The Browns lost in Philly last night, 30-10, their fourth loss in a row. This brings them to 4-10 on the season, their seventh 10-loss season in the last ten. This team, expected by many to be an offensive juggernaut and by some to contend for the Superbowl, hasn’t scored an offensive touchdown in 16 quarters. But don’t worry, because Braylon Edwards is doing just fine.
Some quotes from a postgame interview, courtesy of the ABJ’s Marla Ridenour:
“I could care less about fans, media, people talking about trading me and the B.S. that’s going on with our team and the season. I’ve got a job to do. My job is to catch the football. So I cleared my mind and just played football. I’m not going to feed into whatever else is going on.”
As long as everyone’s clear, Braylon doesn’t care what folks say about what’s going on with the Browns this season.
“Even when we come back next year, no matter what happens, no matter where I’m playing at, I’ve just got to be me. I’ve just got to go out there and play football. Right now I’m having fun. We didn’t win the game, but when I was out there I was lining up, I was having fun running routes and getting open, talking a little jibber-jabber back and forth and catching the ball.”
“We didn’t win the game, but I did pretty good, and I’m telling you, the jibber-jabber out there was just phenomenal.”
Excuse us, please.
BRAYLON, YOUR TEAM GAINED 196 TOTAL YARDS AND SCORED 3 POINTS ON OFFENSE. THINK MAYBE THAT PHILLY’S GAME PLAN WAS TO ALLOW YOU TO CATCH A FEW? PLEASE STOP TELLING PEOPLE THAT YOU WERE HAVING FUN WHILE YOUR TEAM WAS GETTING SKULL-RAPED ON NATIONAL TV, EVEN IF YOU WERE. IT MAKES YOU SOUND LIKE A COMPLETE ASSHOLE RAGING FUCKING SOCIOPATH.
“Asked if the talk about him was unsettling, Edwards said, ‘It is what it is. I’ve learned being here that I’m very unappreciated. Not in the organization, just in the eyes of the fans, the city. Since Day One I’ve been a marked man coming from Michigan. It’s just gone that way. Even when things are good, there’s heckles.’
MARKED MAN COMING FROM MICHIGAN? OHMIFUCKINGOD WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM? YOU ARE A MARKED MAN BECAUSE YOU GET PAID $40 MILLION TO BE REALLY GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR THE BROWNS. INSTEAD YOU ARE THE NFL LEADER IN DROPPED PASSES AND NOW YOU’VE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE NADIR OF ONE OF THE MOST DISAPPOINTING BROWNS SEASONS IN RECENT MEMORY TO TALK ABOUT HOW UNDERAPPRECIATED YOU ARE BY CLEVELAND FANS, THE MOST SYMPATHETIC CHARACTERS IN WORLD SPORTS HISOTRY.
AND WAIT WHEN HAVE THINGS EVER BEEN “GOOD” IN YOUR TIME HERE? YOU HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN AN NFL PLAYOFF GAME. THAT IS NOT GOOD. THAT TOTALLY FUCKING BLOWS.
Sorry. Thanks. I mean, what can you say? When the team’s biggest star, which Braylon obviously was heading into this season, publicly displays this kind of disregard for basic principles of leadership, gratitude, and personal responsibility, it becomes much easier for us to understand what’s gone wrong with the 2008 Cleveland Browns. Maybe Phil or Romeo could have shaken this out of him if they had their own heads on straight, but we’re not interested in chicken/egg arguments right now. It’s clear enough that nothing short of a lobotomy can save Braylon now. Unless this happens soon, we’d just as soon see him tossed with Phil and Rome. How could things be any worse here?
Update: Our friends at WFNY are on the same page.
Update: Thanks, Deadspin, for substantially increasing the likelihood that Braylon sees this post, even if he might never get the message.
