It's going to be like old times down on the lakefront this Sunday, as the 4-3 Seattle Seahawks visit town to take on the 4-3 Cleveland Browns in a game that is dripping with playoff implications.  Shaun Alexander has been having a down year for the 'Hawks, but Matt Hasselbeck and the speedy Seattle defense have been formidable.  This should be a helluva ball game tomorrow afternoon, and it's so nice to be this fired up for Browns games again.  Jesse previews tomorrow's showdown.

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Fresh off an extended weekend in New York with Elektra, Hiko checks in a couple days later than normal this week, but his column is worth the wait.  He starts this week's piece by talking about the dynamics of elevated expectations, then goes into the Browns/Rams game quarter by quarter, drive by drive.  You'll find no more thorough coverage of the previous weeks game anywhere else, and Hiko  delivers it with heavy doses of his signature wit.  It's Outsider time here at TCF.

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Romeo a hero this week?  Derek Anderson having the best year of any NFL quarterback not named Brady?  The Browns on pace to break the franchise record for points scored?  The Browns in the playoff hunt?  What in the sam hell is going on here?!?  It's "Heroes & Zeroes" time again here at TCF, and as he does each week, Nick Allburn gives us the five stars and the five goats from last weeks Browns game.  Seahawks.  Sunday.  Let's keep it rollin' Browns!

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It's Random Thoughts time again here at TCF, and Mitch is in rare form this week after yet another offensive explosion by the emerging Browns offense.  Mitch has got all kinds of love this week for Chud and Braylon and hits specifically on the play of Derek Anderson and also his looming contract situation.  Like most Browns fans, Mitch was also pleased to see a little fire from Romeo after the team went down 14-0, and also has some choice words for Bill Cowher, who guaranteed a Rams win in the pregame show.

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