch" Sean Yergan and "The Birdman" Brett Crow, we are the on air version of "The Sports Fix" you hear burning up the airwaves every Saturday night LIVE from 10PM-Midnight on Newstalk 1420 WHK in Cleveland OH, streaming worldwide on whkradio.com, as well as on the WHK mobile app (search 1420 in your app store) for your smartphones, where we are a featured program.

As some of you may have noticed on our Facebook and Twitter pages over this past weekend, we have begun a big expansion project that we are very proud of, and which we think the great sports fans of Cleveland will really appreciate as well!

We are very proud to announce and launch or brand new written column/editorial effort, in combination with some of the great contributors to the show. While we were thinking of ways to expand, we knew that we had several very good writers on our team, and wanted to fully engage that side of sports commentary, as well as providing tons of new content for our audience all week long. All 3 hosts of the radio show, alongside Cleveland Sports 360 owner Larry "LG" Glicken; one of Clevelands most talented authors and sportswriters ever Jonathan Knight; and Sportstime Ohio/Cleveland St Vikings color commentator Chris Moore, and many others from time to time, will be writing exclusive stories for you, ranging from news topics, to editorials and commentaries sure to fire up your passions for all things Cleveland sports!

We have also overhauled our show page on whkradio.com! Now, it truly is your 24-7, one stop shop for Cleveland sports:

- added a news ticker on the top of the page with real time sports stories from around the world;
- updated the audio archives, with podcasts and our best interviews and guests highlighted for you
- created facebook and twitter widows directly on the page, for real time viewing/interaction
- added the written column section, updated in real time as stories are added each day

and the best change, we made it simpler than ever for you to find it all: thesportsfix.net... its now that simple, just log on to thesportsfix.net

So much more to come, and even more changes ahead, but for now Cleveland, enjoy, because everything we do, is for you: CLEVELAND - THE BEST DAMN SPORTS FANS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!

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