K-Who?

So the Browns are 2-0 against superior teams without Kellen Winslow Jr/II.

Steve Heiden was instrumental in today's Browns win with 3 grabs for 73 yards, making him the leading receiver. He also dropped a ball while getting the Kordell Stewart treatment over the middle from a Jacksonville linebacker. He set up the Browns second touchdown drive with a perfect cross route on 4th & 1, scampering 51 yards to the Jacksonville goal line.

Shaun Rogers devoured the Jacksonville offensive line, recording a team-high eight tackles with a sack and a blocked field goal. Seen several times sucking oxygen, Rogers was the beast that the Browns beleaguered run defense needed today. Jacksonville still managed 113 net rushing yards, but many of them were racked up by David Garrard, who scrambled past some of the most unathletic linebackers in the NFL.

In response to the last point about David Garrard, I have officially renamed Andra Davis, the V Gap. You heard about the A gap or the C gap, well, he's the V Gap. If you can't figure out what the V stands for, well, it rhymes with the capital of the Canadian province Saskatchewan.

Phil Dawson was methodical as usual, burying a chip shot, a sand wedge, and a 7 iron. He hasn't missed a field goal under 50 yards this season thus far. Good for you, Phil.

Last week, in a post on a message board, I noted the seven times that DA threw an incomplete pass on first down and it was followed with a Jamal Lewis run that never went more than five yards. This week, it only happened twice. Chud must have seen my post and realized that it doesn't work. Adjustments make fans happy. Today, some adjustments were made.

Other credit goes to: Lawrence Vickers for some good blocks to open holes for Jamal Lewis.

After 67 false starts against the Giants, the Browns have committed just five penalties in two road games. Today, the one penalty was Shaun Rogers for consuming David Garrard into one of his many fat rolls a little too long after Garrard released the ball. Because we won, it's excusable. But, it was a huge play that could have cost us the game.

Derek Anderson and the Browns were a meager 3/12 on third down, while Jacksonville was 10/19. While forcing 19 third downs is nice, that's a few too many first downs to allow.


So, taking into account everything from today's game, let's trade Kellen Winslow. It's bad enough that Braylon Edwards sounds like a one of those cymbal-clanging monkeys that used to be popular as gag gifts every time DA is told to run a pass play and the ball is not thrown to him. DA plays a more relaxed and confident game when he only has to deal with one whining nagger in the lineup.

Winslow has to have some kind of value. He'll get us a decent draft pick to build our horrendous linebacking corps with. Some may consider this a rash maneuver and blame the Savage front office for not being able to handle bad boys. Let the Eric Wedge-Brandon Phillips comparison commence. However, at some point, you have to distinguish between talent and a team cancer. Winslow, as far as I'm concerned, is a bit of a cancer. While he does have lots of talent, Heiden's hands might be just as good and he can actually block. He's not the big play threat that K2 is, but he has a much better field demeanor than Winslow.

DA is a fragile-minded quarterback. That's why, unlike the way Tony Romo can handle Terrell Owens and Carson Palmer can handle Ocho "Chad Johnson" Cinco, Winslow's negative and selfish attitude affects DA more than it would affect most other QBs. For that reason, if DA is going to be our guy, then one of them has to go. Obviously this isn't a Rick Manning-Dennis Eckersley situation, but, the fact remains that DA has played his best two games of the season while Winslow sat. That's not just a coincidence.