Billy Shears

This isn’t a goodbye post! I’m gone from Gridiron. I’m not coming back, and that’s okay. That’s not what this is at all. This is more of me saying goodbye to another facet of myself on here. This is goodbye to Billy Shears the Cleveland Browns fan. My entire presence on this app (other than w...

Not a big er of sexual harrassment so I stopped being a Browns fan prior to the season and picked up the Panthers around midseason. Also I’m more of a hockey guy now. Let’s go Canes. I’m not back, but I figured there was at least one guy thinking “oh golly, I wonder what Billy’s...

Kansas City and Tyreek Hill could not agree to an extension, so the club has granted Hill an opportunity to seek a trade to another team. What value could he get for Kansas City? How much does he get paid on his new team? Source...

“I really have enjoyed my stay, but I must be moving on.” On a spring day after the offseason just began, Baker Mayfield demanded a trade. Well… this did not come as a surprise. How could it? The Browns publicly courted Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson after reaffirming Mayfield’s position a...

Hey folks. I’m working on a project that I may or may not finish, but I figured I’d let y’all in on a little something I found. I looked through my archives of Google Docs and found an unfinished blog. If you look at the date, this Joe Burrow piece is prior to his National tit...

LSU Football's Head Coach, Brian Kelly, declared his intentions to rebuild the team through the transfer portal in order for the team to stay competitive in his first year when

Hello folks, and welcome to our celebration of Festivus. If you don’t know, Festivus is a celebration created by the show Seinfeld, and it involves the Airing of Grievances, Feats of Strength, the aluminum pole, Festivus dinner, and Festivus miracles. Today, we’re focusing on the Airing...

According to Adam Schefter and Ian Rapaport, Jacksonville dismissed HC Urban Meyer. Meyer, a prominent college coach, went 2-11 in his first season among consistent reports of dysfunction. OC Darrell Bevell will serve as the interm HC. Was this the right move? Source...

Former #1 CB in his recruiting class and starting LSU CB, Elias Ricks, transferred to Alabama. Ricks, considered one of the best CBs in the country, landed himself on the Freshman All-American Team in 2020. He followed this season with an injury and subsequent transfer in 2021. How big of a cou...

HELLOOOOOOOOOO NURSE! Welcome to another Billy Shears Newsletter, and this one is packed to the brim with takes. I sure hope you enjoy the content because I certainly put a lot of words into it. Enough about me, though, let’s get into the show. Before we begin, I’d like to offer the link to submit...

After locking up their right guard, the Browns have done the same with their left guard. Joel Bitonio, one of the longest-tenured of the team and a top guard in the league, received an extension from the Browns. Bitonio received a three-year, $48M extension, allowing him to remain with ...

The Cleveland Browns are extending Wyatt Teller, per Mike Garafolo. Teller, considered one of the best guards in the NFL, had one year left on his deal before g the 4-year extension. He is now locked up until until 2025 on a 4-year, $56.8 million deal that makes him the 3rd highest paid g...