Panthers vs. Browns: Cleveland Has Much To Be Thankful For After 24-23 Win

November 29, 2010   ·   Robert Cobb   ·   Jump to comments

Forgive me for sounding like a nervous Nancy, but after watching the Cleveland Browns narrowly escape the lowly 1-9 Carolina Panthers with a 24-23 win, Browns fans everywhere may have collectively suffered a major anxiety attack.  
While I'm very happy that the Browns improved to 4-7, this feels more like a loss than Cleveland's fourth win of the season, this is more like a shallow and hollow victory that was a case of luck rather than earned on the field.   
There is simply no excuse for the Browns to have even been in this late-second John Kasay missed field goal cardiac-inducing situation in the first place when they had the superior team on the field today.
There is no excuse for allowing a rookie quarterback like Jimmy Clausen to nearly perform a John Elway-like comeback on the road.
And there is no excuse for not pounding the ball on the ground with Peyton Hillis against the 24th-ranked run defense in the league.    
Cleveland has...

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