Leigh Bodden will likely sit out Sunday’s game with the Falcons.  Look for Ralph Brown, Daven Holly and Brodney Pool to get all of the playing time and corner and nickel back.  This hurts a little because Bodden is their best defensive back.

The Cleveland Browns have looked a little better on offense with Jeff Davidson calling the plays as they have averaged 22.5 points per game with him calling the plays.  The Falcons have won two of their last three games, but they’ve given up 95 points in those 3 games.

Look for the Browns to run Reuben Droughns at the start of the game to keep the Falcons defense honest.  Droughns (418 yards rushing, 3.2 yards per carry) is having a rough season so far, but he should find some running room against the Falcons who allow 4.0 yards per carry.  The Browns will then attack the Falcons safeties who have been giving up alot of yards.  If the Browns protect Charlie Frye, there is a good chance he will have one of his better games of the season.  The Falcons have allowed 243.9 net yards passing per game and that is horrible. 

When the Falcons have the football, look for them to be conservative and run the ball alot.  The Browns allow 142.9 yards rushing and 4.8 yards per carry so the Falcons should have little problem moving the ball.  I have a feeling that Michael Vick will hurt the Browns far more with his legs than his arm this week.  The Browns have a pretty decent pass defense, but Vick will probably get the ball to Alge Crumpler (30 rec, 430 yards) a few times.

Look for this to be a high scoring football game.  It’s a game the Falcons should win, but you could have said that last week against the Lions too.  Football is not played on paper, so you never know.

I think Frye will determine one way or the other whether he is the future for the Browns at QB in the second half of the season.  He is an exciting player to watch, but he makes more bad plays than good ones so far in his career.  Frye has completed 61.7% of his passes for 1,565 yards with 8 TDs and 12 INTs.  Frye’s QB rating is a poor 69.2 this season, which is way below average.  Frye is a good runner, as he has carried the ball 30 times for 117 yards (3.9 ypc) with 3 TDs.  Frye needs to do a few things a little bit better that would help him grow as a player.  The offensive line for the Browns hasn’t played well, but Frye also needs to get rid of the ball quicker as he has been sacked 29 times already this season!  Another thing that Frye needs to do is to throw the ball away more often.  He likes to throw the ball over the middle of the field while rolling towards the sideline….and he needs to stop doing that as it has resulted in way too many interceptions that have cost the team!

The Browns gave a good fight in San Diego, but the Chargers were just too tough.  Charlie Frye completed 25 of 43 passes for 236 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT.  Frye also carried the ball 5 times for 27 yards (5.4 ypc), but he lost a fumble that was returned for a TD!  Reuben Droughns had a hard time with the Chargers defense, carrying the ball 19 times for 36 yards (1.9 ypc).  TE Kellen Winslow caught 11 passes for 78 yards.  Joe Jurevicius had his best game for the Browns, catching 3 passes for 76 yards.  Braylon Edwards had a good game too, catching 6 passes for 61 yards and a TD.

Rookie linebacker Kamerion Wimbley had 1.5 sacks, but the defense had a rough time.  The Chargers carried the ball 23 times for 190 yards (8.3 ypc)!  The Chargers completed 19 of 28 passes for 191 net yards passing.

The offense is looking better without Carthon around, now the Browns need to work on that defense.

It’s looking very likely that Ryan Tucker will miss his second game in the row this week with mysterious “flu-like” symptoms.  Kelly Butler is likely to start Sunday for the Browns in Tucker’s place.  Butler started last week too.  Butler did start all 16 games for the Lions last season so the Browns aren’t in as bad as shape as it seems.