SUMMARY: We hoped it would get better... and it got better! Thank you,
Indianapolis Colts! Thank you, Peyton Manning's neck! Thank you, Mr. NFL
Schedule Maker! You won't see any of those things winning the vote in this
week's Gameballs and Goats, but let's give them all a nodding acknowledgement as
we hand out this week's Gameballs and Goats.
| Fan |
Gameball Write-In |
Goathorn Write-in |
| PlaysWithSwagger |
Brad Maynard |
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| Peyton Manning |
Me: for turning down last minute tickets |
| lurp2k |
Kerry Collins |
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| OLINE |
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| Hillis on my fantasy team and the young guys
on defense |
Rightside of the o line |
| basler |
ENTIRE DEFENSE |
Prevent Defense |
| dawg317 |
Entire Coaching Staff |
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| Entire Defense Peyton Hillis and Maynard the
punter |
Whoever made to decision to not bring Lawrence Vickers back. |
| Walldog |
| O-line |
| egillen |
Lauvao |
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| OutlawJesseJ |
| The dumbass colts fan who trash-talked me in
the restroom, there are some places... |
| BuckeyeInDenver |
| Run defense |
| Entire defense |
Offensive line |
| GertBFrobe |
Rubin |
O-line |
| The Entire Defense-Red Zone Defense
spectacular |
Right side of the offensive line |
| | Ravens fans at my Browns bar |
| brad maynard punter |
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| southwestohiofun2000 |
special teams |
Ignoring the Oline RT side the last 2
offseasons |
| Phil Taylor |
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| ronfel |
Colt Mc |
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| RabidDawg |
The Offensive Line |
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| ronfel |
Colt McCoy |
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| Keith322 |
Joe Thomas |
Brian Robiskie |
| Pat Shurmer |
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| Josh Cribbs |
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| Brad Maynard |
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| Cooper7 |
Marecic |
None |
| O=Line |
LB corp= weak |
| Peyton Manning |
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| DAWGDC |
Alex Smith, Usama Young, Joe Thomas, Jabaal
Sheard, Phil Taylor |
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| mtsames |
| The entire Modell clan |
| TpostDawg |
| Colts G. M. |
| BernieKosarRules |
| Art Modell -- just because he is still alive |
| yogi8 |
Jabaal Sheard |
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| BulldogDad |
Coach staff |
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| froggy60 |
| arizona cardinals |
| dawgonit0207 |
Pat Shurmur for staying with the run |
whoever decides that the Browns do not have
Cheerleaders |
| swalidawg |
| Joey Porter |
| Phil Taylor |
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| T.J. Ward |
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| MuskieBuck |
Jayme Mitchell |
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| DixieDawg |
Phil Dawson |
Bruce Arians |
| Colt McCoy |
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| Joe Thomas |
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| Writerdawg |
D line (especially Taylor and Sheard) and
Maynard, who had several excellent punts. |
|
| Coach Shurmer |
Myself |
| Dawgpoundr |
Peyton Manning |
Colts Fans- Welcome to our world |
| houndfromhell |
Punter Brad Maynard. |
Montario Hardesty, only cause of his fumble. |
| rottnmoore |
O line |
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| chowdogg |
Maynard |
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| | pilot |
| Evan Moore |
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| The J-Lo commercials. PLAY IT AGAIN!! |
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| SHEARD & TAYLOR |
SHERMER AS O.C. - TERRIBLE PLAY CALLS IN THE
RED ZONE |
| IkoIko |
| David Veikune (Because you still suck) |
| Defensive line |
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| Peyton Manning.. |
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| cascadehops |
Brad Maynard |
Front Runner Colts Fans |
| thrillbat |
Joe Haden (23, CB) |
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| Colt McCoy |
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| Fan |
Gameball Comments |
| PlaysWithSwagger |
Nice to not have to worry about the punter yet
again. |
| Manningless or not, this was a big win for the
Browns: coming from behind and then hanging on for a victory. |
| hats off to Colt for helping the OLINE great
bounce back by the oline my hats off boys great job |
| Getting better not worse |
| Great job by the D-line and the bend but don't
break of the defense, great leadership and poise by Colt McCoy and
finding his WRs, Cribbs once again breaks a big return to spark the
scoring, so nice to have a professional punter again! |
| egillen |
I'm glad I was wrong about the OL crumbling
vs. the Colts. I know the D played very well but 27 points is really
nice. I love the 3rd and six call and run by Hillis for a TD. |
| BuckeyeInDenver |
Congrats to Coach Shurmur not only on picking
up that first win, but on taking care of a lot of the problems that
plagued the team last week. There's still plenty of work to be done with
this team, but I feel a lot better about the man in charge than I did
after last week's fiasco.
Peyton was a man today, although the
fumble still worries me a little, and Jabaal Sheard played a heck of a
game (but no more ridiculous laterals on fumble recoveries, young man). |
| The "growing pains" of the young guys are
getting a little more palatable. Let's hope they keep progressing each
week. |
| GertBFrobe |
Cribbs does it again. Playmaker!
D-line
played well today. Our rookies are looking pretty good. |
| Not EXACTLY the way the WCO is supposed to
work, but it is getting better. The true surprise is how quickly the
defense is coming together. But for last week's lunacy of not lining up
for a play, the defense would be the talk of Browns' fandom. |
| Not enough gameballs to go around. In addition
to the obvious, P.T. Bruiser came up big as well as Rubin. Alex Smith
was consistent. I would have chosen Peyton but he fumbled, but he's
still "the man". Also, good job by Maynard. |
| RabidDawg |
With one notable exception the offensive line
shut down the Colts pass rush and opened up just enough holes for Hillis |
| Keith322 |
Hillis stayed tough all day, Taylor, Rubin,
and Haden played well today, McCoy and the receivers played well today.
Joe Thomas played well after giving up an early sack. |
| Good effort to beat a Manning less Colts! We
are out of last place! |
| If it wasn't for Cribb's returns we wouldn't
get a jump start to our offense. He has enough soul to carry this team!
Enough said! |
| Jabaal Sheard, Phil Taylor, Athyba Rubin
honorable mentions |
| Cooper7 |
Good, smart kid, glad the light is coming on.
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| DAWGDC |
Coach Shurmur for his first win...Congrats.
Colt still has problem with holding on to the ball too long, but all in
all he played a descent game. Josh Cribbs aka "SPARKS" he finds a way to
give us that spark we need. Evan Moore for catching another touchdown.
Alex Smith for his blocking ability I think that was an excellent move
by coach in the 2 TE set and he caught a few too. Joh Thomas All-Pro
Freeny got the 1 sack but he is the best #73 in a long time. Usama for
the pick and Sheard and Taylor will be beast for a long time to come. |
| mtsames |
Good job guys. Now let's beat the Fins |
| Pipehitter09 |
Way to finish the game!!! Improvements like
this will gain momentum week in and week out...record could be around
8-8. |
| TpostDawg |
Think that Shurmur did a good job this week
getting
this team ready to play. |
| NaplesRBR |
Joe Thomas gets a ball for his two fumble
recoveries. |
| yogi8 |
GBs to Hillis for get 2 and 3 yards when there
was NO hole. McCoy for a smart efficient game and Patty Shur for his 1st
win as HC. I also added Sheard for his play on the DL. |
| BulldogDad |
Tough game to hand out only 4 gameballs. Josh
Cribbs was big, as he is in almost every win. Colt McCoy was
intelligent, efficent, and accurate. Sheard was a force. Only 3
penalties: kudos to the coaching staff. We have evidence in-game and
out-game adjustments are made. |
| froggy60 |
hillis for a solid game
cribbs for
exciting returns
thomas for keeping freeny at bay |
| Cribbs sparks this team with his daring
returns and should have broke the punt return for a TD.
Hillis is
just a beast that needs the ball.
Mo saved McCoy from a costly
interception near the goal line with that great catch. |
| dawgonit0207 |
Overall nice effort. |
| glousterbrown |
Shumur did a good job if fixing penalties, and
changing starters from game to game. |
| Big4Bill2k8 |
Quote:"Don't let perfection get in the way of
improvement". Good progress vs week1 performance, Defense stiffen in the
2nd half instead of faded. Colt was solid and O-line kept hime upright
for the most part. |
| MuskieBuck |
The DE's were a big key to the win yesterday.
And the move of Sheard to the other side of the line was way overdue.
|
| DixieDawg |
Bring on Miami! |
| Writerdawg |
I want to give some kudos to Shurmur and the
replay staff. They were on the ball the whole game, as shown by the
success on their challenges. A refreshing change from past staffs. |
| Way to get the men ready to play. Congrats on
your first win. You deserve it! |
| houndfromhell |
Entire defensive line did solid job, only one
or two descent runs against them, and they applied pressure for the
D.B.`s.
Colt did O.K. He played back to a new rookie level, eyeing
the intended receivers all the way, and not seeing his wide open
receivers when they were way open.
Hillis didnt have the greatest
average per run, but he ran hard. The only brain fart was his fumble.
Cribbs is still the heart and soul of this team.
D.B.`s did a solid
job. Good interception for Young. I think that Joe Haden has overrated
himself, and it`s gone to his head. He must actually go to the pro bowl
in order to be a pro bowl level player, just talking about it wont work.
Let`s never forget to mention, Mr. Cleveland Brown himself. That`s Phil
Dawson, highest scorer in Browns franchise history, and still kicking
butts.
Question. Did Evan Moore get severly injured on his T.D.
catch? Never
heard his name mentioned after that. Or
is that the
coaches limit????ha,ha?
Almost forgot about T.E. Alex Smith, nice
game dude, where you been hiding? |
| vick |
Why don't you give gameballs to all the unsung
heroes the ones that go out there and do their jobs for the team but you
never hear about them |
| chowdogg |
with a good punter we would be 2-0 against 2
bad teams |
| dp10451 |
Hillis runs like a real Cleveland RB. Colt is
stepping up and showing well. Cribbs is a sparkplug out there.
|
| NICE JOB BY ALL THE ROOKIES |
| I would like to see are (NEW) Coach to open it
up more!!!! 1st DOWN RUN 2nd Down RUN and 3rd LONG PASS!! not good at
all!!! Doug in Roch. |
| IkoIko |
Great game by Sheard, whatever became of the
2010 Bitching about Josh Cribbs anti-Fan Club? Thomas simply gets it
done, shut down Freeney with the exception of one play, and that sack
was mostly on Colt. |
| Hillis's fumble kept him from getting a game
ball, and Sheard's flip back kept him from getting one. |
| Fan |
Goathorn Comments |
| Still need to develop something other than
Hillis offensively: Hardesty earlier than late fourth quarter would be
nice, and Robiskie just seems to be taking up a roster spot at this
point. Secondary play was very sketchy at times. |
| Gotta stop the run better before we play Pitt
and Baltimore |
| I really miss Vickers' run blocking and I bet
Hillis does too! Why can't you stay healthy Tony Pashos?!?! |
| BuckeyeInDenver |
The run defense has got to improve if we're to
compete in the AFC North, and with Taylor & Sheard being rookies, I
think it will.
And screw Pittsburgh and their degenerate fans. |
| Second week in a row the O line has stunk it
up. Hillis made his yardage through sheer determination. Blocking was
very poor. Almost no push against a very suspect Indy D line. They
really need to step it up if they're going to run the ball at all
against the likes of Pitts and the Ratbirds. Pashos needs to play or
retire SOON. Can't figure out why Robiskie (ZERO catches in two weeks)
is still on the field. Get Greg Little more reps and replace Robiskie
completely with Carlton Mitchell as soon as the young guy is healthy
enough to play. Those guys are the future. Robiskie's ship has sailed --
this is his THIRD year and he can't get open. Enough! |
| GertBFrobe |
O-line is swiss cheese on the right side. |
| Tom Heckert fix the right side of the
offensive line, NOW!!! |
| Noone really stood out but since I have to
choose goats I picked the two RT's and Hardesty for his fumble. |
| Keith322 |
Fujiita looked old and slow, Hardesty fumbled
inside the 5, lucky a team mate (Thomas)jumped on it, note to Sheard,
fall on the ball rookie, let the offense take it from there. Note to
Robiske, if you can't get open McCoy won't throw the ball in your
direction. |
| A win is nice, but discipline, timing, and the
little things still hurting more often than not. |
| No Goats!Nice Win! |
| Cooper7 |
First win euphoria, no goats this week. |
| DAWGDC |
Sheldon...looked slow today and Peyton for
fumbling that's about it!!! |
| mtsames |
Art and his Baztard David |
| TpostDawg |
How they could fail to have a viable QB back
up is
all on the Organization. But to our benefit. |
| NaplesRBR |
Pashos is another Sidd Finch. A fictional
character made up by the front office. |
| yogi8 |
No GH. We won. |
| BulldogDad |
Tough game to hand out goats. Two fumbles from
the backfield: Peyton and Mario, ball security dudes. Joe Haden needs to
clean up the interference calls. |
| froggy60 |
shurmur what were you thinking putting ih
hardesty after young int?
pitt and their fans period
cardinals for not beating the falcons |
| Shurmur needs to stop getting so conservative
with the play-calling with a lead.
Colt needs to learn to get rid
of the ball quicker and not take the sacks.
Haden struggled at
the beginning. |
| Some of the O play calling I thought
ManGenious was somewhere around. Please, please no more then 20 flat
passes that gain 2 feet each time |
| Shurmur should have had Hillis in on 1st down
on the drive where they got they the field goal.
Robiskie didn't
catch a pass.
Haden for pass interference. |
| no one gets horns this week, solid improvement |
| dawgonit0207 |
Montario, 3 carries, 1 Fumble, enough said.
|
| glousterbrown |
Linebackers need to do a better job. Nothing
like a RB getting 4-6 yards before he is touched. |
| MoMass needs to learn to catch the ball with
his hands, He drops to many balls, allowing them to get to his body |
| MoMass needs to learn to catch the ball with
his hands, He drops to many balls, allowing them to get to his body |
| Big4Bill2k8 |
Does anyone else miss Lawrence Vickers? O-line
needs to open some holes for Peyton. |
| MuskieBuck |
When is Robiske ever going to be a factor at
WR? Did McCoy ever even try to throw to him? I think he reached his
potential as a Buckeye and is too slow footed to even be on an NFL team
at this point, let alone start. Not impresssed with Massaquoi, either.
WR is our weakest position. |
| DixieDawg |
The Steelers suck. |
| Writerdawg |
No real goathorns for a road win -- but an
"almost" to Shurmur for running Hardesty off the bench cold on the
goal-line. It almost was very costly. Don't over think first downs and
short for a TD. Just run Hillis. |
| For Being So Critical Last Week. We Browns
Fans Don't have much patience left after the way things have been run
into the ground so many times. Way to show us we were wrong about Coach
Shurmer and the rest of the team. Go Browns! |
| houndfromhell |
I dont know if I can really say that Tony
Pashos and Brian Robiskie are the 2 most worthless players on the depth
chart or not. It`s hard to evaluate them
when they never play. Shoot,
Robiskie was on the field for 20 plays, and still didnt play.
Last
time I went to a Colts game, was in 1994, v.s. my Browns. I got a police
escort out of the building after the 3rd quater, over something I had
nothing to do with.
Some girl sitting a few rows ahead of us, (we
were in nose bleed section, 3 rd row from the very top.) said someone
spilled beer on her, and ran off
not apologizing. I was just comming
back from the toilet, when I sat down, theres 10 cops, pointing at me,
useing finger to say come here.
This girl was a college type pretty
thing, half crocked, and of course, had on her Colts jacket, that was
now, soaked with beer. She told the cops "I`m
almost sure they were
the ones", the people behind us, that watched the whole thing happen,
were all talking at once, telling the cops, that we wernt even there
when it happened.
While standing by this main cop in charge, he and
the girl were both trying to listen to what everyone was saying, then
she said, I`m really not sure, but I think they are the ones.
Next,
he looks at her and ask, do you want to press charges? She said, "I dont
know, I guess so". Off to the exit we go, cops all around us, escorting
us away from something we had no knowledge of that happened, and in the
mean time, I look up, on the Jumbo screen is us, being taken away, and
thats when all the Colts fans stood up, and started yelling at us and
applauding.
When we got by the exit, the main cop talked to us for a
minute, he noticed the girl and none of her people came down with us. He
said, sorry, something had to be done, said he actually beleived us,
then said, just go to your car and go home. He did say, if they caught
us trying to sneak back in, then away we would go, off to the Indy cop
shop.
It`s funny now, but at the time, I was ready to declare war on
the City of Indy. Oh yes, the Browns lost in O.T. |
| vick |
To the ones that deserve it |
| rambodawg |
get rid of the PREVENT defense |
| dp10451 |
No goats in this game, only inept Colts |
| WHY DO THEY TAKE THE ROCK OUTTA HILLIS' HANDS
AND PUT IT INTO HARDESTY'S HANDS? HE WAS COLD AND THIS IS ROOKIE SEASON
- PLUS IF U GONNA USE HARDESTY - HOW BOUT A SWEEP? |
| Please Dick Jauron GO BACK TO Buffalo if you
are going to be a BAD Coach!!!!! |
| IkoIko |
Time to trade Robo for a 6th. Perhaps to the
Phins where he can hook back up with Dabol Dude just can't get it done
in the WCO.
Veikune still blows and has the distinction of
protecting Robo from the "biggest bust of '09 draft" tag.
Good
Old Marv the Perv needs to remember which sport he his calling the
play-by-play on. |
| Has Robiskie been a decoy so far this season?
He is on the verge to break a record for a starting receiver, 0
receptions for the season !!!!!!!! In the name of Fair Hooker, cut him |
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