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I love Freddie.....keeping it loose with the guys

Texans should win but they are coming off an emotional win on a short week and have a huge game next week... could be a trap game... I'd pick texans if I had to but we have a chance

Not this week, back in preseason when talking about the season ahead.

I'm thinking one of two things will happen. it will be a 6-7 game or a 42-29 game.

I'm going to say that it will be 28-24 Browns.

Why Not??!! Let's do it!

I'm starting to come around on the Browns winning this.

j/c:

I predict Callaway has a big game- two over the top bombs, chubb will chew up some yardage, browns capitalize on turnovers- 28-14 brownies

Anyone know what our uniforms will be? I suggest we ban the white on white combination, until we get new unis in 2020.

And people don't like this guy?!

The color rush uniforms are by far the best we have. Should be our full time uniforms imho.

Browns with the last second FG 27-24..

**from our FG kicker who hasn't been talked about in weeks because we've kicked 12 extra points and only 1 FG in the last 3 weeks.

I see many of you guys are still struggling with believing that we can hang with anyone. That doesn't mean we will but we sure as hell can.

The days of teams out talenting us are OVER, I think we win and just as convincingly as we have been. The line maybe 5.5 and the odds makers are having the same problem many of you are having is it a mirage?

A Hell NO

I have a feeling that the Texans will ..........


be upset this weekend!

I don't know the score, but I just have this feeling deep in my gut .....

My heart says Browns, my head says Texans. Can we win? Yes. Will it take our best game? Yes.

We’re on the cusp of being able to win game by playing a “good” game. At this point, I still feel we’re at the level of needing to play a “great” game to win. That will change soon.

Browns win, 27-23.

teams are afraid of Garrett. They get the ball
out quick. Ward will control whomever their best is - or we'll double him and Ward can lock down their no. 2.

Romeo once used the immortal Leon Williams as a spy in Atlanta when we played Vick, it worked and we won. A spy on a QB isn't a bad thing.

He's also not worrying about covering receivers, and can be a key piece against an RB when the quarterback hands it off.

I'm kind of surprised at Houston only being 5.5-6 point favorites. That implies a good amount of respect for the Browns.. and also that maybe the Texans aren't quite as good as their 8 game winning streak would suggest.

In any case, I have to think the Texans win this one. They're just a little further along in their development and our tackles against their edge rushers is a big problem. There's only so much you can do to scheme around that.

It was always likely that some of those close, early season losses were going to catch up with us.

We'll see though, I expect a competitive game, and wouldn't be shocked if the Browns pulled it off.

The thing I was surprised was that the Texans haven't had tons of points this year. I thought they'd be one of the better offenses

I think Houston will win this one, but I expect us to keep it close.

Their defensive line will probably be too much for us to handle.

Njoku should have a pretty good day, as they usually struggle to defend the tight end. Gonna need him to help open up things on the outside and in the run game.

Get Duke involved as well.

Browns win, of course, 26-23

Regarding the 6 point spread, always remember, Vegas doesn’t have a favorite team, they just want to pull in bettors.

That line smells veeeerrryyyyy fishy...

I’d take Browns, and thank you for the 6 points. I know I’m a fan, but that seems like a good bet

Watson is coming off injury from last year. He's had a couple nice games and seems to maybe be heading back to his 2017 season form.

We are one of the few teams who faced Watson last year. He's turnover prone and we like to take the ball away. We held him to 23 yds on 6 carries last year. 1 of their TDs came off a pick 6. Their defense also added a safety. They're beatable, we shouldn't be intimidated by their 8 wins in a row. Streaks are meant to be broken.

Dang ... 9 in a row .. no easy feat ...

Hmmmm ... i think we may have a better shot than the pundits think ...

I may have to lay 100 on the dawgs ... never bet before ...

We gots this ...

Texans have one helluva Dline. Our Oline has been playing well, but this might be the best test for them. We'll know at the end of the game, regardless of score, if we have an Oline that can stand up.

Let's not forget, we have a pretty darn good Defense as well.

out of sheer loyalty, I'm picking the Browns to win.

It's a little more complicated than that. It would be more accurate to say Vegas wants to make money, and also curtail risk to some extent. This is why when big money is bet on one side, the line tends to shift that way to balance things out. Not always though.

If the money is on a bad bet though (bad for the bettors), don't count on the line moving..

Cleveland 36
Texans 21

It was already mentioned by another poster, but the Texans offense is not typically explosive, by that I mean they haven't put up large point totals in many of their games Just looking at the win/loss record their most impressive wins while on this streak, in my opinion, have been @Indy 37-34; @Denver 19-17 and over the Titans at home 34-17. They beat Dallas before their defense woke up and Cooper changed the Dallas offensive balance. They beat Washington the week after Alex Smith blew out his ankle.

I think it will come down to which defense is able to exert its will on the opponent including winning the turnover battle.

Browns 28, Texan 24.

I love the progress I see from our team. I believe that on any given Sunday we can compete with anyone. Yet at the same time we are a very young team. As such, you will take some bumps and bruises along the way. I think tomorrow we will encounter some bumps and bruises.

The eight wins in a row by the Texans is no accident. They will throw things at our OL they simply aren't used to. Hubbard is a very weak RT and Robinson isn't equipped to handle players like J.J. Watt, Jadeveon Clowney and Whitney Mercilus. Mayfield will see D looks tomorrow he hasn't seen before. The same goes for our entire OL.

Covering the spread is very doable. But Houston has a descent O and a D that is dominant. We're doing very well in the growth department but I just think too many are over evaluating exactly how far along we are in the process verses high quality opponents.

Don't bet against Baker.

No. Do it! We need that...

I get that Houston has a great defense, but their offense is good, not great. I think our defense is better than many they have faced lately. We as Browns fans tend to make the opponent way better than they are. Teams score on their defense, and I think we can too. If our defense plays well and stops their run game, I see a low scoring battle that can go either way.

Barkley ran that d into the ground with a very weak line
Merciless does not like to take on huge lineman when trying to stop the run

I hope Freddie runs max protect and that crazy 3 back set and we run the ball down their throat and hit some play action for big gains

I don't like making predictions, especially when it comes to the Browns, but gun to my head I think Houston pulls away late in a decently competitive game.

If the Browns can run the ball a little bit, and pressure Watson, I do think they can come out of Houston with a win. I seriously can't wait for this game.

I just hope that an avalanche of negativity doesn't come out if we don't win. I think we're playing with house money at this point, and any wins now are extra. We're still young, we have a patchwork of a coaching staff, and some early failures and unfortunate officiating mistakes kinda did our season in anyway.

I just really look forward to watching this group every week. I can see some real growth which is all I ever asked of Hue Jackson during his tenure.

the 3 back set may slow down their rush, so maybe

I don’t feel great about this one. I’m worried that we blitz heavy and Watson runs on us. We give up too many rushing yards. Texans play conservatively on offense but it works.

Houston 24 Browns 13

this .gif creeps me out.

just sayin'....