BROWNS Defensive unit is ready to fire back at naysayers

BEREA (AP) -- They can't stop the run or pass. They're too young. There are no playmakers. The offense will have to score 40 points per game. It's going to be a long season.
Cleveland's defense has taken as many shots this summer as it has given out. And everyone has been piling on, from the local and national media to Browns fans.
"It's all around town," tackle Gerard Warren said. "I had friends inside the community saying, 'Hey, this was supposed to be the year and we want to see some things happen.' "
On Sunday, the Browns' defense, which ranked last during the preseason, can begin making believers of its skeptics when it faces the Indianapolis Colts, who have one of the NFL's most explosive offenses.
Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison and Edgerrin James. Not exactly the easiest way for a young defense -- all three linebackers will be making their first career starts -- to open the season. But the Browns insist they're ready.
"We have confidence," safety Earl Little said. "Nobody else has won a game. Nobody has thrown a pass. We just got to go play football. Nobody is out there playing on eggshells."
It all starts up front, where the Browns defensive line is being asked to do more this season in first-year coordinator Dave Campo's scheme.
Warren, Orpheus Roye, Courtney Brown and Kenard Lang must control the line of scrimmage by tying up their blockers and creating pressure on the quarterback so Cleveland's linebackers can make plays.