Browns get Delhomme

The Cleveland Browns signed Jake Delhomme to a two-year deal that will reportedly pay him $7 million in 2010. Because the Panthers released him, they still owe him $12.7 million, so he'll actually make $19.7 million in 2010, according to ESPN.com. That may be too much money for a 35-year-old man who people say is declining. But for the Browns, he could be the one to lead them to the play-offs for the first time since 2007.

To make room for Delhomme, the Browns traded Brady Quinn to Denver for a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and running back Peyton Hillis. This trade is not great in my opinion, because the Browns have a running back in Jerome Harrison that has proven he can get it done and some analysts predict they will pick a running back from UConn in the third round. Losing Brady Quinn isn't the end of the world because he wasn't performing well. Besides, reportedly the Browns may be looking to draft a quarterback in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft. That would leave Delhomme putting his experience to use at the end of his career while a rookie gets some experience before Delhomme's retirement.

Mike Holmgren is certainly shaking things up. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out in the 2010 NFL season.

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Combine 2010

The best players entering the draft work out at The Combine so that they can be higher draft picks and to improve their game. The NFL Combine is three days long. The players bench press, do catching drills, passing drills, vertical leap, horizontal leap, and the 40-yard dash. Stand-outs this year in the 40-yard dash include Jacoby Ford from Clemson who ran a 4.28; Jahvid Best from California who ran a 4.33; and C.J. Spiller from Clemson, who ran a 4.35.
Out of this group, I think the most complete player is Spiller. He scored a touchdown in every single game last season. In the whole season, he scored a rushing touchdown, a passing touchdown, a receiving touchdown, a kick-off return touchdown, and a punt return touchdown. What can't he do? The other two, in my mind, are late second, early third round draft picks because even though they're fast, they are not all around players. Best has some injury problems, which could keep him out of the first round. He and Spiller both were stand-out running backs in college. Ford was a stand-out wide receiver at Clemson and also the best receiver. He won't go in the first round because there are better and taller receivers like Brandon Lafell of LSU.

Turning six

LeBron James might be a 6'8" 25-year-old, but he's still turning six... the number six, that is. James' number is still 23, for now, but James wants to change his number to six in honor of Michael Jordan, who also wore 23-- a number James thinks should be retired.
In a November 12 interview with TNT, LeBron, who grew up "idolizing" Jordan, said, "No guy in the NBA should ever wear 23."
Number 6 is also James' Olympic number.