Good news for my readers....all 3 or so of you, if you still exist. I have discovered that Pazanchium can now go mobile. What does that mean for you, it means that whenever I am bored or have a thought now I can post from my phone. The postings will likely be shorter, since I end up getting really sick of typing on such a small keyboard, but they will hopefully be more frequent and remind me how I can ramble online and someone somewhere actually might read it.
Before I go, there is something I want to put in writing before anything can happen for people to think it was not my original idea. That is the fact that the Cleveland Browns will not win more than 8 games this season. My actual prediction is 6-10 and I will go into more detail about this in my annual NFL rankings post sometime in August. I just want everyone to know that no matter what injuries occur in training camp or later that I have 100% faith in the Browns not living up to expectations this coming season. A few reasons why are first that last year they played the easiest schedule by far last year. Somewhere in the .431 opponent winning percentage area. When you factor in that they also played the 16-0 Patriots that winning percentage looks even worse. They played nearly every team picking in the top 10 last year and still didnt make the playoffs. The NFL has seen past this type of season and forces teams that were good in previous years to play much harder schedules. This season there schedule looks to be brutal and I think they suffer from that a great deal. Another problem I see the Browns running into is their total and utter lack of a secondary. Their best DB (and only one I could name) was Leigh Bodden, who appeared to have what it takes to be successful in this league, was sent to Detroit in the Shaun Rogers deal. Now in the pass happy NFL this appears to be a recipe for a disaster, yes their D-line is better, and yes the Giants won a Super bowl with minimal stars in their secondary, but I don't see Shaun Rogers or Corey Williams playing as well as they have in the past now that they are household names and are in a much different situation. Shaun Rogers has bust written all over him. Anytime you give a streaky player with weight issues and a nonchalant attitude 25 million dollars guaranteed you are setting yourself up for failure. Another less obvious point is the lack of draft picks this year. If you look at playoff teams in the past they all appear to have one or two rookies step up and provide that energy boost from somewhere unexpected. This was the case in 2005 when the Bengals went 11-5 and was the case with the Giants last year with Kevin Boss and others. The Browns not only mortgaged their future on this year, but will not be expecting anything from their 2 or 3 late round picks (if they even make the team). Then there is the QB issues. Derek Anderson is in a tough spot, he over achieved last season and now is one bad outing away from a benching despite being resigned. He showed he was vulnerable late last season and with the moves the Browns have made has high expectations and a high paid QB behind in him Brady Quinn. A slow start would mean Quinn would be forced to start for a team that has everything riding on this year. That is an awful lot of pressure for two guys who no one knows if they are for real to have on their shoulders. With everything riding on high expectations in a tough division I do not see the Browns stepping up to the plate. If there is any way to bet on the failures of the Cleveland Browns believe me I will have a great amount of money on it. Then when it all plays out how I see it i can tell the ESPN analysts and Cleveland fans (the same ones who thought the 37-46 Indians would win the World Series this year) that I am right. From a guy who watched the 2006 Bengals fall apart the year after a blow to Carson Palmers knee ended our season prematurely I feel bad for Browns fans who will be disappointed with anything less than a Super Bowl win.
Glad that is now in writing