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August 21st, 2008, 10:57
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The injuries comment will be applicable to pretty much every team in the NFL season Tony - in fact its pretty applicable to every team playing professional sport full stop.
The NFL is as tough as it ever was. You have the dominating teams of the current generation (New England, Indianapolis) that are the teams to beat, the myriad of teams with vast potential who could get to or win the Superbowl (too many to name) whilst you have the weak teams who are currently in a rut and will be the whipping boys again (Miami, San Francisco). 70's it was the Steelers and Cowboys who dominated...80's was mainly the 49ers, though there were a couple of very good Bears and Redskins teams in there....90's was the Cowboys but then the balance of power shifted from the NFC to the AFC, with the Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens and then the New England Patriots dominating the game, ably assisted by Superbowl winning teams from Indianapolis and Pittsburgh. There is no doubting the AFC remains the stronger of the two conferences, and it is a definite disadvantage to be in this conference. Looking at Clevelands schedule Tony, they will of course play 6 games against their divisional rivals - Pittsburgh, Cincinatti and Baltimore. They will need at least 3 wins there - and that wont be easy as all 4 teams in this division are competative. They open against Dallas - nasty start - before facing PIT, CIN and BAL in successive weeks. From that start, if they win 2 out of the 4 I think they will have done very well. They then have a bye week, before facing up to the defending World Champs, then Washington and then Jacksonville. From there on in it gets a little easier for the Browns, though they do have to face up to the Colts and Eagles in the last few weeks, but it is a horrible first 8 weeks for them, and a pretty rough schedule overall. They have potential to do well, but in all honesty, if im being very optimistic, i can see them winning 10 games most - realistic id say 7 or 8 - but if it were 5 or 6 it wouldnt be the hugest shock in the world. They definitely will need the good luck im about to say. Good luck Cleveland! 
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August 21st, 2008, 12:12
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Lets get ready to rumble......................touchdown !!!
 Great posts shark 
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August 23rd, 2008, 14:34
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A nice little taster
Here you go Tony....Sky Sports obviously reads this forum!
They are showing the Cleveland v Detroit game tonight live on Sky Sports - 9pm the programme starts. A very winnable game for the Browns on paper - will Anderson be fit to start, or will rookie backup QB Brady Quinn be under centre and have the chance to impress against the normally toothless Lions?
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August 23rd, 2008, 16:33
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sharky
You'd be surprised who reads this forum
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August 23rd, 2008, 19:01
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9PM tonight....
Sky sports xtra.....Cleveland v Detroit pre season game...
 Will be good to see how the Browns go.......  Looking forward to it Sharky......will be interesting to know your thoughts after the game...
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#37
August 23rd, 2008, 21:43
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Detroit looking surprisingly mobile....Cleveland....hmmm...obvious worry signs are there, especially the ease of which they are allowing Detroit to gain yards and first downs....Romeo Crennel doesnt look too worried right now, but whilst this is decent experience for Brady Quinn, who was last years top first round draft pick, they could do with a few scores and a few stops on defence quick.
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#38
August 23rd, 2008, 22:35
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good job its a friendly...
Were looking a well beaten team 6 - 26 is a masacre...we look like we have no offence and they are making ground all to easily...
Hopefully its our blip ....and things will be different when we kick off for real... 
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#39
August 25th, 2008, 19:46
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Week 3 Preseason games
Will post up the full results of week 3 of the postseason, updated news and analysis/reaction, as well as continue my divisional previews, tomorrow, as we are now less than 2 weeks away from the start of the regular season.
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