25-year old back-up linebacker Blake Costanzo has found a home in Cleveland.  He has played in 14 games for the Browns this season and he has 13 tackles and 3 forced fumbles this year.  Those numbers don’t look that impressive until you consider that he really only plays on special teams which makes those numbers look outstanding.

This should be a fast football game on Sunday as neither team will be passing much.  That means that Jerome Harrison will be having another large workload this weekend against a Raiders’ D that is allowing 148.9 yards rushing per game and 4.5 yards per carry.  Chris Jennings and Josh Cribbs will also likely get a few carries each this week.  Derek Anderson is starting this week and the Raiders have a great set of CBs.  So when the Browns pass the ball look for TE Evan Moore to get a lot of passes thrown his way.

Charlie Frye is starting for the Raiders at QB this week so look for the Raiders to also keep the ball on the ground.  The Browns must gang up to stop Michael Bush, Justin Fargas and Darren McFadden and force the Raiders to throw the ball.  If the Browns can slow down the Raiders running game they should win this football game because Charlie Frye isn’t going to beat them through the air.

PREDICTION:  BROWNS 17, RAIDERS 16

The Browns have signed 61-year old Mike Holmgren to be the new president of the team.  Holmgren coached 17 years in the NFL compiling a 161-111 (59.2%) record with the Packers and Seahawks.  He also was 13-11 (54.2%) in the post season in his career winning a Super Bowl in 1996 with the Packers.  He also lost two Super Bowls (1997 Packers, 2005 Seahawks) as a head coach.  It will be interesting to see who Holmgren brings in as the G.M. and the head coach.  Look for him to bring in guys that he will be comfortable working with as the Browns need re-built likely from the ground up.  This was a great move for the Browns to bring in someone that is used to winning and knows how to build a football team.

Derek Anderson will be back behind the center the last two weeks of the season for the Cleveland Browns.  It will likely be a audition for the rest of the NFL as I don’t see any way in hell he’s still with the Browns in 2010.  Anderson has played in 6 games for the Browns this season and he has completed 66 of 154 passes (42.9%) for 681 yards with 2 TD passes and 9 INTs (36.2 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 8 times for 7 yards (0.9 ypc) with 2 TD runs.  In Anderson’s four years with the Browns he has played in 37 games in which he has completed 572 of 1,081 passes (52.9%) for 6,876 yards with 45 TD passes and 44 INTs (69.6 QB Rating).  Anderson has also carried the ball 69 times for 179 yards (2.6 ypc) with 5 TD runs in his career.  I’m thinking that Anderson will get cut after the season no matter what he does the next two weeks.

The Browns have lost starting QB Brady Quinn for the rest of the year due to a foot injury.  Quinn played in 10 games for the Browns this season and he completed 136 of 256 passes (53.1%) for 1,339 yards with 8 TD passes and 7 INTs (67.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 20 times for 98 yards (4.9 ypc) with 1 TD run this year.  Quinn has now played in 14 games in his career with the Browns and he has completed 184 of 353 passes (52.1%) for 1,902 yards with 10 TD passes and 9 INTs (66.8 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 25 times for 119 yards (4.8 ypc) with a TD run in his career.  It will be interesting to see what the Browns decide to do with Brady Quinn.  I’m thinking that they will attempt to trade him on draft day and select a new QB to groom for the future.