Browns Vs. Steelers "Lets Get Ready To Rumble"

It has been a rough week for the Browns.  They lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday and then on Tuesday, they lost their only asset in the secondary, Sean Jones.  Now, they must face their rivals at the worst time possible. 

But after all of this, the Cleveland Browns know what they have to do this Sunday night in the national spotlight.  Win. 

If the 0-1 Browns want to accept all of the national attention, then they must get the job done and it all starts with the defense.  Since the preseason ended, we have lost our Strong Safety and Free Safety in Brodney Pool and Sean Jones.  So this week will be the debut of Mike Adams and Nick Sorenson. 

Will they be up to the challenge of defending the secondary?  If Sunday was any indication as to what we will see this weekend, you can bet that Big Ben will have a field day. 

I'm not saying that my Brownies won't come out and play to the best of their ability, but their best efforts might not be good enough to dethrone the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

You have to beat the best to be the best and that's what the Cleveland Browns must do in order to be atop the AFC North.

If the Browns feel that they can beat the Steelers, they must also do it on offense and special teams.  This mean that Braylon Edwards cannot drop four balls.  Donte Stallworth and Joshua Cribbs are two key players who need to be ready if the offense wants to succeed. 

Last week we saw that with Stallworth out, the Dallas defense was able to key in on Edwards and ignore the rookie receivers.  The Browns need their third string wide receiver in Joshua Cribbs to play because he gives them a chance to score on special teams as well as offense. 

Without these play makers, Derek Anderson has no chance to lead his team to their first ever win against Pittsburgh under the Romeo Crennel regime.  The Browns can pull off the upset, but it will be an up hill battle against the team who has given them so much grief since their return in 1999.

The NFL's oldest rivalry is about to face off this Sunday at 8:23 pm. The Steelers have won the last 15 of 16 meetings between the two. Each team throughout the years have given viewers a fight worth remembering.  How fitting that they all time series is tied at 55 wins each.

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