Cleveland Browns' 12 Days Of Christmas

5 Stupid Comments

"We've got our swagger back," - Derek Anderson after only beating the Bengals by eight (Good call, DA, good call).

"The Giants started last year 1-3 and won the Super Bowl, so can we" - Everyone on the team (umm...no).

"We just didn't get the job done today" - Romeo Crennel after every loss (motion to have this as our 2008 slogan instead of "The Name on the Door is Cleveland").

"Go root for Buffalo, F&*% you" - Phil Savage (just exactly how were we supposed to react to this?)

"You guys are on crack," - Derek Anderson when asked if he thinks Josh Cribbs should start at QB (I guess you'll have to consider me one of those doing blow).

4 Chudzinski Call-Outs

On Monday night, Josh Cribbs claimed he was upset with the play calling.  Add that to Jamal Lewis' three "Give me the ball" speeches and it seems like the team thinks Chud doesn't have the magic anymore. Maybe he got drunk the night after the Giants game and forgot all the plays he called. 

Amazingly, he came away complaint free after the game against Tennessee.  This is shocking because of Lewis' impressive stat-line that day - seven carries for 3.5 feet.

3 Coaching Changes

This one won't happen until the end of the season, but I'm starting to wonder if even Romeo Crennel's friends and family are asking him if he thinks the Browns can land Bill Cowher next year.  That's still unknown, but what we do know is Chris Palmer + Butch Davis + Romeo Crennel = Zero head coaching experience. 

Sure do hope this trend comes to a halt this offseason, and, in attempts to help with that, I chose to send my Christmas list to Randy Lerner.  Unlike most boys and girls, my list wasn't filled with gift requests, just a crumpled piece of paper with the words "Make it Stop" written in all caps.

2 Possible Targets

This would be in reference to whenever Derek Anderson was the starting quarterback.  He had one good game this year, and I'm still convinced that was somebody else.  Every other game, his accuracy was pretty miserable. 

Whether it was a Hail Mary or a screen pass, your guess was as good as mine when it came to figuring out just who exactly he was throwing the ball too.  It could've been Braylon Edwards on a fade route, or maybe Jamal Lewis on a shovel pass, or he could just be trying to hit Hank Fraley in the back of the head.  Didn't matter, though, he missed.

And a Wideout on a Temper Tantrum

Happy Holidays, Braylon Edwards.  From me, you'll be receiving the end of my support.  Earlier this year, I wrote an article attempting to defend your blunders. 

But now, you're showing off your immaturity yet again, saying things that make Phil Savage's email responses sound like they were written by Winston Churchill.  So, I'm sorry, the wheels have fallen off the Braylon Backer. 

I'd toss you various points as to why this had to happen, but you'd probably catch a couple, drop the rest, then claim the only reason I'm really upset is because I'm an Ohio State fan.  Oh Braylon, you can read me like a book.  Here's hoping that book also has some sort of self-help strategy or the offensive plays for another team in 2009.

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