In Gary's latest, he takes a look at the trial and tribulations of the two star assistant coaches (Romeo Crennel and Charlie Weis) from the Patriot dynasty that won three Super Bowls in four years earlier this decade.  Both men had been considered for top jobs in the past, and had also been on teams where coaching openings surfaced ... yet were never promoted.  Is there something to this?  Gary tackles the subject.

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Hiko went to a Browns/Bengals game, and a Texas Tech/Hawaii game broke out. We dispatched our talented columnist to Cleveland Browns Stadium this week, and man did he like what he saw. And in this week's Outsider, Hiko gives us his usual quarter by quarter, drive by drive breakdown of this past Sunday's game ... taking breaks for humor and analysis along the way.

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It's Mitch Time again here at TCF as he checks in with his regular Wednesday afternoon edition of "Random Thoughts".  The play of Joe Thomas and Eric Steinbach on the left side of the line was absolutely dominant, and it didn't get by Mitch, who says he hasn't seen holes like that opened up since ... well ... ever.  And of course, Mitch gets his jabs in, with Direct TV and the announcing duo of Bill Macatee and Steve Buerlein receiving the brunt of his angst.

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If the column title looks familiar, that's cause it is.  Mansfield just decided to go with the same title for this weeks column, but with a totally different inflection in his voice this week.  Mansfield is downright giddy in his latest effort for us, triumphing the Browns dominant offensive line play, the most stellar performance by a Browns RB in many moons, and very promising stuff from DA, BE, KWII, Joe J and the passing attack.  What a performance ...

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