Aaron Ross
- ESPN.com
Odell Beckham Jr. doesn't need glasses to watch solar eclipse
Jordan Raanan ESPN Staff Writer Close Follow on Twitter The experts say looking at the sun for too long could burn your retinas. During Monday’s solar eclipse, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was not scared. He was calling their bluff. What they didn’t mention was whether that was the case if you were looking through a hotel window, which Beckham was doing from Cleveland. The Giants, who play the Cleveland Browns at 8 p.m. ET on Monday Night Football, sure better hope it's fine. Beckham and punter Brad Wing were having fun with followers on Instagram and Instagram stories during the eclipse on Monday afternoon. They were joking about how there was this seemingly once-in-forever
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Giants-Browns ratings could be impacted by presidential address
Thursday’s preseason game on ESPN didn’t attract a very big audience, possibly due to the lack of teams with a strong TV following. Monday’s preseason game on ESPN faces a different challenge. When the Giants (who typically put butts in the seats) facing the Browns (who typically don’t) at 8:00 p.m. ET, the powers-that-be at ESPN will now have to worry about an exodus of audience when President Donald Trump addresses the nation at 9:00 p.m. ET. While the remarks are scheduled to focus on the planned approach to Afghanistan, there’s sometimes a difference between what’s on the prompter and what’s actually said. Which could get more people to stray from what once was the ultimate reality show to
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Joe Thomas' 9,684 straight shifts in the Factory of Sadness
The best season, no doubt, was 2007, his rookie year. The Browns went 10-6, came oh-so-close to making the playoffs, and Thomas must have figured it would always be like that, because he'd always played on winning teams. He went to the state tournament a combined five times alone in basketball and football at Brookfield Central High in Wisconsin, roughly 15 minutes from J.J. Watt's hometown of Pewaukee. Thomas went on to play for the University of Wisconsin, a perennial Big Ten power. His senior year, the Badgers went 12-1 and were ranked seventh in the country. So, naturally, Thomas expected more of the same in Cleveland, especially after 2007. The Browns haven't had a winning season since.
Quarterbacks
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | QB | |
| 6 | QB | |
| 7 | QB | |
| 17 | QB |
Running Backs
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | RB | |
| 27 | RB | |
| 33 | RB | |
| 29 | RB | |
| 33 | RB | |
| 40 | RB/FB | |
| 31 | RB |
Wide Receivers
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | WR/KR/PR | |
| 10 | WR | |
| 82 | WR | |
| 18 | WR | |
| 19 | WR | |
| 16 | PR/WR | |
| 81 | WR | |
| 11 | WR | |
| 80 | WR | |
| 83 | WR | |
| 84 | WR | |
| 13 | WR |
Tight Ends
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | TE | |
| 88 | TE | |
| 48 | TE/FB | |
| 89 | TE | |
| 85 | TE | |
| 86 | TE |
Offensive Line
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | T/LOG | |
| 72 | T/ROT | |
| 66 | T/LOG | |
| 74 | G/ROT | |
| 61 | C | |
| 77 | G/ROG | |
| 47 | C/LS | |
| 60 | C | |
| 78 | T/LOT | |
| 63 | C/LOG | |
| 71 | T/LOT | |
| 68 | G/ROG | |
| 62 | C | |
| 79 | T/LOT | |
| 73 | T/LOT | |
| 64 | C | |
| 70 | G/ROG |
Defensive Line
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 99 | DT/LDT | |
| 92 | DE/LDT | |
| 93 | DT/LDT | |
| 96 | DE/LDT | |
| 95 | DE/LDE | |
| 91 | DE/LDE | |
| 57 | DE/LDE | |
| 98 | DT/RDT | |
| 94 | DE/RDE | |
| 90 | DE/RDE | |
| 65 | DT/RDT | |
| 44 | DE/RDE | |
| 69 | DT/LDE | |
| 55 | NT/RDT |
Linebackers
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | LB/RLB/SPTM | |
| 50 | LB/RLB | |
| 52 | LB/LLB | |
| 59 | LB/MLB/SPTM | |
| 51 | LB/LLB | |
| 48 | LB/LLB | |
| 56 | LB/LLB | |
| 58 | LB/RLB | |
| 49 | LB/MLB | |
| 53 | LB/SPTM/MLB |
Secondary
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | CB/LCB | |
| 26 | CB/RCB | |
| 31 | CB/FS/KR | |
| 24 | S/SS | |
| 36 | S/FS | |
| 23 | CB/LCB | |
| 28 | CB/RCB | |
| 30 | S/SS | |
| 35 | CB/LCB | |
| 43 | CB/FS | |
| 25 | S/SS | |
| 39 | S/FS | |
| 38 | CB/RCB | |
| 21 | CB/RCB | |
| 35 | CB/LCB |
Special Teams
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | P/HLD | |
| 5 | K/KFG/KKO | |
| 3 | K/KFG/KKO | |
| 22 | S/KR/PR/SS |