Archives for October 2009

‘Coaching: Hard to come up with anything original at this point. Thirteen penalties is an indictment of Jauron and his coaching staff. Grade: F.’

‘The one big play of the first quarter was wiped out by penalty.’

‘”I feel for everyone in the organization and more importantly the fans,” Brandon said in a quiet Bills locker room. “This is not where we expected to be right now.”‘

‘”Playing with him forever, he’s such a special player, and I know he’s just trying to make a play and win the game,” Costanzo said.’

‘It was the team that made the critical mistake in a game where neither team played to win but rather not to lose. That came with Roscoe Parrish’s muffed punt, setting up the winning field goal with 23 seconds left.’

‘Which team will play worse? Well, the scoreboard read 6-3 Browns, but seriously, as bad as the Bills were, the Browns were every bit their equal. However, as is often the case in games between lousy teams, it comes down to a killer mistake, and the Bills made it when Parrish lost the fumble.’

‘Four days after celebrating his 59th birthday, Dick Jauron must have felt 99 after watching his team commit 13 penalties, bogging down drive after drive. That’s indefensible and a clear reflection his team has quit on him no matter what the players say. F.’

‘Instead, there was no ceremony. Nor a band. Nor a reason to do anything but drown your sorrows in suds during halftime of what might have been the ugliest football game the stadium has ever seen.’

‘Even if you just counted false starts, the Bills would have one more penalty than the St. Louis Rams, who held a slim 32-31 lead heading into Sunday. The idle Green Bay Packers have 30 penalties, meaning the Bills also rank first in penalties per game.’

‘The worst offenders in the loss may have been the Buffalo offensive line. The unit recorded nine false starts.’

‘”I really don’t know what to say,” Owens said. “We shot ourselves in the foot a lot today.”‘

‘That was just one sad irony in a game that exposed so much incompetence.’

‘Coach Dick Jauron had a three-word answer when asked whether he would consider benching Edwards: “Not right now.”‘

Cleveland Browns can chalk up victory over Buffalo Bills’ miscues (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Zastudil keeps pinning Bills until late muff is just enough (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Customers are irate upon seeing their Bills (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

It’s pretty hard to complain today, despite difficulty in getting first ‘W’ (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Lewis keeps team rumbling past Bills with 117-yard game (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Mangini can embrace this one (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Four quarters (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Photo gallery (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Losing skid ends for Browns (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Browns shut down Owens (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Costanzo leads special teams (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Ugly, but it’s a win (Willoughby News Herald)

‘Fresh’ Lewis carries offense (Willoughby News Herald)

Browns defense backs coordinator’s big talk (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Forget looks, Browns just love first win (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Bad day perfect for Lewis (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Browns/Bills breakdown (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Winless Browns finally bag win (Canton Repository)

Browns’ passing games gets ‘Stuck’ (Canton Repository)

Run game gives Browns hope vs. Steelers next (Canton Repository)

Player of the Game: Punter Dave Zastudil (Canton Repository)

Browns Notebook (Canton Repository)

Breaking it down by quarters (Canton Repository)

Browns snap 10-game losing streak, but game is a real stinker (Akron Beacon Journal)

Ex-Bill makes key play for Browns (Akron Beacon Journal)

Lewis keeps Browns moving with 117 yards (Akron Beacon Journal)

Well, let’s try to stay positive about Browns win (Akron Beacon Journal)

Photo gallery (Akron Beacon Journal)

Photo gallery (Dayton Daily News)

Mangini, Browns address Davis’ injury with NFL (AP)

Inside the locker room (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Browns defense hangs tough (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Lewis’ big day boosts Browns (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Browns grind out 6-3 victory (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Browns 6, Bills 3 (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Lewis, Womack return to action (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Q and A: George Kokinis (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Photo gallery (ClevelandBrowns.com)