Thursday, September 12, 2013

Why The Browns Need Tim Tebow

The Browns need Tim Tebow, (Insert laugh here). The trouble is...I'm not laughing and neither should you Browns fans. Last week our beloved Browns took the field in what was our home opener. Everyone I knew felt the team was going to walk away victoriously by beating the not so exciting Dolphins from Miami. We got trounced by an aggressive Dolphin "D" who made Browns quarterback Brandon Weedon long for the days when he could throw a 90 mile an hour fastball, and not have to worry about the batter trying to rip his head off. This kid just doesn't have what it takes to be a winner. After trying his luck with baseball and now football, there's always arm wrestling, hotdog eating, and the soapbox derby. At twenty-nine years of age, he may be too old for the derby. Thus enter the incredible Mr. Tebow. So Mr. Haslam, Mr. Banner, and Mr. Lombardi, here are my ten reasons for signing Timmy...

1. THIS TOWN NEEDS SOME EXCITEMENT! After years of listening to the slap happy Pat Shurmur and now Chud the dud and Banner's bantering, let's spice things up a bit. Tebow will bring the spotlight to Cleveland. It would be the story of the year..."Castoff quarterback leads team that the NFL forgot to the playoffs."  

2. Tebow has more to prove than Brandon Weedon and is almost four years younger.

3. Tebow has almost 1,000 yards rushing in just three seasons. Weedon can't escape pressure and doesn't even know when he's being pressured.

4. Tebow has won the Heisman Trophy, a college football national championship while with the Florida Gators, and beat the Steelers in the playoffs as a member of the Denver Broncos. He's a WINNER!

5. He's passed for 17 touchdowns and ran for 12 more. He's the quarterback you want in the game inside the five yard line.

6.  He averages 5 yards per carry running the football. Trent Richardson averages 3.6 YPC.

7. He's a lot harder to game plan for. Just ask Steeler's head coach Mike Tomlin.

8. He's been playing football since he was a baby,  (Read: Tebow - Through My Eyes). Brandon Weedon is a baseball player turned football player. We're not talking Bo Jackson here people!

9. Let's hear what Jet's receiver Jeremy Kerley has to say about Tim... "Different than Mark, different than Mark," Kerley said at the NFL Pop-Up store on 41st today. "(Tebow's) ball comes out a little bit stronger, but he's accurate, he's more accurate than what I thought he was going to be. But he's a good dude, he has a great personality, he'll bring a lot of personality to the team." All in all Kerley thought Tebow was a better quarterback than Mark Sanchez, and the Browns would love to have Mark Sanchez under center.

10. If Norv Turner is the quarterback guru that everyone says he is, than Tim Tebow could be his final masterpiece.  


                                                          IT'S TEBOW TIME!


Sunday, September 8, 2013

FF&B Smash...Crash...& Stash...Who To Start...Not Start...& Pick Up Before Anyone Else Does!

Smash QB. / Andrew Luck vs Raiders
* Everyone gets open in this one as Luck takes his game to the next level. 4 touchdowns!
Crash QB. / Geno Smith vs Bucs
* Like Tim Misney always says: "I'm gonna make'm pay!" Won't finish the game against an improved Buc's "D."
Stash QB. / Sam Bradford vs Cardinals
* Undrafted in a number of leagues, the light bulb finally goes on for "Sling'n Sammy!"  

Smash RB. / DeMarco Murray vs Giants
* He's not hurt anymore. 120 yards and a score.
Crash RB. / C.J. Spiller vs Patriots
* Not much on the ground, maybe 40 yards receiving.
Stash RB. / Giovani Bernard vs Bears
* Speedy back causes Bears nightmares. 80 yards receiving and a score.

Smash WR. / Julio Jones vs Saints
* Ryan goes up-top early and often to Jones who destroys the Saint's secondary.
Crash WR. / Danny Amendola vs Bills
* Slow start for Amendola along with the emergence of Kenbrell Thompkins.
Stash WR. / Kenbrell Thompkins vs Bills
* Undrafted free agent tore it up in pre-season and will continue to do so. 100 yards and a score.   

Friday, September 6, 2013

FFAB's NFL Predictions 2013 Season

Things have changed around the National Football League since I was a young boy. Computers, Cable TV, Twitter, and Tivo have changed the way we watch our favorite sports. For me it was "The Voice Of God," John Facenda who would run the highlight reel from the previous week's contests on Saturday mornings. Sure I could have been watching Mickey Mouse, Scooby Doo, or Looney Toons, but instead I chose to eat my Cheerios to Facenda's interpretations of what took place on, "The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field," or "Off the windy shores of Lake Erie." Afterwards my friends and I would head down to the park with our favorite pigskin and pretend we were Detroit's, tight-end, Charlie Sanders making a one handed touchdown grab towards the back of the endzone, or Viking's elusive quarterback Fran Tarkington escaping pressure and sliding for a first down, leaving the opposing team's defensive line winded and frustrated. But even as a kid, I had high hopes for the Cleveland Browns and would predict big things from them year to year. So after many disappointments and feeling winded and frustrated by my prognostications, I grew up and am more ready than ever to make my 1st Annual FFAB's NFL Predictions for the 2013 season.Sorry Brown's fans, the boys in brown & orange will remain in the cellar of the AFC North with a record of 7-9. Maybe next year..............

AFC East
Patriots 12-4
* They will get stronger as the year goes along and that's scary.

AFC North
Bengals 11-5
* Andy Dalton has more toys to play with this year.  

AFC South
Texans 11 -5
* They'll take no prisoners on defense.

AFC West
Broncos 13-3
* Manning will be the MVP of the league and the wild horses will run wild over the AFC.

Wild-Cards
Colts 11-5
* With a little "Luck" they could win that division.
Ravens 10-6
* Even after losing eight starters they back in to the playoffs.
Chiefs 10-6
* Andy Reid gets the most out of an under-achieving team.

NFC East
Cowboys 10-6
* Poised to take the division and the next step.

NFC North
Packers 12-4
* The Pack is Back and will take the wraps off of their new running game.

NFC South
Falcons 13-3
* Ryan, White, Jones, Gonzalez....& Steven Jackson? That's just not fair.

NFC West
Seahawks 11-5
* I believe in Russell Wilson...and of course that SUPERIOR defense.

Wild-Cards
49ers 11-5
* Something to prove this year.
Redskins 10-6
* Too much depending on ONE player...RG3.
Rams 10-6 
* Jeff Fisher trades punches with Carroll & Harbaugh.

AFC Champs: Denver Broncos
NFC Champs: Green Bay Packers
Super-Bowl Champs: Denver Broncos  






    

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Browns Are A CUT Below!


Not that I wish to be an "Eddie Downer" on the eve of another Cleveland Brown's march towards the Lombardi Trophy but...
1. They are without a placekicker. Waste of six weeks of training camp having Bogatay and Graham battle for the starting spot vacated by Phil Dawson.
2. They picked up two running backs and two tight-ends off the junk pile. That means...They picked up four players nobody else wanted.
3. They need help at guard. And No...Oniel Cousins is not the answer.
4. They can't sustain an injury to any of the DB's especially Joe Haden or they're screwed.
5. They have a number one draft pick who's lungs are all bruised up, and may or may not play in a game until week number two.
6. They have their number one receiver Josh Gordon, sitting somewhere in the Dawg Pound for the first two games of the season because he used cough medicine.
7. They have a twenty-nine year old second year quarterback who is learning a whole new offensive system.
8. They are now playing a 3-4 defense as opposed to the 4-3 defense they played last year.
9. They brought in a new coaching staff this year.
10. They have an owner who may be indicted before the year is through, and his 83 year old father would take over the team should he end up spending time at the gray bar hotel.
Now...Are you ready for some football?