By Dan Shouse
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
Say one thing for Monday Night's game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns - it will not be a game that will be replayed on ESPN Classic anytime soon.
The Cleveland Browns represent the worst that the NFL has to offer. You have to think that if ESPN had its way, it would not have schedule the Browns to be on prime time.
It has been kind of comical to seen ESPN try to hype this game. Other than fantasy football, is there any reason to really want to watch this train wreck of a game? There is no question that Baltimore will dominate from start to finish. The Ravens will look unbeatable on offense and defense, but that will have to do more with Cleveland's inept team than anything to do with Baltimore. Don't get to excited Ravens fans. Your team will look like the Super Bowl contender everyone thought they would be, but every team looks great against the Browns.
Brady Quinn takes over the offense form Derek Anderson, which is a step in the right direction. Anderson has been horrid this season, posting a QB rating of 36.2. Quinn cannot possibly do any worse, but it is unreasonable to think that Quinn will be anymore successful. The Browns simply do not have the weapons to put many points on the board. If the Ravens jump out to an early lead, and Cleveland has to throw the ball, then this one could get ugly real fast.
To make matters worse, things could remain ugly in Cleveland for awhile. Dating back to last year with the Jets, Mangini is just 2 and 11 in his last thirteen games as a head coach, but don't expect Eric Mangini to be fired anytime soon. Mangini is in year one of a four year contract. It's hard to imagine that the Browns would just eat the final years of Mangini's contract. Maybe this is one of the reasons that Jamal Lewis decided to retire at the end of the season. Things look bleak for the Browns for the foreseeable future.
Now it appears that many of Lewis' teammates agree with him. According to a report from the Associated Press, after Lewis ripped Mangini in an interview last week, Lewis was greeted as a hero in the locker room by many of his teammates.
If true, then Mangini has totally lost this team and it is highly unlikely that he will win them back. Mangini may have lost the team, but unfortunately for Browns fans, he may still not lose his job. Sorry Cleveland, your NFL team has hit rock bottom, and it appears that you will be there for awhile.
Prediction: Ravens 27 Browns 0
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