Sunday, December 05, 2010

The Browns went down to Miami and actually won an awfully boring road game. That rarely happens.

What did we learn today?

Did the Browns really have enough cache with the football gods to take THREE knees before kicking the game-winning field goal as time ran out? Football-wise, it is the right move to take all the time off the clock and leave the opponents with no time to retaliate. But these are the Browns we are talking about. They even eschewed a field goal attempt on third down to waste even more time. Thank God it worked, but they haven't earned the credibility to do that. Yet.

Jake Delhomme can be effective at times, if he stays away from the killer interception. That almost came near the end of today's game. Right in a Miami cornerback's hands and he dropped it.

The Browns could not run the ball today. That is the second time in the last three games that has cropped up.

Defense gave up only 10 points and that was the low water mark for them this season.

Why doesn't the ageless Ricky Williams get more carries for the Dolphins. That's a mystery.

Joe Haden looking better and better at corner. The only flaw I see is he gets beat sometimes, but is able to outrun his mistakes. I'm not sure he can do that against really good QBs.

Josh Cribbs still not looking good and he's really awful on the Fathead commercials.

Abe Elam with another good game at safety. Trying to figure out if it's a different scheme that is getting him more involved.

Chad Henne looks like he won't be the Dolphins QB much longer. And that was after a promising 2009 season.

The Browns really didn't too much today offensively. 2-14 on third downs, barely 250 yards for the game. Zero turnovers helped.

All in all, major disappointment for Dolphin fans. Browns fans get a road one, but shows they can grind out a win, something missing from the first part of the season.

Browns win, 13-10.

Next up: Buffalo. Then the three remaining division games. Cincinnati on the road and holiday games against the Ravens and Steelers.

Meal of Links

It's the new Facebook profile. I'm on it, but not really.

Fellow mosque worshippers freaked out by jihadist. Seems he was an FBI plant. Similar to the tree bomber in Portland.

More about your mortgage deduction. I don't think they'll ever get rid of it.

Let's revisit Bush v. Gore. It's the 10th anniversary, you know. Jeffrey Toobin is on the case.

More buzz about "The Fighter". Let's see, FX will have "Lights Out" debuting in January, so we have boxing stories. HBO has one coming up on horse racing. All my favorite unwatched sports are coming alive.

Exercise Yard

The Houston Rockets, who are led by Dork Elvis, always have some interesting ideas. Like Tuesday's Menorah lighting.

Visitor

None, on a cold Browns Sunday.

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