Browns 14 - Ravens 15 - Deezo and I Get Tortured
Yesterday Deezo and I headed down to the Browns game and for about three quarters and 12 minutes it was a joyous experience.
The last three minutes of the game was not so joyous as the Ravens intercepted, drove 47 yards, and kicked the winning 52 yard field goal.
Man, that is not only frustrating, but par for the course. The Browns team, by all accounts outperforms expectations in this game, but can’t pull off a victory. There might not be anything worse than that. At least in prior weeks, I could blame someone. This week, who are you going to blame?
Maurice Carthon had a pretty good offensive attack going that reacted to the intense pressure of the Baltimore defense. The Browns had some bad offensive series, but they made adjustments and moved the ball a few times in each half of the game. One of the scoring plays was a downfield throw that gave Braylon Edwards a chance to make a play, and he did scoring the touchdown. He also didn’t get into an overly conservative stance in the second half. The team didn’t execute from the Ravens’ 5 yard line, and Charlie Frye threw an interception, but I still can’t argue with the play call. It was a risk, but it was a high percentage attempt to put the nail in the coffin. You can argue that that is exactly what you should try to do in that situation, and it wasn’t going to happen in the running game.
Kellen Winslow could have been blamed after a really stupid taunting call, but they got that yardage back in that same series. On top of that winslow had 7 catches and 97 yards, so even though he made a pretty bad judgement error on that taunting call, you never would have been in a position to win without his contributions.
Charlie Frye could be blamed for throwing the interception in the 4th quarter, but he was being hit as he threw and he was sacked 7 times yesterday. He was knocked down a number of times in addition to that 7. Yet, he remained steadfast in that pocket, scrambling out when he needed to. He took sacks rather than forcing passes into bad coverage situations. I don’t think you can say he played a bad game.
The defense played a great game overall. They allowed Baltimore to drive 47 yards on the final drive of the game, but they were still able to force Baltimore to kick a 52 yarder. They stopped them a number of times during the game. They sacked McNair twice and hurried him and knocked him down a number of other times.
So you are left with a pretty well-played game that just didn’t work out in the end. It hurts, but it is hard to be angry.
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I blame the habanera peppers I shared with the guy in our section. I can honestly say my nose is still burning…I also blame the guy in the Champion gym shorts sitting next to you.
The Champion Shorts guy stunk.
After a neutral zone infraction…
Craig to nobody in particular: I never quite understand the neutral zone infraction.
Champion Shorts Guy looking at me like I am dumb: You don’t?
Craig: No. It seems like half the time they call it a false start on the offense even when it appears that the defense made him jump.
Champion Shorts Guy smugly: It’s when the guy comes across and touches someone.
Craig Smelling Victory: Oh, because I always thought that was a different penalty, entitled encroachment.
Champion Shorts Guy frustrated by my apparent use of logic and sense: (Unintelligible grumble while wearing champion shorts.)
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Browns Club Seat tickets…$35
Champion Gym Shorts….$11
Knowing what a neutral zone infraction is….Priceless
BTW, I still think Champion Gym Shorts guy roped that poor chick into coming to the game with him and she ditched him…After polishing off half of his super nachoes!
Thats my story and I am sticking to it.
Were they Champion mesh shorts or like a cloth type material? Champion mesh shorts were once a hot item. I had some navy blue champion mesh shorts that had USA basketball on them that were sweet.