The Cleveland Browns trudged their way to a victory Sunday in Jacksonville, unimpressive yet important. A loss to a one win team on their 3rd string quarterback is a grim look for a team with realistic, for once, playoff aspirations. The Browns own the first wild card slot after 11 games, poised to break anContinue reading “Kevin Stefanski has Discovered Something. Is his New Style Changing the Browns?”
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NFL Divisional Round
Who wins this weekend, and how do they get it done? As always, the pressure falls on the quarterbacks. Minnesota @ San Francisco Kirk Cousins won the biggest game of his life last Sunday, throwing two beautiful passes during the game winning drive. His 43 yarder, dropped in a bucket to Adam Thielen, and theContinue reading “NFL Divisional Round”
It’s Time to Talk About Baker Mayfield
The Cleveland Browns have started thirty different quarterbacks since 1999. None have been good. A few were adequate. Most didn’t deserve the punishment on their bodies and careers the snaps in Cleveland inflicted. As far as on-field problems, none have contributed more to the pitiful record posted by the franchise over the last two decadesContinue reading “It’s Time to Talk About Baker Mayfield”
The Media Can’t Wait to Tell You About Odell Beckham
They make everything difficult. The wins seem like losses. The losses feel like organizational failures. The Cleveland Browns are tough to watch and hard to root for. Players fight with the media, coaches, and the medical staff. The pressure to win this season was too much, and no one in the building proved capable ofContinue reading “The Media Can’t Wait to Tell You About Odell Beckham”
Cleveland Browns: What Next?
The Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night. The record against their rival since returning to the league is 7-34-1. For the first time, Cleveland has beaten Pittsburgh and Baltimore in the same season. The sheer insanity of that statement is mind-boggling. A talented team that stumbled through the first half of theContinue reading “Cleveland Browns: What Next?”
Typical Cleveland Browns Problems, Typical Cleveland Browns Solutions
Time to step back and take a breathe. The Cleveland Browns aren’t making the playoffs in 2019. A winning record doesn’t seem attainable. Over and again, each member of the organization has proved incapable of handling the pressures of the expectations placed on them before the season. A weak schedule can no longer save them.Continue reading “Typical Cleveland Browns Problems, Typical Cleveland Browns Solutions”
Browns poised for a turnaround….next week
No matter how optimistic about the season, few Browns fans looked at Week 8 and predicted a win. With the season in flux, @New England this week is dispiriting. In need of a confidence boost off the bye week, no game has seemed more like a loss going in. The Patriots have been surgical thisContinue reading “Browns poised for a turnaround….next week”
Cleveland Browns need a Head Examination
Talent alone doesn’t win football games. In 18 years, how many Patriots’ teams were the most skilled in the league? Maybe 2007? They own six rings and have been to 13 AFC title games in those 18 years because they are better prepared, execute the game plan, and don’t take plays for granted. Bill Belichick’sContinue reading “Cleveland Browns need a Head Examination”
I Got Issues
Immature: not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc. One word describes the Cleveland Browns to this point in the season; the only word able to make sense of them. The definition comes from Dictionary.com, but it could have come from the team’s Wikipedia page. There is no predicting their performance week to week, especially against goodContinue reading “I Got Issues”
The Heart of Jarvis
The fans received their first glimpse of Jarvis Landry as a leader last year on HBO’s Hard Knocks. The newly acquired receiver, fed up early in training camp with the practice habits of his teammates, went on a F-bomb laced tirade in a position meeting, letting them know the shoddy habits built during the previousContinue reading “The Heart of Jarvis”
Browns/Cavaliers Illustrated 