Reviewing the tape-Wipeout in Baltimore

No fluff,we go straight to the comments on the Browns humiliating 34-3 loss to Baltimore.

Brownie Bits

1) Wow,did it seem like the Browns mailed in this one early.
One never knows for sure unless you are on the field or in the locker room,but it sure seemed that way.
If Eric Mangini hasn't lost this team (if he ever had it),this weeks game against the suddenly imposing Bengals could either help him grasp the reins strongly or loss them altogether and send the team falling into a canyon that they might never return from.

2) Lifting Brady Quinn for Derek Anderson seemed to be a short sighted move in a game that was already out of control,but Quinn's faces on the sideline might have hurt his case in starting this week.
Knowing Eric Mangini,he could grab any small reason as his reason for making a decision.
Ryan says Quinn always looks like that and he could be right,but he sure seemed awfully descriptive with his expressions in the second half.

3) I am not a Quinn backer,but I fail to see where putting Anderson in last week or starting him against the Bengals is the long term answer for this franchise.
Quinn needs to play and give the Browns some kind of answer on what they can expect from him next season and whether or not they need to yet again go shopping for a passer.

4) Some fans claim that the plays called for Anderson were different from those for Quinn.
I differ with them as I see the plays were the same,but Anderson was looking downfield,while Quinn was always going to the checkoff receiver or the short player at worst.

5) Jerome Harrison was far from Jim Brown,but his 55 yards against the rugged Raven defense was not bad and five catches out of the backfield was impressive as well.
I have been hoping to see more Harrison for two years now,all the guy does is play well and while we are at it,more James Davis too....

6) D'Qwell Jackson and Abram Elam had nice tackle days (9 and 7 solos),but all their tackles are 7 to 10 yards downfield.
Couldn't someone tackle runners before they got that far?
And that is not a totally bad indictment of either player.

7) Eric Wright misses a tackle that leads to a TD for the third week in a row and Brandon McDonald gets burned deep and misses tackles repeatedly for the third game in a row.
McDonald might be the worst tackling corner I have seen in a while,while Wright almost seems to have dead legs when he chases players and is muscled aside easily.

8) Brian Robiskie inactive again.
Robiskie was worth the 36th pick in the draft,but he isn't worth activating?
I see no sense in this,especially when you see Rey Maualuga playing so well with the Bengals and think that Maualuga could be a Brown instead of Robiskie,who doesn't see the field for whatever reason.

9) Not only did Joe Flacco torch the Browns for 337 yards,but he was only hit twice.
Kamerion Wimbley sacked Flacco once and Corey Williams hit him once,but that's it.
No rush at all other than those.

10) These things snowball,but if the Browns have a game similar to the two road games at home,it could get very ugly from the crowd.
The Browns don't have to win to save themselves from the wrath of the fans,but they do have to keep it close and really need to keep it close early.
If the Bengals strike early and get a 14-0 lead,it is going to be a long day in Cleveland.

11) I forgot to post my pick,but I was pretty close as my prediction was 35-6 Baltimore and it wound up 34-3.
Wish I wouldn't have been that close.

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