More about last week’s Patriots game: I guess I was really hoping that the Browns would let it hang out a little more. Play like there’s nothing to lose. Gamble a little. Show a few new looks. They really didn’t. I don’t know what that goofy pitch to Cribbs was, but that’s the closest thing […]
This game cemented the status of the 2007 Browns as a decent, mid-level team. Traveling into the Foxboro den of iniquity, Cleveland performed just about as expected: losing decidedly but not terribly to perhaps the league’s best team. It is thin consolation that the Patriots scored as few points as they had in any of […]
Here’s my version of the All-Time Browns/Patriots team. Qualifiers must have played at least one regular season game for each team. Selections are based on their total career, including years with other teams. As you might expect, a few positions were fairly deep (DT, CB, P), while others (RB, S, LB) were pitifully thin. If […]
Trent Dilfer threatened to retire rather than return to the Browns in 2006, despite inking a handsome four-year contract the year prior. The thought of subbing for Charlie Frye while enduring another year of Mo Carthon was just too much. Understandable, but watching his failed tenure in Cleveland unfold, I lost a lot of my […]
As of this moment: Jamal Lewis has the longest run (66 yards) in the NFL so far this season. Braylon Edwards has the longest reception (78 yards) in the AFC so far this season. Edwards and Kellen Winslow have combined for 742 yards, most of any team’s receiving tandem. Winslow’s 18.3 average yards per reception […]
The first quarter of the Browns’ season is in the books. A downright dismal debut. A triumphant track meet. Dismay by the Bay. And now, the rise to respectability. By accomplishing the two things they set out to do — start fast on offense and settle down on D — the Browns caged the blackbirds […]
In only three games as a Brown, Jamal Lewis already is among the top dozen “new” Browns (1999-present) in rushing yards. His total of 307 (at a healthy clip of 5.8 yards per carry) propels him past teammate Jason Wright, fellow former Raven Errict Rhett, and deposed QB Charlie Frye into the 11th spot. He […]
I have asked the Arizona Cardinals to change their website’s bio of Maurice Carthon, their running backs coach. An excerpt of my email to them: In two places, it states that Carthon spent the past two seasons as offensive coordinator of the Browns. In fact, Carthon resigned his position on or about October 23, 2006, […]
It’s abundantly clear where Romeo places the blame for yesterday’s deflating loss to the woeful Raiders: the poor effort and performance of his own players. In his brief post-game comments, the beleaguered honcho threw most everyone under the bus. The guys in uniform anyway. The offense lacked “focus and concentration.” Regarding QB Derek Anderson, “there […]
The skill players sure did put up some gaudy numbers, but the Fantastic Five from this game aren’t DA, Jamal, Wheelie, Braylon, and JJ. They were good, no doubt, but I want to single out the guys named Thomas, Steinbach, Fraley, McKinney, and Shaffer. The difference from last week to this was immense, validating the […]
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