I’ve seen a lot of bad football in my life but yesterday’s Brown game may have been the worst. At no point during the game was enjoying watch the game. The only time I was entertained by the game was the final five minutes of the fourth quarter. It sucks that the 54-yard field by Dawson, who has won so many games and come up so big in a number of contests for the Browns in the last nine years, was wide right. But it was justified because there is no way the deserved to win that game. (I can’t believe W was right with is post late Friday saying the game would come down to a field goal) It was a piss poor offensive effort, the likes that haven’t been since Spergon Wynn. Anderson was what? 3-of-15 for 17 yards at half? I mean you got to be really bad, or trying really hard, to put up numbers like that. He looked awful and was almost never on the same page as he receivers. I don’t know who is to fault for that he but there’s no reason it should happen 12 times a game. There’s no reason why at 6’6” DA’s passes are getting tipped at the line so much.
(Quick side note: The wisdom of Soloman Wilcots said Anderson’s nickname was DA. Really? How cool is that? I wonder how they came up with that for his nickname? Would you call that a nickname, or you know, his initials?)
The game was just frustrating to watch. There are so many points we could talk about but let’s just take the last drive the ended in Dawson’s missed field goal. One big pass play that was well executed to put the Browns in good position but then all hell went to loose. There was no hurry by the offense to get plays off. But there was a hurry to get to the line. It was like they knew they had to hurry but just didn’t care about the clock. The Chocolate Dumpling should know that a 54-yard field goal is a lot to ask out of any kicker especially Dawson. After Anderson picked up the first down on his sneak, they should have ran the ball once to make it a more reasonable field goal. Run a draw with Lewis or Harrison. Both had ran well and draw would catch the defense off guard and get at least five yards. Then, since you know you are running it, you have a second pass play called and get everyone on the line quickly, which shouldn’t take long since again, you know you are running it the play before. I don’t know if this would have led to a touchdown or what but at least it gives your kicker a chance. And there was plenty of time to run a run. Just another mismanaged 2-minute drill by The Chocolate Dumpling.
Looking at the stats and the score, you’d think the defense played outstanding. They were good but not great. The Redskins were able to move the ball with ease but then always had drives end more because of what they did then what the Browns defense was doing. If you didn’t notice, Jim Zorn, Clinton Portis was getting 5-6 yards a carry. Why not let him run the ball every play. Even the Cartwright and Alexander where getting more than 5 yards a carry. Any third down and six or less should have been a run. (Can you imagine how many rushing yards the Browns are going to give up to Jacksonville next week?)
But this is why the Redskins aren’t a Super Bowl team and a borderline playoff team. They struggled to beat a Browns team they are clearly better than. Put that effort against a good team, like the Rams, and they lose. So congratulations Graig for your ugly ass win over a growingly more pathetic team. Shots are on me when I’m in Columbus again (as soon as Nov. 8). However, since it was a crappy win, you get a crappy shot. Something like a Pig Bomb.
The only people who had worst weekends than the Browns was me at predicting games, the state of Michigan, the NY Jets, the Boston Red Sox and Kelly Pavlick.
Where’s Graig?? Maybe he’s smarter than we all give him credit for, for refusing to acknowledge that there was actually a football game yestereday involving the Redskins and Browns.
DA has to have the worst touch on short passes. He is just awful. I could write two pages on his shitiness, but you all have seen him play, it’s like banging your head against the wall. I will leave it at that.
How about Romeo not going for the field goal when a field goal makes it a one possesion game. His logic is obviously as follows: Down 3 touchdowns in 4th quarter, kick the field goal. When given the chance to make it a one score game with a field goal in the 4th quarter, go for the touchdown. I know it didn’t end up making a difference, but…how…, you know what I am sick of ranting about this fucking quarterback and coach. It makes me sick watching these two every week. I’ve had it.
Damman – I was going to mention the same thing about the Dumplings play calling in the 4th. Portis felt so sorry for him that he fumbled on purpose to let them have another shot – also pathethic that it took 8 tries from the 2 yard line to score a touchdown.
Solomon was very informing when he explained that DA was his nickname and he got it back in high school because those are his initials. I would have never figured that out because I would have sworn that they called him DA because it stood for Damn Awful or Dick in my Ass.
That drive you are talking about would have been fine since they were able to get Edwards wide open at about the 15 yard line too bad Brady Quinn couldn’t get it anywhere close to him to make the catch. Oh wait if Brady was in it would have been completed.
Finally, at half time me and my buddy brett switch to TNT and watched Final Destination 3 (didn’t know there was a third one) and only watched the last 5 minutes of the game. Is that bad to switch the game of your favorite team that is not really out of it for a 3rd installment of a crappy movie? FYI – Final Destination 3 is the same as Final Destination only the kids get of a roller coaster instead of a plane.
OK, a lot to say today. First, what the fuck is a Pig Bomb??? That sounds like the kind of broads that Damman takes home and if that’s the case, I don’t want it.
This entire post today should have been about how mind-numbingly retarded Romeo is. That 4th down call was so stupid that RichRod thought it was bad.
Hey, Solomon Wilcots, it’s not Terry Cousins, it’s Terry Cousin. Or you can call him terrible like everyone else does.
Braylon Edwards is the worst WR I’ve ever seen.
As far as the Skins go, this is how they play. They are like a poor-man’s Tennessee Titans in which they are going to run it up your ass, play good defense, and not make mistakes. It’s working but as we all saw, it isn’t pretty all the time. I wish that Zorn would take the training wheels off Campbell and let him make some plays. I find it hard to believe that the Browns, the way Portis was running, were going to be all over a play action bomb. They are a playoff team and they are going to keep getting better. They got the Stillers on MNF in two weeks…it should be 6-2 vs. 6-2 and a real measuring stick game for both teams.
An end around to Fred Davis??? Worst play call ever.
A win is a win and watching the NFL this year, I’ll take what I can get. But I don’t really feel good about it.
Eat my ass, Browns fans.
Pig bomb = a shot of whiskey with bacon bits
Also along the lines of the Cousins call – has anyone noticed that the last two weeks everytime Stallworth gets the ball they call him Cribbs? All those guys with dreadlocks look the same I know but they have different numbers come on
Ah yes, I nailed my upset pick of the Raiders. Suck on it.
S – you bring a good point. It is very pathetic that it took 8 tries from the 2 yard line to score a touchdown. Even more pathetic was on both first downs, they ran the exact same play. Cribbs in motion, spots right where they want to run, Lewis stopped for no gain. Good play call. Why not play action on first on second down? How about Cribbs in the shotgun? They ran that only once yesterday and picked up a first down on a third-and-three. If Matt Schaub can score on a QB draw, I think Cribbs can. No creativity at all.
As for Braylon, he shouldn’t run any route less 15 yards. He just can’t catch anything that close. He made a real nice catch in traffic that set up the touchdown but had what, 6 drops, on routes less than 10 yards. Awful. And awful play calling. Where was Harrison and Wright? They played well against the Giants and how do they get rewarded? By not playing. Sounds like you in high school Scott.