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our MVP so far.

Ya gotta admit, he battles!

He definitely plays like a Brown. He chases his tail, rolls over, plays dead, etc.

Does he crap on the field like the Browns do too? LOL

Trying to block Khalil Mack with Malcolm Johnson was probably a bad idea. Mitchell Schwartz didn't fare much better.

https://twitter.com/PFF/status/648960987245211648

Even he wants out of Cleveland!

I rewatched a little bit of the game, and also saw a few all-22 shots from Dustin Fox on twitter (he usually posts pretty good stuff a few days after the game)

It's amazing how many simple mistakes the team made. Crow hitting the wrong hole T-Rich stye on the 3rd & goal play, a simple checkdown to Duke Johnson on the game ending pick. I said it on Sunday after the game, but McCown missed a simple inside slant that would've gotten us a first down. So much little stuff that added up to a 3 score defecit and eventual loss. Mental errors are killing this team as much as the entire lack of talent debate.

The penalties. The dumb plays. I think the thing that infuriates me the most is that our running on first down is just so bad. It just screws the rest of the possession up. I told my cousin after the game that for us, that roughing the punter is a play that gets made by everyone. I mean it happens often. For us though? It's crushing. The Packers or Pats have that happen, and they've probably forgotten about it by the end of the game. Our margin for error is so small. It's almost as if they don't want to believe that. They truly think they're better than they are, and that is mind blowing.

The Browns have to be running 75 percent on first down. Tendancies are spotted and figured out, and the other team knows it.

PAP, Screens, High percentage completions, forget about it... Just run the ball into a brick wall.

That is a very good point.

I don't know the stats, but 75% sounds about right...

What scares me about Johnny, and I'm part of the crew that likes Johnny, is that 2 of his 3 touchdown drives started with really good field positon created by the defense. First one at the 50 (2 play drive with the bomb to Benji) and the other at the 38 (which was still a wonderful drive that gets overlooked and forgotten because it didn't end with a big play).

Shoot, his TD at NY started at the 45. Outside of those drives and one other where he missed a wide open guy in the end zone and we settled for 3, there has been nothing. Poor drives that end up 3 and out, and obviously late in the NY game, bad turnovers. He still has a long way to go. Still so impressed with that final drive against the Titans.

The last drive on Sunday against the Raiders featured some really nice catches by the way. Good throws and catches that would have beaten any defense. Sad that it ended the way it did.

By my count:

30 first down plays

8 run plays on those 30 first down plays

I post this link because it is the best recap I know of on the internet (or anywhere else):

http://www.dawgsbynature.com/2015/9/30/9...loss-to-raiders

A couple points from it:

Crowell lacks vision in a Trent Richardson sort of way:



Third and goal play:



Hole open up the middle. Chooses to bounce it outside.

I remember asking why Dray was blocking Mack one on one in the gameday thread, visual proof. So dumb:



When you can't run, nobody cares about playaction. When watching the game I thought this play was set up perfectly, except for the free rusher running right at McCown:







Whitner's first job when he is in the box is to stop the run, not rush the passer:



This play was a 55 yard gain, both of our safeties whiffed on the tackle:



Benjamin wide open for a 99 yard TD (underthrown):



Johnson wide open on McCown's last pass for an INT:

That was depressing. Does Bowe at least dress like a Brown this week.

These losses would upset me if I wasn't so smitten by the spiffy new unis. Now THAT is game timing spent well!

Dress like a Brown! Go unis!

I'm pretty sure Crow was supposed to follow the fullback on the goal line play, not cut it inside.

That last play is so disappointing. McCown was trying to be the hero. He was trying to get Flip to say "coaching is overrated". Manziel would have been ripped apart for this. Many people would have used that play to say he wasn't ready. Gunslinger. Doesn't recognize coverages. Btw, Pett says Barnidge was open on that play but I don't see him. And who the heck is the Raider defender at the top covering?

Our running backs are smart enough to not follow our fullback lol... if you can even call Johnson a fullback.

The arrow is showing where he went, not where he should have gone. He cut it back when he didn't have to. It should have been an easy one yard game.

Oh, gotcha. I thought it was pointing out the hole.

I miss Owen Marecic.

Django was ripping Manziel apart for completing a 50 yard TD pass.. yea, people would have had a field day if Manziel did that.


A few posts above yours, Barnidge is standing on the 30 all by himself, need to get to the 20 for a first down. You can see the corner leaving Benji to go cover Barnidge and turning Benji over to the safety because he realized Barnidge was (or should have been) the target for an easy first down.

I thought that was Johnson.

Where's Johnson?

Oh, my bad.. maybe that is Johnson, which makes it worse because put the ball in his hands with that much green in front of him and he'd do more damage than Barnidge. He'd be one broken tackle away from a touchdown.