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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Happy new year from Cleveland

LaMarr Woodley leads the Steelers inactives today.

Also down are Mewelde Moore, Chris Carter, Doug Legursky, Al Woods, Jamon Meredith and Arnaz Battle.

Colt McCoy is inactive for Cleveland, as is starting right tackle Tony Pashos.

Artis Hicks will start for the Browns at RT opposite Ziggy Hood and Jason Worilds.

© The weather here is pretty horrid. Windy and rainy. The temperatures are dropping and the rain could turn to snow before this is over.

14 comments:

Henry said...

It's like our offense doesn't care. They're so used to laying stinkers that it doesn't bother them to leave it up to the D YET AGAIN!!!

so tired of this crap. Get Ben the hell out of the game. He looks awful and he cost his team 3 points on that stupid sack.

Anonymous said...

Mediocre offense 2007-present. Nothing new. Just don't turn the ball over in the playoffs and we can beat anyone on any given day. No one ever said Ben's strength was his brains.

Robert K said...

Whoa Henry!! Are you implying that its a team game and the offense actually should contribute to wins?!?

Joking aside I'm tired of hearing about all the yards our offense piles up and how good Ben is. The fact is points is the only stat that matters and our offense has been average for years.

Anonymous said...

Well, this game really stinks, doesnt matter though, as Cincy is not only playing against the ravens, but they are also playing against some really terrible refs!!

Anonymous said...

How far can a team that struggles to score 20 points on offense go in the playoffs? Guess we'll find out.

Anonymous said...

If mendenhall is hurt bad we are screwed!

adamg said...

Tomlin already said Mendenhall is out for the Denver game.

With the Balt/Cin game already over, it didn't matter, but why were they throwing the ball on 3rd down with Clev having no timeouts? They could have run 40 seconds off the clock before punting. Didn't they learn anything from the home loss to Balt?

Not a fan of BR or BA, but I'll chalk up the offense to the awful weather.

Looked like a nasty injury to Cortez Allen the way the trainer was holding his arm up at the elbow.

Congrats to Ward for getting his 1,000th career regular season catch.

Anonymous said...

If we get to play New England again, the Allen injury is a big one.

Anonymous said...

Offense is pathetic. Tomlin is a complete fool for letting ben play. Just useless. Beat dener, get smoked rd 2 in new england.

adamg said...

Although Cincy backed into the playoffs, still 3 teams from the AFCN is impressive.

Anonymous said...

Dale, not sure which broadcaster said it, but is it true that A. Brown is the first NFL player ever to have 1000 yards both receiving and returning?

No wonder the kid was voted team MVP.

adamg said...

Pgh/Den is Sunday, 4:30 EST.

Dale Lolley said...

I thought wins were the only stat that mattered?

Anonymous said...

Sure, wins are what matters, but in an era of specialization, for Brown to get 1000 yds both catching and returning, it's a feat.