NFL

I don't know why they call football's trendy new formation the "Wildcat" when it's really the old Wing-T? Chardon's been running the most extreme version of the Wing-T for years. Mayfield has been running a less extreme version. You saw the highlights almost every Friday night on Fox 8.

I don't know if Brady Quinn is the guy to pin the Browns' future upon. Against the Steelers he was less than mediocre. He's surrounded by bush leaguers, of course, and an amateur offense. I'll be long dead before this organization rises above the level of embarrassment.

Cleveland has enriched the NFL immensely. The other owners got about $18 million each, which was their individual shares of the $535 million expansion fee Al Lerner paid for the team. Then we paid for a new stadium and handed it over to Lerner and the NFL.

What did we get in return?

Dung.

I heard a lot of jokes about the Browns' bye week. My favorite was John Telich's line: "The Browns were 20-point underdogs to bye week."

It was genuinely pleasant not having to worry about them. As painful as it is, in our racket we must watch because we might have to talk about them.

The Browns are sadder than a country song and after reading Randy Lerner's exclusive email interview with Tony Grossi in The Plain Dealer last week I have not one iota of hope. Randy is a very nice person, very likeable, but the poor fellow is clueless about football and he admits it.

A waste of three hours. Another day ruined.

Worst quarterbacking in NFL history.

There should be no rejoicing over that abomination. As a matter of principle, the Browns should protest the victory over the Buffalo Bills. Like a Christmas sweater, they should return the win to the league and declare it a loss. It should be a loss for both teams.

The Bills were the worst-coached team I have ever seen. Both teams had the worst quarterbacking.