Gonna start with a gripe mixed with some slapping myself in the back of the head for not double checking. DVR recorded the NFLN feed, but for some moronic reason, NFLN sent TLH the Aints and ballimer, so I gotta wait till Wednesday to record the replay to watch the first half. I got the end of the second q and second half recorded on the local affiliate feed, and I hate NFLN for trying to subject me to old browns games.

That said, it was disheartening to see the scorebug continually adding points on the CLE side knowing that it was our ones vs. their twos. I'm reminding myself that we are rebuilding (still? again?) and we're still ironing out a lot of the kinks on both sides of the ball.

Little was mauling the bottom of CLE's roster. Good that he was out there knocking the rust off and doing what he should be doing in that situation. Is he ready for the ramp up in competition? How gradually do they transition him?
I'm not ready to crown Beathard, knowing that this was much like Little, beating up on guys that aren't likely to make a final 53. He did well in his time, though, but again I want to see if he can do the same against better competition before I say we have anyone capable behind TL.
Claybrooks was making tackles, and that was good to see. I'm always skeptical of the speedy defensive guys that are more returner than defender, but he seemed to be making plays and he'll have to do that to stick to a roster this year. I don't think it will be with us, thanks to all the DBs and Agnew acquired during the offseason. Good on him to put some plays on film when he had the chance.
Austin looked like he'd spent the entire offseason with the team. I think he's still fighting an uphill battle to make the roster. I couldn't help but think that if this were a regular season game, that would be Etienne getting all those reps. Might be why they brought him in, as they are probably very similar in play style.
The Browns' last score culminated a 20 (TWENTY!!) play drive. Those reserve defenders are gonna be in Cullen's doghouse all week long. Get those ice baths ready, y'all gonna be runnin till ya puke.

In the end though, it was good to have football to watch again. Go Jags! Thankfully I think there's only one broadcast this weekend, so my DVR won't leave me high and dry.

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