The Curse Of "Footsie" Beanie: A Warning To Homer Domers

"Beanie agrees to deal with Cards, hurts leg in first practice"

Has the curse of the footballing gods been lifted from the Cleveland Browns? Has Mangenius come through in the dark hours of the new Cleveland Browns.

Back in April at the 2009 NFL Draft, yours truly really thought that at #5 the Cleveland Browns would be better off taking Andre Smith for a power running game, or traded down to grab Rey Maualuga in order to add steel and identity to a soft Browns defence, or even Malcom Jenkins.

But not for the Ohio State University Homers. They demanded the drafting of Chris "Beanie" Wells, whom they thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread, due to his size, speed, and power. What they neglected to realise was the soft, weak-hearted center. "Beanie was the next Adrian Peterson", they would argue !

Come August and Training Camp, Andre Smith is not signed, but Rey Maualuga is talking like a leader and beast that Ray Lewis became. Shaun Rogers is giving the rookie Alex Mack a lesson in AFC North NT play by blowing him 10 yards into the backfield, and as expected sure-handed Robiskie is hanging on to DA passes for TDs.

At the winning end of the spectrum, the once-maligned nomads, the Arizona Cardinals promptly reverted to their ill-fortunately ways and signed Beanie to a contract only to find out about that old edict, "Buyer Beware". Beanie is NO Adrian Peterson and NO Rey Maualuga, players with the heart of a Lion.

Sometimes, fans are blinded to the weaknesses of their team's players. Thats NOT to say that Beanie wells won't still turn out to be a solid pro, or that he's a hypochondriac. But the red flags were there.

Still, let it be a clear warning to the Homer Domers everywhere, it's the PROs, Stupid !!