A fitting night to start this blog.
So what better time to try to forget that the city of Cleveland hasn't won a championship since before Jim Brown was known for things outside of beating women?
Welcome to Cleveland, Ohio Jamal Lewis
Jamal used to play for the City That Stole Our Fucking Team, until this past offseason when they decided he didn't have enough left in the tank. Enter the Browns, already running on fumes.
Here, the question is whether he has enough gas in his tank to lead Baltimore's division rival out of the wilderness. No player on the Browns is being counted on more heavily in the coming season than Lewis. There is no Plan B if Lewis blows a tire over the long 2007 season.
"I don't wonder if he has the gas. I'm counting on it," new offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski said in an interview last month.
Lewis had some great seasons in Baltimore. In fact, in two games he ran for a combined 500 yards against Cleveland alone. But stats like that will be a thing of the past given his age and the fact that he'll only get to face a defense of Cleveland's caliber in practice.
I'm naturally going to be biased against him though. Years of loathing don't just go away, even if you are wearing the right jersey now. The jail time for a small time coke deal doesn't do much for me either.
But that's nothing 1300 yards and a trip to the playoffs couldn't cure.
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