Bears Beat Browns, 30-6: DA Stands for Disgustingly Awful, not Derek Anderson

Browns Backers,

Horrid: "extremely unpleasant or disagreeable."

For the Cleveland Browns, it would only seem fitting that on a day the Chicago Bears honor a man known as "Sweetness," the Browns would provide their own homage to being sour.  

With the Browns getting stomped in Chicago 30-6, you have to wonder how much lower the Browns can sink. How much more garbage must Browns fans be treated to such a display of utterly pathetic football quickly becoming the NFL "standard" of embarrassing? 

There are not enough words to describe the Browns' latest "peformance," other than it was total crap. And you really want to know why fans want to boycott the Monday Night Game?  

You have a totally clueless head coach and poster-boy snitch in Eric Mangini and the WORST offensive coordinator in NFL history in Brian Daboll—who should be fired sometime during the bye week or at least relived of his play-calling duties. How did the Browns come to hire Daboll when more experienced coordinators, such as Brian Schottenheimer, Mike Martz, or even Josh McDaniels, were available?  

The only bright spot on the coaching staff is defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, whose attacking defense has reinvigorated the Browns'  pass,  specifically ILB/DE Kamerion Wimbley, who is on pace to match his career-high in sacks.   

Don't even get me started on the one-trick flash-in-the-pan artist known as Derek Anderson, who is making Ryan Leaf look like Sammy Baugh. Through three games he has the worst QB rating in the league at 40.6.

And just when you thought he couldn't do any worse, he did. Anderson would finish the game with a QB rating of 10.5. DA should now stand for Disgustingly Awful. 

The only difference between Raiders QB Jamarcus Russell and Derek Anderson is Anderson has a Pro Bowl, albeit as an alternate, on his glorious resume. I don't know what spark he thought he may have seen in Anderson, but it may have been a mere flicker. 

The only thing I can honestly say in Anderson's defense is his receivers continue to drop the few balls he does throw that are not too low or behind them.

Anderson is listed as 6'6", yet he manages to have balls deflected at the line of scrimmage. It makes one wonder if someone has pointed this out to him at Oregon State or even here in Cleveland, but it's bewildering why this flaw in his throwing mechanics were never addressed.  

The fact of the matter is, the Browns are beyond horrid and hope at 1-7 . The early-season hope of Brady Quinn saving the Browns has about as much momentum as Thomas the Tank Engine. Watching this train-wreck of a team every Sunday is about as exciting as a snail trying to cross the Audubon only to see it get squashed by a 18-wheeler.    

Will the Browns switch back to Quinn during the bye? Yes 

Will it help them? No. 

In my opinion, Quinn was not given a fair shot in being evaluated and developed, maybe Savage was right after all.  

Only In Cleveland.

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