Browns 16 Chiefs 12

The Browns got off to a winning start in their first preseason game of the year. Here are my thoughts on the game:

1. I thought Charlie Frye was the much better of the three quarterbacks who played for us on Saturday night. He still made a few mistakes but I thought he looked pretty comfortable in the offense. My biggest fault on Frye's play was the horrific decision to get tackled at the end of the half and let the clock run out. I do think had he gotten the offense into the end zone a time or two he might have been named the starter right after the game.


2. I thought Derrick Anderson looked tentative and really unsure of himself. I know he didn't get good field position on his series's but still should have been better than he was.


3. On the running backs I thought Jamal Lewis looked sharp and ran with great intensity. It was good to see him get some work but he really shouldn't need that much work to be ready. I was most disappointed in Jerome Harrison that he really made a couple of bonehead plays in not running after the errant lateral and missing a few blocks in pass protection but he did run hard on his runs. Jason Wright ran hard as he usually does and I think Chris Barclay deserves a chance to win the third running back job away from Harrison.


4. On the receivers front I thought what we saw out of our first team receivers and tight ends weren't much but they did do good things. Cribbs had a nice end around and I really hope he is featured more in the offense. The Steptoe kid after making a mistake early I thought had a good game. Mosley had a nice catch as well as Ryan Krause had a really stellar game. But this shouldn't come as a surprise since he knows the offense probably better than anyone in camp.


5. The offensive line had a solid game in that I felt they got really good push on plays in the running game. The pass protection was really good as well. Joe Thomas had a decent game but did get whistled for two holding calls but the most important thing was he did a really good job pass protecting against Jared Allen.


6. The biggest surprise of the game was the play of Antwan Peek at the outside linebacker position and this really should help Wimbley in getting to the quarterback.


7. Eric Wright had a good game for his first time out against another team. He made a nice play in coverage and I liked how he stuck his nose in and made a nice tackle against the run.


8. I think for a first preseason game this was the best the Browns have looked in years but really that's not saying much. I think the next game will be more of a factor on where we are at as a team.