Browns sign another...Zastudil HOAX?

[dontpush]

Browns | Team wastes no time in signing Zastudil
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:14:28 -0800
Zac Jackson, of ClevelandBrowns.com, reports the <A href="http://www.kffl.com/team/13/nfl">Cleveland Browns wasted no time in free agency by signing free agent P Dave Zastudil (Ravens) to an undisclosed contract.

 

[Thick 'N Hearty]

Browns | Team wastes no time in signing Zastudil
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:14:28 -0800
Zac Jackson, of ClevelandBrowns.com, reports the <A href="http://www.kffl.com/team/13/nfl">Cleveland Browns wasted no time in free agency by signing free agent P Dave Zastudil (Ravens) to an undisclosed contract.

Yipee... they got a punter

 

[AdamJT13]

Here's the odd thing -- the articles on Givens and Zastudil aren't linked anywhere on the Browns' Web site, as far as I can tell. You have to change the number in the URL to get to the stories on Givens and Zastudil. (The Browns' Web site stupidly numbers each article in order.) Perhaps those articles were written in anticipation of both players signing Saturday, so they could be posted as soon as they reach an agreement, and weren't meant to be posted yet.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Here's the odd thing -- the articles on Givens and Zastudil aren't linked anywhere on the Browns' Web site, as far as I can tell. You have to change the number in the URL to get to the stories on Givens and Zastudil. (The Browns' Web site stupidly numbers each article in order.) Perhaps those articles were written in anticipation of both players signing Saturday, so they could be posted as soon as they reach an agreement, and weren't meant to be posted yet.

Well, they are stupid. It takes only afew minutes to post them. That's why they are the Browns.

 

[Nors]

Here's the odd thing -- the articles on Givens and Zastudil aren't linked anywhere on the Browns' Web site, as far as I can tell. You have to change the number in the URL to get to the stories on Givens and Zastudil. (The Browns' Web site stupidly numbers each article in order.) Perhaps those articles were written in anticipation of both players signing Saturday, so they could be posted as soon as they reach an agreement, and weren't meant to be posted yet.

DC.Com made the same blunder with a Chris Palmer to Saints article. Media outlets ran with it - and it was fictitious.

Not that Browns story is a hoax - its odd.

 

[juice28]

Here's the odd thing -- the articles on Givens and Zastudil aren't linked anywhere on the Browns' Web site, as far as I can tell. You have to change the number in the URL to get to the stories on Givens and Zastudil. (The Browns' Web site stupidly numbers each article in order.) Perhaps those articles were written in anticipation of both players signing Saturday, so they could be posted as soon as they reach an agreement, and weren't meant to be posted yet.

Man, this team can't even get the offseason right. Any Dawgs in the HOUSE...WOOF, WOOF!

 

[k19]

The first weird free-agency report of the night came from Cleveland, when the team's Web site reportedly signed Patriots wide receiver David Givens and Ravens punter Dave Zastudil. The only problem was it wasn't true. Givens' agent, Brad Blank, has his client on a 7 a.m. flight to Miami to visit the Dolphins, and he almost didn't send Givens to Cleveland because of the erroneous report. Blank theorized that someone hacked into the Browns' computer, but he emphasized that no deal is done. Givens is scheduled to visit the Browns on Sunday if he doesn't sign with the Dolphins on Saturday.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=clayton_john#20060310

 

[dragon_mikal]

Ha. Ha.

 

[bbgun]

Okay, which one of you no-lifers did it?

 

[Ashwynn]

Funny thing is now that report is gone. Go to the link and you wont see it anymore. Maybe someone hacked Claytons computer to say someone hacked the browns.

 

[Cbz40]

Givens signing w/Browns according to Kffl was a hoax

Dolphins | Team will visit with Givens
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:20:03 -0800

Mike Reiss, of the Boston Globe, reports the Miami Dolphins have arranged a visit with free agent WR David Givens (Patriots) for Saturday, March 11. Apparently, earlier reports of Givens signing with the Cleveland Browns were premature.

 

[k19]

Funny thing is now that report is gone. Go to the link and you wont see it anymore. Maybe someone hacked Claytons computer to say someone hacked the browns.

Because after all Cleveland is the professional sports capital of the world :laugh2:

 

[Qwickdraw]

If u were going to go to that length for a joke... why would you do it with Givens?
No one cares about Givens.
Why not do T.O. or something?

 

[Ashwynn]

If u were going to go to that length for a joke... why would you do it with Givens?
No one cares about Givens.
Why not do T.O. or something?

Or the browns. Why not hack the Cowboys site or Skins or Patriots or someone good. Wait, let me remove the skins from that list. I said someone good didn't I. I am just so used to throwing the skins under the buss. Sorry bout that. :laugh2:

 

[Nors]

DC.Com made the same blunder with a Chris Palmer to Saints article. Media outlets ran with it - and it was fictitious.

Not that Browns story is a hoax - its odd.

Twas a HOAX, just like they messed with DC.com on Palmer signing with Saints HOAX.

 

[AbeBeta]

The only strange part is that it got up on the web page. Reporters routinely write up stories for things that might happen in the future -- they probably have a story ready for every FA that the Browns might have an interest in. It is how the reporters kill time on slow days.