But, for the love of existence, let my teams be smart. I absolutely cannot deal with the fact that the Cleveland Browns of 2008 are possibly the worst coached and dumbest team to ever put on uniforms. Granted, it has only been two weeks and they played two pretty good teams. And these excuses would probably hold water if the team lacked any talent whatsoever. However, they have talent. The think they are lacking is brains.
Contrary to popular belief, and, well, how the Browns are playing, a lot of thought goes into playing football. The teams watch film sessions and coaches try to dissect their upcoming opponents in order to gain any sort of advantage. Apparently the Browns missed that memo. Every possession begins with running the ball off tackle with Jamal Lewis. That wouldn't be a a bad idea if you were the 2002 Baltimore Ravens. But seriously, how about a fucking pass once in awhile on first down. You know, to keep the defense on its toes. Seriously, the Steelers pretty much bought Polamalu into the box every first down to take down Lewis. Horrible.
I mean seriously, this was a must win game. Now the Browns are down by 2 games to the Steelers in the division and have lost the tiebreaker with a home loss. Great way to start the season when you have one of the tougher schedules in the league. What really irks me is that about two players showed up on Monday night: Kellen Winslow and Shaun Rogers. The offensive line did pretty well too, but who gives them credit ever? Everyone else just sat around and expected to win, or something. The last time I checked, you have to try to win games in the NFL. Not just expect winning to happen because you are an overhyped team with way too many prime time games.
And how about that Romeo Crennell? His clock management was incredible. Not only did he mess up the end of the second half with a chance to score, he burned three timeouts in the fourth quarter after going for a field goal while down by 7 with 3 minutes to go. Hey dickhead, you are playing your divisional rival in a must win game. You don't go for a fucking field goal down by 7 when you are on their 25 yard line. Besides showing a complete lack of balls, the Browns displayed a softness that doesn't belong in the AFC North. What are we, the Bengals?
One last thing. Before Romeo called for the field goal on 4th down, he ran the ball TWICE on first and second down. This after moving the ball through the air with no resistance from the Pittsburgh secondary. Way to play to win Romeo. If you couldn't count, a field goal doesn't do much for you because you were still down by 4 with 3 minutes to go in the game.
If Romeo went for the 1st down on 4th, whats the worst that could have happened? The Steelers would have gained possession at their 25 and the Browns would have had 3 timeouts. This is enough time to play defense and get back into the red zone to give yourself a chance to score. Instead we kicked a USELESS field goal and got the ball back with 30 seconds left and no timeouts. Great job dickheads.
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