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Colts DE Robert Mathis scored the game’s only touchdown.
It wasn’t pretty, but the Colts still won.
Colts QB Peyton Manning had two interceptions and a goal-line fumble.
Asked if he could assess his performance, Manning said, “I’m sure I could, but I’d rather not. Our defense won the game for us.”
For the Colts, stopping Browns return man Josh Cribbs was a high priority.
Colts K Adam Vinatieri blamed his missed field goal on his plant foot slipping on the wet field.
Browns LB Andra Davis thinks the fans should keeping believing in the Browns.
Said Browns QB Derek Anderson of the fans’ reaction when he was lying on the ground, “They were cheering the fact that I was hurt. They don’t like me. That’s well known.”
It may have been Anderson’s last game in Cleveland.
Browns TE Kellen Winslow will have an MRI on his ankle today.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:14 am
Said Browns QB Derek Anderson of the fans’ reaction when he was lying on the ground, “They were cheering the fact that I was hurt. They don’t like me. That’s well known.”
This is sickening. The same thing happened in Baltimore in 2005 when Kyle Boller was injured in the opening game against Indianapolis. People who cheer when a player is injured are worse than idiots.
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:22 am
“I’ve done my MCL once before in the bowl when we waxed Notre Dame,” Anderson said. “Let that be known that I beat him (Quinn).”
Before Anderson left the locker room, a reporter said, “see you later.” “Yeah, maybe in another life,” was the reply.
Anderson said, “Of course I’m trying to hold on to it. I’m not trying to drop balls and trying to lose games for us. I know you guys think that sometimes.”
Yikes. Nice knowing ya, Derek.
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:23 am
See: Irvin, Michael.
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:33 am
I hope Andersen goes to a team with classy fans that don’t cheer when the starting QB gets hurt. Somewhere like the Jets…
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:53 am
I don’t get why Clevelanders would cheer for Anderson’s injury. Does he drop passes for Braylon Edwards? Does he play defense? Did he decide to mortgage the franchise’s future on a couple marginal defensive players? Does Ken Dorsey give the Browns a better chance to win? Anderson has not been the problem in Cleveland, but he’s definitely been the scapegoat. By the way, good luck getting anything in the offseason in return for DA.
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
//I don’t get why Clevelanders would cheer for Anderson’s injury. Does he drop passes for Braylon Edwards? Does he play defense? Did he decide to mortgage the franchise’s future on a couple marginal defensive players? Does Ken Dorsey give the Browns a better chance to win? Anderson has not been the problem in Cleveland, but he’s definitely been the scapegoat. By the way, good luck getting anything in the offseason in return for DA. //
Rob have you seen DA play this year? His accuracy has been absolutely terrible this year. Just yesterday he had Stallworth wide open down the sideline and over threw him by ten yards! Yes booing him when he’s injured is inappropriate and others have been let downs too, but don’t act like Derek is completely innocent in this. His performance this year warranted him getting benched.
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Maybe DA and Tim Couch can hug each other until their tears dry. What a couple of punks.
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:52 pm
As a Browns fan, it makes me sick to think of people cheering for DA to get hurt. I don’t really like the guy but I would never cheer that he is hurt, especially when our only answer now is Ken Dorsey. The whole thing makes me sick. And after this season, I’d be very tempted to jump ship and root for another team, but I would only be kidding myself. I’ll never root for anyone but the Browns, as bad as they may be. But I’ll never toot for anyone wearing their colors to get hurt. What a joke this season has become!
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December 1st, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Manning should have got benched like McNabb.
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December 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
@smashmouth football
I do not blame any Ravens fans at all for booing Kyle Boller. He has consistently been made their quarterback for no known reason despite how terrible he is. Look at last year, he took a team who started 3-2 to one win and several losses, even one against the 2007 Dolphins, then he was benched for a rookie.
This year, a different rookie with an identical team has them at 8-4. Kyle Boller is just that damn terrible.
Now for DA’s case, yes, Browns fans have no reason to hate him. See RobJH’s post.
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December 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pm
“Said Browns QB Derek Anderson of the fans’ reaction when he was lying on the ground, “They were cheering the fact that I was hurt. They don’t like me. That’s well known.”
yep. but the philly fans are the bad guy cuz we threw snowballs at santa claus 40 years ago…
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December 1st, 2008 at 2:22 pm
“Colts K Adam Vinatieri blamed his missed field goal on his plant foot slipping on the wet field.”
Colts QB Peyton Manning blamed the missed field goal on the idiot kicker getting liquored up and stumbling on the field.
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December 1st, 2008 at 3:03 pm
As a Browns fan living in NE Ohio, I don’t know what was up with the booing/jeering when DA got hurt.
I was listening the game on radio, and their mics didn’t seem to pick it up. Supposedly, it was heard on the TV feed though.
Some of the local radio guys have talked about the fans booing, while I’ve heard local beat reporters say they hear no such thing.
There are a$$holes in every bunch, so this isn’t to defend them, just to perhaps offer some perspective–it very well may have been an isolated pocket of jackholes that were responsible.
I think most fans here understand that DA is an absolute class act, regardless of our opinion of him as QB.
People always want to talk about prima donna athletes…. here’s a DA story for you. Last year–I forget what game it was–DA was named player of the week. Apparently, that honor gets you a privileged parking space at the Browns practice facility in Berea. And a local writer notes in the paper one day that the parking space remained empty…. because DA had his wife drop him off at work every day. “Why would they need a second car?”, he said. This is a hard-working guy who knows how to keep his feet firmly planted on the ground. He may not be the best QB, but he is certainly a class act, and most of us hope the best for him wherever he ends up.
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December 1st, 2008 at 11:26 pm
AV is getting Colts whiner excuse making syndrome now that he is in Indy.
Way to step up and be a man about your bad game Peyton by trying to make a “joke” to avoid placing an iota of blame on yourself. But also par for the course with him.
As for any fans who cheer when a player on their or the opposing team gets hurt, they are GARBAGE…period. Booing when a guy plays poorly is their right, I wouldn’t do it to my own team, but I can understand that. Cheering an injury is about the lowest thing a fan can do and puts those Cleveland fans who did so in the same class as the trash Jets fans who cheered when Pennington got hurt and those trash Eagles fans who cheered when Garcia got hurt.
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