The Voice of Reason

I'm a die-hard Browns fan, and I don't see how that will ever change. 

Having said that, to all of the airheads out there who have proclaimed that this is the year the Brownies take us to the Super Bowl, take a look at Game 1 to see what this "Championship" team has to offer.  It's only one game, and I'm not even saying that they will be awful this year, but if it isn't obvious that this team has some HUGE holes to fill in their lineup, you don't deserve to make football predictions.  So much for the encouragement of the 3-1 preseason.  Once again, it's proof that there is a major difference when the games count. 

Forgive me for venting, but it needs to be done...

Here's my beef with the Browns in general: 

It's been almost a decade since they returned to the league, and with one brief playoff appearance excluded, they've been nothing short of a league joke ever since.    Teams like the Rams, the Chargers, the Bengals, the Seahawks, and even the Patriots have yo-yoed from the bottom of the league to the top, and some back down and already back towards the top......all since the Browns have been back.   Are we really that cursed w/ the poor draft picks and the injuries, etc., or are we just so impatient as fans and as an organization that we shoot ourselves in the foot by turning the whole system over every couple years??  Something has to give, and the odds say that one of these combinations of management/coaches/players would have created a competitive team, yet we are a perennial "pieces & parts" team  of about 4 or 5 "good" players surrounded by players that AT BEST would rate as "mediocre," and that's being generous.   The coaching has been anything but steady or efficient.  Even the little things like actually challenging calls that really matter and look like credible mistakes  are bungled by our staff.  Not that it ultimately mattered, but we flat-out wasted both of our challenges (and two timeouts) in the first half on calls that obviously weren't going to be reversed.  Romeo should've put that damn red flag away and pulled out the playbook for some adjusting that never really happened.  I don't know who looked worse--Frye or Anderson.  I'm not willing to destroy Quinn before he even gets his feet wet in the NFL (see my comments above about patience), so these two QBs are gonna have to make something happen soon to prevent another coaching blunder that could destroy one of our touted draft picks (sound familiar?).   

My dad lives near Charleston, SC, and, for reasons unknown, he's decided to become a Browns fan this year after 50+ years of casually rooting for the Bengals (We're originally from Columbus).  I told him to stock up on hard liquor, aspirin, and blood pressure meds if he has any.  After  Sunday's game, I think he understands....