I recently had the following e-mail exchanges with some buddies of mine.  One of them is a dyed-in-the-wool D.C. sports fan, and the other one is rocking Cleveland colors year-round.  When you read through the two exchanges below, you will understand the title of this blog post.  You know that your NFL team sucks when you have lifelong fans writing these kinds of things about their team.

What a complete and utter shame for both of these once-proud organizations and their fans.

THREAD #1 – Cleveland

MACK -

Just wanted to make sure you were not still up on the ledge after watching Sabathia and Lee start Game 1 of the World Series for their new teams.

ROB -

I have come to grips that Cleveland is trying to have a real-life remake of "Major League".  They could be in the SAME ROTATION!!! AUUUGH!!!  OK, maybe I havent come to grips with it…

MACK - 

Ha ha.

I met Matt Dery today.  Not sure if you know him.  He is a big deal in the sports radio biz up in Detroit and a bona fide Cleveland sports fanatic.

ROB -

It’s good to know that there is another Cleveland fan still out there!  The Browns are truly testing my resolve at this point however.  I don’t understand why you throw Quinn out there when the game is completely lost thanks to Mr. "10 QB rating" Anderson.  I don’t understand why the OC isn’t under more scrutiny. 

If you have 2 Qbs with completely different styles and you can’t get anything going with either of them, maybe your offensive gameplan just plain sucks.  Still proving that I wasn’t delusional when I thought that this past offseason for the Browns was the worst offseason in history that did not involve the Raiders.

NOTE:  Rob didn’t even wait for me to fire back before responding, as the Browns finally decided to make a move.  In their inimitable style, they (of course) made the wrong move…but at least they did something, right?  Well, not according to Rob.

ROB -

We fired our GM?? NOW??  Did Pioli suddenly become available or something? I mean, I didn’t like the hire that much, but how can a GM mess things up in 9 months?  I guess trading away everyone who can catch a pass puts your neck out there if you go 1-7…Oh well.  Its not surprising, I guess; when you hire the coach first, the GM has no power walking in the door.  Its not going to fix the problem, though.  Say it with me, FIRE DABOLL.  Fire him, then re-hire him so you can enjoy firing him again. 

Apparently Jamal Lewis announced he’s retiring at the end of the season;  hopefully James Davis will recover from IR and show something.  If not, we are actually going to be worse next year.  I haven’t gotten to hear much about Cleveland, but I wonder why Robiskie is on the bench when he was considered the most polished, "pro-ready" WR in the draft.  I smell a bust. At least Massaquoi is showing some promise.

Sorry, I’m rambling.  I just cant process what firing a GM after the trading deadline is going to do for the team…my head hurts.  Maybe the new guy will pay Cribbs and we’ll actually keep someone with talent on the team.

FINAL THOUGHT -

And THAT is how you know, if you are a Cleveland Browns fan, that your team sucks right now.

THREAD #2 – Washington

MACK -

Have you had the Skins bonfire yet to burn all your gear in the yard?

They have provided 4 separate teams with their first win, in only 6 games played.  That has got to be some kind of record.

In case you haven’t checked — here are the remaining opponents for Washington:  Philly (great time to get them after putting up a stinker against Oakland), Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, Philly (again), New Orleans, Oakland (might have a chance in this one), NY Giants, Dallas, San Diego.

Looking at that schedule and knowing what you know about your team after 6 weeks, you would gladly take a 4-12 record right now if it meant you would not have to watch them potentially go 2-14, huh?  Go ahead — you can say it.

JJ -

We’re definitely staring 2-10 right in the face.  The organization is a laughingstock right now.  I’d be happier with 2-14 than 4-12 except for the fact that the Redskins will undoubtedly botch the pick, so what’s the use in having a good draft pick?

The Redskins will go into next year’s draft (if the current personnel regime is in place) thinking that we need a quarterback and draft somebody like McCoy or Bradford, when what we really need to do is get an entire offensive line.

You may recall that the ’skins of the 80’s and 90’s won with three quarterbacks that are not hall of famers.  The thread through the skins Superbowls were the Hogs.  It boggles my mind that our organization can’t remember that.

I know one thing — we’re not losing this week. (WASHINGTON HAD A BYE THIS WEEK)

MACK -

You know that I love to gloat.  You remember what a total dick I was during the 15 out of 16 Dallas over Washington run that started in the mid-90s.

Even I cannot bring myself to pile on.  I feel bad for you and the rest of the Skins fans out there…at least this year I do.  You are right — laughingstock is the best word for it.

I am continually amazed by the rich douche-bags that can successfully run their other businesses but can’t seem to run their team…or, more importantly, hire the right guys to run their teams and leave them the hell alone to do their job.

Anyway — at least you have Ovi.  Go Caps!

NOTE:  Then, the unthinkable…the hope of a city takes a step back…

MACK -

Sorry about Ovi.  It just keeps getting better for DC sports fans, huh?

I am up late doing some work with the absolutely embarrassing and an overall shitastic idea L.A. sports center in the background, and the last 2 things I saw on my screen were the impromptu Daniel Snyder press conference where he said he felt bad for the fans but offered no hope and then the report about Ovi missing at least 2 weeks.

Sorry — I don’t have any better words than that — and I know I should be gloating right now, but as a lifelong Red Sox fan, I cannot bring myself to do it.  Instead, let me offer you hope in the fact that I threatened to completely give up on the Red Sox organization numerous times in my life, and my perserverance was rewarded with 2 titles in 4 years.

Keep the faith, buddy.

FINAL THOUGHT -

I am not sure who I feel worse for, Cleveland fans or Washington fans.  Wait a minute – I am a Cowboys fan and bona fide Steelers hater.  I hope Washington stays in the dumper forever, and as for Browns fans, the enemy of my enemy is my ally.

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