Comments on: Cleveland Browns – Still Alive For AFC North After Bye Week http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2008/10/cleveland-browns-still-alive-at-bye-week/ A sports blog by and for Midwest Sports Fans Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:57:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Much Needed Reality Check http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2008/10/cleveland-browns-still-alive-at-bye-week/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Much Needed Reality Check Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:40:58 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/?p=332#comment-292 Ah, and the hopes of staying alive are crushed by yet another Hall of Fame performance by Big Ben Roethlisberger, aka "The Mayor of Cleveland" considering how he truly owns your team. Running backs? Who needs running backs when you have the Man back there to fire 20-yard in-stride strikes while swatting off 300-lb. linemen like flies? Although... you might want to re-think your opinion of Moore. Steelers fans knew what a stud we were getting from Minnesota, as he was one of Tomlin's favorite guys. Now the rest of you get to see. Yee ha! Wow, can only imagine what kind of tantrum that Rudy dude (is that his name? can't remember) was throwing at the screen after the Steelers locked up that big win in Jacksonville. That prediction of his is looking fainter, than well... Cleveland, Cincinnati and Baltimore's division title hopes. Another week, another Steeler win... boo yah! Ah, and the hopes of staying alive are crushed by yet another Hall of Fame performance by Big Ben Roethlisberger, aka “The Mayor of Cleveland” considering how he truly owns your team. Running backs? Who needs running backs when you have the Man back there to fire 20-yard in-stride strikes while swatting off 300-lb. linemen like flies?

Although… you might want to re-think your opinion of Moore. Steelers fans knew what a stud we were getting from Minnesota, as he was one of Tomlin’s favorite guys. Now the rest of you get to see. Yee ha!

Wow, can only imagine what kind of tantrum that Rudy dude (is that his name? can’t remember) was throwing at the screen after the Steelers locked up that big win in Jacksonville. That prediction of his is looking fainter, than well… Cleveland, Cincinnati and Baltimore’s division title hopes.

Another week, another Steeler win… boo yah!

]]> By: Jerod Morris http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2008/10/cleveland-browns-still-alive-at-bye-week/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Jerod Morris Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:52:02 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/?p=332#comment-285 I like the optimism. Depending on how the Steelers game goes tonight, the Browns could potentially be only one game back in the loss column heading into next week. Considering how poorly the Browns have played, that's not too shabby. The key will be the offense turning itself around, as you said. DA, Braylon and Kellen have got to get their rhythm back that they had last year. I started to see it at the end of the Cincinnati game, so hopefully it was not just a mirage. The defense is actually playing a little bit better and coming up with more big plays and turnovers. Getting Joshua Cribbs back to full strength so he can provide a special teams spark will also help. This has been a crazy year in the NFL already, so the Browns coming back and fighting for the AFC North title is absolutely not outside the realm of possibility. I like the optimism. Depending on how the Steelers game goes tonight, the Browns could potentially be only one game back in the loss column heading into next week. Considering how poorly the Browns have played, that’s not too shabby.

The key will be the offense turning itself around, as you said. DA, Braylon and Kellen have got to get their rhythm back that they had last year. I started to see it at the end of the Cincinnati game, so hopefully it was not just a mirage.

The defense is actually playing a little bit better and coming up with more big plays and turnovers. Getting Joshua Cribbs back to full strength so he can provide a special teams spark will also help.

This has been a crazy year in the NFL already, so the Browns coming back and fighting for the AFC North title is absolutely not outside the realm of possibility.

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