No Surprise, Browns Lose To Bears, 30-6

I can guarantee the Browns will not lose this week. Its a bye for the Browns. Maybe after the bye they can begin a new season and go 8-0 to close out. Maybe Cleveland can host the Super Bowl in 2011. Not likely, but it is within the realm of possible. That is, going 8-0 to close out, if you are a an optimist.

These are the sad stats again. Derek Anderson was 6 for 17 totaling 76 yards with a rating of 10.5. He did score the Browns only points. Brady Quinn made an appearance briefly and was 1 for 3 with 9 yards. He did have a better rating than Anderson, a 42.4. The running game was slightly better than previous weeks with Lewis, Cribbs, Harrison, and Anderson combining for a total of 117 yards. Lewis getting the bulk of the yards with 69. The Browns did have a good day punting, averaging 45.3 yards on 6 punts. Something to celebrate.

Putting all that into perspective, again through 60 minutes of football, the Browns got close enough to the goal line to score only one touchdown and not one time close enough to kick a field goal. On top of it, the extra point was blocked. It makes sense since their total combined offensive yardage was 191 yards because they gave the ball back to the Bears five times on two interceptions and three fumbles. Those kinds of mistakes are drive killers.

Joshua Cribbs was their top performer again. Cribbs had 137 yards on 6 returns, 28 yards on 6 carries, and 23 yards on one reception. Mangini still needs to make Cribbs more of a factor in the offensive scheme. Enough said about that because it is something I have said week after week.

Mangini has the easiest position in football, standing on the sidelines every game doing nothing. Possibly, he is listening to other games on his headset for excitement. In the picture is he yawning or shouting, you decide? Well, this Sunday he can sit down and watch some good contests with Baltimore at Cincinnati on Sunday and Pittsburgh at Denver on Monday.