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ItÆs safe to say if the Browns get blown out this weekend, itÆs going to get UGLY at Cleveland Browns Stadium. á IÆm suspending my official ôLooking Aheadö previews until I can find a reason to look forward to a Browns game. IÆm not talking about matchups or passing and running games. We donÆt have either, so why waste the time. á The coaching staff, more than the players, are under the microscope this ...

Cleveland fans are an interesting lot. We are fiercely loyal and completely unforgiving at the same time. If a team and/or coach gives us something to believe in, we'll latch onto them and elevate them to God-like status. Spit in our face or talk down to us, you have no chance. The offender may as well get out while the gettin' is good. The decision to start Derek Anderson over Brady ...

Three weeks in and that ledge is looking pretty good right now. á ItÆs actually difficult to encapsulate just how bad this team looked on Sunday. From the coaching to the players, it was even uglier than most people anticipated. The 34-3 final score would make the casual observer think the game was closer than it actually was. á LetÆs look at some stats. á The Ravens gained 479 total yards to the Browns 186; they ...

Most Cleveland fans are looking forward to this game like most people look forward to a trip to the dentist. After reading various other preview articles and running down the rosters, I see no point in doing any kind of typical matchup or "Here's what we need to do to win." The reason? This team is terrible. The Detroit Lions have a better chance of winning on Sunday than the Browns do, and the ...

You know where this is going, and it won't end well. Being a Cleveland Browns fan since 1965 means you are a glutton for punishment and you enjoy having your hopes and dreams crushed into ashes. No Cleveland Browns team has won a championship since 1964, and the franchise remains one of only five teams to never have appeared in a Super Bowl. (The other four are the Texans, Jaguars, Lions, and Saints) The ...

That game just sucked all the life out of the season for me.                                                   CUE ORCHESTRA   A man sits on his porch, enjoying a beautiful late summer day. The sun is shining, birds are singing and the man sits back with a comfortable sigh. Then some clouds roll in and a bird poops on his head.   Yep, that’s about how the day felt for me.   It was no surprise to me, given the way ...

The Browns made a poor showing the first week of pre-season against a good team, following that up with a fine performance against a much weaker team.   The similarities between the first two weeks of the regular season and the first two weeks of the preseason are pretty obvious from a scheduling standpoint. Now let’s hope they stay similar from a performance standpoint.   After wetting the bed in Green Bay, head coach ...

Everyone who is standing on the ledge right now needs to take a collective step back.   While the game started out pleasant enough, the afternoon quickly went downhill at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sunday with the Browns losing 34-20.   Where to begin? Let’s start with coaching, because let’s face it, bad play aside, the coaching was atrocious, especially on offense.   My sights are set firmly on rookie offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. His play ...

When the Browns take the field on Sunday, get ready for something you haven’t seen on the Cleveland sideline in years—Preparation.   Head coach Eric Mangini has taken a lot of criticism from the media over his handling of the quarterback situation, which I have added my voice to. I thought he overplayed the incident and created an unnecessary distraction.   But it’s over and we’re ready to play football. Not only are the ...