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It’s no small secret that the Seahawk’s Offensive line was a steaming hot pile of faeces last year, it ranked last in the league according to ProFootballFocus.com. The best player on that line was Center Justin Britt who ranked 16 th at the position via PFF’s rankings, this is exactly middle of the pack for the league. To be honest if the whole line ranked in that range ‘Hawks fans would have nothing to complain about. However, that wasn’t the case. The second best ranked player was Left Guard Mark Glowinski who was 63 rd at his position. That means that out of 64 available starting slots as Guard in the league he missed being the worst by one. You don’t have to be an expert (and I am definitely not) to realise that this is not a good situation for one of the most important units on a team. Last year’s unit was young and incredibly raw, of the starting unit Britt was the most experienced and he was only a third-year pro. The starting left tackle was George Fant, who I don’t know i...

Ever since I started following the NFL the Cleveland Browns have been a laughing stock, the perennial punchline. In fact, for almost my entire lifetime the Browns have been a laughing stock, don't get me wrong there has been a lot of heart break in the past 22 years but also a lot of almost comically bad luck and decisions. In the early days of the NFL, pre-merger, the Browns dominated the sport. Their early Head Coach and founder Paul Brown pretty much invented much of what we now recognize as Football with his offensive innovation and they won 8 league championships. However, since my birth in 1995 their story has been all tragedy and comedy with no glory to be seen. To understand what a long road it has been for probably the most tortured and loyal fan base in the league we need to start with the heartbreak. In February of 1996 the then owner of the Browns, Art Modell, fired the Head Coach Bill Belichick and a week later officially announced that the organisation was moving to...