Quick comments about two big things:

First, the Browns have their hands full – and then some – in Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks.

The Seahawks are a good team, and they are even better when they’re at home. In fact, they are darn near impossible to beat at home. Lumen Field is one of the loudest facilities in the NFL. It’s built so that the noise goes straight up and comes right back down. The fans are right on top of you, and if you get behind early, that noise keeps building and building and building throughout the afternoon.

So, the Browns absolutely can’t afford to get behind early. If they do, then with their inability to really have a quick-strike offens, it could turn into a long afternoon. The message to the Browns is to get ahead and stay ahead.

The other thing concerns Paul Brown and the fact a beautiful statue of him was unveiled last week in his hometown of Norwalk. When you think of Paul Brown, you think of Massillon, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, where he coached Ohio State. But you don’t think of Norwalk. Well, perhaps now you will.

Not much has been written about his time in Norwalk, but the people there have not forgotten him. It was one of the really cool stories of the week.

Another story that keeps popping up all week is that of the alleged Michigan sign-stealing. Paul Brown used to send his plays in with a messenger guard, so nobody was going to steal them. Whispering in somebody’s ear is a pretty safe way to get your plays in safely. In 1953, he tried to use a radio transmitter inside a helmet to send in his plays in. There were issues, and then the NFL stepped in and put a stop to it. And then all those decades later, the NFL starts using radio transmitters inside of helmets. Paul Brown was way ahead of his time.

It’s amazing that college football does not have radio transmitters inside of helmets. Come on, guys, this is 2023, not 1958. It’s long past time that something like that should’ve been done.

Steve King