They're Baaaaaack

Okay, I'd be lying if I said this is the first time I've been wrong and not just wrong but way out in left field with my prediction of the Monday Night Football game. I'd also be lying if I said that yesterday's game has completely changed my outlook for the rest of the season. I am not 100% convinced that yesterday's Cleveland Browns are the team we'll see for the next 11 games. I pray to God that it is, but they haven't sold me quite yet because one game does not make a season.
On a more positive note, I am ecstatic that the Browns finally decided to show up this season. We are now sitting at 2-3 and are tied for 2nd in the division. If we can keep it up, the division crown is not out of the question. Everyone got to see what the Browns can do when they get in a rhythm and are relatively healthy. The most impressive thing about our win last night wasn't that we dominated the Giants for 4 quarters, or that Braylon Edwards dominated the secondary, or that our youthful secondary intercepted the "great" Eli Manning three times. It was that we did all of this without our best player, KELLEN WINSLOW. That's right the most consistent performer on our team didn't suit up due to an undisclosed illness. It didn't seem to phase a Cleveland offense that was firing on all cylinders yesterday.
The player who stood out to me the most during the game was Shaun Rogers. He is an absolute freak. He dominated arguably the best offensive line in football last night. He was constantly harassing Eli Manning in the passing game and plugging Brandon Jacob's running lanes. In my opinion, this was the best acquisition of the offseason. Even Corey Williams had a solid game. He had a sack and a forced fumble taken away because of defensive holding penalty, but overall he had a real solid game.
The sky is the limit for the Browns if they can carry this momentum through the rest of the season. Getting players back such as Sean Jones, Shaun Smith, Kellen Winslow, Kevin Shaffer, etc. is only going to make this team better. I was very pleased to see Donte Stallworth on the field last night and he did a good job considering it was his first game this season. My interest and excitement has been renewed after last night's game. I can only hope that they don't make fools of themselves in the coming weeks because they have a tendency to revert back to their usual, mistake ridden selves after statement games such as last night. GO DAWGS!