Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Browns came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Little to argue with here, and the A- says so.

They banked enough surplus on Rivers to cover a lot of smaller sins. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

They are betting Lomu proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.