The Sports Fix - Mon June 3, 2013

J-Rocc kicked off the week with the announcement of the new partnership with Harry Buffalo, and the first live broadcast/official Cavs draft party, June 27. J-Rocc talked Jim Kellys cancer, Mookie Blaylocks accident, Gordon Gees catholic joke, Indians weekend and rain delayed Friday, Mike from DDTWLN.COM helped us preview the 9 game trip through NY, DET and TEX, and we wrapped up previewing ECF Game 7 between the Heat and the Pacers. GET YOUR FIX!

The Sports Fix - Fri, May 31, 2013

Todays show was really something special. J-Rocc was honored by the opportunity to be joined for the entire show by legendary Cleveland Indians historian, beat writer, columnist and author and Cleveland sports Hall of Famer Russ Schneider. Russ took us on an incredible journey through the Indians of multiple generations and stories, through to todays Tribe. We even went an extra 12 minutes as a bonus because Russ was just that good. Baseball fans, Cleveland fans, and Indians fans young and old will enjoy this show!

The Sports Fix - Thurs May 30, 2013

Jam packed show today as J-Rocc talked about some of the rumors surrounding the Cavs and their possible trade of the #1 pick for various names, we bounce that around, then we talked Browns camp and alot of notes from the weeks OTAs, sportswriter Jonathan Knight joined us to talk blowing up Disneyland and his escape from Cali, the Indians return home and the Reds series, bullpen issues, positive vs negative, NBA playoffs and so much more! Enjoy the show!

The Sports Fix - Weds May 29, 2013

Good show today as we began with the announcement of Jim Browns return to the franchise in the front office, talked some NBA Playoffs as the Pacers even their series with the Heat, Cavs sign a new asst coach to run the offense, Mike B from DDTWLN.COM joined us to talk Indians return home and the issues in the pen, and we wrapped up a fun show. Take a listen and experience something different.

The Sports Fix - Tues May 28, 2013

A fun Tuesday show, as J-Rocc opened up taking some calls talking NBA playoffs and the Spurs/Heat, then we talked Indians/Reds and Tribe bullpen, staying on the bandwagon, Cleveland pride and loyalty, Cavs rraft and their need at SF, we profiled Otto Porter Jr and other options, and wrapped up talking Browns and the franchise return of Jim Brown. Plus, find out how to win this weeks tshirt from the awesome folks at GVArtwork.com

The Sports Fix - Mon May 27, 2013

A special live Memorial Day show, as J-Rocc talked a little about the meaning of the holiday, then we took some calls and talk Indians bullpen issues, Chris Perez on the DL, Pestano hurt and Mike for DDTWLN.COM joined us as well, we previewed the Reds Battle for Ohio and then we wrapped up talking NBA Playoffs. Take a listen and dont forget, share this show to be entered to win this weeks GVArtwork TShirt!

J-Rocc talked about the Browns backup QBs... JUST KIDDING! We talked Lebron James, Cavs, the NBA Draft, looked into Nerlens Noel specifically, broke down the Tigers series and previewed Indians/Red Sox, hit on the NBA Playoffs and more!

The Sports Fix - Weds May 22, 2013

This is a must listen for Cle sports fans. J-Rocc began talking Cavs winning the #1 pick, but ended up on a stream of consciousness about the bad Cle sports fans and media who shine a perpetual black eye on the proud Cleveland we all know and love! We talked early NBA Cavs draft prospects, sportswriter Jonathan Knight stopped by to talk Cle sports and Tribe/Tigers, plus so much more, and J-Rocc ended the show talking about the pride of being from Cleveland. Plus, listen and find out how you can win a bad ass Indians TShirt from our partners at GVArtwork.com

The Sports Fix - Tues May 21, 2013

The excitement from Yan Gomes walkoff homer finishing the Indians sweep of Seattle dripped over into the show, as we had perhaps our best broadcast to date since the relaunch! J-Rocc talked tribe excitement, Chris Perez and his battles with Cleveland fans and Twitter, Indians announcer Jim Rosenhaus joined the show to talk Tribe and the Detroit Tigers, and so much more. A must listen!

The Sports Fix - Mon May 20, 2013

An exciting start to the week, as J-Rocc started the show talking about the Cleveland marathon and then the big WINDIANS weekend, and took a few great Tribe calls, then was joined by Mike B from DDTWLN.COM, we talked Chris Perez, Tribe pitching and so much more, plus listener feedback on FB and twitter and more. A great start to the week, enjoy!

The Sports Fix - Fri, May 17, 2013

The week ended with a fun Friday show as J-Rocc started off taking calls and talking Browns OTAs and the recent signings of Brian Hoyer and Brandon Jackson, Mike Lombardi, Weeden and the QBs, then CSU Vikings mens Basketball HC Gary Waters joined us to talk CSU hoops and Viking alum Norris Cole, current PG for the Miami Heat, then Mike Brandenberry from DDTWLN.COM stopped by to talk Indians weekend series with Seattle and we wrapped up looking at the NBA playoffs and combine.

The Sports Fix - Thurs May 16, 2013

J-Rocc started off the show talking about Josh Cribbs departure to the Raiders and Jimmy Haslams Trucker Press conference, NBA Playoffs and Draft Combine, Indians baseball as Mike Brandenberry from DDTWLN.COM stopped by, some great callers and more.

The Sports Fix - Weds, May 15, 2013

J-Rocc talked Cavs hoops and the All Rookie awards for Zeller and Waiters, Cavs F Kevin Jones joined the show to talk NBA Draft, Mike Brown and Cavs basketball, the sportswriter Jonathan Knight stopped by to catch up and talk Indians baseball, and more!

The Sports Fix - Tues May 14, 2013

Miss the show? J-Rocc talks Indians/Yankees doubleheader, Terry Francona, Mike Lombardi, Browns, NBA Playoffs and more!

Listen to today's Sports Fix as we re-launch the show: May 13, 2013

Miss the show? Take a listen to The Sports Fix - Mon May 13, 2013. We talked Tribe with Mike Brandenberry, Browns, NBA Playoffs and Norris Cole, plus your chance to enter and win a "42" movie prize pack as well, just for listening!

The Ohio State Buckeyes made it much closer than it had to be, Aaron Craft makes buzzer beater 3 to go to sweet 16

The Ohio State Buckeyes are heading back to the sweet 16 thanks to the buzzer beater that Aaron Craft nailed down with .5 seconds left on the clock. The Buckeyes had a lead as large as 13 points in one part of the contest.

They got into some foul trouble and let Iowa work the lead down to nothing. With the game tied at 75 with only 29 seconds left in the game, Aaron Craft controlled the ball and worked the clock down to .5 seconds when he hit a 3 that would seals the deal for his Buckeyes.

This was a game that didn't have to be as close as it was. With the win the Buckeyes have won 10 games in a row. LaQuinton Ross was having the game of his life when Thad Matta sat him down. He was controlling everything each time he touched the ball today and if the Buckeyes would have lost this game, there would be some serious questions Matta would have to answer.

Ross had 17 points in the game and Iowa was having problems stopping him.
The Buckeyes would see Aaron Craft suffer from the foul line all game long. When it mattered he came through and it  looked like he never had a doubt in the shot he took to give the Ohio State Buckeyes a trip to the Sweet 16. Craft was extremely confident in his shot and I am glad he was.

The Refs made some bad calls during the game and even Barkley commented on how bad the officials were today.

Craft blew a lot of opportunities during the game, but he came through when it really counted.  He made a big-time shot like any big-time player would do.

In his post game Thad Matta said he hopes one day they put a statue of Aaron Craft outside the building.....

What Do Browns Fans Really Know About Rob Chudzinski?

Was it already predetermined that the Browns weren't going to be able to hire a new head coach with a winning record? Is that why Haslam & Banner settled for Rob Chudzinski? Lets face it, with the hiring of Chudzinski, the improvement over Shurmur may only be minor. As an offensive coordinator, Chud only had one winning season in the NFL. I guess we can take that as a positive Shurmur didn't have any. The 1 winning season he had as an O.C. in the NFL did come when he was with the Cleveland Browns, the team actually had a record of 10-6 in 2007. The bad thing was Chud watched as the Browns he called the plays for in their winning season fall to a record of 4-12 the very next season. Chudzinski could get the Browns offense to repeat as winner for 2 seasons in a row.
After Chud left Cleveland he went back to doing what he did before he became a O.C., he was hired by his good friend Norv Turner in San Diego and he went back to being a tight ends coach. Shurmur was a tight ends coach too. After spending a couple of seasons with his friend Turner on the west coast, Chud would get his big break to join the Carolina Panthers as their O.C..
Now the Panthers would have their quarterback and they hired what they thought was going to be a great O.C. in Chudzinski. The Panthers in the 2 seasons that Chud was there lost more football games than they won. Kinda mirrors a Shurmur move doesn't it? Chud sent his quarterback Cam Newton to work with one of the least successful NFL quarterbacks of all time Chris Weinke. How did that work out for Chud in the 2012 season? Not so good, they finished their season with another losing record at 7-9.
A lot of people who watched the Panthers and Chud in Carolina didn't care for some of the things he did. It seemed like he would have some disagreements with some of the players and then he would bench the guy.After he sent Newton to work with Weinke, they did win one more game in 2012 so I guess you could call it an improvement, but Chud's Panthers still had a losing season with a 7-9 record.
Now he has Weeden, working with Weinke. A guy that never could win in the NFL is tutoring Weeden on how to be a NFL quarterback. Weinke was the Panthers starting quarterback in the 2001 season. He played in 15 games and lost 14 of them. The Panthers would finish the 2001 season with a 1-15 record and Weinke would finish the season with 11 touchdown's and 19 interceptions. Perhaps Chud sent Weeden to Florida to work with Weinke on how to deal with throwing interceptions. It should be something the two of them have in common.
It is going to be an interesting season watching the Cleveland Browns under their new inexperienced head coach Rob Chudzinski. The first thing he will have to deal with as the teams new head coach is the Browns starting quarterback situation. I remember the season that Shurmur took control of the team. During the off-season McCoy worked with Brett Favre. Now Chud has Weeden working with Weinke. SMH, I wonder where Chud's thought process is coming from?

Browns Fans Are Sadly Mistaken The Joe Banner, Brandon Weeden Statement,No Way Is He The Browns Starter

All it has taken is one statement from Joe Banner about Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden to throw the ms-informed fans in Cleveland into a Weeden frenzy. Joe Banner did not say Brandon Weeden is going to be the Browns starting quarterback in the 2013 season. What Banner said was, " The Brown are going to give Brandon Weeden every chance to be the Browns starting quarterback." "The rest will be up to Brandon Weeden."

That isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of the 29-year-old quarterback, who turns 30 shortly after the season starts. Weeden didn't win the approval of the Browns new owner, or the front office the team has in place this season. As a matter of fact the Browns general manager, Michael Lombardi has made public statements about his dis-like for Weeden. Lombardi said The Rookie. Quarterback Was a disaster. He was lost on the field.

Taking everything into consideration, you cannot view any of these statements about Weeden as a major endorsement. Weeden has a ton of work to do. He has to not only perform under the pressure of the microscope that will be focusing in on him, he has to learn an entirely new offensive scheme this season. Weeden couldn't even learn the old offense that was simplified for his abilities, or should we say lack of abilities?

No one is going to hand Brandon Weeden the keys to the Cleveland Browns offense at all. People can talk all they want about him being the starting quarterback in 2013 all they want too. Until the first week of the NFL season gets here and Brandon Weeden lines up behind center don't believe it. That is not what Joe Banner said. Weeden had a shot at it, but if they don't see a major improvement over the play they saw coming out of Weeden last season. He will not be the Clevelnad Browns starting quarterback.

After all, can anyone blame the Browns brass for how they feel. Weeden took his first sack on the field by the American Flag.... It was then that anyone who knew anything about football knew the Browns were in trouble with this draft pick......

Do You Remember The Last Time Michael Lombardi Evaluated A Browns Q.B.? Now It's Weeden's Turn

The worst possible thing just happened to Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden. Jimmy Haslam III and Joe Banner named Michael Lombardi the teams new General Manager. First on Lombardi's plate is the evaluation of Weeden. The last Cleveland quarterback that Lombardi evaluated was Bernie Kosar. DO you remember what the results of that evaluation were? 

Lombardi and Bill Belichick came out and said Kosar who won in Cleveland was suffering from what they termed diminishing skills. Are you kidding me? That led to the benching of Bernie Kosar and started an up-roar against then Browns head coach Belichick. If that is what came out of Lombari's evaluation of the great Bernie Kosar what can we expect from his evaluation of Brandon Weeden?


Weeden led the Browns to 5 wins and 10 losses during his rookie season. He threw more interceptions than touchdowns and continued to show he doesn't have good decision making qualities to be an elite NFL Q.B.. Weeden folds under pressure and he can't complete the easy pass play with regularity. Weeden doesn't have the accuracy that the former Browns front office said he had.
Weeden's lack of mobility also presents a problem in today's NFL. 

The guy has 2 left feet when it comes to running. He finished the 2012 with a 26.1 T.B.R.. How can Lombardi suggest keeping a guy who played this poorly when he is the guy behind the benching of Kosar? Nothing good can possibly come out of Lombardi's evaluation of Weeden. The Browns front office doesn't have the same respect for Weeden that the former front office had.


Brandon Weeden's days as the Browns starting quarterback could be over before the 2013 season gets underway. Lombardi has already made statements in National T.V. that he didn't think Weeden fits what the Browns want to do. With that being said is it possible to dump Weeden and get something they could use in the up-coming draft to improve the teams defense? 

It won't take long for Lombardi's evaluation of Weeden to be known. He already has a predetermined notion that Weeden is not right for the Cleveland Browns. It will nonetheless be interesting to hear what he has to say now that he is the Browns General Manager.  


How do you think this is going to turn out for Brandon Weeden? Please let us know what you think, leave your comments below.....

What If The Brandon Weeden Doesn't Fit Into The Browns New Coach's Scheme Will He Be Gone?

Written by LG

Brandon Weeden finished the  2102 season as one of the worst rookie quarterbacks taken in the 2012 draft. The Browns used their 2nd pick in the draft to take the then 28-year-old Q.B. who turned 29 soon after the season started.

 It was felt that he needed to be vaulted into the starting quarterback position because of his age. The Browns thought it was now or never for Weeden. Now with the old regime gone and the new owners looking for a new head coach is there a real chance Weeden could soon be gone too?

Brandon Weeden threw for a lot of yards but he couldn't get the team into the end-zone. He looked like he folded under pressure and he threw more interceptions than touchdowns. The problem with Weeden could be his delivery.   Coming into the NFL from a professional MLB career, Weeden throws the football like he is pitching to home plate. For a tall guy he had a lot of balls tipped by the opposing teams defenders and he often missed open receivers. Trying to change his delivery could very well ruin him. He has thrown the ball his way for a long time.

Not only does changing his mechanics present a problem, he suffered a shoulder injury in the last game he played in. Weeden left major league baseball because of an injury to his shoulder. It was thought that throwing a football didn't present the same kind of problem to his throwing shoulder that throwing the baseball did, that was before his season ending injury.

All things considered, there is a very real possibility that Brandon Weeden could turn into another one of Cleveland's first round busts. The Browns have had a history of drafting guys in the first round of the NFL draft that frankly never worked out for one reason or another.

With all the changes that are taking place with the Cleveland Browns and the evaluation of Brandon Weeden's first NFL season,  could he be added to Cleveland's growing list of first round busts? The answer is yes. He just may not fit into the new coaches plans and the Browns could end up parting ways with the soon to be 30-year-old quarterback. Only time will tell.