Have Browns turned the proverbial corner?

By Jim Metcalfe, The Delphos Herald
Published:  Thursday, November 1, 2007 (6 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Could it be Braylon Edwards finally “gets it”?
He apologized to his Cleveland Browns’ teammates after his 15-yard penalty late against the St. Louis “Whatever happened to the” Rams (a little Chris “Boomer” Berman improvisation there) for ripping off his helmet after a play.
What is it with players doing that stuff, anyway? There are other ways to celebrate; instead, it’s this “look at me, I (repeat, I, first person, me) made a play” attitude — a play you’re SUPPOSED to make; it’s what you get PAID for.
I got off my train of thought. Anyway, maybe his apology is a sign that he is finally starting to realize that this is a team game, that what you do as a player affects the team.
Could it be that coach Romeo Crennel is beginning to put his mark on this team and turning the corner with this snake-bitten franchise?
We’ll find out the next three weeks when they play Seattle, dreaded Pittsburgh — with a chance to make up for that “Keystone Kops” job in week 1 — and suddenly-vulnerable Baltimore.
Speaking of his head exploding, everyone wonders when Terrell Owens is going to.
He has been strangely silent — it seems — while Randy Moss puts up big numbers in New England without a peep.
Everyone knows Owens’ ego won’t take that for long. It was enough to drive an ego like “The Tuna” out of Big D but it fits right in with the superego (not the Freudian kind) of owner Jerry Jones.
The “exploding head” watch is on in Dallas.
So, Major League Baseball is upset with Scott Boras, superstar agent to Alex Rodriguez, for announcing that A-Rod was opting out of the final three years of his contract with the Yankees. Apparently, $25 million a year isn’t enough to play a game! Unfortunately, some owner will probably throw more moolah at him.
I believe A-Rod feels he has never been given the credit he “deserves” and doesn’t necessarily like the tabloid New York press but when one makes almost an eighth of a 200-million-dollar payroll — incredible!! — you ought to be hitting 70 home runs, knocking in 200 RBIs, getting 230 hits, winning the World Series for your team and selling the popcorn. When you make that kind of money, your life isn’t your own, especially in New York.
Anyway, Baseball is angry that Boras chose to make this announcement during Game 4 of the World Series Sunday night in Denver.
Boras “apologized,” claiming that causing a distraction was an unintended consequence.
Balderdash!!! It was very much an intended consequence. Read ESPN The Magazine’s article on Boras (I believe it was in September but don’t quote me on that) and realize this man doesn’t do ANYTHING unintentionally. It’s all about him and his players; it’s how he’s gotten to the superstar status among agents he possesses.
He knew full well what he was doing. Maybe this guy does care about the game but his main purpose is his clients. I suppose that is an agent’s job but if it cuts to the heart of the game these guys are playing and overshadows its premier event, one wonders how much he truly cares about the game.
It should also tell you oodles that the Yankess have not won a World Series since his arrival in 2001. I won’t put the blame squarely on his shoulders — he did have great seasons to get them to the playoffs and other overpaid players failed when the spotlight was on — but he did have some pretty miserable Octobers, just like this recent one against the Indians. He was no Reggie Jackson, Mr. October.
I have something to say about the just-completed World Series.
No, it has nothing to do about Boston sweeping Colorado; that was almost expected after the Rockies had an 8-day layoff against a well-oiled machine.
My lament is the late start times.
I understand that TV and its money drive a lot of things but it seems to me the results are driving a lot of young fans — and even some older ones — away from the game. They just can’t stay up til 12:30 or 1 in the morning to watch a game, especially if they have school or a job to go to.
The powers-that-be need to realize that the more people that can watch the game, the more that will. There are many fans that don’t pay a lot of attention during the regular season but DO during the playoffs.
The ones that do all season will still be there; it’s the others that you have to capture to keep getting the big money.

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