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Expectations, meet Reality. The 2021 Browns, full of promise and direction at the outset of the 2021 NFL season, ran into a wealth of difficulties on many fronts, ultimately finishing third in the AFC North, although it should be noted the division was gridlocked for the majority of the year and the Browns, for all…

Well, glad that’s over. The 2021 Baltimore Ravens presided over one of the biggest late-season collapses in NFL history, having plummeted from the AFC’s top seed in late November to last place in the AFC North and out of the playoffs in six short weeks.  An 8-9 record might not seem that bad given the…

“It hurts to set you free But you’ll never follow me The end of laughter and soft lies The end of nights we tried to die This is the end.” “The End” (c) The Doors, 1967 Indeed, the end of the 2021 regular season is almost upon us.  For some, it can’t arrive too soon;…

“All the people that you see in the night Hold their dreams up to the light The wild beast is searching for sight And we are not going home.” “The Joker and the Thief”, (c) 2005 by Wolfmother Whoo, doctor. While three of the four AFC North teams lick their wounds, the weeks’ lone victor…

“No sun comin’ through my windows Feel like I’m livin’ at the bottom of a grave No sun comin’ through my windows Feel like I’m livin’ at the bottom of a grave I wish you’d hurry up and execute me So I can be on my miserable way.” “I Don’t Live Today” (c) 1967, The…

“Now everybody’s dancin’ down the local armory With a basement full of dynamite and live artillery Temperature keeps risin’, everybody gettin’ high Come the rockin’ stroke of midnight, the place is gonna fly!” “One More Saturday Night” (c) 1972 by Bob Weir and Ice Nine Records Or Saturday day, as the case may be.  We’ve…

“Then I learned to play some lead guitar I was underage in this funky bar And I stepped outside to smoke myself a jay And when I come back to the room Everybody just seemed to move And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play And it was late in the…

“Down by the river I shot my baby.” (c) 1969, by Neil Young and Crazy Horse So Division Week came and went, albeit in slightly different fashion than envisioned.  The Steelers may very well have been shot, having been routed by the Bengals in a 31-point loss that exposed far more than just injury issues. …

“They carry news that must get through To build a dream for me and you, oh, oh, oh They choose the path where no one goes They hold no quarter They ask no quarter.” “No Quarter”, by Led Zeppelin (c) 1971, Atlantic Records It’s Thanksgiving!  And Division Week! I’m actually happier about it being Division…

“Will the wind ever remember The names it has blown in the past? And with this crutch, its old age and its wisdom It whispers no, this will be the last.” “The Wind Cries Mary” (c) 1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Polydor Records Last week’s follies did little to indicate who reigns over the AFC…