Trent Green & Cavs In N.Y.

Trent
The Browns are rumored to be interested in K.C.'s Trent Green. No surprise here. We have stated several times since the brutal 2006 season ended that the quarteback position was Cleveland's greatest area of need heading in '07. If these reports are true, we feel better about the direction of the team. I could live with Trent Green, a quality NFL QB, dropping back to pass on third and six next fall with Calvin Johnson as his first option and Kellen Winslow as his second. With that scenario, the odds are pretty good, he (Green) won't have to check down to his third read very often and the sticks will continue to move.

Cavaliers In The Big Apple
A reporter friend e-mailed me the other day wondering how the Cavaliers could lose to an injury-depleted Knicks' squad in NY. Easy. The Cavaliers are not among the league's elite yet. We've tried to make that point over ands over again. They are a one-trick pony - especially on the road where average players tend to have off nights when not surrounded by the comforts of home. We stated back in October this team would win 50+ games, due mostly to the talents of LJ, and again, likely be a second round out in the playoffs. Nothing has transpired during the 2006-07 season to change this opinion. No significant pieces were added in the off-season and no impact players were brought in prior to the trading deadline. It's this simple - Hughes, Z and Gooden, two of those three, need to play better in the '07 post-season than they did in the '06 playoffs. If they don't, it's two and out again.