Simply Sad

I'm at a loss for words (OK, not really). I mean, what could I possibly say that hasn't already been said. The Cleveland Browns this year have underperformed to an extent that is beyond what anyone could have reasonably expected.

Yesterday's 16-6 loss to Houston was the latest evidence in the case of a team (and coaches) that simply isn't capable of winning on a consistent basis.

Romeo has shown time and time again that he's in way over his head.

My biggest question from yesterday (other than, why hasn't Romeo been fired yet?) is: Why was Romeo so quick to yank Quinn, when earlier this season DA was given an abundance of opportunity to "play through" his struggles?

There was some speculation that Quinn was struggling because of the injury to his finger, and that is why Romeo pulled him. Quinn disagrees.

He's said: "[The fracture] wasn't a factor. I'm not one to make excuses. I practiced with it all week and felt confident in what I could do."

He's not kidding himself either. He knows he wasn't playing well, but he's a fighter. He would have done his best to help this team fight back ... if only he'd been given that chance — the same chance DA got, and failed at, time and time again.

"C'mon, I'm in this game to play," Quinn said after the game. "After that last (interception), I didn't really have any inclination I was on such a short leash. The fourth quarter is where games are won or lost and I just wish I would've been able to be in there to have a chance."

So, why did Romeo bench Quinn in favor of DA? Who knows? Romeo, in his usual nondescript self, has offered up a number of reasons, saying it was "a combination of his decisions and the injury to his finger. He has a fracture that impacts what he can do with the ball. He practiced all week and I thought it was good enough."

Umm, I'm sorry Romeo, but through eight games this year, DA has made bad decision after bad decision and yet, he was allowed to play through it. What is your problem with Quinn?

I've said it before, Romeo has not been a fan of Brady's from the start. He seems to resent the fact that Savage drafted him, the message being, "this is your quarterback." Romeo doesn't like being told what to do.

Romeo is so stubborn. His answers to the simplest questions are always so vague. It's as if he resents having to explain himself to the fans and the media ... or anyone, for that matter. He wants it to be his decision, end of story.

I'm sorry, Romeo, but it doesn't work that way. Everyone has to answer to someone. For a head coach in the National Football League, you have to answer to the owner of the team and, more importantly, the fans of this great franchise.

We're the ones who put up the millions of dollars to watch games every Sunday that pay your salary. We want a winner and we want someone who knows how to give us one. You're not doing the job, and we want to know why.