Remember this movie tag line from 1978?
Sidenote: if you did a ranking of great original movies that had lame sequels, would JAWS top the list? (I am talking about the follow-up sequel, not a stinker way down the line like Rocky V). Time to waste 10 minutes of my life researching the answer to one of life’s greatest questions…
Contenders:
Caddyshack >> Caddyshack II
Blues Brothers >> Blues Brothers 2000
Dumb & Dumber >> Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
The Fugitive >> U.S. Marshalls .
And the winner is JAWS in a landslide. Fugitive edges out Blues Brothers for the silver medal.
Back to the blog…
Remember the Golden Age for Browns fans? More specifically, 4:00 pm, October 12th, 2014 to 1 pm, October 19th, 2014?
The Browns had just dominated the Steelers. The media was clamoring over how big of a contract to give Brian Hoyer. You could go to Wal-Mart without seeing any of these people…
Fans, local talk shows, and even ESPN were penciling in the Browns to a 6-2 record with ‘automatic’ wins looming ahead in the form of Jacksonville, Oakland, and Tampa Bay.
THEN, JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THE BROWNS….
Jaguars 24, Browns 6.
Hey, crappy Browns, how you doin’? Hadn’t seen you for a while and forgot how much misery and disgust you bring to Sunday afternoons!
Now, talk shows are throwing Hoyer under the bus for this loss. I am not the biggest Hoyer fan, but come on, radio guys, give me a break. Hoyer was far from their biggest problem. Their offensive line got manhandled. They couldn’t run the ball and struggled protect Hoyer so much, he probably felt like he was throwing out of one of these…
From my experiences playing QB, coaching QBs, and watching QBs, one thing I know is that when a QB gets constant pocket pressure, he is not gonna be very good. Even for the best. Just exam Peyton’s Manning’s poor play-off performances.
When Pro Bowl center Alex Mack went down with a leg injury, the Browns Browns had to insert veteran lineman Paul McQuistan, who got manhandled by the Jags. I had to rewind & slo-mo one particular run play when he got driven back 5 yards into the ball carrier. Yikes. I felt the Brownies compounded Mack’s absence by moving starting guard John Greco to the center spot, a position he hadn’t played in a game since…NEVER!! So they basically turned one injury into two back-up players.
So if I were passing around the blame for the loss, it would go…
30% offensive line
25% coaching moves (the 4th down blunders were killers)
20% Jordan Poyer trying to catch a punt on the 2-yard line with his face mask.
15% The Browns D-line letting an ex-Michigan QB look like an elite NFL running back.
10% Hoyer going 17 for 41 and missing Jordan Cameron for a TD.
I think that adds up to 100%.
Wait, I need to come up with an extra 58% of blame for this scientifically-proven law…
The Browns balloon must burst when filled with any traceable amount of fan confidence.
Oh yeah…Of course, the Steelers won. Hurray for this guy…
ROY JONES JR. POUND FOR POUND TOP 10 HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS (how Tusc./Stark/Carroll County football teams measure up in relation to teams it’s own size as well as their play-off run potential)
10. 5-3 Perry (last week unranked): Panthers jump back in the poll with impressive comeback win at surging McKinley. Jackson & GlenOak stand in the way of an improbable Federal League title after going winless in 2013.
9. 6-2 Tuscarawas Central Catholic (last week #10): last tough test vs. 5-3 Newcomerstown Saturday afternoon.
8. 6-2 Aquinas (last week #8): great win over Cleveland Central Catholic last week. The Tommies head back up to Cleveland again to battle 6-2 St. Joe’s.
7. 6-2 New Philadelphia (last week #7): the Quakers are surely 100% focused on battling 3-5 Cambridge this week. Well, maybe 98%. Who do they play week 10?
6. 6-2 Massillon (last week #6): big home games with St. V’s and McKinley to finish the season.
5. 6-2 Dover (last week #5): D-5 Coshocton came to Crater Stadium with a 7-0 record and left with a 42-0 drubbing. I wonder if Coach Ifft slipped some New Phila plays into the 2-6 Marietta scout team offense in practice this week?
4. 6-2 Indian Valley (last week #4): why didn’t the Braves drop after losing Friday? Because their two losses were both to undefeated teams (Triway and Garaway) by a combined 8 points.
3. 7-1 Louisville (last week #3): Leps were surely favored in their trip to Marlington to face the NBC co-leaders last week. But few expected a 54-14 romp.
2. 8-0 Garaway (last week #2): Pirates want to make sure they don’t overlook Sandy Valley this week as the play-off horizon approaches.
1. 8-0 Canton Central Catholic (last week #1): passed first big-school Federal League test with flying colors, handling Division I Hoover 41-14. Now comes a trip to D-2 Lake.
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