http://www.brownsgab.com/2009/08/10/getting-pumped/ Browns Gab is for the true diehard Cleveland Browns fan. Make us your one-stop source for all the latest Browns news, game predictions, player tidbits and objective commentary. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.brownsgab.com/2009/08/10/getting-pumped/comment-page-1/#comment-10806 Denolakes Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:56:22 +0000 http://www.brownsgab.com/?p=1378#comment-10806 I always look forward to Fall and football. Being in Ohio, though, is a cure for this fever. We have suffered through the ongoing fiasco of watching this team for the past ten years. I agree that it does not take that long to build a contender. Is Cleveland cursed? Well, yes, if you think that perpetual mediocrity and chronic incompetence of senior management is a curse. It is only in the recent years that the early draft rounds are playing -- and not at a game-changing level, at that, save for Joe Thomas. Couch, Green, Warren, Brown -- all wasted efforts. We are starting to hear the "bust" label whispered around Wimbley. Edwards has to string together several years of good seasons to make his selection justifiable. And your franchise QB, now in his third year, is in a dogfight with a 6th-round draft choice with the touch of a bull in a china shop and who imploded during the latter part of his Pro-Bowl season and lost the starting job the next year. How ridiculous in this? As I see it, this should not even be a debate. I love the Punkin' Heads, but the recent incarnations have not earned it at all. I always look forward to Fall and football. Being in Ohio, though, is a cure for this fever. We have suffered through the ongoing fiasco of watching this team for the past ten years. I agree that it does not take that long to build a contender. Is Cleveland cursed? Well, yes, if you think that perpetual mediocrity and chronic incompetence of senior management is a curse. It is only in the recent years that the early draft rounds are playing — and not at a game-changing level, at that, save for Joe Thomas. Couch, Green, Warren, Brown — all wasted efforts. We are starting to hear the “bust” label whispered around Wimbley. Edwards has to string together several years of good seasons to make his selection justifiable. And your franchise QB, now in his third year, is in a dogfight with a 6th-round draft choice with the touch of a bull in a china shop and who imploded during the latter part of his Pro-Bowl season and lost the starting job the next year. How ridiculous in this? As I see it, this should not even be a debate. I love the Punkin’ Heads, but the recent incarnations have not earned it at all.

]]> http://www.brownsgab.com/2009/08/10/getting-pumped/comment-page-1/#comment-10660 Clayton Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:01:24 +0000 http://www.brownsgab.com/?p=1378#comment-10660 The key is the O-line. The changes will solidify that which will in turn improve our running game and give an inexperienced Brady extra time to throw the football. The key is the O-line. The changes will solidify that which will in turn improve our running game and give an inexperienced Brady extra time to throw the football.

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