Wake Me Up When September Ends

Before I can comment on today's Brown's victory, I have to first go back to last week's loss. The fact that the Browns are not 3-1 is on the shoulders of Romeo Crennel, if for no other reason than his inability to understand what clock management means. Dawson shouldn't have been kicking a 40+ field goal, they should have had time to run a few more plays and get a little closer. Instead on their previous drive with about 3 minutes left, down two scores, they were huddling! Couple that with the bumbling use of time outs and it's easy to know who to blame.

Now on to today. I can't figure this team out, though I predicted today that Brady Quinn will not start a game barring an injury. Not saying that Derrick Anderson has proven he is the answer, not unlike some of his targets, he is far from it. He throws into coverage constantly and badly misses wide open receivers all the time. However, I don't foresee him having 2 terrible games in a row. Eventually he will be an excellent back-up for Quinn, but for now he is the starter.

I don't want to jinx it but I have felt vindicated in my back-to-back fantasy selections of Winslow and Edwards, as they got me another 33 combined points. Unfortunately, the Trolleys, (2-0-1), are going to go into Monday night down 10 points. Good news is that I have Tom Brady left, bad news is Doc C-vert has Carson Palmer still to play.

My favorite part of Sunday though was watching the Steelers lose. Picksburgh was beaten by the Arizona Cardinals. Ken Whisenhunt, former Steeler assistant coach, and an early front runner to replace Bill Cowher, is now the Cardinals head coach. After the game Whisenhunt had this to say at his press conference, "The Steelers, AREN'T who we thought they were!"

Actually while it was a great Cleveland sports day, Browns beat old Browns and Steelers lose, it's really the baseball playoffs that are drawing my attention and ire this week, but more on that tomorrow.

****Editor's Note If you want to know exactly how much respect the Cleveland Browns get from CBS, all you have to know is that the Columbia Broadcasting System his chosen for three straight weeks, NOT to film or air the Browns games in High Definition.