Winslow Is Signed (We Think)

Not yet signed literally, but it is a done deal according to Fox Sports. No contract details of any sort, but if true he should be in camp Wednesday or Thursday. The Browns website is only saying, "the Browns would not comment, but the team hoped that leak indicated that the Winslow camp had the mindset to get a contract completed." So hold the champagne...

Still, if true, cool. Let's win some football games now.

And, if true, I have to hand it to Collins. So far I am really impressed by the guy. He's made _real_ changes to the way the Browns relate to the public (as opposed to Policy's bag of wind), successfully handled what was expected to be a massively contentious contract negotiation in which he was supposedly out of his league, and gotten all the other rookies to camp on time. Not bad. Although I'm sure we will hear a lot of innuendo from "around the NFL" that the Browns still somehow botched the Winslow thing, but my guess is that attitude is outdated. The Browns front office may have already turned the corner and the rest of the NFL and media haven't quite realized it. Now, hopefully the same can soon be said for the Browns ON the field....

Oh yeah, I heard John Clayton on ESPN radio this morning being ungodly pessimistic, how the Charger's Rivers negotiations had broken down but they were nothing compared to the Browns and Winslow. The guy is a jacka$$. I don't think I've ever heard him report something accurate about the Browns, and I question that his apparent scoops regarding other teams are any more accurate.