A win is a win is a win. In the NFL it doesn’t matter how you get there, who you play, what the score is, the only thing that matters is that number in the left hand column. Don’t look now but that Browns have five wins and are over .500 this late in the season for the first time since 2007. That’s 7 years of shit football. I don’t want to hear the bitching. People, the NFL isn’t the BCS. There are no style points. There’s no strength of schedule. You play the teams on your schedule and you try and win each week.  It’s hard to win in this league and the Browns are doing it. Please spare me the bullshit “yeah but look at who their wins are against.” It doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is the win-loss record at the end of the season. 5-3. On to Cincinnati. Let’s look at the game tape.

Swagger got the team fired up running out of the tunnel

Nailed it.

We had shirtless bros on top of RVs in the Muni before the game

Billy Winn decided he would be the most athletic guy in the world and jump over people

I need a tipdrill, I need a tipdrill

This is on Tate, gotta stay in bounds. Should have been 6

Mike Evans= Man. Also he flashed the money sign in honor of his former college teammate.

And the offense responded to Evans TD with this

Bademosi got F’ed up. I know how this feels and it’s not fun.

But then Tashaun Gipson decided to be Ed Reed this year & got his league leading 6th interception.

And we went into the half down 9-10. If you want me to try and explain what was going on at the end of the first half, I have no idea. The Bottlegate Twitter was a little harsh too.

The Browns came out strong in the second half and put together a 6 minute touchdown drive and Terrance hit the Shmoney

And this set up the most anticipated Thursday night football game of the season

Johnny maybe doin little Shmoney Dance of his own on the sidelines to keep warm.

There was a fat guy interception

 If he ever gets a quarterback, Mike Evans is gonna be a good one

Quick! Someone put DiFranco on Evans

Kruger got like his 50th sack of the year

And the next play Craig Robertson blocked a punt

We started having SO MUCH FUN in the second half

Taylor Gabriel hauled in the first TD of his career. I’m starting to really like this guy.

But the real hero of this play was Terrance West and his blocking

After a couple of defensive stops the Browns got the ball back, ran out the clock, and ran the most beautiful play I’ve ever seen

Ballgame.

Player reactions:

https://twitter.com/JOSH_GORDONXII/status/529017163936710657

https://twitter.com/Gipson_duos24/status/529035672766906369

Quick thoughts:

• As I said last week, I’d really like any sort of  a run game to show up
• Don’t look now but Mingo has made some big time plays in the past 2 games
• That helmet to helmet play in the 2nd quarter that wasn’t called was complete bullshit
• Joe Haden v AJ Green on Thursday should be fun. Joe’s starting to play like his Pro Bowl self and Green is still a little knicked up
• The bend-but-don’t-break defense won’t work against the Bengals
• Mike Evans is gonna have a nice pro career
• Taylor Gabriel continues to impress
• Hopefully Andrew Hawkins is healthy enough to play against his former team Thursday
• 5-3 this year, 300 yards and 2 touchdowns in this game and yet people still want Johnny. Sigh.
• The other teams in the AFC North can start losing whenever they want K thanks
• Where’s Crowell? Doesn’t the running game need a spark? Feed Tha Crow.
• I still don’t understand how Bucs QB Mike Glennon is engaged to this
• 2 more games till #JG12 is back. Can’t wait.

Game Balls: Taylor Gabriel, Donte Whitner, Joe Haden, Billy Cundiff, Brian Hoyer, Craig Robertson, Paul Kruger

#OnToCincinnati

(Most pics courtesy of Cleveland.com)