The universe is not being destroyed.

by rufio on Oct 20, 2008 2:27 AM EDT Comment 5 comments

Although, it may feel like it.

Winslow is expressing frustration over staph and Savage not calling him in the hospital. Probably justified.

QB controversy is in full effect.

Braylon is saying all the right things, although that doesn't make up for his horrible game.

He also said this: "we might've underestimated the Redskins." Thats the most probably the most dissappointing part of today for me. At 2-3 you know every game is still important. You know you have to win these types of games and you had to learn the hard way last year with losses to teams like Oakland.

You also know that at 2-4 you have a chance to get back to respectability. You have to press on. You have to think that there is still hope for the playoffs for a winning record, for anything positive until it is mathematically impossible (regardless of the odds). Until there are 9 games in the L column, there is a chance to be .500 which is more than I could have dreamed for after some 4-12 and 6-10 years.

So if you expect your sports heroes to play until the whistle, never give up, and to believe it isn't over till the fat lady sings, up your fanhood and do the same. Have some admirable qualities yourself. No, things aren't looking up right now, yes, we are underachieving. There is every reason to be frustrated right now. But failure of your team's success is hardly a reason to stop being a fan. If you want to talk about giving up on the Cleveland Browns or the season, that is your right, but you should probably take it to Cleveland.com or just fair-weather yourself to another team.

No one is picking us to get in to the playoffs and it realistically isn't looking good. But to me, real fans never give up. I am a Cleveland Browns fan win or lose, period. I will stick by my team and watch game after game even if it means my blood pressure takes a hike and I am pissed off every Sunday. I urge you to do the same.

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couldn't agree more

i agree with everything you said. however, i think we should all be questioning many, many things this organization has done over the course of this season so far. our coach is clueless, our QB is painfully sporadic, our “pro bowl” WR couldn’t catch a cold, and we’re on the brink of disaster before november. whats worse is that no one seems to want to do anything about it. but i’ll be in front of my tv with my jersey on every week, yelling like a maniac. see you in the ER.

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 20, 2008 8:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I am and will always be a Browns fan.

However I am not going to sit and watch this so call Pro Football team and drink the kool-aid.
This team for the most part is a mess. The team has staph infections like a 12 year old has pimples. They have a QB who is looking over his shoulder and plays tight 90% of the time. A QB who is 6’6" has balls batted down at the line more than Fran Tarkenton had in his 5’10" career. A QB jawing with a fullback on who knows what the hell was going on. A coach who has no business wearing the headset, must we have more time management gaffs. Play calling: how about yesterday the Browns first 7, 2nd and 10 scenarios the Browns ran the ball everytime, nice imagination. We can sit around and go on all day with Romeo. Even when they beat the Giants, they had 6 illegal procedure calls in the FIRST half. This teams needs some direction and a coach that will raise his voice once in awhile. Because this team lacks discipline.
I think the best thing that could happen to this team is go 4-12 or 5-11. They go 8-8 or even 7-9, all the excuses will fly from Savage. “Oh we had injuries, we came out of preseason all banged up” “Our schedule was tough” " Romeo deserves another year with this squad" " I am fully confident that Romeo will turn this team around"
Good football teams win games like yesterday, Good football teams beat the Steelers at least once a year. This is not a good football team, and it all starts with the head Coach.
Will I support this team, hell yes, but this team needs a new head coach and Brady Quinn needs to take some snaps.

"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"

by Grockcubs on Oct 20, 2008 11:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

People have every right to criticize this team. Things have gone wrong, and 2-4 is nothing to write home about. What I am saying is that the season isn’t over, and that the Browns aren’t over and that words like “I am done with this organization” have no business coming out of real fans mouths, regardless of how fed up one might be at the time.

Romeo may need to go. I think he is a good guy and wish he could have carried the success over to this year. The players aren’t showing discipline, and usually that gets pinned on the head coach, regardless of whose fault it is. My main problem with this is that if he goes we will probably lose our coordinators, who I think are good. We will have to learn new systems and probably go through another season that starts like this one did. I wouldn’t mind switching to the 4-3, but I would like to see us get something for Wimbley and pick up a DE if we did. And even after a rebuilding you are lying to me if you don’t think you are going to criticize the head coach the same way. Coaches are under the microscope and every one of them has their faults.

There might not be many good reasons to hold out hope of getting to the playoffs, but there is always reason enough to remain a fan.

by rufio on Oct 20, 2008 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When I look at this team, one word comes to mind, “enigma.” I just don’t understand how great we can look against the undefeated defending champs and then come out against the Skins and play a totally uninspired, crappy game.

We can blame RAC all we want, but these players are professionals and they need to perform at a high level week in and out, regardless of the competition. They simply aren’t doing that. My gut as a coach would be to bench Braylon and Anderson and everyone else that isn’t earning their paycheck. However, I think that would inevitably end the season in the 8th week. Agreed, it’s too early to jump ship. Plenty of things have gone very wrong, but there is time for things to go right. I’m not drinking the kool aid, but to can the coach and bench the QB right now probably aren’t the best decisions just yet. But…if I were Mr. Savage, I’d be doing whatever needed to be done to become good friends with Bill Cowher….Just saying….

by RD74 on Oct 21, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed that the players need to be professionals.

Disagreed about benching Braylon. He isn’t trying to drop balls, he is making good efforts to catch them. It simply isn’t happening right now. Yes, he needs to find a way to catch everything coming his way. He can’t do that on the bench.

by rufio on Oct 22, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs