Cleveland Fan Limo

Yesterday’s 60 minutes of football was a pretty good review of the previous 8 games all in 1.  They came out put together a very nice drive on their second possession and finished things off with a TD. Their next two drives resulted in another TD and a FG.  A very god first half.  They had an imaginative offense, that mixed pass and run very well.  DA spread the ball well, the line gave him the time he needed and opened holes for Lewis.  The D made plays when it needed to, continuing a bend but don’t break type of trend. 

The second half brought out the bad Browns.  They only had the ball once in the third and managed a couple of first downs before the drive stalled.  The 4th quarter produced 2 FGs but here is the problem, first and goal from the 1 and Lewis is stopped for a loss of 1.  What do they do next, throw twice.  If you are int eh NFL and can’t get 2 yards in 2 downs on the ground, it is a problem.  Just give Lewis the ball and let him score, its not that hard.  The Jags fumbled the ensuing kick-off and the Browns were unable to get a yard and settled for a FG, using a mere 21 seconds.  Hey RAC, keep the clock running when you have the lead that late int he game.  Force the Jags to use their TOs right away.  Enough complaining they won.

So next week the Ravens come to town.  This is a huge game for our Brownies.  They can get back to .500 and back in the play-off picture with a win.  Four out of the next 5 are at home, it is time to make a move. 

GO BROWNS!!

Nothing to say really.  They play horribly and still have a decent shot to win the game at the end.  Our QB can’t complete a screen pass.  Our pro-bowl WR would have a tough time catching a cold right now.  Our pro-bowl TE is ripping the management.  This is going to be a long year. 

Besides all of that our play calling is atrocious and our HC seems to be sitting around waiting to be fired.  I’m not saying that the season can’t be resurrected, but if it will be they better start in Jacksonville next week.  Everybody needs to get on the same page and right this ship. 

GO BROWNS!

Who would have seen that coming?  Certainly not us.  Being all working class stiffs, we got a late start yesterday.  We finally made it to the lot around 5:30, about 3 hours before game time.  They almost didn’t let us in the lot because they were done with over-sized cars (I guess talking to the lot manager the day of the Steeler game paid off, he remembered us and let us in after the attendant called him up).  There was a perfect spot right next to this things.

We finally have a full car load for the way up to the game too, 2 in the front and 6 in the back.  We decided that since it would be a short stay in the lot we would just do pizza, chicken and jo-jos (those are fried potato wedges for you non-Akronites, they seem to be a very regional food).  We hung out just trying to figure if there was a way to not get embarrassed on national TV tonight.  Boy were we wrong in our thinking.  We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect night as far as the weather goes, about 65 and clear.  That had to have been a good omen.

We headed into the game at about 8:15 and were hoping for a good show, we were not disappointed.  The offense looked like the one from last year.  The o-line dominated the game.  It was good to see Ryan Tucker back in at Right Tackle, he is a mean SOB and gave the line a kick in the pants that it needed.  DA had all the time in the world last night and was able to go through his progressions to find the open guy.  The D made big plays when they needed too and the world champs were made to look like chumps. 

I still can’t believe it really happened last night.  Let’s hope that was the start of something good for our Brownies.  We won’t be down in the Pit again until November.  Maybe the limo will have to venture out for something else in the meantime. 

GO BROWNS!!  TAMPA BOUND IN 2009?

Beautiful day here in NEO and with the Browns playing on MNF we were free to do whatever we wanted.  A nice brisk run in the morning . . . A hike in any of our great area metro-parks . . . A drive with the top down or windows open . . . A little sight-seeing flight to check out the changing colors of the leaves . . . The last time out on the links this year . . . Who did what?

Hope you didn’t just spend the day watching your fantasy team points not accumulate.  Seems that my teams are that way all of the time anyway.  This week the wrong team is winning for me. 

That leaves us with the MNF game tomorrow.  The limo should arrive at the Pit right around 5:00 maybe a little later.  What can I say we all work.  Probably just burgers and dogs but definitely a good time.  Come and visit us.

GO BROWNS. 

Tomorrow is the first night of the rest of the season. 

We all made it through the much needed bye week.  No one is happy to be 1 - 3, but it is better than 0 - 4.  Hopefully during the extra week of preparation the team worked out several kinks. 

Things to look for this week:

Pre-play penalties, there should be none.

Post play penalties, again one is too many.

Clock management, by both the coach and the players.

Fan reaction, let’s not get on them after the first 3 and out.

The brutal schedule continues.  Let’s shock the world.