In that "Twilight Zone" sort of way, the opening loss by the Browns reversed all expectations of the team for 2003 in their first game. The defense - thought to be optimistic in aspiring for average this season held Peyton Manning scoreless and limited him to only 211 yards with two interceptions. They held Edgerrin James to only 67 yards on the ground. They forced the Colts to rely on their idiot kicker for three field goals to win the game. It was a very nice showing by a defense that is not quite as suspect anymore.

This is in contrast to the offense that installed Kelly Holcomb in order to post some big points. Instead, Holcomb only managed 182 yards and two interceptions. They could have gotten that from Tim Couch. Other than a couple of nice passes to Dennis Northcutt, the wideouts were a non-factor in the game, accounting for only a total of ten catches for 115 yards.

William Green ran for 86 yards on 21 carries for a nice four yard average but was unable to get the touchdowns when he should have. Twice the Browns had first down from either the three yard line or the one yard line and both times were forced to accept field goals.

The Browns need to show that they game was an aberration from what they are capable of doing. But the defense can certainly keep up the fine work.

The Ravens debuted Kyle Boller against the Steelers and Boller responded with a rookie-like 22 of 43 for 152 yards and one touchdown to Travis Taylor along with one interception. HC Brian Billick was still pleased with Boller's performance and felt Boller kept his poise well.

Taylor (5-33, 1 TD) was the only wideout with more than one catch and Frank Sanders was inactive for the game with a toe injury. Sanders is expected back this week and will take over the #2 spot from Marcus Robinson.

Jamal Lewis rushed 15 times for 69 yards but after the game both Lewis and Billick were unhappy with the limited use that Lewis received. Look for more carries this week by Lewis.

The Ravens defense was unable to stop the passing game by Tommy Maddox and surrendered three touchdowns and huge yardage days for both Hines Ward and Plaxico Burress.

This week the Browns come to town with an apparently decent defense that faces a rookie quarterback and a team that wants to run. Look for Lewis to get upwards of 25 carries and shine but for the Brown's passing attack to get in a better game than last week. William Green will be hard pressed to gain a lot of yardage and by the second half the Brown's should be throwing much more than running. This should be a competitive game and I like the chances that the Browns pull the upset at the end with too many receivers for the Ravens to cover.