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November 17, 2009
Baltimore Ravens (4-4) at Cleveland Browns (1-7) | Cleveland Browns Stadium
8:30 PM EST | ESPN, WJW-TV (Ch. 8); WMMS FM/100.7.
48 degrees, winds 13 mph | Line: BAL (-10.5)
Nothing says Browns Football like the primetime, national stage. Prepare for a few mentions of the “protest,” Brady Quinn’s return, Jamal Lewis’ statements regarding Eric Mangini and the all-around ineptness that is the Orange and Brown.
Jon Gruden (he who replaced our beloved TK NK) has recently signed a contract extension with ESPN, though he was one of the rumored names to be possibly replacing Eric Mangini if he were to be given the pink slip following one season. This, I imagine, will not be discussed tonight.
As always, feel free to follow along in the comments below. Please be coginzant of our commenting policy regardless of how awful things get.
For what it’s worth, BoDog has this bet open for tonight’s contest:
What will be higher in Week 10 of the 2009 NFL Regular Season?
Baltimore Ravens first half points (+115)
Cleveland Browns total points (-155)
Discuss. Go Browns!
159 Comments
And PFT just reported Cribbs is being treated for a concussion.
Hope the kid’s OK, and that they were just being cautious.
Question to all Browns fans:
Besides Josh Cribbs and Dave Zastudil, what players on this team would be intrinsically valuable to a potential playoff team for the Browns? Clearly those two names are potential Pro Bowlers this season on special teams, but I am having trouble truly identifying anyone else worthwhile. The team just is very, very, very almost historically bad.
Shaun Rogers is still a stud. Like to see him on a quality team.
Still Thomas and Rogers. Even if Thomas isn’t up to his rookie year (which is a high standard), he’s still above average at LT. Same with Shaun. That’s about it, though.
@146, you are absolutely genius. We get Jay-Z to make a song about all of the Browns problems, then some rich dude who inherited a perennial bottom feeder in the English Premier League will buy the Browns and make us a competitive squad. The combination of Jay-Z’s association with a newly competitive Browns team and the poor play of the Dallas Cowboys may be enough to turn LeBron from a Cowboys fan to a Browns fan. Hopefully, more Cowboys fans will convert as LeBron is clearly the most influential man alive. This only increases the chances of signing Dirk Nowitzki of the DALLAS Mavericks and/or Texas-native Chris Bosh. The signing of these superstars (who are more than willing to settle for half what they could get anywhere else) will keep LeBron (and half our economy) right where he belongs. Anyone got Jay-Z’s phone number?
Theres a few players you can look at and say these can be role players for a championship team. Rogers and Thomas are key parts. Mack is still developing, but he has definitely gotten better. I think with Thomas, Steinbach, Mack, and Fraley theres a good base for the OL. Draft a RT in rd. 2 or so, and this could be a good unit. Fraley drastically improves the OL with his ability to be an “on-field mentor” for Mack. He helps him learn and helps people recognize blitzes when he’s out there.
Our D really isnt that awful either. Getting a stud S, or DB (really both) is a top priority. I want Eric Berry coming here and teaming with Pool and Abe as our safeties. We need a number 2 guy (or 1 so wright can go to 2), because Mcdonald gets roasted everwhere. After that, getting a D Ware type OLB is the next thing to make this D really good. Jackson and Maiva look like they can work well in the middle, and you just need big ends to finish it out (robaire and coleman are doing decently).
Then the O… I addressed the OL. We have no real viable TE (Royal blows, heiden old) We have no #1 WR (someone mentioned the colts don’t really have great WRs, but they have good coaches and a great QB). The worst thing by far about our offense though is Brian Daboll. He needs to go and we need to get a creative, proven OC in here. Cribbs is being way under utilized, and the play calling simply is god awful. I dont know about BQ because espn did a good job in pointing out the WRs arent running farther then 5 yards. Let this offense loose, because obviously what they are doing is not working.
Let’s put it to a vote:
Should Mangini go…and if so, when?
Hell, watch him get lucky enough to win a second game and get a contract extension by Lerner for exceeding expectations.
a. The defense is still playing hard for Ryan – that’s a credit to him in a lost season.
b. Please, for the love of God, draft OL and defense. This team is not a “skill position” player away from being good.