Browns=pathetic

The Cleveland Browns looked absolutely pathetic in a 14-0 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the home finale' yesterday.
In losing to a team that entered the game without a road win all season,the Browns just capped a pathetic season......

Brownie Bits

1) Stat of the season:
Cleveland Browns 76 passing yards.
Leon Hall-Bengal CORNERBACK,3 picks for 87 yards!
You could not make that up!!

2) Ken Dorsey looks to be out of next weeks game,which means it looks like Bruce Gradkowski in Pittsburgh in an attempt to avoid a season ending six game streak without an offensive touchdown.....

3) Great job by the Browns in holding Cedric Benson to just 171 yards on the ground in the game.
Benson put career high numbers up against the Browns as he smashed a career high of 109.

4) Apparently defensive tackle Shaun Smith punched Brady Quinn in the face last week and as a result was inactive for the Bengal game.
I think that we should applaud Smith,after all-it WAS the first time that he hit a quarterback all season!

5) Seriously,I watch the Browns Red Zone on Sports Time Ohio,where Smith appears every week to chide fans on their "Lack of support".
Smith actually expects fans to watch this crap and still clap and cheer???
How dumb can you be???

6) Check this out by Branson Wright in the Plain Dealer,a list of the bottom five QB's since the Browns return.
When these guys play instead of playing charades,you know you are in trouble.

7) How about the always unselfish Braylon Edwards?
Less than a week after his "Browns fans hate me because I played for Michigan" whine (Well,I do,but that's besides the point),Edwards threatened to take the money that he uses to donate to underprivileged kids in Cleveland and instead give it to Detroit children.

8) I personally love this quote from the above link-“I’m not Paul Warfield, Webster Slaughter or Jim Brown. I’ve given my all to this city for four years, and I realize it will never be enough. I went to the Pro Bowl last year and resurrected this team from the darkness, and nobody cared.
Resurrected the team from the darkness???
My lord,you would think the guy was the messiah!!??

9) The Browns out passed the Bengals in yardage in this game.
With the obvious exceptions of Leon Hall and Cedric Benson,this may have been the worst game in NFL history to have to sit through...

10) And finally, Romeo Crennel says "We will try hard this week against Pittsburgh".
Yeah,that will do the trick......

We will talk about the Devils shootout win over the Flyers and the Seahawks snow upset of the Jets tomorrow since that shapes up as a slow blog day....

Bullpen Notes

Sorry,if I don't see the big outrage on this Lendale White wiping his feet with the Steeler towel thing.
Was it especially smart?
No,I think it was pretty dumb as Tennessee could see Pittsburgh in the playoffs and give the Steelers extra motivation,but when you spend years treating a towel like it is the holy grail,sooner or later some knucklehead will do something stupid with it......

I wasn't surprised that Bill Cowher got so excited about it though.
Every one of these talking heads that are former players or coaches are in the pocket of their former employers.
All of them.

The Pirates signed Ryan Doumit to a three year extension today with options for two more years.
The deal will be worth as much as 27 million and as little as 11.5 million.
More on this later in the week when time permits.

Photo Credits
Fans:John Kuntz:Cleveland Plain Dealer
Benson:Gregory Shamus:Getty Images