Holmgren done with Browns

By Dave Brown | dave@nflen.com | Tweet #NFLEN

Former Browns president Mike Holmgren
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The Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers today, but that wasn't going to stop the inevitable.


 The Browns announced today that Mike Holmgren is no longer the team president, and will not be used in an advisory role.

McCoy doesn't look to be given fair chance

by Ryan Ebert

Colt McCoy looks like the underdog in fighting for the starting quarterback spot. With the drafting of Brandon Weeden, McCoy is doing all he can to win the job, but may not have a fair chance.

"We'll see, I don't know," McCoy told KXAN-TV at his annual football camp in Austin, Texas. "There are a lot of things I can control and I'm controlling those things. The things beyond that I try to do my best to not worry about those and go out there and do what I do on the field, that's the most important thing. Beyond that, I can't do anything else."

McCoy is going into his third year in the NFL and has been with two head coaches, two offensive coordinators, a poor receiving corps, and even a lockout. Not many quarterbacks can thrive in that kind of situation.

Holmgren, who knows a few things about quarterback,said, "Our quarterback position is a strong position in my opinion." Pretty hard to think on the same page as him even though they do have three quarterbacks they can lean on in Brandon Weeden, Colt McCoy, and Seneca Wallace

Team president, Mike Holmgren, was brought in help bring the franchise back to it's feet.  In two season's the team has notched nine wins, and if Weeden or McCoy aren't the answer, Cleveland quest for a franchise quarterback will continue.

Burress looking for another contract

by Ryan Ebert

One of the best free agents still available, Plaxico Burress, has talked about the Oakland Raiders as one of the teams he would like to join. So far this offseason though, all thirty-two teams have not shown interest in the thirty-four year-old wideout. 

"I've always thought that Carson Palmer has been one of the best deep-ball throwers in all of football since I can remember," Burress told SiriusXM NFL Radio on Thursday, via Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. "They do have some great talent over there in Darrius Heyward-Bey and Louis Murphy. I think those guys are only going to get better with Carson."

While on the Jets last year Burress caught 45 passes for 612 yards, and 8 touchdowns. Palmer coud maybe improve those numbers with his big arm, but the Raiders as well have shown no interest.

Other teams that Burress has talked about that he would like to join are the Eagles and the Browns.