Cleveland Browns are on a roll; is it too early to talk Pro Bowl? Poll

What three Browns are the top contenders for Pro Bowl berths?

Cleveland, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns are 3-5, kicking tail and taking names. Had a couple of early season games gone a bit differently, the Browns easily could have been 5-3. As it is, the team has hung tough with the Steelers, beaten the defending Super Bowl champion Saints and just waylaid the New England Patriots. It's not a bad guess to suspect that the Browns are the team most responsible for a spike in Pepto-Bismol sales in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati ... well, you get the idea.

Clearly, the emergence of rookie quarterback Colt McCoy is the most visible cause for all this, but the Browns have been fairly solid all year long. A large part of that is the success of running back Peyton Hillis, who ran for 184 yards last Sunday against the Pats. And the reason for Hillis' success could be Lawrence Vickers. Really, look at it this way: In the last five games last year, Jerome Harrison ran for 570 yards; thus far, Hillis has run for 644. The common factor? Both were led into the breech by fullback Vickers.

On the other side of the ball, the infusion of guys like linebackers Scott Fujita and Chris Gocong and cornerback T.J. Ward have strengthened coordinator Rob Ryan's defense. Granted, it's not the "Steel Curtain" of Pittsburgh's heyday, nor the Doomsday Defense of Dallas'. But it's a serviceable unit that's getting better every week. With a couple of (Eric Wright) exceptions, of course.

So, Browns fans, Starting Blocks wants to know: At this stage of the season, who are your nominees for the Pro Bowl? Pick three, and use the comments section to say why you chose whomever you did.

And hey, isn't it FUN having a bunch of choices for a change?

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