Browns - Last game

The Browns have not had a good season. After 15 games, they have 5 wins. There is no sugar coating that as the truest measure of a team is wins and losses. However, this is not a lousy team which was lucky to win 5 games. No, actually this is an average team which isn't good enough to win without catching some breaks. Five of the losses were by a touchdown or less, including three 3 point losses. Oddly enough, two of this seasons longest winning streaks were by teams that had just lost to the Browns. The Browns beat the Bears 20 to 10 in Week 5 followed by the Bears winning 8 straight games. Later in Week 11, Miami lost to Cleveland 22 to nothing and then went on a 6 game winning streak. The defense only gave up more than 24 point to two teams. Unfortunately, those two teams (Steelers and Bengals) play in the AFC North so we will see them twice each year. My final assessment of this season is that Coach Crennel has the team heading in the right direction. Biggest area to address in the off-season remains the offensive and defensive lines. Last weeks game against the Steelers clearly showed that the Browns can't win the battles in the trenches. If you can't hold your own on the line, it doesn't matter who your "skill" players are, you won't win many games.