COACHING OUT OF BOUNDS: Monday Night Sleeper

Monday nights game between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens certainly didn't turn out to be one for the ages. The play of both teams was lackluster in the 1st half, as evidenced by the 0-0 score at intermission. Baltimore appeared to be sleepwalking through this game early on and somebody forgot to tell the Browns offense that this was an actual game and not a scrimmage. Cleveland did show some intensity on the defensive side of the ball, but their fans probably showed the greatest passion of all on this rainy Monday night in the Rock'N'Roll city. Browns fans booed repeatedly throughout the contest, and after watching this team perform, I can feel their pain. The Browns look like a ship that is lost in the night and without a rudder. They are spending millions of dollars compensating staff and coaches who don't even work there anymore and their recent fiasco with the ousting of their GM clearly illustrates why this team is going nowhere soon. This just goes to show you that money can't buy everything. Even their future hopeful franchise QB looks like a deer in the headlights. On the final drive last night, two of his 'Hail Mary' passes were thrown at least 15-20 yards out of bounds where the receiver has no chance of doing anything. To add insult to injury, the Brownies decided to try a gadget play at the very end and their star player Joshua Cribbs was hurt while trying to make something happen. All in all, this game was a debacle for this once proud organization. Would somebody please call Cowher, Holmgren, or Shanahan, and see what they are doing next year before this team sinks any lower! Okay, now that I got that off my chest, here are some pics from our trip to Pennsylvania this past weekend.