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The Browns: A collapse of major proportions

November 2, 2008

No excuses for the Browns this Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. That was a dismal collapse in a game that Cleveland had in hand. A truly good team, a real team, wins that game going away after going up 27-13 in the third quarter. A team that lacks character or heart or something intangible lets [...]

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First and 10: Topsy has become turvy, or something like that

October 21, 2008

First and 10
1)      I think I've got this season figured out. This Sunday in Jacksonville the Browns come up with a stirring win. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh loses to the Giants and lo and behold the Browns are two back heading back home and the fans are back on the hook until the next painfully loss. The [...]

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A real bad day in Washington

October 19, 2008

It takes no great insight or genius on sports to realize what happened to the Browns in Washington: They forgot what it takes to win. It's not like they had that down this season anyway. I mean, a letdown of a season is in full bloom, after six games. So let's rephrase this way: The Browns [...]

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First and 10: Oh what a win

October 14, 2008

First, a personal note: The Akron Beacon Journal taketh away and the Akron Beacon Journal giveth. I was informed this week that the layoff notice presented a few weeks ago has been rescinded. Thus I will stay with the Beacon Journal, at least until they get this layoff bug up their hind end again.
This may [...]

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The economy and sports

October 13, 2008

The news that the NBA is going lay off nine percent of its work force shouldn't be surprising. Many business, including this one, are going through cutbacks that are painful and difficult.
Eventually this was going to hit sports, and I wondered when that day would come. People will not have the same disposable income to [...]

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First and 10: Might the Browns pull out a win?

October 7, 2008

First and 10
1)      There's no logical reason to say this, but I expect the Giants to get the Browns at their best Monday night. Again, there's no logic to it, except that it's do or die time for the Browns.
2)      The Browns are healthier than they've been in a long time, they're at home, it's [...]

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First and 10: Those friendly and helpful Bengals!

September 29, 2008

First and 10
1)      Perspective is an amazing thing. Driving North on I-71 Sunday night, the Cincinnati talk shows were abuzz about the Bengals falling to 0-4. The feeling: How in the world could they lose to the Browns? One announcer said, "I know we had the backup quarterback playing, but we should have beat that [...]

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Browns win, but boy was that ugly …

September 28, 2008

At one point during the Browns oh-so-exciting win over the Bengals, an e-mailer sent a colleague a note in the press box that watching that game was like "watching a cactus grow."
Boy was it.
The Browns did not play well in their win, but they won, and that's what they needed. Boy did they. Because a [...]

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A Browns thought prior to suspension of activities …

September 26, 2008

I am hereby suspending all blog activity until the crisis in Berea is solved.
HEY … it's a joke!
The more one thinks (note the imperial ‘one') the more it seems nearly irrelevant who plays quarterback on Sunday in Cincinnati. That's because the Bengals' run defense is dismal and this is the weekend to get the running [...]

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Derek Anderson will start

September 24, 2008

Item: Romeo Crennel announced that Derek Anderson will start Sunday in Cincinnati.
I tried to make this clear yesterday (cough, cough). Anderson has always been the choice of the coach and his staff.
If nothing else, Crennel is loyal. In this case, I think he made the right decision. Anderson has been working with the starters since [...]

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First and 10: Expect Anderson to start

September 23, 2008

First and 10
1)      I'm of the understanding that Derek Anderson starts Sunday's game in Cincinnati. Not a lot of thought at all to starting Brady Quinn. I don't know what the leanings are if Anderson falters, so we'll see what happens. But the Browns aren't really going into this game with the idea that Anderson [...]

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The Browns fall to oh-and-three …

September 21, 2008

How do the Browns go from leading in the first half to being blown out of Baltimore in the second? Turnovers and silly penalties. Leading 10-7, Ray Lewis blew up Kellen Winslow on a short reception. Winslow was pretty much set up by Anderson, who led him right into Lewis, whose big hit led to [...]

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The Browns: Decisions, decisions

September 15, 2008

The latest loss to Pittsburgh had barely ended before the e-mails started rolling in.
"I dare you to defend Crennel," one wrote.
"Romeo has got to go," said another.
"When you have the ANNOUNCERS criticizing the coach's decision, it is not good," said a third.
First, announcers make their living criticizing coaching decisions. They can get away with it [...]

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The Browns: Knees, muscles and Horns

September 11, 2008

Way back on Aug. 26, I wrote that when a guy has swelling in his knee it usually means a tear of some sort – and typically it’s cartilage. Yes, this is shameless self-promotion, but it took no great genius to say that was Sean Jones’ problem back in preseason. He had swelling on [...]

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A midweek visit to the Browns as they prepare for Dallas

September 3, 2008

Spent Wednesday at the Browns, talking to a lot of players about Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens. It would be a shock, beyond stunning, beyond astounding if TO does not have a huge day Sunday against the Browns secondary. The Browns can win, but they won't stop Owens, who figures to treat the Browns corners like [...]

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The Browns conclude preseason 0-4

August 29, 2008

A few thoughts on a Browns game that produced very little for thought …
 
The first-team offense provided enough positives to let everyone breathe a little easier heading into the season. Brady Quinn led the starters to a field goal and touchdown, and the unit was sharp.
 
Quinn should have hit Kellen Winslow for a touchdown, [...]

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Browns make a trade, and now Jamal Lewis is hurt too

August 20, 2008

The acquisition of Travis Daniels via trade kind of shows where the Browns secondary resides at the moment. Daniels does not seem to be the kind of guy who will be a major contributor, but he's probably all that was realistically available at the moment. The trade for Daniels indicates the secondary's struggles are real, [...]

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First and 10 with the Browns

August 13, 2008

Welcome to a new weekly feature on this blog. It’s called First and 10, and truth be told it’s not new at all. It’s really old. For some years now I’ve e-mailed this First and 10 newsletter on the Browns to those who asked. Free! How cool is that. You want it, it arrives once [...]

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