Browns 2-0 is a surprise but the big News is Charlie Frye and the defense

Browns 2-0-0 is very encouraging considering all the factors. 13 of 19 completions with the game winning TD is right on schedule, Charlie Frye is the Browns best bet to win games when the regular season arrives. A Trent Dilfer TD pass is encouraging too. Holding the Lions to 13 points is the next best news out of this game. The defense must be tackling some people. Usually defensive backs head injuries result from violent collisions with runners. Misfit ting mouth pieces can cause concussions whereas custom fitted (by a good dentist) mouth pieces will prevent them.

You should win 80% of the time when your defense holds the other team to 14 points or less.

Are the Giants and Lions that bad? I hope not. The Browns were big underdogs to Detroit.

I have really seen very little of Charlie Frye but I like how he stands in the pocket. His eye focus is downfield with good peripheral vision. From his demeanor from where I sit, when he comes to the line of scrimmage he is looking for something to take advantage of, some one commented they liked the look in his eyes behind the center, so do I. Some of us are football players and others are trying to be. Frye looks like a player to me. Keep him healthy, but you have to keep playing him and protect him, have him run lots of draw plays, screens, and play fake plays to slow the rush down. Throwing 13 passes averaging 5 yards means he can find his outlet man at the last second. Protect him through the preseason and put him in the fire on opening day. Frye looks like a winner and a leader to me, some thing the Browns have lacked in recent years.

When your GM thinks you only have 12 gamers (NFL starters) on your roster then you have a lot to overcome. In my day the talent was more concentrated because there were fewer teams with smaller rosters; winners (Packers, Colts, Browns, Giants…) had 17 or 18 gamers in their starting line ups. If he isn’t counting Frye or Orlando Ruff in his 12 then he can add them into the equation. He thinks Baltimore has 20 gamers on their roster, I doubt that they have that many. The Ravens quarterback Boller may not be one of them.

Oh yes, I saw Doug Johnson help the Florida Gators beat Florida State in rerun of their 1997 game in the Swamp. 28-25. I say helped because Ball Coach Steve Spurrier had him alternate with another quarterback throughout the game. Doug hit a key 40 yard completion to Jaquez Green in the last 2:00 minutes of a wild game to get the Gators to the Seminole 18 yard line. Florida’s Fred Taylor ran it in for the touchdown on two plays from there. It was a memorable victory for the Gators over Florida State when the Seminoles were ranked number one.

The NFL team that looks like it is going to be tough to beat is the Oakland Raiders if Randy Moss isn’t “Blue Mooning” it and causing morale problems too often.