I’ve long pined for the day that a former Toledo Rocket would take the field with the orange and brown for the first time in my memory.
There was rookie GM Phil Savage’s clever 2005 offer sheet to Chester Taylor, which the Ravens opted to match, retaining their restricted free agent running back for another year. Soon after, a smallish receiver with the great name of Lance Moore was one of Cleveland’s last training camp cuts. His current stats — 71 catches and 8 TDs for New Orleans — would easily lead today’s Browns.
Little did I expect that the first appearance of Rocket-turned-Brown in the regular season since Mel Long in 1974 would be street free agent Bruce Gradkowski, mopping up as the fourth quarterback in a desperate, desolate situation. Honestly, there was more production from my blogging today, and that ain’t saying much.
Instead, my lasting memory from today’s game will be Ken Dorsey going deep for the Detroit Diva, who high-hurdled the intercepting Leon Hall, thus allowing his former Michigan teammate to return his third pick of the game 27 yards.
No single play better represents the wreckage of this Browns season.
