Yep. But I also like to watch the Giants.

Do we need better coaches Goombah?

I like Culpepper, I hope he can come back and look like he did when he threw for 40 TDs a few seasons ago.

Looks like Lane Kiffin learned something from last week...


Patriots vs Cowboys?

Cowboys maybe, but the Colts are gonna be there too. Randy Moss will cause us some problems until Jackson, Sanders, and Bethea smack him and he stops trying as hard.

Yes, considering Crennel was brought in here because of his defensive "expertise." But we simply don't have the players on defense right now. Ted Washington is 400 lbs and cannot stop anybody. Teams are running it right down the Browns throat. A coaching change will not rectify that problem.

The cornerbacks have gotten burned in all 3 games. If nobody can stop the run or the pass, then the defense is in shambles as evidenced by giving up 34, 51, and 26 points.

I actually couldn't watch the Raiders/Browns games because it was blacked out locally. Can you believe that? The freakin' Raiders black out almost all of the home games because they want more tickets to be sold.

Does that happen with any other teams? How does taking the game off of T.V. make us want to buy tickets to see the game? We're either going or we're not.

I don't get it.

I read something about blackouts yesterday in the local fishwrap. There were only 9 blackouts all of last year for the NFL. Think about how bad the Raiders, Browns, Cardinals, and Lions have been for the last 4 years - I would think the blackouts would be much higher. Even the freaking Browns have not been blacked out once since their return in '99 because of the games not selling out. I would think that will not last much longer if they fail to right the ship.

In the old Browns days, Modell would usually end up buying 5,000+ tickets to lift a blackout.

Just watched some games from last night which i had to tape and watch this afternoon!
Cowboys are looking rather good!

Me either, the Indy 500 was always blacked out where I lived even though they had NO problems with tickets being sold.

What ticks me off is that I'm in Indiana and they don't always show the Colts game. I had to go to a wing place with NFL Sunday ticket and watch it yesterday before work.

here is a cool site that has what games are being televised in the US. For all of our GBB peeps in Alaska I know this will come in handy.

http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/

Well at least it wasn't a total wasted day, the Tribe did clinch American League Central Division

At least 5 of those were local raider games. It's weird because it's televised around the rest of northern California, but here in the Bay Area we can't watch it.

It's so frustrating... I live ten minutes from the Oakland Coliseum, I can't afford tickets, and Al Davis is picking on me for it. oh well. If they were a contender I'd really be pissed, but this year I guess it's better if I don't see the game!

I really didn't know this was still such an issue. I knew when the team was in L.A. with the Coliseum that they would never sell out. But I had no idea Oakland didn't sell out consistently.

Saints however are not looking so hot this year..

You're right about that Yogi. Every week my friend and I always pick the games, he picked Tennessee & I picked the Saints, but just before the game I changed my pick boy am I glad about that. Now if I would've just changed my pick in the 2 fantasy leagues I'm in I would've been happy.

We're all poor here in Oakland. Anyone who can afford tickets are either 49ers fans, or some sort of drug dealers/crime king. Or so it seems...

I think the lack of fan interest in the California area is a major reason why an NFL team has been out of LA for all of these years. The Raiders not selling out in the LA Coliseum was not the fault of the fans - that stadium was too big. Wasn't it 80,000 capacity?

I think the pricing for NFL games in general is outrageous. With the exception of baseball, the NFL & NBA are primarily catering to the corporate interests with their expectation of ticket sales.

What a great day for the city of Cleveland. Both the Tribe and the Dawgs won WOOHOO!!!!!!

Goombah,

What did you think of Jamal Lewis's TD right before halftime? How he jumped over the pile and got it. I didn't think he made it in. And did you see how pissed the Raven's coach was when he didn't throw the challenge flag in time?

The Dolphins are THE absolute worst team in the NFL. There is no room for debate at all. They are horrific. I honestly can't see them winning a game this year, and that isn't an overreaction.

Even though we've sucked for ages, the Lions allways sell out. Ford Field has never had a blackout and I honestly dont remember the last time a Lions game was blacked out.

And another win for the Lions.

Colts defense didn't look very good in the first half...still won by double digits though

What's going on here... another win for the Browns, Raiders and Lions???

The world must be coming to an end! REPENT!!!!!!!!!!!

The Lions scored 34 points in one quarter on the Bears??!!! Wow! Philly goes berserk for 56 one week and 3 the next. Arizona beats the Steelers with Kurt Warner at the helm. The Raiders won two in a row, the Browns won two division games in the same season, and the 3 of the 4 teams from the conference championships are a combined 2-9.

I agree with Blibble - it's the end of the world as we know it!

It was not a TD, in my opinion. But I am glad to see a call go for the Browns instead of against us. The Browns won that game by halftime and thoroughly outplayed Baltimore except in trying to stop the Ravens running game.

The Browns have NE next week followed by Miami. They have a real good shot of being .500 at the bye, which is great. Their schedule gets incredibly easier after next week, save for a stretch in November with Seattle, Baltimore & Pittspuke. Suddenly the Browns have a legit shot at being 7-9 or 8-8 with momentum for next year.



They are bad, I agree. But of all the professional leagues, it is nearly impossible for an NFL team to not win a game. Too many variables, too much parity, a blown call, or some obscure player having a career day. They'll win one or two for sure. Look at how pathetic everyone not named the Patriots are in the AFC East. No team has gone winless in a 16 game NFL season. The last team to not win a game was Tampa in the 70s on a 14 game schedule.

I am sure Miami will manage to squeak a win over somebody....somehow....sometime

Pittspuke
I just hope I get to see the rest of the games on tv here. I'm sure the Pitts. game will be.

The Patriots may be the most well rounded team I've seen. They're dominating both sides of the ball. I don't see them losing more than 1 game, if even that.

The Pats are good, Just Lou. And they're playing well without Seymour and Rodney Harrison. But for the same reasons I cited with Don Andrew about the odds of Miami winning at least one, the Pats (or Dallas, Colts, etc.) will lose at least one game this season. It's too difficult to survive 16 regular season games and not lose. The Pats have Indy, Dallas, and the Steelers all on the road this year.

I see the Pats losing in the RCA Dome one last time.

They'll probably lose a game, but right now nobody can even compete with them. Their average margin of victory is 25 points.

Their margin of victory is unbelievable! They're coming off a Monday night game and are a 14 point favorite against Cleveland. I don't think the Browns can even compete with NE at this point, but I would hesitate at placing a wager on such a huge point spread.

I think NE is out to prove a point and have a chip on their shoulder regarding the spying incident. I think they will go into Indy and beat the Colts to avenge the meltdown in the AFC Championship game. I'm looking forward to the showdown.