Month: October 2006 (Page 8 of 10)

Turnovers, penalties doom Browns

October 8, 2006 / John Blake

Offensively, the game started out promising with the Browns marching down the field for a field on their first possession. However, a quick Carolina interception return for a touchdown off the hands of Dennis Northcutt was the turning point. The Panthers took hold of the momentum and never looked back, beating the Browns 20-12 Sunday afternoon.

The Panthers’ front four, especially Julius Peppers, disrupted the Browns and put pressure on Charlie Frye for most of the day. The offensive line also committed some key holding penalties that kept the Browns from getting into any sort of offensive rythym. Joshua Cribbs gave the team a spark with a couple of big returns but the Browns unfortunately had to settle for field goals.

Cleveland Browns

Pluto doesn’t buy the “partnership” argument

October 8, 2006 / G

Terry Pluto isn’t impressed with mark Shapiro’s argument that Eric Wedge is his “partner.” As Pluto points out, Shapiro is the boss and he needs to let Wedge know that. Pluto points out the painful example of the Brandon Phillips fiasco. Wedge didn’t want him, so Shapiro let him go and basically got nothing in return. Now we need a second baseman for 2007.

Cleveland Indians

Ohio State gets easy 35-7 victory over Bowling Green

October 8, 2006 / G

The Buckeyes took care of business on Saturday. Next week they travel to Michigan State.

OSU Football

Should Braylon Edwards be shooting his mouth off?

October 7, 2006 / G

I love this kid’s potential, and he’s starting to make some big plays for the Browns, but I think it’s a little early for him to be shooting his mouth off and calling out opposing players.

Braylon Edwards is talking smack and calling out Chris Gamble, the former Buckeye star who’s now a very solid cornerback for Carolina. Edwards had some big games against Gamble in college, and now he’s claining he’ll do the same this Sunday.

He’s the problem – Edwards has dropped a bunch of passes this season, and he once had a critical drop against the Buckeyes that led to another Michigan loss. He had a big game last week, but he should just keep his mouth shut and focus on his game. He and the Browns are not good enough yet to be calling out opposing players, and even if they were good enough, it’s not the classy thing to do.

Cleveland Browns, OSU Football

NFL comes up short…when it matters

October 5, 2006 / Bob

The NFL handed down a 5 game suspension to Tennessee Titan lineman Albert Haynesworth for scraping his cleat across the unprotected face of Dallas Cowboy lineman Andre Gurode. Gurode received 30 stitches and is still suffering from headaches on a regular basis. The doctors have not ruled out plastic surgery.

The NFL and the players union have made major progress improving the image of this league. I�ve been impressed with the fines and suspensions players receive for drugs, drunken driving, and off the field violence. This time I�m extremely disappointed. I think Haynesworth deserved a one year suspension and tons of community service. The actions were violent and have probably caused long term damage.

These types of action require immediate and severe punishment. A player committing a personal foul during the game is one thing, but to attack a player after a dead ball is unacceptable. The NFL may be setting a bad precedence after all the hard work.