With the return of a listless offense, Browns' season quickly becoming pointless
by Terry Pluto Sunday October 19, 2008, 9:27 PM
LANDOVER, Md. -- So where are the Browns after Sunday's 14-11 loss to Washington?
They are 2-4.
If you're a Browns fan, you can call for a quarterback change, but that does not appear coming in the near future. You can second-guess some of the play calling, with good reason. You can wonder what happened to the offense of a year ago, but even coach Romeo Crennel admitted that's a question he has yet to figure out.
The Browns are 2-4, instead of 3-3 where they were a year ago en route to a 10-6 season.
They are 2-4 with Derek Anderson having to shoulder much of the blame. His passing was erratic, his game management shaky in the final, frenetic minutes. His final total was 14-of-37 for 136 yards. The big-play offense of a year ago is disappearing faster than most people's 401K accounts.
Tracy Boulian/The Plain DealerDerek Anderson (3) and Lawrence Vickers have a heated dispute after the Browns called a timeout deep in their own territory in the fourth quarter Sunday against the Redskins.
The Browns are 2-4 because in the first half, they twice started inside the 50 and couldn't even manage a first down -- six plays, three total yards. "That was pretty bad," said Anderson.
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