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17-0 Stools, first quarter. Wow the Browns are making Pittsburgh look good. This team may very well have a perfect record this season. 0-16.

Expect to see Quinn sooner rather than later. The Steelers ALWAYS eat Fryes lunch.

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We're halfway through the second quarter and the Browns have two giveaways, given up four sacks (err... five now), and had four penalties on one play.

Well they've already benched Frye, Anderson is now in there, and CBS is saying we'll see Brady Quinn before the end of THIS game!

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1st half of first game, Frye is benched. Wow. I mean this team is horrible. These Cleveland fans must want to hang themselves. They're making Pittsburgh and Big Jen look like SB contenders.

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Actually, Pittsburgh is a good team - not sure why people are down-playing them? I think they're potentially better than the Ravens, who are probably a bit overrated.

Frye and Anderson are TERRIBLE QB's, yikes.

How exactly are the Steelers a better team than the Ravens??? The Steelers are a pretty mediocre team, with rather slightly above average, aging talent.

I'm much more concerned with Balt than I am Pittsburgh, IMHO.

Anyways, they're already chanting for Quinn. And the Stealers WR's can't catch a ball.

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Given recent happenings in the NFL, I'm hardpressed to call Pittsburgh mediocre without calling Cincinnati mediocre too. I expect both teams to finish ahead of Baltimore.

Yeah I see your point, but with the Bengals offense far surpassing the Steelers, I'd have to say they have the edge. But with our D, lord I just don't know. At any rate, I think it will be a 3 team race in this division any way you go. I'm just not impressed with the Steelers, especially with the Browns as their judging point.

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Actually, Pittsburgh is a good team - not sure why people are down-playing them? I think they're potentially better than the Ravens, who are probably a bit overrated.

Frye and Anderson are TERRIBLE QB's, yikes.

Thank you. I agree. :sure:

And, I wouldn't put it all on the QBs. The Browns O-line was HORRIBLE. Frye and Anderson had no time to throw, but they kept trying to force it anyway and that lead to sacks and INTs.

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The play where Cleveland was guilty of yet another blunder as well as four penalties summed up their day. However, the single most lasting impression I came away with was how horrible their secondary played. I thought Pittsburgh was going to target Eric Wright, the rookie CB, all game long....and they certainly did early. But as it turned out there were two players who were easier targets for plucking, Brodney Pool and Sean Jones. I swear those guys didn't make a play all game long.

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The play where Cleveland was guilty of yet another blunder as well as four penalties summed up their day. However, the single most lasting impression I came away with was how horrible their secondary played. I thought Pittsburgh was going to target Eric Wright, the rookie CB, all game long....and they certainly did early. But as it turned out there were two players who were easier targets for plucking, Brodney Pool and Sean Jones. I swear those guys didn't make a play all game long.

Just to reiterate on what HairOnFire said, their pass defense was nothing short of horrible. Steeler receivers ran wide open for the whole game. I found myself over at the Dawgbones.com forum, and those guys are ready to commit Hari Kari en mass. They need a leader on the field. Sadly for them, they do not yet have one. Maybe Brady Quinn will change that.

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I'm going to withhold judgment on both the Browns and Steelers until I see both play a few more games. Based upon one game, it is undeniably obvious that the Steelers look really good and even at mid-season form, and the Browns downright stink at the corners, safety, o-line, quarterback, on and on. Should the Bengals do the same to the Browns next week, I will consider this single game more of an indication of the Browns ineptitude than the Steelers domination ... specifically, because I just don't see the Bengals as a 'dominant' team (both sides of the ball, etc) this year. All that said, it may be another month or more before we really know about the '07 Steelers as they play a collective group of teams in September that would arguably not be ranked in the top 5 in the division 1 college poll (I'm not sold on SF and Arizona, obviously).

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Cleveland was downright awful. I'm not sure they could beat Michigan right now. I think I picked 4-6 weeks before Quinn starts in the other thread; now I think we may see him as soon as the second half next weekend.

So should we be waiting for the Cleveland vs. App. St. matchup?

I agree with you - Quinn will be in soon. I'd have said not a snap before week 8 if Crennel weren't on the hotseat; as it is next week is a good possibility.

I can't imagine being thrown into this is going to be good for his career, long term. Good way to turn your #1 pick into Joey Harrington.

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