The ABCs: Week 6

If you're thrilled with how the Cleveland Browns played Monday night...






...gimme a HELL YEAH!

HELL YEAH

Let me spell this sumbitch out for you.

As much as I've called for Derek Anderson's head, he deserves a TON of credit for this win. We'll table the Brady Quinn discussion for the time being, because DA was as sharp as he's been in a Browns uniform. He was accurate on the shorter stuff, and his deep balls were money as usual. Keep it up, kid!

Braylon Edwards finally decided to show up, too. Between the touchdown catches, the precise routes, the ankle-snapping jukes and the temper-snapping drops, it was 2007 all over again, which is hella fine with me.

HOW'S IT TASTE MOTHERF*****

Credit the fans for turning Cleveland Browns Stadium into a nightmare for the road-savvy Giants. It reminded me a lot of the Penn State-Ohio State game in Happy Valley in 2005, when another team with a proud tradition was finally back in the national spotlight, and the fans unleashed years of pent-up energy at the game. GO BROWNS!

Donte Stallworth may have biffed on that diving attempt in the corner of the end zone, but his presence clearly helped Edwards free up on the other side. If he doesn't catch more balls, though, he'll stop getting so much attention.

Eric Wright's 94-yard interception return was as pumped as I've been for a single play since Josh Cribbs tightroped the Steelers in Pittsburgh last November. Oh by the way, even Eli Manning didn't throw at Eazy-E. Lockdown?

For Christ's sake, they're going to have to start inventing new penalties just so we can commit them.

Giants running backs were gashing us up the middle in the fourth quarter whenever we blitzed the safety. So naturally, we kept blitzing.

Heck of a job by Mel Tucker, though. We need to stop giving up big plays, but all those zany blitzes and formations make it really hard to gauge what we're doing. And this is all happening without Sean Jones on the field.

It's the sixth week of the season, and I still have no idea why Willie McGinest is getting Alex Hall's playing time.

Heeey, what happened to that nice old man wearing No. 55?

Just remember, we did all this without Jones, Kellen Winslow, Joe Jurevicius and Kevin Shaffer in the lineup. Call the injuries an excuse if you want. I call it a legitimate reason we haven't been our real selves this year.

K2 missing games is never a good thing, but Steve Heiden and Darnell Dinkins more than filled the void at tight end. When Martin Rucker gets healthy and gets some experience, we're going to be the deepest team in the league at that position by far.

Let's forget how revolting our offense looked during the first four games. We scored a total of 46 points over that stretch, and we scored 35 tonight.

My main Mormon Steve Young was the only member of Monday Countdown who picked us to win -- and Young made that pick despite having the best record of the eight analysts. He was also the quarterback of the 49ers during our last win on Monday Night Football. Good lookin' out, bro.

Nike scored again with its new Leave Nothing commercial, the one with LT and Pigtails Polamalu and the instrumental from Jay-Z's "Blueprint2." Hot shit.

Offensive line play is much better when most of your guys are healthy. Amazing how that works. Also amazing how weak the Giants' pass rush looked tonight.

Where are those damn Browns when you need 'em

Picking off the reigning Super Bowl MVP three times is going to do wonders for the secondary. While the defense has definitely improved, we still need to be opportunistic.

Quips about the Browns being "obscene" always find their way into broadcasts. Even tonight. Gotta love it.

Rob Chudzinski reached deep into his bag of tricks tonight and came out with some dandy plays. That double-reverse and the wildcat packages with Cribbs at quarterback were particularly appealing. Jaws asked "Where has this been all year?" during the broadcast. AMEN!

Shaun Rogers is looking less like a defensive tackle and more like Godzilla stomping Tokyo.

There goes that 11-game road winning streak, which was impressive....for me to poop on.

Usually, the Browns disappoint when the spotlight's on them. Not this time. I seriously doubt we're three touchdowns better than the Giants, but we were tonight, and then some. Payback's a bitch.

Visually, this was great exposure for the city of Cleveland. The Gateway area looked gorgeous at night, and between Cleveland Browns Stadium, the Jake and the Q, we have one of the nicest collections of venues in the country.

Washington looms on the road next weekend, so no rest for the weary. This was a big win, but our schedule is still loaded. If this team shows up the rest of the season, however, we'll be in every game.

X-factor on defense could be D'Qwell Jackson. He stood up Brandon Jacobs on a number of occasions tonight, and he's been our best linebacker.

You bet your ass this is my favorite win since beating the Steelers 33-13 at Heinz Field five years ago.

Zenith of the season is still to come, I can feel it. The new Browns are back.


Let's go scalp some 'Skins!