A Lake Erie Shootout and a New England Blowout
besteversportstalk.blogspot.com 9/17/2007 — It's alive! The Browns' previously dormant offense exploded for 51 points in a six point home win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The Browns had not scored this many points since Bud Carson coached Cleveland to a 51-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first game of the 1989 season.
Meanwhile, the Patriots shook off this week's distractions to rout the Chargers, 38-14.
Chad Johnson Is No Ron Artest
sports.aol.com 9/17/2007 — Filed under: Bengals , Browns , Cleveland , Cincinnati , The Word Things could have gotten ugly in Cleveland today. Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson made good on his promise to do a Lambeau Leap-style celebration into the Cleveland Dawg Pound ...
The Browns Bengals Enigma
halftimeadjustments.wordpress.com 9/17/2007 — Oustanding recap and article on the Browns/Bengals game from Halftime Adjustments.
Morning YouTubeness: Champ Bailey, Route Runner
teninches.blogspot.com 9/17/2007 — Happy Monday, all. Rough weekend for some - including those who took the 'under' on the Browns/Bengals game. 700+ yards of offense? Speaking of rough, check out this defensive stand by the Broncos yesterday, capped off by Champ Bailey running a better route than half of the wide receivers in the league. The guy is amazing.
Holy Offense
teninches.blogspot.com 9/17/2007 — Given the atrocity that took place last week, it's pretty safe to say that the Cleveland Browns' offensive explosion on week 2 surprised a few people - including the 11 players on the Cincinnati defense. Someone may want to find Charlie Frye to make sure he didn't jump out of a window yesterday afternoon.
Goodell praises Browns, Bengals for ingenuity
serioussportsnewsnetwork.com 9/17/2007 — CLEVELAND, OH -- Both the victorious Cleveland Browns and the losing Cincinnati Bengals received phone calls of praise from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell following Sunday's 51-45 shootout.
"At first, when I heard that two teams decided to play a game using Arena League rules without telling anyone in advance, I'll be honest, I was a little bit annoyed," Goodell said.
Chad Johnson: 'My Whole Uniform Smells Like Beer Right Now'
sports.aol.com 9/18/2007 — Filed under: Bengals , Browns , Cleveland , Cincinnati , The Word Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson gave this interview to the Cincinnati Fox affiliate in the locker room moments after the Bengals' wild 51-45 loss to the Browns, which was marked by ...
Players of the Week
nfl.com 9/19/2007 — It comes as no surprise that two of the three quarterbacks up for this week's FedEx Air & Ground honor came from the Browns' thrilling 51-45 victory over the Bengals. In his fourth career start, Cleveland's Derek Anderson had a career game with five ...
