Saturday, September 22, 2007
BROWNS GO FOR TWO IN OAKLAND
By Tom Misson
This Sunday... The Cleveland Browns will go for two. They'll try to convert last week's win over the Bengals into a second victory over the hapless Oakland Raiders. The last time a Browns team had a win streak of two... the Raiders were the second win in that streak, and the Browns quarterback was Tim Couch! Tim Couch is now living in Florida, counting his 30 plus million dollars from the Browns, while Derek Anderson tries to look like a million bucks again, getting the Browns half of its win total from last season.
Oh, it can happen... but will it? The Raiders are favored by 3 points, but that's purely because of the "Black Hole" where Raiders fans reside. These fans are mean, nasty, don't shower regularly... heck, they would sell their first born for a win. But the Browns have dealt with that hostile environment and won on the Left Coast the last two seasons. To do it this week, the Browns offense will not have to score 51 points. Half that, maybe. 24 points should really be enough. There's no more Charles Woodson in Oakland to blanket the likes of Braylon Edwards or Joe Jurevicius. Forget about trying to cover Kellen Winslow, JR. Any linebacker wearing the black and silver has a better chance of being black and blue after chasing K2 across the McAfee Coliseum field for 60 minutes.
Expect a few things in this game: The Browns' defense will bend between the 20's, but won't break enough for the Raiders offense to win the game. Oakland will have no answer for K2, he'll have another 100 yard receiving game. Expect Jamal Lewis to run for another 100 yards, but not two "C" notes.
My prediction: Browns by ten points, 27-17.
This Sunday... The Cleveland Browns will go for two. They'll try to convert last week's win over the Bengals into a second victory over the hapless Oakland Raiders. The last time a Browns team had a win streak of two... the Raiders were the second win in that streak, and the Browns quarterback was Tim Couch! Tim Couch is now living in Florida, counting his 30 plus million dollars from the Browns, while Derek Anderson tries to look like a million bucks again, getting the Browns half of its win total from last season.
Oh, it can happen... but will it? The Raiders are favored by 3 points, but that's purely because of the "Black Hole" where Raiders fans reside. These fans are mean, nasty, don't shower regularly... heck, they would sell their first born for a win. But the Browns have dealt with that hostile environment and won on the Left Coast the last two seasons. To do it this week, the Browns offense will not have to score 51 points. Half that, maybe. 24 points should really be enough. There's no more Charles Woodson in Oakland to blanket the likes of Braylon Edwards or Joe Jurevicius. Forget about trying to cover Kellen Winslow, JR. Any linebacker wearing the black and silver has a better chance of being black and blue after chasing K2 across the McAfee Coliseum field for 60 minutes.
Expect a few things in this game: The Browns' defense will bend between the 20's, but won't break enough for the Raiders offense to win the game. Oakland will have no answer for K2, he'll have another 100 yard receiving game. Expect Jamal Lewis to run for another 100 yards, but not two "C" notes.
My prediction: Browns by ten points, 27-17.
Posted at 6:17 PM
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