It All Adds Up to a Frustrating Season

Braylon Edwards, the rookie receiver for the Cleveland Browns from Michigan, had his best game of the season Sunday in a 20-14 loss to Jacksonville. He caught five passes for 86 yards, scoring both of the Browns’ touchdowns on receptions of 34 and 17 yards.

But Edwards tore a knee ligament trying to make a leaping catch in the fourth quarter and will sit out the rest of the season.

It had already been a tough season for Edwards, who a couple of weeks ago complained about his lack of involvement in the Browns’ offense.

Appearing on FSN’s “Best Damn Sports Show Period,” Edwards said, “I haven’t been allowed to do what I’ve been drafted to do. I feel like I got redshirted.... When plays need to be made, and you draft a guy to make plays, it’s kind of like one plus one equals two, not one plus three equals five.”

Nice to see it paid off for Edwards to attend math classes in college.

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Possible solution: Rodney Peete of the “Best Damn Sports Show Period” listened to Edwards’ complaints, and then offered this:

“I’ve got a tip for you. I used to play quarterback and what always helped me in getting my receivers the ball was a little cash every now and then.”

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Trivia time: Which NFL coach has the most victories over the Raiders?

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Geographical differences: In Texas, longhorns are cattle.

“In Southern California,” notes comedian Jerry Perisho, “longhorns are what you hear when the traffic on the Hollywood Freeway grinds to a halt.”

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One way to stop USC: Reggie Hayes of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel, regarding Congress’ planning to look into the BCS formula, wrote: “While nothing is certain, talk centers on establishing term limits for USC.”

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Waking up the echoes: Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel, on a two-loss Notre Dame team getting a BCS bowl bid at the expense of once-beaten Oregon:

“Don’t you just love college football -- the only sport in the world that rewards you for what you did 50 years ago over what you did this season?”

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Name game: “Do you wonder if the Cincinnati Reds’ minor league pitcher Jimmy Journall keeps a diary?” asks the San Francisco Chronicle’s Scott Ostler.

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Looking back: On this day in 2000, Kobe Bryant and Golden State’s Antawn Jamison each scored 51 points in an overtime game won by the Warriors, 125-122.

It was Jamison’s second 51-point performance in four days, and was then Bryant’s career high. It now is 56 against Memphis in 2002.

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Trivia answer: The San Diego Chargers’ Marty Schottenheimer, with 25.

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And finally: Bob McNair, owner of the 1-11 Houston Texans, explained to the Houston Chronicle why he hasn’t driven off a cliff.

“There aren’t any around here,” he said. “I know, because I’ve been looking.”

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Larry Stewart can be reached at [email protected].