Now that I've wiped a bit of egg from my face in picking the Browns to handily (based on the score) beat the Cardinals, here's the game in review:

1st Quarter:

The game began with a miscue, when Derek Anderson - unpressured - threw the ball away to the left side. He was called for intentional grounding, and the Browns had already set off on the wrong foot. After what appeared to be the beginnings of a nice drive, Anderson threw a pick-6, and then aborted a snap shortly thereafter.

I couldn't find a pic of "the boot," so I guess a picture of Leigh Bodden getting burned will do.

On the Cardinals' ensuing drive, Kurt Warner threw an incomplete pass that would have brought up fourth down and four - that is, if Leigh Bodden didn't decide to do his best "Phil Dawson" and boot the ball into the bench. Bodden was called for Deglay of Game, and the five yards assessed were enough to give the Cards a first down. Warner and Edgerrin James continued to carry the Cards downfield and capped off the drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Leonard Pope.

Definitely a tough first ten minutes to watch...

A few things you might have learned about the Browns as well as myself during the 27-17 whooping the Browns handed to the Houston Texans:

#1 - Apparently, I cannot spell the word "recover" on a Treo to save my life. I was previously unaware, but the club section's bar doesn't have to stop serving until after the game is over...probably not a good idea to blog there in the future. Less Drinking, More Blogging - Check.

#2 - Give Jamal Lewis 25-plus carries, and in return, you will get 100-plus yards. This man is truly punishing defenders, and quieting those who said he no longer had what it takes to be a feature back in the NFL. His 134 yards places him just outside of the top ten backs in the league, and if he keeps running as hard as he has been the past couple weeks, he could finish with his sixth 1,000 yard season.

#3 - It seems not only does Brandon McDonald dance, he plays a little bit of Defense, too. The rookie cornerback was bumped up into the Browns' Nickel package after Eric Wright's knee injury, and man did he play well. McDonald finished the game with 4 pass defenses and an interception, his first as a pro. Good to see the young guys step up in a time of need. Good game, Brandon.

I come to you live in the North club bar at Cleveland Browns Stadium. I'll be fighting through the buzz and the trouble of typing through my brother-in-law's Treo to bring you my observations as I see them.

Nothing too special to report at the end if the first. wide open TD for Houston. Offense is a little lackluster..DQ just intercepted a pass...brb

TD Edwards. Had single coverage and the safety didn't reciver in time. 7-7...

Anderson lobs one up for grabs. Underthrown toEdwards and INT'd. Is Nick Sorensen that bad that our depleted DBs are still better than having him on the field? At least they missed the FG. 10-7

It's to the point where I'm not too sure what we're doing ...but we did just reciver a fumble...Beyonce's pretty hot in that boomarang commercial

If I'.m not mistaken we won...and it was a pretty good game . We'll have real updates soon.

The Cleveland Browns have completed their first division series sweep since 2002, when the Browns swept the Bengals. Coincidentally, that was the last time the Browns made the playoffs. This time, however, the sweep was handed to the Ravens after a 33-30 Cleveland victory in overtime.

For the second week in a row, the Browns' defense blew a lead of 13+ points (last week was 15), and pinned all of their hopes on the shoulders of a last-second drive authored by Derek Anderson and a long field goal from Phil Dawson. Last week, one pulled through, while the latter came up just short. It seemed to be a similar story, as Anderson fired a missile to Braylon Edwards, who made a great catch in traffic to put Cleveland in position to attempt a 51-yard, overtime-forcing FG.

After hitting the left upright, Dawson's kick ricocheted through the posts, the ball clearly hit the back extension, causing a mass-confusion in M&T Bank Stadium. The referee originally signaled "no good," fans began to file out of the stadium, and even the Ravens themselves tried to sneak into the locker room with the win.

The refs overturned the call after about 2½ agonizing minutes, and overtime ensued. There was still hope.

The Cleveland Browns played a pretty good game against one of the best teams in the AFC, let alone their division. However, after a 77-yard touchdown bomb from Kyle Boller - who was replacing an injured Steve McNair - to Demetrius Williams, the Browns were unable to regain momentum to pull off the win.

In the end, Baltimore emerged victorious 27-17.

The Browns offense was able to show a few bright spots throughout, and were neck and neck with the Ravens until about half-way through the third quarter. From that point, the long TD pass from Boller seemed to deflate the Cleveland Browns.

Derek Anderson again seemed to play well and, at times, moved the ball very efficiently. He spread the ball out among his receivers quite well, and showed great poise and presence in the pocket. Anderson finished the game with 223 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions, and a passer rating of 85.81.

Kellen Winslow, Braylon Edwards and Joe Jurevicius all finished the game with 5 catches, for 61, 68, and 46 yards, respectively. Edwards and Jurevicius each caught a touchdown pass. Jason Wright also showed some promise with 8 carries - 2 consecutive ones accounting for 30 of his 37 total yards.

As if Ravens fans didn't get enough surprise out of the Browns putting up a fight, the true story of the game was the play of Kyle Boller.

Don't feel bad, I never thought I'd type that either.

Boller finished the game with 238 yards, a touchdown, and a QB rating of 112.8 - the third highest single game rating of his career.

To top off the Kyle Boller show, the Browns allowed a third running back in a row run for 100+ yards. Jamal Lewis, who came into today's game averaging over 125 yards/game against the Browns, ran for 109 yards and a touchdown - including a 52 yard rip in the second quarter.

Unlike many previous games, there was no particular area of the game that seemed to really kill the Browns. It was a somewhat well-played game of which they just couldn't finish on top. Injuries to Alvin McKinley and defensive captain Andra Davis, however, did not help matters.

While the 4-10 Browns go winless in their division for the first time in franchise history, they now need to put that all behind them and prepare for the Bucs (3-11) at home next week.

A horrendous defensive "effort" and a slew of dropped passes cost the Cleveland Browns dearly in a miserably failed attempt to defeat the Steelers at Heinz field in Pittsburgh, as the Browns fell to 4 and 9, losing 27-7.

The Browns' defense gave Willie Parker an early Christmas gift, allowing him to run for a Steelers record 223 yards while averaging 7 yards per carry. The Pittsburgh offensive line truly stepped it up, and simply drove Cleveland defenders back play after play allowing Parker huge holes. Poor tackling was also rampant throughout the game.

On the offensive side, first-time starter Derek Anderson played well completing 21 of 37 passes for 276 yards and a passer rating of 78.18. He made very few mistakes - the most noticeable being an interception late in the game.

With some help from his receivers, however, he may have had a huge night.

The Cleveland Browns came into their own stadium this week with a whole lot to prove, and that something was "we are not the team that people saw last Sunday."

They proved their point.

The offensive line appeared to have seen the proverbial light throughout most of the game, and allowed the rest of the offense operate efficiently - even with the loss of Charlie Frye due to a wrist injury just before halftime. There was pass protection, there were running lanes, and the Browns took their first drive into the end zone.