This One Hurts

When the game started, I had a bad feeling about the way it would turn out and all my fears were realized. This is a really tough loss for the Browns who fell to the Jaguars 24-20.

I predicted the Browns would win 23-10 earlier today, and yeah, I was way off base. I was just very confident that Colt McCoy and the Browns running game would have a dominant performance today. I usually start with the offense, but I just feel like there isn't much to say, other than the fact that there was virtually no running game in the second half. And the fact that we couldn't move the ball at all. I'm not sure if that's because of no halftime adjustments from Brian Daboll, or maybe we have horrendous wide receivers, or maybe Colt McCoy is not as good as we thought. But I just know that in his first 4 games, McCoy was not prone to taking sacks. He would get rid of the ball and find the open receiver if there was one. It just seemed to me that for some reason the offense was not prepared in the second half.

Defensively, the Browns did an excellent job of creating turnovers - it's just that the offense couldn't capitalize and get points. Rob Ryan's crew forced six turnovers. Yes, six turnovers and the Jaguars still won. To me, it's absolutely unacceptable to let a team win when they have six turnovers. I just can't get over that.

Can you tell I'm disappointed? The Browns played great teams the last r weeks and went 2-2. They played what I think is an average team, based on their statistics, and stunk up the place today. Eric Mangini has improved this team a great deal since just a year ago today, but the results have got to start showing. I know we live in Cleveland, but doesn't "Wait 'till next year" get old? 3-7 is not where this team should be, and I seriously hope that next week I don't have to write another disappointed post like this.

~MAS