Most important Browns player
Charlie Frye or Derek Anderson or Brady Quinn or Joe Thomas? What about one of the guys on defense, Eric Wright or Kamerion Wimbley?
Who is the most important to the Browns?
What about Jamal Lewis? To me, there is no doubt.
With him healthy, he is the key to the Browns being an 8-8 team or better.
If he goes down, the backups are weak and, in turn, put too much pressure back on the quarterback.
With Lewis and a bend-don't-break defense, the QB can throw 15 times or so, and the Browns could win.
If it is not Lewis, the QB goes into throwing 22 times or more, and I think that is trouble, not only for the Browns, but most teams in the league.
Remember, that is how the Steelers brought along Ben Roethlisberger and how the Chargers brought along Phillip Rivers.
With a healthy and productive Lewis, that is the only way the Browns can have a winning season.
August 29th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Is it my imagination, or has Thomas been getting used and abused in a Robert Gallery and Tony Mandarich-like manner? I know it's only the preseason in this guy's rookie year, so it's far too early to pass judgment, but I thought he was hyped as somebody that supposedly could walk right in and do the job on the field. For an offensive lineman, is there that much of a professional learning curve?