It's Monday afternoon, which means it's time for "Moot Points" here on The Blurbs. In this edition, Hiko rants on his girlfriends cat, how aging makes the holidays a lot less funner, QB controversies between guys that both have no business being in one, and the Browns injury report. Hiko also delivers his wildy popular weekly feature "A Haiku About Someone I Hate". If there's a funnier weekly Cleveland sports column on the web, please alert me so I can blackmail the author into writing for me.

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Just when it seems like things can't get any worse for the Browns, they manage to disappoint you further. Almost shut out at home by Tampa? What? In "The Morning After", Papa Cass calls for bold change. Blow this thing up completely he says, pawning off guys like Braylon and K2 for draft picks. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! And thanks for reading. It's been a fun year for us!

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As bad as this season has been for the Browns, it's been even worse for Tampa Bay. The Bucs are 3-11, have lost four games in a row and seven out of their last eight. Whatever you think of Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson, they both still have their spleens. On this Christmas Eve morning, before he heads down to the Stadium ... The Rhino previews todays game and conjures up memories of the Browns first NFL Championship, which they won on December 24, 1950.

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In a response to Joel Witmer's column from this morning, John Hnat says that drafting high doesn't guarantee squat. And that high draft picks tend to not lead their teams to the Promised Land, and they chew up a lot of the salary cap in the process. Are the Browns better off at #11, than say #4? John makes a compelling argument that they may be.

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