Ravens-Browns: Ugly Football 101
Hey, Ravens fans, feeling better about your team this morning? No, I didn't think so.
Sure, a win is a win in the NFL. But this ugly 16-0 victory over the Browns on "Monday Night Football" didn't exactly allay any fears that the Ravens are nothing more than a .500 football team right now.
The team got off to another slow start. The offense continued to look listless. Kicker Steve Hauschka looked very shaky, hooking a 36-yard field goal attempt and having an extra-point try blocked.
He's a basket case right now. Don't be surprised if the Ravens give him his walking papers and sign another kicker, pronto, especially with the undefeated Indy Colts coming into town this weekend.
The Ravens also suffered a couple of key injuries to Terrell Suggs (knee sprain) and Haruki Nakamura (broken ankle.)
Hoo, boy.
But for all the Ravens' problems right now, the one good thing you can say is: at least they're not the Browns.
Is that team a mess or what? The offense is a joke. Poor Brady Quinn was terrible at quarterback all night. He seemed WAY too amped up, throwing fastballs at his receivers from 10 yards away -- and inaccurate fastballs at that. If he's listed as the starter again next week, the Browns might as well not even show up for the game.
No wonder Cleveland Browns Stadium was emptying by the middle of the third quarter and practically deserted by the time the game ended.
How much ugly football can Browns fans take?
No wonder there's so much heavy-drinking in the Dawg Pound. You'd HAVE to be loaded to watch that team.
Comments
WHY ?????
what could we have possibly done to deserve this.
Posted by: albie | November 17, 2009 9:16 AM
Nice to see the Baltimore Browns get a win. Wonder when they're going to wear their throwback uniforms?
Go Colts! God Bless Irsay!
Posted by: jeff32 | November 17, 2009 11:33 AM
I got the feeling the Ravens were tight coming into this game, they knew they had to win or else, and played it conservative to say the least. The mistakes in the first half, like Clayton missing that catch that would have been an easy TD, or the missed FG, seemed like they were just wilting under the pressure. Thank god for Flacco, Mason and Rice for putting together a scoring drive that well, let's face it, ended the game, because the Browns had ZERO chance of scoring at all.
Posted by: John | November 17, 2009 1:56 PM