---In an article titled "Who Should Have Made The Pro Bowl", Alex Marvez--who is one of the best in the business, hands down--makes the case that the Browns' Leigh Bodden got jobbed in the Pro Bowl voting. Really? Seriously? I'll take "How Much Of Bodden's 2007 Season Have You Actually Seen" for $500, Alex.
---Don't do it. Don't listen to this so-called "journalist". Losing The Sweatervest's bitch was bad enough; Northeast Ohio doesn't need another speed-bump toward Total World Football Domination.
---You thought this past Sunday's conditions at CBS were bad? THE Game scoffs in your general direction.
---You wanna bitch about the lack of Browns in the Pro Bowl? You wanna wail and gnash your teeth? Here, free of charge and as a public service, is some grist for your argument, courtesy of an e-mail from an AFC North front office guy: "If anybody has a gripe, it's (Lawrence) Vickers. Hands-down the best fullback (in the AFC). And he's the (second) alternate? You explain it to me."
---For what it's worth, the above-mentioned FO guy also thought that Big Ben over DA was a good call, and that Joe Thomas will be a first-team lock for years to come.
---Jamie Dukes, you and your dish towel and YOUR OUTSIDE VOICE! get the hell off my TV. It's your presence, plus Neon's play-by-play and overall general presence, that just might make me switch back to Time-Warner.
---I've used the word "you" a lot in this posting. You know why that is?
---Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson. Isn't that like combining the chewing of aluminum foil with the scraping of fingernails across a chalkboard? Singularly, each is like getting kicked in the testicles. Collectively, they're like getting kicked in the testicles... again... and again... and again...
---Until Lenny P brought up the issue, I had not realized that Mario Williams was left off the AFC Pro Bowl roster. I guess 13 sacks--in 14 games--doesn't go as far as it used to. "Your honor, I'd like to enter People's Exhibit #12438 as to why the Pro Bowl voting is as worthless as a bull with..."
---Sometimes, you just have to really read something to get its meaning. To wit, with bolded emphasis added: "...and, perhaps most importantly, current general manager Rich McKay all held, and still hold, higher opinions of the soon-to-be free agent." Particularly enlightening, with recent events as your rear-view.
---Former Browns tight end Jonny Harline--released from the practice squad last Wednesday after the club signed fellow TE Brad Cieslak--has been signed to the Jets practice squad. Additionally, defensive end Orien Harris, released by the Browns in late August after being signed off the Steelers' practice squad last year, was signed by the Saints off the Bills' practice squad.
---So, Britney's 16-year-old sis is knocked up. Wow, whoda thunk it? Guess that old adage is true after all. The apple doesn't fall far from the double-wide.
---You ready to have your mind blown? Chew on the following: In the first 27:29 of the season, the Browns' offensive line "allowed" six sacks. In the last 531:06--dating back to the first quarter of the Oct. 14th win over the Dolphins and spanning almost nine complete games--the Browns offensive line has allowed, you guessed it, six sacks.
---If that doesn't put the difference between Derek Anderson and Charlie Frye into the proper context, then nothing will. Somebody who I have a tremendous amount of respect for--chuckle @ Gary--thinks that the light bulb will eventually go on for Frye, although I think that Frye is a 40-watt incandescent playing a 300-watt halogen position.
---Until next time, this is the end of this time.