I will start off by Giving praise where I think it is due.

Browns D. Much Improved over last year.

This Year: 106 points allowed in the first 6 games.
Last Year: 183 points allowed in the first 6 Games.

That is a significant Improvement. “Kudos to the Defense”.

Jamal Lewis.

In my opinion Jamal Lewis is the most “Consistently Productive”, “Professional Athlete” on this team.
Jamal Lewis might not be the best running back in the league.
But, with the weapons that this offense has, Jamal Lewis is more than enough running back for the Browns.

I enjoy watching Jamal Play for the Browns and I feel that the Browns organization
is proud of his consistent production. “Kudos to Jamal Lewis”.

Offensive Line.

Ok the O-Line took maybe a couple weeks to get to gellin’.
But for the past three weeks I am seeing more of the same great play that we all saw last year from this unit.

“Kudos To The O-Line”

Now let me talk about QB.

I know the receivers aren't catching everything D.A. throws to them.
Lets look at that for a moment.
Last year we saw A LOT of very impressive acrobatic catches.
When a receiver has to catch an acrobatic catch it starts to come down to luck.
Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don’t.
Last year our receivers did string together some lucky catches.
This year our receivers have strung together some unlucky drops.
That’s the way it goes when luck is a factor.

We have GREAT receivers :
Kellen Winslow, Braylon Edwards, Dante Stallworth, Steve Heiden, Josh Cribbs, Jamal Lewis.
If all these great receivers are dropping passes consistently ….
I think you have to look at what is the common factor.
What is the common factor?
D.A. is the common factor.

Now let me tell you. When D.A. is HOT. He is really HOT.
A Hot D.A. looks like the best Quarter Back in the league.
But . . A Cold D.A. looks like the worst.
D.A. does have the ability to have a great game.
But, the idea that he is like a box of chocolates …. STINKS!

The Only Thing Consistent About D.A. Is Inconsistency.

D.A. did not throw any int. today, that was good. But he did not throw very many catchable passes either.
D.A. threw into triple coverage several times and I think hung Josh Cribs out to dry.
Like what happened to Winslow a couple weeks or so back.
We will be lucky if Josh doesn't miss a game or 2 due to injury.
D.A. threw way off target and out of sync all day.
Yeah he was pretty good in 2 of the last three drives.
But if that team can score 35 points against the Undefeated Super Bowl Champions. . . There is no reason at all for this one to come down to the kick of Phil Dawson's Career to attempt to tie in the final seconds.

If the Redskins can only score 14 points on us in an hour.
Then this game should have been long since put away by the end of the 3erd quarter.

I believe that the evidence points to the quarter back position as the biggest part of why this team is Inconsistent.

So It’s a Thumbs Down to D.A. for no improvement over last year.

Coaching?

As far as playing Brady Quinn.
When RAC was asked in an interview after the Baltimore game if he thought of putting Quinn in?
He said NO. … Just NO. When asked why not? He said because he felt we still had a chance to win the game.

Last year when asked the same question after a game the Browns lost (I can not remember exactly which one). He said something like … Because we had already lost this game and I didn’t think it would be fair to send the kid in to a situation like that.

So if you don’t send in Brady Quinn when you have no chance of winning the game, and you don’t send him in when you still have a chance to win the game, Then it looks like there is never a good time to send him in.

So I give RAC a thumbs Down for his in ability to see what is Blatantly Obvious to the rest of the entire football world.

This game was very winnable - There is no excuses for this loss what so ever.
Entire team played great accept for D.A. and RAC.
Because RAC should have pulled the trigger by the end of the first 15 minutes.

That’s My Opinion … what do you guys think?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: ACRC,

good post

well.... thank you

I couldn't have said it any better!

Right on the money! To win in this league you must have quality consistent performance from your quarterback and from your head coach. The Browns are getting neither.

Romeo must have a suicide wish. He is going to ride this horse until it is dead.

ur right in every aspect. something has to be done. i dunno what they're waiting for. if they're waiting for consistency from DA then we'll never get a shot at a ring anytime soon..

its frustrating as a fan to have to watch the same idiotic stuff game in and game out. even more frustrating when they actually have one of the best games of many season to come to this..

i still have faith..but its haaaaaarrddd..

What better time to put Brady in at halftime when the game was still tied and DA was 3-14 for 17 yards or something like that. Even if it is for one series to say to DA get your head out of your a@#. Like Herm Edwards said...you play to win the game. DA did not give the Browns a chance to win today plain and simple. He plays scared afraid to get hit and if we all can see it and the announcers can se it. Why can't Romeo? I agree with everything in your post. I just don't know how much more of Derrick Anderson's up and down play I can take. I just think if we have a QB in there that can get some yards in the first half when when we started twice inside their 50 we win the game.

First of all the D can not play the whole game, which they almost did, and did a great job. The only thing I have to say about DA is, he is a choker. The two passes at the end to BE were just plain out chokes. We can not keep sending our recievers out and he stands back there and pumps before every throw, by then it to late.

One theory is that the FO is saying he can't use Quinn because of his incentive laden contract.

I REALLY hope that's true, cuz otherwise Romeo is just a terrible coach.

Then again, he also misuses timeouts, and always goes for it on 4th down when he should kick, and kicks when he should go for it.

If not for a spectacular play by Eric Wright, he would've already thrown the game away with 6 minutes left to go.

JMRO

Braylon Edwards, though, I mean, come on. He is obviously dropping ALOT of passes. And most are not very difficult passes. No idea what his problem is. It's alot of D.A, but alot of it is Braylon too

I'd say Braylon is dropping a lot of passes. he dropped 4 today. he is near the top of the league in dropped passes... not good. He is hit or miss. After reading the Winslow article, I think there are some major problems in that locker room, it's going to be a long season already.. we are in 3rd place in the North at 2-4 , and unless we start BQ now, we don't have a chance to go to the playoffs. If we start BQ now, maybe he gets some rythem and CONSISTENCY and goes on a run, and captures a Wild Card Game. What a long shot!!!! 1 in a 2500 odds.

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Originally posted by ladder32boy:
Braylon Edwards, though, I mean, come on. He is obviously dropping ALOT of passes. And most are not very difficult passes. No idea what his problem is. It's a lot of D.A, but a lot of it is Braylon too

I would agree with you accept for the fact that everyone is dropping D.A.'s passes. And the only common thing between all the receivers is D.A.

It might be true that B.E. has dropped more but I bet that is just because he is D.A.'s go to target.
I bet the percentages are relatively the same receiver to receiver.

And I see most passes to B.E. to long or to short or to much Zip for such a short pass or not enough Zip for such a long pass or thrown into triple coverage. Granted you can not get the perfect pass every time but if you could at least get a pretty good pass when you are the open receiver.

comes down to coaching and the decisions they make. Romeo must go

Damn I am tired of losing

And with this group of receivers I find it difficult to believe that there is not an open receiver somewhere on the field ... every play.

I guess i just dont understand why D.A being the quarterback has anything to do with anybody dropping passes thrown at the numbers or hands, or ball's beng juggled.
I mean, I don't know, I might not understand where your coming from, I'm deffinately not supporting D.A's erratic throwing right now, it's just I see braylon dropping a large amount of catchable balls, and I dont think the reason his hands are not working is because the quarterback's name is Anderson.
He would drop the same exact pass if it came from Brady Quinn in my opinion, but I'm nobody, so it doesnt matter.

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Originally posted by ACRC:
But, the idea that he is like a box of chocolates …. STINKS!

He's more like a box of crap...once in a while you get a bite of chocolate mixed in.

good post, couldn't agree more

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Originally posted by ladder32boy:
I guess i just dont understand why D.A being the quarterback has anything to do with anybody dropping passes thrown at the numbers or hands, or ball's beng juggled.
I mean, I don't know, I might not understand where your coming from, I'm deffinately not supporting D.A's erratic throwing right now, it's just I see braylon dropping a large amount of catchable balls, and I dont think the reason his hands are not working is because the quarterback's name is Anderson.
He would drop the same exact pass if it came from Brady Quinn in my opinion, but I'm nobody, so it doesnt matter.

Again ... All the receivers are dropping a close percentage of passes. And a well thrown pass might hit your hands in a different way that a poorly thrown pass. I don't know... I'm not a pro football player. Maybe Braylon gets hit on the numbers and drops the pass. Look deeper - perhaps he was in triple coverage and about to get creamed and possibly injured and the stress of that causes a malfunction between his hands and his mind - all the while Kellen is wide open on the other side of the feild. Which is the more important part of why the pass was dropped. Because it was thrown to the receiver with three defenders instead of the one with no defenders.

and Braylon is the long ball receiver too. I have seen at least 5 passes this year where Braylon has a step or 2 on his defender and D.A. over throws the long ball 5 inches out of Braylon’s reach. So far only 1 time was it catchable for Braylon and that one was under thrown or else Braylon would have had a Touch Down.

Also see (Excerpt from my earlier post)

And I see most passes to B.E. to long or to short or to much Zip for such a short pass or not enough Zip for such a long pass or thrown into triple coverage. Granted you can not get the perfect pass every time but if you could at least get a pretty good pass when you are the open receiver.

The NFL experts that call the game talk about that stuff every game.
I think I am gonna just take their word for it.

this is a great post!but i am afraid that the only way they will get the message is if we stop showing up at the stadium

I think it's about time for some people to stop going, the ones that actually PAY for it out of of their pocket and NOT the corporate zombies that get the tickets for free, and never cheer.

tho its a bit redundant. excellent post. one thing that sold me on having the same thoughts as most of yourselves, is when i learned he was the exact same way his entire college career. its not going to change. and people always say that i dont know how good BQ is...and they are right, i dont, but at this point in time shouldnt we find out? before they trade him away and find out the hard way he is good?? i would rather lose with BQ and have him getting experience than just keep beating around the bush with the up and down crap DA throws out