Questions entering Week 1 of the 2010 season.

These really, really tick me off. Hardcore. I’ve mostly ignored the preseason because of them. If most of the home games are blacked out that will kill my enthusiasm a LOT faster than a bad team. I saw every game last year, most more than once. I stick by this team in the bad times (lifelong fan, been around for the awful). But man, you gotta let me watch the games live. You just gotta.

I don’t expect price/mccoy to blow it up right away. I really hope the fan base has the patience, cause it’s looking like 1996 around here.

Should motivate a young team.

Mohammed Massaquoi is our #1 (2nd year 2nd rounder out of Georgia). He had a good year last year with some of the worst quarterback play in the history of the league. His best games as a rookie were 8 for 148 vs Cinci and 5 for 115 and a TD vs. Detroit. He also had several games where he disappeared. We’re looking for him to be more consistent this year.

Brian Robiskie is our #2 (another 2nd year 2nd rounder). He didn’t play much at all last year, but looks like he’s made a huge jump in the offseason. He’s a precise route runner and Delhomme loves to throw it his way because ’he’s always where he’s supposed to be’.

Chansi Stucky is our slot receiver. He’s had a good camp and preseason. We hope it translates into the regular season.

Cribbs lines up wide at times. Cribbs lines up in the slot at times. Cribbs lines up under center at times. Cribbs lines up in the backfield at times. Cribbs was our #2 wideout last year (out of neccessity) but really didn’t do much. He’s looked much better this year when lined up wide; using his body to create space and running better routes.

We also throw a lot to backs and Tight Ends and have a bevy of very good options at both positions. Jerome Harrison has good hands; Peyton Hillis led the team in touches and receptions in the preseason and has maybe the best hands of any back in the league; Lawrence Vickers is an absolute beast at fullback and will catch some passes; Ben Watson has good hands and will see a lot of passes thrown his way; Evan Moore catches anything that’s thrown his way.

We also have Seneca Wallace who may line up wide or in the slot out of the Cyclone package (with former QB Cribbs under center). Carlton Mitchell is big and fast and as raw as a wide receiver can be. You may see him running reverses and stretching the field.

All told, the Browns receivers are a work in progress, but not nearly as devoid of talent as you might think. It’s the kind of group that you add a year of development and a legitimate #1 to and it’s all of a sudden one of the deeper groups in the league. I’d expect lots of short to intermediate passes to lots of different receivers, backs and Tight ends on Sunday.

As far as Hardesty is concerned, Harrison was our #1 going into the season no matter what happened to Hardesty. Harrison replaced the injured Jamaal Lewis in week 14 last year and put up 561 yards on 106 carries in the last three games. He would have had the bulk of the carries against TB no matter what. And with Hillis on the roster, we won’t miss a beat. Expect 20 touches for Harrison and 10 for Hillis on Sunday.

As far as Delhomme is concerned, we have the same misgivings everyone else has. His 2009 season was atrocious. Even so, he’s an improvement over what we had last year. We’re hoping he bounces back and plays like an average to above-average quarterback this year. I think our offense gives him a shot at being average since we rely on short and intermediate passes far more than Carolina, but at this point it’s anyone’s guess.

Overall, I expect a competitive game this Sunday (ending with a Browns win of course) between two teams in year two of a complete rebuild. Honestly, I look at your roster and don’t see a lot that I like, but I’m sure that it’s the same when you look at our roster. When you have a lot of young, developing players (as both our teams have), it’s hard for people who don’t follow the team week-in-and-week-out to identify the talent.

Best of luck Sunday.

but there were saying that 40k tickets were sold for each preseason game, all season ticket holders, but there were less than that at the games, which I can say is true, there were empty sections in there.

So I’m expecting 50k tops for Sunday’s game, and a lot of them will be Browns fans.