It's that time of year where anyone who predicts Browns games must shore up their won loss record. The Browns have likely won their last game of the season.
Today vs Denver promises to be a very long day for the following reasons:
- Winning in Denver is tough, even for great teams, because of the altitude and it's affect on visiting players who are not used to it.
- Denver and Peyton Manning are on a roll, having won 8 games in a row.
- The Browns organization is finally starting to break at the seams under the pressure of pending job losses for Pat Shurmur and Tom Heckert. I was really uphappy in particular to read quotes from our 29 year old rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden that effectively hung out Shurmur to dry, stating, albeit indirectly by complimenting the play calling of Washington, that the Browns would be better off if they called plays suited to Weeden's skillset (I must admit that I wondered if Weeden meant that Shurmur should develop plays that are designed to be intercepted...). I've been giving Weeden a mulligan all year because he's a rookie but when it comes to team unity, a leader must never use the press to drive a personal agenda. It's one thing to state these issues behind closed doors but it's quite another to do so through the newspapers. A 29 year old should know better even if he is a rookie.
Here's hoping Shurmur feeds Weeden a nice goodbye present by using McCoy at the first sign of trouble Sunday.
BL Predicts:
Broncos 31
Browns 17
The BL are 8-6 year to date on the prediction front.
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