Browns Fans Enjoy Sunday Off as Roethlisberger Sucks and Colts Beat Steelers
After suffering from an ugly loss to Baltimore Nov. 2, and another defensive meltdown against Jay Cutler & Co. Thursday night, Browns fans on Sunday got a bye from the madness of losing big leads.
That’s because the Browns next game is against the Buffalo Bills, in the Nov. 17 Monday Night game.
So on Sunday, rather than biting nails, drinking beer and cussing out the Brownies, we watched other NFL teams screw up instead.
The good news was, Pittsburgh and struggling quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, lost at home to Indianapolis, 24-21. (MidwestsSportsFans’ o
wn Ryan was probably celebrating his incorrect prediction of a Steelers win.)
Despite a fierce Steel blitzkreig, quarterback Peyton Manning had the time to throw sweet, accurate passes down the field to tame the Steelers at home, who were plagued by three Ben Roethlisberger INTs, and whose fans used those terrible towels for wiping tears and snot off their mustaches — and these were just the women.
The bad news? The tarnished Dark Birds of Hell dominated Houston 41-13 to go 6-3 in the NFC North, for a tie with the Steelers. (Hey, Art, is Joe Flaccid — I mean Flacco — “just like a son” to you like Bernie Kosar was?
Better watch out, Joe. Before you know it, your “diminishing skills” will get you booted off the team.
Browns fans also took no small measure of satisfaction watching the New York Football Giants’ Eli Manning beat the Eagles at home in front of the obnoxious, hooting Philly fans.
Not a good day for football in the not-so-great state of Pennsylvania.
Midnight Writer could not help but wonder if the Browns players were also in front of their TV sets watching their rivals.
I mean did Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards call a few of the guys — Kellen, Jamal, maybe Josh, Brady over for some ribs and power drinks to scream at Houston, talk some smack at the Steelers?
Maybe Braylon asked Quinn to toss him a few passes in his backyard just for practice.
Did the players, watching Braylon’s huge television in his spacious family room rejoice in the Giants win and 8-1 record, knowing the Browns were responsible for the Giants only loss thus far? Whatever magic or voo doo the Browns concocted to make Eli look like a spanked school boy, they need to find, again.
At least this Monday morning Browns fans’ bruised egos have begun to heel, bad memories are fading and by mid-week fans will call sports talk show hosts about salvaging this season.
By Friday, Brownstown will once get sucked back into riding the roller coaster that is the Cleveland Browns.
Tags: Cleveland Browns, football, Indianapolis Colts, NFL, pittsburgh steelers
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Let’s list off all of the QBs playing better than Ben Roethlisberger in just the AFC North right now:
1) Peyton Manning…obviously
2) Joe Flacco
3) Brady Quinn
4) Byron Leftwich
5) (tied with Little Ben) Ryan Fitzpatrick
Even Big Ben admitted this week that he needs to start working harder, and Tomlin’s comments from last week were interesting regarding Leftwich getting the ball out quicker and implying that he has been better prepared to play than Roethlisturd.
The wheels are about to come off for the Steelers season as the injuries mount up and the deficiencies of their franchise QB are exposed. Too bad the Browns suck too much to take advantage, but the blood-sniffing sharks in Baltimore probably will.
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