You did very well, too, Patrick.

It must be acknowledged this is Mangini's show, Mangini's Way, Mangini's personnel decisions. Things are happening as they are in no small part because Mangini thought he wanted things this way and/or that the makings of what helped make things this way were thought by Mangini to be good enough. What else should we conclude? So, this doesn't bode well.

There are some good things to note. But so much is very bad that the good may not last. It's already failing to show endurance beyond halftime.

Not that I suspect we necessarily failed to, but we all may need to brace ourselves, as this was only Week Two.

To save you the trouble of hunching that the Browns' offensive line has still been worse than the Texans, in some respect, here are two more tidbits:

1. If we compare the teams in their seven seasons since the expansion draft, Houston wins 324-313.

2. The Texans two worst seasons for sacks were 76 (in 2002) and 68 (in 2005). The Browns' two worst seasons in franchise history (well, since 1982, when the NFL started keeping the stat) were 60 (1999) and 54 (2006).

More importantly, your general point is wrong. Brady Frye didn't get sacked for the first time until the first play of the third quarter. And it was the only time he was sacked in that quarter.

He had a long, long time to throw on many of his attempts in the first half– but he still gained only 57 yards (on 8-12 passing).

Once they went up 20-6 (with 2:38 gone in the fourth quarter), the Broncos started to come after (alternate snarky name) Tim Quinn on every play. But that was on the Browns' tenth offensive possession. When the line breaks down after giving up only one sack in nine drives it's not entirely appropriate to point fingers at the blocking.

I would agree with the general proposition that the offensive line sucks. Alex Mack, apart from being a huge reach, isn't playing well. The right tackle won't even win the distinction of being the "best St. Clair in Browns history." And any team who signs a player nicknamed "Pork Chop" really deserves what it gets.

(Let's see… we've had Big Money, Mad Dog, Turkey, Pork Chop… What kind of nickname would scare this franchise off a player? "White Powder"? "Cheese Ball"? "ACL"? "Packin"?)

The problem is that Mangenius brought them all in, so it's tough to say "Give him time." Matter of fact, 22 guys of the 52-man roster weren't here a year ago– that's 42% of the roster.

The Browns went 4-12 a year ago, but had the legitimate extenuating circumstances of (a) a tough schedule and (b) injuries that compelled them to play Bruce Gradkowski and Brady Quinn's blue bankie at QB for four games.

This team looks like it's going to be a lot worse, against a weaker schedule. And they haven't had any injuries of consequence (No, Rex Hadnot doesn't count).

Looks like they just suck.

The Browns have fallen into an endless cycle of mediocrity, with no apparent way to get out of it. Yes, it's unwatchable, but it's no different than the past nine seasons (sans '07, with the easiest sked on record). Modell and his accomplice, Lerner, accomplished the unthinkable: They've made Browns football irrelevant in Cleveland. I guess Art really DID get the last laugh.

I only watched about 10 minutes of the game, but I've seen the same thing over and over again. How can you move in a pocket that 2 seconds after the snap allows you a space of 3 ft. to work in?

I appreciate Cribbs trying to take some of the blame, but he seems to be the only guy out there willing to learn a new position or "roll with the punches".

I have a feeling that this is the year of weeding out people. Its like a college team: you hire a new coach and he can't win with what he's got till he gets "his guys in". Lets hope that includes some offensive linemen!