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Browns Begin Year with Another Loss

Yes this picture pretty much sums up last Sundays Browns' loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Who can we (the fans) place blame on for this loss:

The entire team for having 11 penalties during the game?
The OC for the lack of Peyton Hillis getting the ball?
The DC and/or the veteran defensive players for playing circle jerk while AJ Green catches and runs for his first career touchdown?
All of the owners and players for the lockout which in turn allowed less time for a first time head coach and his players to get to know each other?

I could go on for days on this but either way we suck, so therefore we lost.

I will give credit to the Browns players and coaching staff for making the correct adjustment at halftime to overcome nearly digging there own grave in the first quarter of the game.  Not to mention CB Joe Haden's outstanding play all day (5 pass break ups on the day).

The Browns have a fairly easy schedule this year. The Bengals are almost as bad as the Browns, the Colts are Manningless, the Dolphins and Titans aren't really much to write home about, Seattle & San Fran's QB's would make even Tim Couch look wicked awesome, The Rams are still rebuilding, Jacksonville only seems to have one guy listed on there roster for offense, and the Cardinals have an unproven QB running the show in the desert in Kevin Kolb. Hell I could even throw the Steelers on this list for having an aging defense and getting there asses whooped by the Ravens in there week 1 matchup.

In years past, a week one Cleveland loss would have put me into a three day drunken, self loathing tizzy. However the 2nd half season plunge of the Cleveland Indians have had me already in a "don't expect much again this year" attitude. Maybe the burden of living in northeast Ohio and following these Cleveland teams for so long have finally sucked out my soul of this 33 year old body.

Hell, lets blame Jim Tressel, Mark Shapiro, The Lerner Family, Butch Davis, Braylon Edwards, William Greens kitchen knife toting baby momma, the Decision, Ben Affleck, George W. Bush's two terms, the creators of Lost, Craig Ehlo's defense, etc.

Not only do I need this team to win Sunday, but all Browns fans and the city of Cleveland need this team to win. The WR's need to step up, our pass rush needs to be a second quicker and when Josh Cribbs runs a kick off or punt back 40 yds, the offense needs to capitalize on the inherited field position.

Christmas came early for the Browns this year (as it did the Texans last weekend). A Peyton-less Colts team with a 64 year old QB at the helm is just what this team could use as a stepping stone from the ground floor in getting this season turned around quick.

Lets hope Jimmy Donavon gets to call a winner this weekend.


Welcome back Jimmy.

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