When Mangini Calls Out The Browns in Public, It's Time To Panic

There were far too few positives for the Cleveland Browns to build on in Saturday’s preseason-opening 17-0 defeat at the hands of the Green Bay Packers. Both the offensive and defensive lines were dominated, Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson, fighting to establish themselves as a No. 1 quarterback, floundered. Costly penalties helped keep the Browns off the scoreboard, and the defense failed to resemble the improved unit new defensive coordinator Rob Ryan has promised. So what? It was the first preseason game, played against a team the Browns will face in the final week of October. With Green Bay on the regular season schedule, safe to say Ryan or head coach Eric Mangini weren’t about to expose the Packers to much in the Browns arsenal. Though fans and media members alike prematurely went for the panic button after the team’s lackluster performance, Saturday evening shouldn’t be taken as an indication of what the 2009 season has to offer. But what’s truly ...