Month: November 2005 (Page 10 of 21)

Creating the next T.O., one idiot at a time

Next in line to give Braylon Edwards a self-flagellating slurp job…Bud Shaw.

What he shared has been so obvious for long enough I think he showed restraint in not going door-to-door with a megaphone.

Yeah. Some restraint. Kid plays in seven whole games…can’t get more obvious than that. Give the kid a blog so he can whine 24/7. Shaw continues to amaze.

His timing suffers more because the past two receivers to talk themselves up were knocked down and dragged around Heinz Field as if they got a shoe caught in the saddle. Just because Northcutt and Antonio Bryant talked better games than they played shouldn’t reflect on the No. 3 overall draft pick.

Actually, yes, it should reflect on the No. 3 overall pick, given that just about every top pick the Browns have taken since 1999 has pretty much TANKED. In fact, every Browns top pick should automatically be given the benefit of NO doubt, the Browns should take every top pick and put them in a god damn wheel chair, pretend they are paraplegics, because that’s how low the expectations should be for every damn one of them. Let alone when they start flapping their mouths in response to a media just dying to create a story out of a crappy season, let alone when every other receiver on this team has a smack vs. delivery quotient that is just outta the park.

Man, the sports media in this town must be bored out of its mind. You guys need to get out more…didn’t you know Lebron James plays here? How much whining does he do?

Braylon’s big mouth

This pretty much tells me Braylon Edwards needs to shut up.

There appear to be several factors contributing to Edwards’ quiet rookie season. He missed the first two weeks of training camp in a contract holdout. He sat out two games with an infection. He seems to have little game-day chemistry with Dilfer.

The Browns have played 9 games. Given all this other stuff, that’s not enough for Braylon Edwards to be getting a mouth on him. I don’t care how talented he is.

Chicken sandwich

Watching the game at Southside last night in Tremont, a new Cavs cheer developed. The Cavs were down by 8 in the first quarter. They looked sloppy, came out a bit uninspired. The bartender began to read the specials menu to us…romaine salad, a quesadilla, and a chicken sandwich.

Right about the time she said, “chicken sandwich,” the Cavs started to turn it around. It was amazing. One minute, they looked listless and down by 8 points, the next minute, after the utterance of the words “chicken sandwich”, they were flying up and down the court. We began yelling “chicken sandwich!” at the television whenever the Cavs made a good play, or were about to. Donyell spots up for a three? CHICKEN SANDWICH! Drains it.

After a short period of confusion (why are we saying chicken sandwich?) soon the entire bar was shouting “CHICKEN SANDWICH” at the television whenever the Cavs ran out on a fast break. The best invocation of the chicken sandwich was when Lebron grabbed what appeared to be a half court ally-oop, and while the ball was in the air heading to Lebron, a chorus rose up, “CHICKEN SANDWICH”, which resulted in the thudering dunk.

I think I’m gonna keep this one.

Not fair. Just not fair at all.

To have Lebron James and Larry Hughes on the court at the same time just. Isn’t. Fair.

After 2 points in the first quarter…TWO…Lebron ends up with 37. Ridiculous. Hughes scores 22 points, all of which accounts for 59 of the Cavs 114 points. Lebron had 10 rebounds, Hughes had 8 assists.

How are teams going to defend this pair? There were times last night when the Wizards simply had to double and triple Hughes. This will continue. Who’s left to cover Lebron? Vice versa? If I’m a defensive coordinator on an NBA team this year, I circle every date the Cavs are on the schedule, and I sub-contract a team of experts to work on this problem like some kind of Manhattan Project, because that’s the only way you’re gonna solve it.

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