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  • easy beating Pittsburgh, that and beating the Cowboys in our first year during preseason i think, (wife is somewhat a Cowboys fan)

  • This is a tough one. I'd have to go with the Couch drubbing of Pitt on Monday Night Football. At least I think it was Monday Night. If it wasn't it was either a Sunday or Thursday nighter. Anyway, I was still a road construction foreman at the time and working up in Westlake. Stayed out until about 4am getting hammered and went to work still drunk. Anybody that has ever worked in construction knows that many dump truck drivers (not all) are morons and a ton of them are Steeler tools, which is par for the course for the type of people they are-----think toothless, Harley wannabe, Neckar hat wearing front runners who know about three players.

    I had a blast with those boys all day, but the best was hearing the excuses of blaming the entire game on Maddox, because that's about the depth of those morons' football acumen.

    There were others but the combination of this win and the circumstances surrounding it are what make it the best. I still remember how uncomfortable Butchie and Couch were on the Browns show the night after----it had to be a Sunday nighter than. Butchie was trying to act all proud of Teyiamm and Couch wouldn't make eye contact.

    Wasn't it Porter who admonished his teammates on the sideline with something like"we gonna let dese guys do dis to us?"

    @riffer-x said:

    This is a tough one. I'd have to go with the Couch drubbing of Pitt on Monday Night Football. At least I think it was Monday Night. If it wasn't it was either a Sunday or Thursday nighter. Anyway, I was still a road construction foreman at the time and working up in Westlake. Stayed out until about 4am getting hammered and went to work still drunk. Anybody that has ever worked in construction knows that many dump truck drivers (not all) are morons and a ton of them are Steeler tools, which is par for the course for the type of people they are-----think toothless, Harley wannabe, Neckar hat wearing front runners who know about three players.

    I had a blast with those boys all day, but the best was hearing the excuses of blaming the entire game on Maddox, because that's about the depth of those morons' football acumen.

    There were others but the combination of this win and the circumstances surrounding it are what make it the best. I still remember how uncomfortable Butchie and Couch were on the Browns show the night after----it had to be a Sunday nighter than. Butchie was trying to act all proud of Teyiamm and Couch wouldn't make eye contact.

    This was the only time Butchie beat Pittsburg, and was also one of Willie Greens last effective games, as I remember.

    at least Chris palmer went 2-2 witht he Steelers......

    I think that Mangini will change how we approach the Steelers.....

  • Mine was the Seattle come-from-behind victory. In that game I saw an attitude that I haven't seen in the Browns for years. They were determined to win and played smash-mouth football on both offence and defence.

    @frenchie said:

    Mine was the Seattle come-from-behind victory. In that game I saw an attitude that I haven't seen in the Browns for years. They were determined to win and played smash-mouth football on both offence and defence.

    I have to agree, but then again, that was my first time seeing the Browns in Cleveland Browns Stadium. Not bad for your first ever game huh!

    Spanking the Giants last October was preeeeeeeeeeeety sweet too I have to say.

    But no, I don't think I'll ever replace my first high back in November 2007.

  • Beating Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh on Monday night 33-13 was great....but my favorite post-expansion Browns game was beating Buffalo 8-0 in a blizzard. Tailgating in 40 mph winds, getting drunk, and rooting the Browns on that day was a blast. Stll can't believe Dawson kicked a 48 yard field goal in those conditions.

    @bob806 said:

    Beating Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh on Monday night 33-13 was great....but my favorite post-expansion Browns game was beating Buffalo 8-0 in a blizzard. Tailgating in 40 mph winds, getting drunk, and rooting the Browns on that day was a blast. Stll can't believe Dawson kicked a 48 yard field goal in those conditions.

    That game was vintage Browns football. Like the the old days and they won. Trip from parking lot to stadium was epic.

  • Beating Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh on Monday night 33-13 was great....but my favorite post-expansion Browns game was beating Buffalo 8-0 in a blizzard. Tailgating in 40 mph winds, getting drunk, and rooting the Browns on that day was a blast. Stll can't believe Dawson kicked a 48 yard field goal in those conditions.

    @bob806 said:

    Beating Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh on Monday night 33-13 was great....but my favorite post-expansion Browns game was beating Buffalo 8-0 in a blizzard. Tailgating in 40 mph winds, getting drunk, and rooting the Browns on that day was a blast. Stll can't believe Dawson kicked a 48 yard field goal in those conditions.

    I completely agree....I'll never forget that game. I feel on the floor laughing when that FG went through the uprights and then called my brother to get his reaction. We were both laughing and saying this is classic stuff!

  • This is a tough one. I'd have to go with the Couch drubbing of Pitt on Monday Night Football. At least I think it was Monday Night. If it wasn't it was either a Sunday or Thursday nighter. Anyway, I was still a road construction foreman at the time and working up in Westlake. Stayed out until about 4am getting hammered and went to work still drunk. Anybody that has ever worked in construction knows that many dump truck drivers (not all) are morons and a ton of them are Steeler tools, which is par for the course for the type of people they are-----think toothless, Harley wannabe, Neckar hat wearing front runners who know about three players.

    I had a blast with those boys all day, but the best was hearing the excuses of blaming the entire game on Maddox, because that's about the depth of those morons' football acumen.

    There were others but the combination of this win and the circumstances surrounding it are what make it the best. I still remember how uncomfortable Butchie and Couch were on the Browns show the night after----it had to be a Sunday nighter than. Butchie was trying to act all proud of Teyiamm and Couch wouldn't make eye contact.

    Wasn't it Porter who admonished his teammates on the sideline with something like"we gonna let dese guys do dis to us?"

    @riffer-x said:

    This is a tough one. I'd have to go with the Couch drubbing of Pitt on Monday Night Football. At least I think it was Monday Night. If it wasn't it was either a Sunday or Thursday nighter. Anyway, I was still a road construction foreman at the time and working up in Westlake. Stayed out until about 4am getting hammered and went to work still drunk. Anybody that has ever worked in construction knows that many dump truck drivers (not all) are morons and a ton of them are Steeler tools, which is par for the course for the type of people they are-----think toothless, Harley wannabe, Neckar hat wearing front runners who know about three players.

    I had a blast with those boys all day, but the best was hearing the excuses of blaming the entire game on Maddox, because that's about the depth of those morons' football acumen.

    There were others but the combination of this win and the circumstances surrounding it are what make it the best. I still remember how uncomfortable Butchie and Couch were on the Browns show the night after----it had to be a Sunday nighter than. Butchie was trying to act all proud of Teyiamm and Couch wouldn't make eye contact.

    Wasn't it Porter who admonished his teammates on the sideline with something like"we gonna let dese guys do dis to us?"

    Yeah, it was the best game......that was the longest winning streak the Browns have had against the Steelers all decade long (1 game) and since then its been nothing but Steelers 11 games and counting (as if it wasn't nothing but Steelers prior to that anyway)

    Also, imagine if the Steelers had won that game, they would have finished the 2003 season with a 7-9 record and would have been unable to draft Ben Roethlisberger, who has never lost to the Stains, was the first QB in 20 years to win the ROY, youngest QB to win a Super Bowl, only QB to start his career off with 2 Conference Championship Game appearances, youngest QB to win 50 games and just completed the greatest game winning drive in Super Bowl history with a TD to Santonio Holmes.

    Thank God you won that game. Thanks

  • Dec 28 2008: CLE fired Romeo Crennel. The Browns take a big step in the right direction!

    That's my vote

    @dan-in-florida said:

    Dec 28 2008: CLE fired Romeo Crennel. The Browns take a big step in the right direction!

    That's my vote

    Amen to that, also include the days when Palmer and Davis got the boot too.

  • How could anyone pick any game other than the Pitts. games. I live in a Pitts town and it was glorious

  • Giants on MNF in 2008

    The airshow against Cincy in 2007 where J-Lew still got 200+ yds (And a TD run that yielded the only time in my life I wasn't depressed I spilled a beer when I lept from my chair)

    Sofa's 1st Pittshole win in '99

  • This is a tough one. I'd have to go with the Couch drubbing of Pitt on Monday Night Football. At least I think it was Monday Night. If it wasn't it was either a Sunday or Thursday nighter. Anyway, I was still a road construction foreman at the time and working up in Westlake. Stayed out until about 4am getting hammered and went to work still drunk. Anybody that has ever worked in construction knows that many dump truck drivers (not all) are morons and a ton of them are Steeler tools, which is par for the course for the type of people they are-----think toothless, Harley wannabe, Neckar hat wearing front runners who know about three players.

    I had a blast with those boys all day, but the best was hearing the excuses of blaming the entire game on Maddox, because that's about the depth of those morons' football acumen.

    There were others but the combination of this win and the circumstances surrounding it are what make it the best. I still remember how uncomfortable Butchie and Couch were on the Browns show the night after----it had to be a Sunday nighter than. Butchie was trying to act all proud of Teyiamm and Couch wouldn't make eye contact.

    Wasn't it Porter who admonished his teammates on the sideline with something like"we gonna let dese guys do dis to us?"

    @riffer-x said:

    This is a tough one. I'd have to go with the Couch drubbing of Pitt on Monday Night Football. At least I think it was Monday Night. If it wasn't it was either a Sunday or Thursday nighter. Anyway, I was still a road construction foreman at the time and working up in Westlake. Stayed out until about 4am getting hammered and went to work still drunk. Anybody that has ever worked in construction knows that many dump truck drivers (not all) are morons and a ton of them are Steeler tools, which is par for the course for the type of people they are-----think toothless, Harley wannabe, Neckar hat wearing front runners who know about three players.

    I had a blast with those boys all day, but the best was hearing the excuses of blaming the entire game on Maddox, because that's about the depth of those morons' football acumen.

    There were others but the combination of this win and the circumstances surrounding it are what make it the best. I still remember how uncomfortable Butchie and Couch were on the Browns show the night after----it had to be a Sunday nighter than. Butchie was trying to act all proud of Teyiamm and Couch wouldn't make eye contact.

    Wasn't it Porter who admonished his teammates on the sideline with something like"we gonna let dese guys do dis to us?"

    Great Story! Great Memories!

  • This should be a poll

    Oct 31 1999: CLE 21 - NO 16 Couch's Hail-Mary wins first game for new team

    2 seconds left, hail mary to KJ, I bet my aunt $100 at the start of that last play that we were going to win.... I got $100

    I wish there was a youtube video of it

    @playgroundlegend said:

    This should be a poll

    Oct 31 1999: CLE 21 - NO 16 Couch's Hail-Mary wins first game for new team

    2 seconds left, hail mary to KJ, I bet my aunt $100 at the start of that last play that we were going to win.... I got $100

    I wish there was a youtube video of it

    Your ESPn was really working on that day!

  • How could anyone pick any game other than the Pitts. games. I live in a Pitts town and it was glorious

    @razor1414 said:

    How could anyone pick any game other than the Pitts. games. I live in a Pitts town and it was glorious

    Well, I'm all for the rivalry but you've got to admit that some of the other games saw finer or more exciting moments for the Browns. Furthermore, ever since the team lost the that playoff game, Pitt has absolutely ruled the Browns.

    From a purely football perspective, the Browns fought a tough team (Seattle) and gave up 14 pts early. From there, they played like a team determined to win. I've never seen them play or hit harder. Injured Seattle players were being taken off the field in large numbers. In my opinion, it was their best effort in a win.

  • Believe it or not my favorite game of the new Browns era was a lost to Pitt. As much as I hated that we lost, It was our first return to the playoffs and we led for most of the game, Holcomb tore it up and we let them come back in the last quater but for 3 qtrs I had the time of my life, pissing off Pit fans making as much noise as possible. Greatest game I ever got to attend.

  • Any victory against the Steelers.

    My new favorite will be on opening day this year against the Vikings when I'm there to see a win finally...

  • The euphoria I experienced when the Browns beat the Giants on that Monday night this past year... I can honestly say I've never felt that way in my life. When Eric Wright intercepted that ball and took it 94 yards (I think) to the endzone, it was a total out of body experience. The Seattle game and the first Cinci game were both amazing as well the season before, but they can't touch that Giants game.

    Other than that... Cle 24 Atl 16 I remember the Jim Donovan line as William Green broke free for the 64 yard touchdown to seal it... "Run William Run!"

    And of course... the coach HailMary.

    @dtbh said:

    The euphoria I experienced when the Browns beat the Giants on that Monday night this past year... I can honestly say I've never felt that way in my life. When Eric Wright intercepted that ball and took it 94 yards (I think) to the endzone, it was a total out of body experience. The Seattle game and the first Cinci game were both amazing as well the season before, but they can't touch that Giants game.

    Other than that... Cle 24 Atl 16 I remember the Jim Donovan line as William Green broke free for the 64 yard touchdown to seal it... "Run William Run!"

    And of course... the coach HailMary.

    the Giants game had announcers stuttering for weeks>>>everyone looked past them. that one probably tasted the best even though no one really acknowledged it even happened. the Giants were effectively silenced and it still affords bragging rights over them to this day.

  • @razor1414 said:

    How could anyone pick any game other than the Pitts. games. I live in a Pitts town and it was glorious

    Well, I'm all for the rivalry but you've got to admit that some of the other games saw finer or more exciting moments for the Browns. Furthermore, ever since the team lost the that playoff game, Pitt has absolutely ruled the Browns.

    From a purely football perspective, the Browns fought a tough team (Seattle) and gave up 14 pts early. From there, they played like a team determined to win. I've never seen them play or hit harder. Injured Seattle players were being taken off the field in large numbers. In my opinion, it was their best effort in a win.

    @frenchie said:

    Well, I'm all for the rivalry but you've got to admit that some of the other games saw finer or more exciting moments for the Browns. Furthermore, ever since the team lost the that playoff game, Pitt has absolutely ruled the Browns.

    From a purely football perspective, the Browns fought a tough team (Seattle) and gave up 14 pts early. From there, they played like a team determined to win. I've never seen them play or hit harder. Injured Seattle players were being taken off the field in large numbers. In my opinion, it was their best effort in a win.

    i agree completly, but for me personally to be sitting in a bar with a bunch of steeler fans and still being able to cheer after the third quarter was a great feeling.

  • I wouldn't say it was the best game, but my recent most favorite is still the Browns, Bils, Blizzard game. I had so much fun even though I was freezing my ass off. We were surrounded by Bils fans too!

  • Dec 28 2008: CLE fired Romeo Crennel. The Browns take a big step in the right direction!

    That's my vote

    @dan-in-florida said:

    Dec 28 2008: CLE fired Romeo Crennel. The Browns take a big step in the right direction!

    That's my vote

    I agree we threw an all night party!

    Thank God these 2 are gone! 😵

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