The beleaguered and wildly inconsistent Browns have now won three of their last four games, putting them in the thick of the playoff hunt. It came right down to the last play, but in defeating Jacksonville, 23-17, they just knocked off a solid playoff team on the road. Somehow, after a week of internal strife […]
Before we delve into the fuller dimensions of today’s costly loss to Washington, I again need to take Romeo to task for his game management. Let’s look at just one decision: trying for a game-tying 54-yard field goal on 4th-and-10 with 32 seconds to go. What choice did he have? Go for it, obviously. The […]
Must be a full moon. But, hey, those come every month. When’s the last time the Browns upset the Super Bowl champs by 21 points? Hell, when’s the last time they beat anyone by three TDs? The answer: November 20, 2005 — Browns 22, Miami 0. Only four Browns starters that day remain on the […]
Funny, the Browns win their first game in 273 days, and I have little to say. The 20-12 victory in Cincinnati was as unimpressive as it was necessary. Yesterday confirmed that the Browns are a talented team prone to underperform. I have little doubt that Carson Palmer would have beaten the Browns soundly had he […]
So my four-year-old son, wiped out from an afternoon frolicking at a birthday party, settles onto his dad’s lap during the third quarter of yesterday’s Browns game. He knows I like the Browns. He wants them to do well. He’s even a member of their Kids Club. But of course he doesn’t understand the game […]
This is not why we lost the game, but it is an easy and important point to make: Romeo remains a victim of the overly conservative mindset of too many NFL coaches. Here is how he chose to conclude the Browns’ only possessions of the second half. The situation: 21-7 Dallas with 11:26 left in […]
In advance of Sunday’s big opening game, I exchanged email with a Cowboys blogger on AOL Fanhouse today. He posted the result here. I’m posting it here: Sportz Assassin: Cleveland certainly was a pleasant surprise in 2007. What are your expectations for 2008? Ace Davis: My philosophy is that expectations should remain high. If you’re […]
In a season full of “signature” wins, Sunday’s whiteout shutout may have been the most encouraging of all. The Browns blanked the Bills in a blizzard, freezing them out of the playoffs while icing their sixth straight road win. With plenty to play for in the furious snow and winds, the home team played virtually […]
Way back in college freshman English, writing on a passage from Walden, I drew what I thought was an uncanny analogy with something from my personal experience, a probable arson fire that destroyed a tennis club I had frequented. The prof, a campus legend of intimidating brilliance, was befuddled by what must have been an […]
Winslow’s fine catch on the last play could’ve been called a force out, but for whatever reason, the officials very, very rarely make that call. Last year against the Jets, the Browns won on just such a critical no-call, as Brodney Pool knocked tight end Chris Baker out of bounds in the end zone to […]
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