UNLEASHED: Men of Steel

Browns Backers(and Yinzers too!!)

Nemesis - ” an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. ”

DawgFather

It’s almost that time again!! As the Browns and Steelers get ready to meet under the brights lights of Sunday Night Football, you have already been treated to constant harassment and verbal sparring with your loud-mouth and annoying Steelers fan buddy, who has a cock shire grin the size of the Cheshire Cat and has all but guaranteed another Steeler butt-whipping at “Heinz Field West,” as the Yinz like to refer to Browns Stadium.

As of now, I’m not so sure if Dallas that good or was Houston that bad, but fans from both teams feel this is a pivotal heavyweight match that will decide top dog in the North, and maybe even the AFC?

It’s not secret that the Steelers have owned the Browns since 1993, with a 23-5 record, including nine straight since 2003, but according to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, they have a even broader domination over the Brownies, 48-24 since 1970, wow!!

And while we are in the throes of escaping our Pittsburgh inferiority complex, one win would be huge not only for the fans, and silence all the bandwagon Steeler Nation fans that have already infested our city, but would also serve notice nationally that the perception of the Browns no longer being the Steelers' foil could also be very real.

With the kick-off between them less than 32 hours away, Steelers fan have been walking around all week with their usual brashness and sandpaper like abrasiveness knowing that the Browns are a easy W...but are they really?

I mean, they did play a mediocre Houston team, so what does that tell me..NOTHING!! While they are sure to point out that they are 1-0, while we are 0-1, all I gotta say is play a real team first!!

One that, including BESPN, has bolted into their “Power Rankings”, with the Yinz at No. 2, I mean, they must be really desperate now, I mean no more Tom Brady to droll over like an obsessed Jonas Brothers fan and Matt Cassel..OMG!!

This game is huge for Crennel, who is 0-6 right now, and if the team continues to play at this level, will be with be 0-7 real quick, I mean isn’t this guy a former defensive genius? Then why has his defenses been among the worse in the league since he has been our coach?

And don’t even get me started on last weeks embarrassing 4th-and-3 call! And what has happened to our offense, I mean I’m not sure if Chud got abducted by aliens or something, because we are in for a rude wake-up call with the Steelers defense looking really mean and nasty, even though they are still ailing right now.

The only chance I can see the Browns winning this game is BLITZ, BLITZ AND BLITZ some more because sitting back and letting Nomo pick us apart is bad enough, but letting Big Ben run around like this is Madden is downright scary!

But if he can get sacked by Mario Williams, who is very good then imagine what Wimbley, Rogers, and Smith can do, the Browns need to attack from the start!!

Field position is the key to this game, I mean it is no secret that the Steelers special teams suck...and I mean suck!! And the thought of Cribbs returning one on them is something they have been losing sleep over frightens them and will help set up the suddenly MIA offense, which puts the most pressure on Derek Anderson, with whispers of Quinn being ready to start, concerns about the lingering effects of his concussion, and his ability to throw INTs irking fans, Anderson needs this game as bad as Romeo and the whole crowd needs to get behind him and create a real home-field advantage for a change!!

Can the Browns prove to themselves, let along the whole NFL, that they are ready for the Steelers and prime-time? So far, not so good, and with this looking like a colossally bad sports weekend for Ohio, as much as I am an optimist, I’m also a realist when it comes to this, and going with my mind and not my heart in this one, I hope I’m wrong.

But until our defense shows me something different, we could be in for a long season.

Prediction 

Steelers 31 Browns 21 (18-15)

Look on the bright side at least we have Cliff Lee.

Dawgfather, keeping it real!!!