Couch and his Contract

Word is that Couch is now refusing to renegotiate his contract after "not getting answers" from Davis about his future. Holy crap is this bad. This not only sours Couch's future even more, it also erodes his trade value in the unlikely event the Browns can work a deal. So while the Browns are scrounging for cap room to rebuild the dismantled defense, their biggest cap liability will remain on the books. Maybe they can rework Courtney Brown's deal now.

It's clear that the Browns now have a big quarterback problem. And frankly Butch Davis is sounding a lot like the President on Iraq these days -- I really want to believe him, but the longer this goes on and the more resistance the team meets, the more I wonder if Davis isn't doing something wrong to cause this. There's no denying Davis has lit a fire under this team, but it's becoming clear that there are some negative things brought into the fray as well. Granted Couch is not the best example of this -- he's clearly got some other issues that most players don't deal with -- but when the team's longsnapper bolts cause he is worried about the direction of the team.... you have to wonder.