In the immortal words of Shakespeare, we say our goodbyes tomorrow at Heinz Field in much the same way. Who would have thought that Juliet's touching goodbye to Romeo would be echoed in a meaningless Week 17 NFL Football game?

Sweet, so would I,
Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

Sadly, with temperatures in the 50's, we will probably not get to see Mr. Crennel in his best attire -- the puffy coat. However, it is an odd feeling to go into a game knowing you are seeing a farewell. Crennel's firing is a forgone conclusion as he plans to meet with Browns owner Randy Lerner next week.

It's sad to see a coach go. Especially when the Steelers are 7-0 against him. I'm not sure why the national media is assuming 8-0 already, but they say that the Steelers second-teamers are significantly better than the Brownies first. That's not even funny. That's just sad.

Here's to you Romeo. You weren't as competitive as Schottenheimer, as fun to beat as Butch Davis or as invisible as Chris Palmer. But all in all, you were the epitome of Browns coachingness ... a guy with far too little to work with and the lack of ingenuity to win with what you had. Always, though, there was a good sportsmanlike handshake after each loss. Best of luck.

• The Cleveland Plain Dealer explains the Browns ineptitude against the Steelers. Andra Davis summarizes his first rivalry game, "It put us in position to win with a field goal, but they blocked the field goal," Davis said. "And then they kick a field goal and we block it. But they recover and because they kicked on third down, they kick it again and make it [to win, 13-10]."    LOL
• It could be Browns LB Willie McGinest's final game too.
• FireRomeoCrennel.com hasn't been updated since January. (Motto: Nice guy, crappy coach.) Well, it was updated once in late November to announce it was for sale. Good luck with that.
• I'm giving thanks that I don't have a blog about a fourth-string starting quarterback and how a defensive lineman punched my franchise QB in the face and when, not if, my coach would be fired. But the guys at Browns Gab do a good job with it anyway.