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NASCAR fans call the period between Homestead and Daytona “silly season.” A whole lot of nothing happens and only rule changes, racing teams, and rumors are discussed. NFL fans are now in that parallel universe, where the only news is no news. Commentators either say a whole lot of nothing or go into hibernation.   Someone woke Six Points up from the long slumber. It’s now time to add to the vast expanse of nothingness ...

Former Cleveland Browns' QB Derek Anderson lashed out via e-mail to sportswriter Jeff Schudel of the Willoughby, Oh.,  News-Herald after his release.  Anderson called Browns fans “ruthless,” citing them cheering his injury after he sustained a sprained MCL in his left knee in a home game.   Mr. Anderson, compared to players who have held your position in the past, we were too kind.   Via your agent, you retracted those statements to the ...

Last Sunday, before an ôofficialö crowd of 67,000 and change, the Cleveland Browns equaled their win total of the 2008 Implosion with a victory over the Oakland Raiders, who were once called the ôHellÆs Angels of Football." In the tradition of chain wallets and biker levels of applied stupidity, the Raiders committed not to excellence, but to 126 yards in penalties and two player ejections, contributing in large part to ClevelandÆs ...

á Cleveland Browns fans, already spilt into as many cliques who spread as many rumors as would be found in a typical suburban high school, went into speculation overload this week. á The afterglow of a victory over the hated Steelers was quickly replaced by another round of ôhe said/she said,ö and the rumor mill was set ablaze by the media and the Intertubes. á Six Points apologizes in advance for pop culture references from ...

á Cleveland Browns fans, already spilt into as many cliques who spread as many rumors as would be found in a typical suburban high school, went into speculation overload this week. á The afterglow of a victory over the hated Steelers was quickly replaced by another round of ôhe said/she said,ö and the rumor mill was set ablaze by the media and the Intertubes. á Six Points apologizes in advance for pop culture references from ...

Six Points is done basking in the afterglow and/or nursing the hangover from this unexpected victory on the lakefront Six Points also considered to be well within the realm of possibility. á And while some of the yinzers in attendance may have had a long drive back to the Burgh, other yinzers may have felt their postgame drive back to Twinsburg from Cleveland Browns Stadium took just as long, sans turnpike tolls. ...

ItÆs time for another edition of Six Points , since the last time this column was published, it was written to the tune of the Robert Plant song ôWorse Than Detroit .ö á Yes, the Browns still are, and despite glimmers of hope from ôthe process,ö mediocrity would still be a massive improvement. But the panic button has been pushed too many times since Cleveland was "awarded" this expansion team, and ...

One of two nationally televised Cleveland Browns games is in the books, and a realistic Cleveland football observer could not have expected much better than what he or she saw Monday night, Nov. 16. Never fear, Six Points is here to recap the good, the bad, and the ugly.á Of course, it was mostly bad and ugly. 1. Boycott? What boycott? Despite the efforts of "Dawg Pound Mike," pictured at the upper right, the ...

Ready for scary stuff yet? After all, it is Friday the 13th. In the Crystal Lake of Cleveland, we have seen plenty of frightening things already, but this edition of Six Points will largely be dedicated to the men in the Browns organization who can claim the title of our own Jason Voorhees. These are the men who can snuff out any hope of victory by the most gruesome, vile, and grotesque ...

á 1. Liar, Liar (XXL) Pants On Fire: á In a CBS Sports interview, Head Coach Eric Mangini claimed ignorance of an escalator clause in Brandy QueenÆs contract that would have paid him an additional $10.9 million if he took 70 percent of the snaps this season. á This claim came from a man who has a reputation as enough of a control freak to select the wattage of light bulbs and the thickness of ...