Better late than never-Browns thoughts!

This will not really be a recap of the Browns win over the Bills last Thursday,it will be some thoughts on the Browns from recent days.


I know the Brian Hoyer injury is disheartening for Browns fans,but it does work for pro and con sides.
The Pro? Well,it does mean one final look at Brandon
Weeden,which means that the team could improve that first rounder but also makes sure that the team knows that Weeden is not "the guy".
I like to think anyone watching the games knew that last year,but I'm grasping for straws here.

The bad part is the loss of Hoyer,who had given Browns fans some hope in his starts,but it is also bad for Hoyer,who just saw any chance of grabbing the job and not letting go leave the wayside.
Hoyer will likely be just the backup to whatever young QB that the Browns draft next season.

Willis McGahee doesn't have the burst of old,but from what I saw against the Bills,he has enough left to get the team through the season.
Cleveland will still look for a back next season,but McGahee will get the team by for the year.

Greg Little added more frustration by bringing two kicks out from deep in the end zone and barely getting the ball to the ten.
Common sense says down the ball,but Little tried to make a big play and failed both times.

Trent Richardson continues to make Joe Banner look smart ( and the few of us that liked the deal) as he spent another game as a Colt averaging three yds a carry and doing the same thing he did as a Brown showing the plowhorse mentality.
The Colts are 4-1,so that pick looks to be in the 20's,but still I wager that Richardson would have brought nowhere near that if you project his final 2013 numbers.....

Travis Benjamin finished with 179 yards returning,which set a Browns record.
Benjamin broke the record of Eric Metcalf,who scored two TD's in a upset win over the Steelers in 1993.
Benjamin has the type of quickness that lends itself to more of a punt returner then the stronger build of a successful kickoff returner.....

This Sunday's game against the Lions will go a long to seeing if the Browns are contenders or pretenders.
After the Lions at home,the Browns then play three of the next four on the road against the Packers,the surprising 5-0 Chiefs and the Bengals with the Ravens being the only home game.
Looking at the schedule there,the Lions game looms as almost a must!