Cleveland Browns "Offensive" Showing on Monday Night Football

Three words for the Browns performance on Monday Night Football against the Baltimore Ravens, it was offensive. The flag was thrown all night on the Browns for "offensive ineptness". One announcer categorized it this way, "The worst offense in football." My brother-in-law, who was at the game in the Dawg Pound, texted me this breakdown, "It was awful". Brown's fans were hanging their heads low on the biggest stage of NFL Football and probably will never be seen on Monday Night Football again. Well, maybe that is an exaggeration, and only because forever is a long time.

It looked to me as if Brady Quinn was running scared from the first moment he touched the ball to the last, as if he was saying, "Here you take it I don't want it." He hurried his set up even when he didn't need to. Two of his last three passes didn't even stay on the playing field. It looked like he was throwing the ball away or could I be mistaken, was there a big gust of wind? Quinn was 13-31 on 99 yards and a rating of only 23.5. The Browns total "offensive" production was 160 yards and zero touchdowns. The Ravens offense was held to no points in the first half and then in the early moments of the second half, things fell apart for the Browns. The Ravens offense only managed 10 points.

The Browns fans can take some pride out of the game from the performance of the defense. The defense hung in there through the whole game. They kept the Ravens scoreless through the first half and their passing attack threw Flacco off balance most of the time. The Ravens only offensive touchdown came on a Rice scamper to the end zone.

The worst part of the whole game came on the last worthless attempt to score. Joshua Cribbs took a pass and in the process of trying to manufacture a senseless score took a hit while handing off the ball and was injured. It was sad to see the Browns best yardage producer carried off the field on a stretcher.

Some questions to ask. Why would you start throwing down field at the end of the game when the defense knows you are desparate for a score and is ready for it? Why not throw the long ball when it would be a surprise, like early in the game or when they least expect it? I understand you need pass protection and a good running attack to set it up, but at least try. Another question. Will the Browns score a touchdown before the season ends? Stay tuned next sunday when the Browns neet the Lions in Detroit.