Browns had a 12-9 loss, which being the Browns is the way to go winless - just out of reach. In fact 4 of their 7 losses have been by a field goal. So close, and yet so far.
On the other hand, the Niners lost 40-10 against the Cowboys, with their only touchdown happening in garbage time. That’s a dumpster fire right there. Which is surprising, since they have 5 of their losses by a field goal or less.
They’re both making their best effort, that’s for sure.
The Niners have a pretty guaranteed 0-8 with Philly this week. After that the have 4 easier games: ARI without Palmer in SF; NYG in SF; bye week; the SEA team they lost to by a field goal, in SF; and CHI at Soldier Field. That run should get them at least one win. If they can’t pull those out their only hope is that they face an LA Rams team in week 17 that is looking to be playoffs bound and may give up a garbage win as they rest starters for the post-season.
The Browns…are the Browns.
I think we really ought to afford an honorable mention to the Dolphins. Although they have won 4 games (?) they have managed the first double-aught, being shut-out twice. Denver and Indianapolis have an outside chance of laying a second egg on Sunday. Arizona will not be stinking up the place until next week.
Trading for a well-regarded potential franchise QB at the deadline is NOT going to get you the perfect loss season.
Trying, and due to incompetence failing, to trade for a little-known backup QB on another underperforming team IS something a dedicated failure of a team would do.
The Cardinals loss of Palmer might break them. That is worrisome, because they play the Niners on Sunday. The Niners are in serious danger of failing to lose. (Browns have the week off, so their utter mediocrity remains safe.)
The Browns are good for 1-2 end of season wins when it doesn’t possibly matter and only fucks up their draft position. I root all season for them to win until they’re like 1-12 or 0-13 or whatever, then I just want the damn draft pick - why waste all the pain of such a shitty season? And then they pull off some meaningless win that fucks it up.
They tried to do it last year but thankfully SF was also stupid enough to win a pointless game to keep the draft order the same.
The Browns rarely end up with the #1 overall - usually like the #4-7. Enough for a miserable season but not a top draft pick to give hope for the offseason. Worst possible outcome, really.
Eh… I think the Cardinals still have enough talent left to win that game. We’ll see. I don’t think they’ll win many and they don’t have a snowball’s chance to sniff the playoffs this year but I think they have a chance to beat the Niners.
I think it’ll be a low-scoring game between two bad offenses either way.
Because the Giants are just that bad.
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Well, 5 games left and the Browns are still 0-fer. The only game they have left that they might squeak out a win is Chicago.
You watch your mouth. They still have Green Bay next week.
That leaves such a horrible taste that I’m going to throw up now.
Check out the Chargers. We had low hopes for them in September, but here they beat down the Cowboys on turkeyday and are a game away from evensteven. How the lowly have unfallen.
Eight game winning streak happened after this post. Sometimes I think the Sports Gods enjoy making me look silly. Saints lost yesterday, but are still 8-3, which is better than I thought 2 months ago.
They play the Browns next week, and this is exactly the kind of game the Chargers tend to blow.
My YPP calculation puts them at -10 for that game, with a +3 turnover average. The official line looks like -13.5 – too close to put money on the Browns, but I think [del]san diego[/del] LA will not be coughing that one up at home.
I hope Cleveland goes 0-16 so Josh Rosen returns for 1 more season at UCLA.
Are the Browns as good as “mediocre”?
I’m sorry - “hope” and “Cleveland” do not belong in the same sentence.
Maybe they will beat the Packers and my despair will be complete.
Regards,
Shodan
Give the Browns the respect they deserve. They are exceptionally bad.
Well, for the season so far, they are not the worst team in either yds/pt column, primarily by dint of the fact that they have not egged the scoreboard (a shutout is difficult to calculate – I just use total yards); they would be worst in defensive yds/pt, but Denver Trumps them by a small margin. Winning, though, they have yet to figure that out and have the worst average difference in score.
Still, they cannot be as pathetic as the Stampeders. That was just sad.
LOL. Can you imagine a kid choosing to stay in school just to avoid being drafted by the Browns?