Oh, When the Saints Throw Lots of Picks...

The Browns win!  And in convincing fashion.  Behind three of the gutsiest trick plays ever, the Dawgs railed New Orleans 30-17.  By the end of the game, I was shell shocked.  I was unable to find words to express the stunned awe that enveloped me.  How did this happen?  Well, Drew Brees threw 4 interceptions.  2 of them were returned for touchdowns by David Bowens, including a 64 yard scamper with less than 5 minutes remaining to ice the victory.  In case you're unaware no player has ever taken 3 picks back in the same game.  This means that David Bowens, yes David Bowens, now holds a share of the all-time NFL record for interception returns for touchdowns in a single game.  I suppose that might have been enough to push the Fightin' Manginas to victory, but we'll never know because the head coach turned to the last page of the playbook and dialed up some trickeration that absolutely zero living people foresaw.  (1) After fielding the Saints' first punt, Josh Cribbs threw a perfect spiral across the width of the field to Eric Wright (he later got beat again for a td, but this is a happy post) who rambled 62 yards to the 19.  This set up Phil Dawson for the games first score.  (2) In the 3rd quarter, Reggie Hodges dropped back to punt, but, instead, ran up the middle for 68 yards, juking Lance Moore out of his shorts in the process.  One, literally, could have driven a tank down the lane that Reggie was free to run in.  (3) As the offense ate up 6 minutes of the 4th quarter on their way to another field goal, they converted a crucial third down when Peyton Hillis took a direct snap and completed a 13 yard pass back to Colt McCoy.  McCoy got drilled after the reception as he conciously chose to stay in bounds and keep the clock moving.

Wow.  Wowee, wow, wow.  The way I see this team is in diametric opposition to what I felt about 8 days ago.  I'm now ready to jump on the Colt drawn buggy to the future.  His accuracy is ridiculous, especially for a rookie, and he has a head on his shoulders that betrays the fact that he started for 4 years in a Big12 program.  McCoy looks like a leader, a winner.  As does Hillis, who ran the ball 7 straight times (43 yards) during the aforementioned drive.  Take the true QB1, let him start the rest of the season (hell or high water), add the bruiser, set them up with the fear of some ridiculous play call, watch their backs with a defense (props to Roth, Benard and Fujita) that showed a pass rush for the first time in a coon's age and wins will follow.  Stay the course ManGenius, don't overthink this one.  Keep your foot to the gas with the creativity and soon the whole town will join me in this flushing new anticipation of every given Sunday.  Go Browns!  Cheers.