Ew

This was one of the hardest games to watch.  The offense did not show up at all and it seemed that Mangini anticipated every move we made.  The numbers really speak for themselves.  Hillis ran for a career high 184 yards against us and his first run of the game really set the tone for the rest of the day.  Colt McCoy did a fantastic job going 14 for 19 for 174 yards, showing his versatility as a quarterback being able to throw on the run.

The Patriots have a lot to work on but nothing is more important than Brady chilling out and making some throws.  Brady went 19 for 36 with 224 yards; there were a lot of throws that he should have made, some were behind defenders and some were just poorly thrown at their feet.  However, the Browns defense did do a great job getting to Brady and shaking him up. 

As far as our running backs go; I have always and will always love Green-Ellis but when something isn’t working in a game it isn’t working in a game and he was not working.  The Lawfirm had 9 touches for 14 yards and was stopped on the goal line several times.  On the other hand Danny Woodhead was able to step up and have a pretty good game getting 9 touches for 54 yards.

Our receiving was pretty evenly laid out, other than the fact that Hernandez got 2 TD’s (the first made number 4 on ESPN’s top ten plays this morning because it was a freak show of a catch) and the two tight ends got thrown at the most the whole game.  When it comes to our receiving, we need to use start using all of our weapons the entire game.  The Patriots have so many options it scares me at times.  Welker has been getting doubled up so much that it is getting harder for him to be the clutch player we remember him as.  When Randy was around he was able to take the top off the defense and allow Welker to get open for an easy first down (this is the biggest reason why I miss Randy so much).  However, when Welker gets doubled up that means others like Hernandez, Gronkowski, Branch, and Tate should be open.  For some reason we have been going 3 and out a lot this season and it is becoming very annoying.

Lastly, I would like to ask the question why is it so important to everyone else in the league to beat the Patriots?  We never get any recognition for what we do but for some reason when other teams play us they think they just won the Superbowl.  When we lost in the second week to the Jets they did the same thing to Rex that the Browns did to Mangini last night.  Usually when a football team does this they won a very important game, like a game you couldn’t go on without.  But if you ask someone like Bill after a win in the regular season even if it was extremely important for us to win, he will simply answer that it is what we need to do but we haven’t gotten anywhere yet.  The Browns are 3-5; maybe they should worry about winning more games and not showering their coach in Gatorade.

 Suck it Mangini, suck it.