Sunday vs. Cardinals

Hey, guess what, there is a football game on Sunday. I can't wait!!! Seriously, this should be among the most enjoyable games of the season and is personally my most eagerly anticipated home game so far. The Browns get to show in front of the home fans that the antics of the past week stil allow for a positive outcome. Heck, if Butch has the troops fired up and they dominate the Cardinals, things might even brighten up a bit. OR the Browns will struggle, boos/bottles will rain down, and the "Butch Must Go" chants will be deafening. Either way, one hopes that, in honor of William Green, Big Dawg will show up with no shirt, dreds, one sock and a blunt big enough to set off smoke alarms on the concourse.

Jeff Blake, Marcel Shipp and Anquan Boldin lead an Card offensive attack that I think will offer a good challenge. Shipp in particular is developing into a very good back and a good game from him could mean a long afternoon. Defensively, there really should be no reason the Browns can't have at least moderate success. No reason, that is, except the air in Berea after Green and Johnson went the way of the dodo bird.

The Browns are either making their last bit of transformation into a contender (in 2004) or they're adding to the tinder which will engulf half of NE Ohio at a date in the not too distant future. Watch closely! The only thing I'd like to see more than Butch Davis holding up a Vince Lombardi trophy is Butch Davis failing on a collossal scale. Or, at least, it seems like that's the mood in Cleveland these days...