How do you know you’ve been a Browns fan for a long time? When your defense holds Peyton Manning to 3 and out in overtime, the Browns have the ball at midfield, and you’re not at all shocked when we find a way to lose. Any other fanbase would have felt a roller-coaster of emotion as we took the lead, then fell behind, then tied it up, lost the overtime toss, stopped Manning, got the ball back, then gave them the ball right back and lost. All I was thinking is that I have to try to read more

Here we are at Thursday already, so it’s time for my picks of the week. After an 11-2 week, my composite record now stands at 33-10. Hopefully the momentum will continue with this week’s picks.

Atlanta at New Orleans: Matty Ice is on fire and the Saints defense leads the league in yardage allowed. Final score: Falcons 27 – Saints 17 as Rob Ryan’s job is in jeopardy.

Cincinnati at Buffalo: I’m still waiting for Andy Dalton read more

Game #5 against the Ravens.

I must say, I’m not as bitter this week. As much as I loathe the fact we are averse to the run, it’s impossible to argue with McCown’s production. Personally I’d dump a few of those WR screens for runs instead but that’s just me.

With this victory against the thieves, let’s start off with the GREAT.

Josh McCown. 51 throws and only 4 sacks taken (that’s 2 games worth of throws there). 70.5% completion – that’s absurd on 51 throws when you take into account read more