Reality is sometimes a very difficult pill to swallow. If you're a Cleveland Browns fan, you know this all too well. The reason we were dealt the hand that we've been playing for far too long, and God only knows how much longer, may make us regret getting caught up in the game in the first place. I mean, we don't sit and ask ourselves, why? We aren't wondering why the Browns are so inept; most of us can hammer out a few good bullet points, that we can count on one hand. I, for one, just can't figure out why bad things keep happening on the Cleveland sports scene.
I realize that I might be grasping at straws, in blaming the original re-location of this franchise to Baltimore, but the evidence presents itself without twisting the numbers or fabricating propaganda. Everything about the rebooted Browns has been a train wreck, ask anyone for or against the Browns. It's embarassing, and sure, there's a point in time where we need to put the whole thing behind us, because these pains aren't just the fruit of a Grand Re-Opening gone wrong, but every 4-12 team and every new piece of masking tape on that infamous Tim Couch jersey serves as a reminder. We had something that was once great, and it was taken away from us.
The Cleveland Browns hit the road on Sunday to take on the New England Patriots.
Describing Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden's desperation pass that was just out of the reach of Josh Gordon with seconds remaining in the Browns 32-28 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Browns' broadcaster Doug Dieken observed, "it was almost nearly on the money." Unwittingly Dieken succinctly captured the game, the season and the franchise. Two steps removed from greatness it is and remains almost, almost good.
The great thing about sports is you never know when you are going to see something that you have never seen before.
Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin, into the future. And here we find ourselves, having been thrust headlong into the end of November. This must mean: