Embarrassed 41-0

The Steelers once embarassed a winning Browns team when arch nemisis John Henry Johnson ran for 238 yards and several touchdowns against us. That was also a home game so I know how it feels. The Giants did it to us 48-7 in New York and the Packers did it to us 49-17 in Cleveland. We had winning seasons each of those years. We lived through those embarassments. All of us Jim Brown and all. Some days things seem to just go wrong. I played my normal game I didn't get embarassed personally and in fact Coach Paul Brown pointed out after the Giants massacred us 48-7 that Defensive Tackle Floyd Peters and I had played well. Paul said we played so bad it wasn't going to help any to look at the game films so we didn't. We got over it. In fact we won the next game after each massacre. And with many of the same players we won it all just a few years later.

My advice to the Browns players and the Browns fans get over it. It happens in the NFL. It will happen again. With eight quarterback sacks how many other times was Charlie Frye pressured? Eight quarterbacks sacks and a blocked punt will do it every time. That's going to happen. Fortunately I didn't see the game but from the statistics I notice Frye didn't throw any interceptions. I like that.

The Browns have played well against some of the better teams in the league including the Colts and I'll be dissappointed if they don't take out some frustration on the Ravens on January 1st.