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Showing posts with label football highlights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label football highlights. Show all posts

Monday, September 20, 2010

The Browns Bark Is Bigger Than Their Bite-Lose to Kansas City

Here we go again Brown's fans, here we go. Wimper Wimper. Week Two, another weak showing and another killer interception. One bright spot out of the whole game was the 65 yard reception-touchdown by Joshua Cribbs. Other than that, the Browns made only one trip to the red zone with a poor third down efficiency to match and were a no-show in the second half. Mangini needs to stabilize the offense by making up his mind as to who is going to play what. Uncertainty wreaks havoc on a teams cohesion.

The Browns defense stood tough and it was the nose of the ball that finally sealed the Browns fate. The defense didn't allow one offensive touchdown and had two picks. The secondary limited Matt Cassel to 176 yards, but the line gave up 132 yards on the ground to Jones and Charles. Dawson's missed field goal could have been the clincher but there are just to many variables in a game to say that with any certainty.

Quote, "It's not good football," Mangini said. "It's not smart football. It's not winning football. We can't play that way." Mangini should have said, "It's not good coaching. It's not smart football. It's not winning football. We can't coach that way." Attitude reflects leadersip. It's the task of the coaching staff to organize the talent it has chosen into one cohesive unit where each of its parts enhances the other. Mangini needs to go back to what began the four game win streak last season.

The Browns needed to win these first two games because it is only going to get worse from here with a tough, no-breather schedule ahead. Meanwhile, the Steelers continue to find ways to win and the Bengals field goaled their way to victory. So, where does that leave the Browns? It leaves them at the bottom of the barrel, in the cellar, ground zero. You can't get any worse than that. What's it going to be Mangini? Can you pull off a Houdini and come back from the dead?
 
Question: I wonder if Jake Delhomme's injury really kept him out of the game or it was an opportunity for a look-see what Seneca Wallace could do? Just a thought.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Week Two NFL Picks

This past week I was 12-4. This week is not going to be easy because many of the games could go either way. At this point and time it is not known if Donovan McNabb is going to play. So the Eagles and Saints are a difficult call since they are playing in Philadelphia, depending on who is quarterbacking. Although, the Saints are a scoring machine. The Browns are going to cut loose this week with a big win in Denver. The Lions will no doubt have a problem with Adrian Peterson. The Atlanta Falcons defense looked good and should be able to handle the Panthers easily. Buffalo Bills gave a good showing on Monday and should be able to outscore the Buccaneers. Brady looked good for the Patriots. Will Peyton Manning return to multiple touchdown form? Monday Night Football and Miami's defense will catapult Manning to exceed his limits. Looking forward to Sunday.

I read that someone in Detroit made a statement in reference to week eleven's meeting between Cleveland and Detroit, "If the Lions can't defeat the pitiful Cleveland Browns at Ford Field, it might be time for fans to break out the paper bags again." Week eleven is far down the road and pitiful, ouch.

Sunday September 20Time (ET)
1:00 pm
Carolina Panthers 14 at Atlanta Falcons 31 W
1:00 pm
Minnesota Vikings 27 at Detroit Lions 21 W
1:00 pm
Cincinnati Bengals 24 at Green Bay Packers 27 L
1:00 pm
Arizona Cardinals 20 at Jacksonville Jaguars 18 W
1:00 pm
Oakland Raiders 28 at Kansas City Chiefs 15 W
1:00 pm
New England Patriots 34 at New York Jets 10 L
1:00 pm
New Orleans Saints 23 at Philadelphia Eagles 24 L
1:00 pm
Houston Texans 12 at Tennessee Titans 18 L
1:00 pm
St. Louis Rams 21 at Washington Redskins 24 W
4:05 pm
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 at Buffalo Bills 30 W
4:05 pm
Seattle Seahawks 21 at San Francisco 49ers 18 L
4:15 pm
Pittsburgh Steelers 18 at Chicago Bears 17 L
4:15 pm
Cleveland Browns 30 at Denver Broncos 20 L
4:15 pm
Baltimore Ravens 24 at San Diego Chargers 21 W
8:20 pm
New York Giants 18 at Dallas Cowboys 27 L
Monday September 21Time (ET)
8:30 pm
Indianapolis Colts 38 at Miami Dolphins 24 W