Josh Cribbs' Contract Saga: ESPN Appearances Are a Very Risky Move

As Cleveland Browns Pro Bowler Josh Cribbs continues his contract crusade via Twitter, he is now bringing himself to ESPN's headquarters to campaign.

Cribbs has sent out around a dozen different tweets on his Twitter account voicing his dislike of the Browns' new contract offer since the offer was made a few days ago.

On Saturday, he sent one that was broken into two parts.

The first said, "Thanks for all the support everyone and your words of encouragement...wise man once told me..."

And was continued, "If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."

Now it has been reported by several sources (ESPN.com and cleveland.com) that Cribbs will appear on several ESPN shows on Monday, and he will be discussing his contract issues on each show.

ESPN shows Cribbs will be on include Mike and Mike, First Take, Outside the Lines, and SportsCenter.

One thing Cribbs needs to watch out for is becoming another athlete who just talks about the fact that he doesn't make enough money so much he starts to become annoying and whiny.

Of course, Cribbs has this right to protest the Browns' first offer because it is very low comparing other returners across the NFL that produce half as much as Cribbs produces for the Browns, but there is a fine line that he is also treading.

That fine line is he talks and complains too much, then the average NFL fan who probably makes about $20,000-$40,000 per year will begin to simply not care about the fact that he deserves more money.

A ton more money.

More money that most NFL fans might not see in their lifetime and that an athlete can make in a single year.

Hopefully, Cribbs is going to ESPN with a plan because his agents' motives for going public on all matters regarding Cribbs have not been very strategic at all.

When reading anything in The Cleveland Plain Dealer or on cleveland.com, it seems that Cribbs' agents are always complaining. They complain so much that it has given them an unprofessional public image over the last year.

It is understandable that they began representing Cribbs and took over the previous agents' deal, but now they are just looking greedy.

Cribbs needs not listen to any advice that his agents give him, and honestly, he has done it in the past because they have already threatened that Cribbs would not play for the Browns once before, but Cribbs didn't listen and did the right thing by playing and not holding out.

Now this current contract situation is much more intense and emotions are flowing, but Cribbs needs to beware of the beast that ESPN is and hold his tongue because he will be on a worldwide stage where one wrong sentence and he will burn bridges with Browns president Mike Holmgren and the rest of the organization.

Browns fans better hope Cribbs knows what he is about to do on the ESPN shows, because if not, then consequences will happen.

And happen fast.