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Matt Stafford has been given the nod to start on Saturday. Who's starting at QB for the Browns? Well maybe Mangini is taking a play from Romeo's playbook and will flip a coin during tomorrow's pregame warm-up.

Eric Steinbach found it hard to belive that Jerome Harrison's 72-yard touchdown run against Buffalo last season was the last time the offense scored a touchdown. read more

Concerns heading into the game are:

No clear-cut starting quarterback....DUH

No clear-cut No. 2 receiver. Right now with Cribbs or with Quinn taking a liking to Furrey, i'm fine with either.

No clear-cut starting center. Lets be honest its gonna be 1st Rd pick Alex Mack.

A No. 1 receiver coming off a drop-filled season. All we can hope for is that the number doesn't expand.

A starting running back who will turn 30 next week. Ok, Jamal has heart but he just can't hit the whole like he used to. Unless our line kicks it up a notch (which I don't want to get into right now, we always have hope don't we?) I don't see anything spectacular coming from the former Volunteer.

A first-time offensive coordinator. Ok you stumped me on this one. (Damn you Mary-Kay Cabot!!!!!)

One other quickie to watch for will be the productivity of newly acquired (and former Brown) Shaun Smith. Will he try to stick it to the man or will he continue to work a less than productive game has he did here in Cleveland.

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