We are 8 days away from the start of the NFL season! I can't wait for football to start, now that the Indians are on another losing streak (is it 10 games this time? 8 games? I lost track) and golf is winding down.
The problem, of course, is that I will have to suffer through another Week 1 Browns game. I reviewed the list of openers since the return - and hoo boy, there are some doozys in here.
We are 1-12 in openers since 1999. 12 of those 13 were at home.
1999- L to Steelers, 43-0, at Cleveland. Ty Detmer QB. Not much more needs to be said.
2000- L to Jaguars, 27-7, at Cleveland. Tim Couch QB. We did end up winning the next 2 - including 1 vs. Pit - and we were 2-1. Was it going to turn around? No....we lost 12 of the next 13.
2001- L to Seahawks, 9-6, at Cleveland. Tim Couch QB. I don't remember much of this game....of course, we got our revenge 10 years later by beating Seattle 6-3 at home!
2002 - L to Chiefs, 40-39, at Cleveland. Kelly Holcomb as QB. Forever known as the Dwayne Rudd game. How, again, did we lose this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_nFvKv9pwc
Nothing more needs to be said.
2003- L to Colts, 9-6, at Cleveland. Kelly Holcomb as QB. Peyton Manning is not injured - and it is sunny. How we hold them to 9 points and still lose......
2004- W over Ravens, 20-3, at Cleveland. Jeff Garcia as QB. It's a miracle!
2005 - L to Bengals, 27-13, at Cleveland. Trent Dilfer as QB. I don't remember much about this one.
2006 - L to Saints, 19-14, at Cleveland. Charlie Frye as QB. The Saints were coming off a 3-13 season. THe first play from scrimmage - Frye finds Braylon Edwards for a 75 yard TD!!!!
Oh wait... "holding, on the offense....."
2007 - L to Steelers, 34-7, in Cleveland. Charlie Frye as QB. What a mess, Frye is shipped out after the game and Derek Anderson (who?) is our QB for the funnest season in 18 years.
2008 - L to Cowboys, 28-10, in Cleveland. Derek Anderson as QB. This games wasn't even this close. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in town for a national FOX game (4 pm start) - horrific.
2009 - L to Vikings, 34-20, in Cleveland. Brady Quinn as QB. You probably have seen the highlights of Peterson running through our secondary maybe 239 times now.
2010 - L to Tampa, 17-14, in Tampa. Jake Delhomme as QB. This game was in our pocket -14-3 - until Jake throws a horrendous interception late in the first half which turns the tide.
Tampa was up, 17-14, with 2 minutes to go and was at our 4 yd line trying to ice it...they run, IT's A FUMBLE...and the ball squirts out to the side of the pile by itself.
A Browns LB FALLS ON THE BALL with no one around him. There was 96 yards of daylight ahead of him...and he just falls on it.
2011 - L to Cincinnati, 27-17, in Cleveland. You may recall, we were up by 4 with 4 minutes left when we didn't break our defensive huddle, and the Bengals snapped the ball while we were in our huddle.......
What wonders will await me week 1 in 8 days?
The problem, of course, is that I will have to suffer through another Week 1 Browns game. I reviewed the list of openers since the return - and hoo boy, there are some doozys in here.
We are 1-12 in openers since 1999. 12 of those 13 were at home.
1999- L to Steelers, 43-0, at Cleveland. Ty Detmer QB. Not much more needs to be said.
2000- L to Jaguars, 27-7, at Cleveland. Tim Couch QB. We did end up winning the next 2 - including 1 vs. Pit - and we were 2-1. Was it going to turn around? No....we lost 12 of the next 13.
2001- L to Seahawks, 9-6, at Cleveland. Tim Couch QB. I don't remember much of this game....of course, we got our revenge 10 years later by beating Seattle 6-3 at home!
2002 - L to Chiefs, 40-39, at Cleveland. Kelly Holcomb as QB. Forever known as the Dwayne Rudd game. How, again, did we lose this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_nFvKv9pwc
Nothing more needs to be said.
2003- L to Colts, 9-6, at Cleveland. Kelly Holcomb as QB. Peyton Manning is not injured - and it is sunny. How we hold them to 9 points and still lose......
2004- W over Ravens, 20-3, at Cleveland. Jeff Garcia as QB. It's a miracle!
2005 - L to Bengals, 27-13, at Cleveland. Trent Dilfer as QB. I don't remember much about this one.
2006 - L to Saints, 19-14, at Cleveland. Charlie Frye as QB. The Saints were coming off a 3-13 season. THe first play from scrimmage - Frye finds Braylon Edwards for a 75 yard TD!!!!
Oh wait... "holding, on the offense....."
2007 - L to Steelers, 34-7, in Cleveland. Charlie Frye as QB. What a mess, Frye is shipped out after the game and Derek Anderson (who?) is our QB for the funnest season in 18 years.
2008 - L to Cowboys, 28-10, in Cleveland. Derek Anderson as QB. This games wasn't even this close. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in town for a national FOX game (4 pm start) - horrific.
2009 - L to Vikings, 34-20, in Cleveland. Brady Quinn as QB. You probably have seen the highlights of Peterson running through our secondary maybe 239 times now.
2010 - L to Tampa, 17-14, in Tampa. Jake Delhomme as QB. This game was in our pocket -14-3 - until Jake throws a horrendous interception late in the first half which turns the tide.
Tampa was up, 17-14, with 2 minutes to go and was at our 4 yd line trying to ice it...they run, IT's A FUMBLE...and the ball squirts out to the side of the pile by itself.
A Browns LB FALLS ON THE BALL with no one around him. There was 96 yards of daylight ahead of him...and he just falls on it.
2011 - L to Cincinnati, 27-17, in Cleveland. You may recall, we were up by 4 with 4 minutes left when we didn't break our defensive huddle, and the Bengals snapped the ball while we were in our huddle.......
What wonders will await me week 1 in 8 days?
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