Some Things Never Change

Just when I thought Romeo Crennel was about to turn the corner in his coaching career, his knee buckles and decides to keep beating a dead horse. Derek Anderson will be the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, much to my dismay. I was looking forward to seeing #10 on the field slingin passes to Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow, but instead I get to watch the one-year wonder try not to throw anymore interceptions this season because the last time he played the Bengals, he threw 4 interceptions and single-handledly kept Cleveland out of the playoffs.
Now not only is Anderson still starting, there are way too many injuries for the team to pick up its first 'W' this season. Both sides of the ball are decimated by injuries as well as the special teams seeing as Josh Cribbs hasn't played in a game yet this season. Braylon Edwards, Joe Jurevicius and Donte Stallworth are all injured and are on the shelf for this weekend. Braylon may make an appearance, but I doubt it seeing as he hasn't practiced much this week. As much as I praised the Browns for releasing LeCharles Bentley over the summer, it seems as though they could use his expertise since the line is becoming a patchwork again. Eric Steinbach and Ryan Tucker are both injured and probably won't play on Sunday. The right side of the line with Hadnot and Shaffer at guard and tackle have been atrocious this season. Anderson was sacked 5 times last week.
The defensive line isn't in much better shape. Robaire Smith has already been lost for the season and now Shaun Smith and Shaun Rogers are also injured and expected to miss time. That leaves us with one d-lineman left from our original 4-man rotation, Corey Williams. The linebacking corps is down to its last 2 outside linebackers, rookie Alex Hall and Kamerion Wimbley. I'm not even going to talk about the secondary.
I honestly can't see this team picking up a win for a very long time. It's a good thing the bye week is around the corner because this team has some serious regrouping to do. If they can magically produce some chemistry over the bye week next week, I think they could "save the season". They definitely have a chance of finishing 8-8 and salvaging some pride, but they already blew their shot at the playoffs. I know it's only September and it's way too early to be declaring them as a playoff miss, but there isn't a browns fan that would disagree with me if they have watched a game so far this season.