Happy Thanksgiving!! All the best to you and yours!
What am I thankful for?
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- Amazon Fire Stick
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- Madden NFL for Xbox/PS5
- Portable Bluetooth speakers
- 4K TVs
Among many things, you guys. Your readership of this site for over 10 years, dating back to its inception on Aug. 3, 2015, has been a blessing, the likes of which I can’t put into words. Thank you, thank you, thank you so very much!!!
We’ll all watch at least a little — actually, more likely a lot — of football on Thursday. Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that actually has football built into it. So, enjoy that — to the fullest.
But at the same time, please step back from the viewing, turkey and pumpkin pie at some point and focus on the the most important theme of the day — giving thanks for all you have. And, when you get right down to it, we all have a lot, much more than we realize.
That includes the Browns, too. This quarter-century of the expansion era has, of course, been mostly a nightmare, including in these last two seasons when their record has been a combined 6-22. Ugh! Don’t think about that while devouring that big meal or you might well get indigestion.
But it’s better than having no football at all. Remember the misery on steroids in 1996-98?
Again, however, this losing has to change, and that starts not really next season but in the final six games of this season. The Browns have to take the momentum — and excitement — of last Sunday’s 24-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders and build upon it, especially with this incredible defense and rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who did more good than bad and exhibited that big-play ability for which he was known in college.
Remember, this rebuild doesn’t really begin until the Browns get their quarterback. We’ll see if Sanders is that guy, and that begins by stacking positive performances one on top of another.
I don’t want, at the core, for Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and General Manager Andrew Berry to get fired. Stefanski is a great man who treats everyone friendly, everywhere, every time, and that’s a huge asset for the organization. I’ve seen what happens when the head coach is a knucklehead. His name is Eric Mangini. Tearing this thing apart and having to start over is a real chore. But Stefanski has to win and, with Berry, those NFL Draft classes have to stand out every year like this one, for that to occur. But these two guys have used up all the patience of their bosses, owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam, and the fans. They have to produce, or else.
I love the fact that Stefanski said the other day that a quarterback’s most important job is to win. Bingo! I have said that for years. And that goes for Sanders, who is off to a good start at 1-0, and anyone else in the mix.
If Sanders could somehow prove down the stretch here that he’s the guy, then the Browns will be so much better off because they will be able to use the top of next year’s draft, including those all-important two first-rounders, to address some of those many other needs, especially on offense and specifically across the line.
Steve King
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