Today was the biggest win in Eric Mangini's tenure as coach of the Browns, defeating the Super Bowl champ. This easily surpassed last year's home win against Pittsburgh, the defending Super Bowl champ. This was also the biggest win since the Browns return in 1999. For this win surpassed the victory against another defending Super Bowl champ, the New York Football Giants, on that fateful Monday night in 2008.

The reason? Well, both of those games were in doubt for a long, long time. But today, the Browns were pretty much an afterthought going in and they grabbed the game by the throat almost from the opening kickoff. Would not be surprised if they were promised some extra time off during the bye week if they had won. Because they were definitely playing as though they had something riding on the effort.

Absolutely not a day to quibble. Although, I will say before we go all Winston Wolf on each other, the Browns offense only had 12 first downs and gained a paltry 210 yards.

So, let's celebrate the "Emptying of the Playbook" today:

Peyton Hillis throwing a pass to Colt McCoy, of all people, for 13 yards.

The Josh Cribbs to Eric Wright pass. ON A PUNT! For only 62 yards.

Reggie Hodges getting 68 yards on an improbable fake punt with the Saints parting like the Red Sea.

David Bowens with not one, but two Pick-Sixes, capping the second one by tumbling over the goal line.

The Browns defense, low on sacks and interceptions coming in, getting 3 sacks and 4 interceptions.

The NFL this year is really a crapshoot, so it's doubtful if this is a sign of things to come. So, for one day or several through the bye week, let's enjoy a most improbable win. Although Drew Brees still has the stats, maybe we had a bit of the Madden Curse on our side.

The Browns actually do a "Whoa Dat", beating the Saints, 30-17.

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