REPORT CARD / T.J. SIMERS : There Isn’t an F in the Bunch
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C+ QUARTERBACKS
Come on, raise your hand. You thought Billy Joe Tolliver should have been pulled in favor of Mark Vlasic. Give the fireplug credit; he hangs tough.
B+ RUNNING BACKS
Ronnie Harmon’s got more moves than Michael Jackson and doesn’t need a glove to catch. Marion Butts leaves Browns wondering what hit them.
B- RECEIVERS
He’s not exactly poetry in motion, but Craig (Don’t call me Rod) McEwen has 6 catches for 60 yards. Anthony Miller has two catches and two TDs.
A- OFFENSIVE LINE
Wouldn’t be shocked to learn aliens have landed and are blocking for Tolliver & Co. AFC’s No. 1 sacker, Michael Dean Perry, gets nowhere.
A DEFENSIVE LINE
Just 3 sacks, but they had Bernie Kosar looking like Don Knotts at game’s end. As for Leslie O’Neal and Burt Grossman--boys, here comes Lee Williams.
A LINEBACKERS
Browns average 2.3 yards a rush, and it makes you wonder why they bother. Henry Rolling knows how to make an introduction. Gary Plummer’s everywhere.
B+ DEFENSIVE BACKS
Big-play strong safety is like one of those well-known character actors: “I know him, I know him, I just don’t know his name:” Martin Bayless.
A SPECIAL TEAMS
Send the hangman home, Fuad Reveiz lives. Steve Hendrickson goes after kickoff returners like they said something nasty about his momma.
A COACHING
Call him Knute Henning. Despite 0-2 mark and trek across three time zones to this dog pen, Henning fires up lads. And you were ready to fire him at halftime.
