Needless to say, I’m disappointed. We were outcoached, outplayed, and outmatched. Here are my picks for the week’s Gameballs and Goats: Game balls — Quincy Morgan — Held on (barely) to 63-yard bomb, then outwrestled DB for 4th-quarter TD Orpheus Roye — Nine tackles, all over the field Courtney Brown — Finally turned it loose […]

Here’s hoping today’s game deserves to be added to this list of the greatest Browns wins over the Steelers: October 4, 1952 — Browns 21, Steelers 20. The Browns overcame a 13-point deficit and cashed in a win at Forbes Field. Otto Graham hit Dub Jones for a 47-yard TD and Sherman Howard with a […]

Everywhere you look, tomorrow’s Browns-Steelers game is billed as “the biggest game of the expansion era.” Indeed, these 60 minute will determine who holds the reins in the AFC North going down the season’s back stretch. Both teams have momentum. The Browns on paper have less talent and are three-point underdogs at home. So heading […]

Sometimes a bizarre play can serve as a memorable catalyst to years of success. Think of the Steelers’ Immaculate Reception in 1972 and Dwight Clark’s famous stretching catch in 1981 for the 49ers. Here’s some words and pictures (courtesy of AP, Getty Photos, and the Plain Dealer) from last Sunday’s tying two-point conversion (a new […]

I’m not going as far as to say that Courtney Brown is a bust, but the first pick of the 2000 draft is definitely an underachiever. Yes, he gets double-teamed sometimes and may not be completely healthy, but these two points are telling: 1)Any acclaim he gets for the Jets game is solely the result […]

Tim Couch tops the ballot for this week’s ESPN Prime Time Player. At this point, he has 20.3%, trailing the classy Emmitt Smith and the flashy Michael Vick. Couch has now thrown 89 passes without an interception. Sure, it’s a far cry from Bernie Kosar’s NFL record of 308, but at least it shouldn’t be […]

BROWNS 24, JETS 21 I woke up yesterday six hours from home, after a weekend partying in Fort Knox, KY. Even with the extra “fall back” hour, an early morning start was out of the question. I wouldn’t be home for the opening kickoff. So while cruising up I-75, the radio played the sound of […]

Rest in peace, Al Lerner. The Browns’ owner, who brought pro football back to Cleveland in 1999, died this evening. He had been battling brain cancer, according to published reports. At this hour, all I could find on the web is this preliminary copy: Al Lerner, Browns Owner, Dies By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer […]

We’ll be seeing former Brown (and Buc, and Raven) Vinnie Testaverde on the sideline this Sunday. He was benched a few weeks ago in favor of (pick one: Hanging/Dimpled/Pregnant) Chad Pennington. Coach Herman Edwards didn’t come out and say it was due to “diminishing skills,” but if the boo fits, share it.

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