Steelers 31 Browns 28

The following are my thoughts on today's loss against Pittsburgh:

1. Derek Anderson had his worse start of the year today. He started out strong but really was shaky in the second half throwing behind receivers. He should get credit for still finding a way to give his team a chance at the end of the game to tie with a field goal.




2. I give credit to Braylon for making a tremendous catch in the end zone for a touchdown, but if he wants to be the player he says he can be he needs to have more than just one catch. K2 and Jurevicius came to play but sadly Edwards didn't. I do realize he isn't throwing the ball but I just think he should be able to get more than one catch.




3. I give Romeo credit for having the team ready to play at the onset of the game and they look fired up and ready to go. But the two timeout fiasco in the 4th quarter was a huge blunder. Look at it this way, if he doesn't waste those timeouts we get the ball back with around 2 minutes instead of 1:10 left in the game.




4. More infuriating is after the game he had no explanation for it, he just described the situation. I really think if Romeo would just say I screwed up and say put the blame on me for that, the fans would at least not be as hard on him. He needs to and will be held accountable for this.



5. The only problem I really had with the game plan on offense was that I thought it would have been nice to see Jason Wright get a few carries to see if he could give a change of pace and get some yards on the ground.



6. The biggest reason for the collapse in the second half was that we only ran about 16 plays and it tired the defense out.



7. To me the biggest turning point in the game was the Lewis fumble, because at that point the Steelers offense was sputtering. Also, that is really where the Browns started to struggle on defense.


8. I have ripped the defense in past weeks, but I do believe they deserve credit for getting more pressure than they had in the past few weeks. One thing that bothers me does Kamerion Wimbley know more than one pass rush move to get to the quarterback. Lineman are intelligent and pick up on this.


9. While analyzing the schedule if we want to win the division we really have to win out and even that might not be enough. But on the wild card chase our remaining opponents have a 23-39 won/loss record while Jacksonville's remaining opponents have a 33-28 record and Tennessee's opponents record is 27-34.


10. I really believe playing Baltimore is good for the Browns in that their should not be much of a lingering factor in this loss because were playing a team we hate just as much. This is a game where you want to get on them early because their liable to pack it in pretty quickly, but look to see Kyle Boller at quarterback on Sunday for the Rats.

My 3 goathorns go to:

1. Jamal Lewis: His turnover changed the game.


2. Roemo Crennel: His mismanagement of timeouts cost the team a chance of winning in overtime.


3. Braylon Edwards: Need more than one catch out of your big play receiver.