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A quick Browns post before yet another wonderful night at work,but two off nights will hopefully catch things up.

The Browns 10-6 loss to Indianapolis was a snoozer of a game.
Defensive games can be fun to watch,but this was bad offense,not poor defense and only the Derek Anderson fumble and recovery romp by the Colts Robert Mathis reached the end zone for either team.....

Brownie Bits

1) The booing of Derek Anderson as he lie on the ground with a season ending injury was classless by the normally loyal Cleveland fans.
I understand the frustration of Browns fans and I share them,but Anderson's troubles this season were not effort related (like others have been) and he didn't deserve such treatment.....

2) Anderson was hamstrung by an offensive gameplan that looked like it was created by Fred Flintstone.
Short passes are the weakest part of Anderson's game and the Browns used them almost exclusively.
That is not taking advantage of your players strengths.

3) Between that and the use of an ineffective Jamal Lewis and rarely (AGAIN) using Jerome Harrison gave the Browns the appearance of playing not to lose instead of win.
But that is not all bad,as a long time coach,I have (behind the scenes) looked at games that you are overmatched in and have two ways to approach things.
One is to go crazy and throw everything against the wall and attempt to overwhelm the opponent with brash and daring calls or the other is to play 100 % under the vest and hope you play perfect and they play poorly.
The Browns went with the latter and it almost worked....

4) Ken Dorsey takes over for the rest of the year.
Dorsey isn't very good and is from Miami,but I like him.
Why?
He put 100 bucks into my pocket!
Right,Brandon?
And thanks!
Story coming soon,it beats talking about Dorsey's play.

5) The Browns have one chance to win this season-at home against the Bengals.
What?Ken Dorsey vs Ryan Fitzpatrick doesn't get the blood flowing????

6) Rookie tight end Martin Rucker played in his first game and caught a pass.
With Kellen Winslow missing the next game in Tennessee,I want to see a lot of Rucker over the next month-If Winslow moves on,Rucker will need the experience...

7) Same goes at linebacker,where rookies Beau Bell and Alex Hall rarely appear in favor of the slowest backers in the league in Andra Davis and Willie McGinest.
Romeo Crennel should do the right thing and play these two and more of Leon Williams too.
I liked what I saw of Williams last season and rarely see him this year...

8) A note for the Bill Cowher fans.
Many of you bitch about Crennel playing the 3-4 defense and that the Browns do not have the personnel to run it.
I agree,but the same defense is going to be played if Cowher is the coach.
Will the personnel change that much over night????

9) Give credit to Eric Wright and Brandon McDonald yesterday too.
Both have had their bad games,but shut Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison down yesterday.
Wright is more of a 2 corner and McDonald is a better fit in the nickel or dime,but both did their job yesterday....

10) Josh Cribbs continues to be the MVP and is the 2nd string QB for now,no word on what cannon fodder will be the 3rd stringer from off the street....

Bonus Round:

What a dimension that Cribbs throwing the ball from the "single wing" would be when Cleveland uses the formation.
Just one use would keep the defense guessing forever,but that would be creative and we just cannot have that!!!

Back tomorrow when we clean up further on the Seahawks,Devils and some baseball for the seamheads.

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