(I meant to post this after the Browns beat the Bengals 51-45.)
Cue the theme from "Twilight Zone."
Pan the camera in from the side, focus on Rod Serling standing in front of an empty Dawg Pound in Cleveland Browns stadium. It is quiet, but in the background a man from the cleanup crew is picking up cups, plates and a Bengals jersey with "85"on the back.
Serling begins to speak:
"What did we learn Sunday about the Cleveland Browns?
"We learned
Their defense still isn't really that good.
Joshua Cribbs is a very good special teams player (but we already knew that).
Derek Anderson can win as a starting quarterback in the NFL.
The Browns offense, given the opportunity, really does have some explosiveness.
The players have a lot of character, to come back from the crushing loss in game one, and the unexpected trade of their starting quarterback the day after and the general confusion surrounding the team since training camp began.
"Perhaps more importantly, what didn't we learn? We didn't learn whether or not these Browns will be a particularly good team for the rest of the season, freed from Sunday's trip through the Twilight Zone."
No comments:
Post a Comment