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Houston opens up 5 1/2 point Favorites.

That's actually showing us some respect considering Home Field is an automatic 3 Point spot.

Trap Game?

8 game winning streak and playing the team who's breathing down their necks in Indy next week.

WE GOTTA CHANCE, DAWGS!!!!!

This will be a true test for us.

We've been playing very well as of late. But Houston is a very talented team that is really rolling right now.


The spread is certainly closer than I'd have expected.

I'm not really sure how I feel about this one. I just don't know if we're at the level to really compete with a team like this. Kind of like San Diego and Kansas City.

Can't wait to see though, and I'd love to be pleasantly surprised! If we can beat Houston, we can beat just about anyone. Just would have to win like another 4 more games or something after that, and then maybe we can make the playoffs!

I agree. Don't think we have the talent to keep up

Look who they've beaten the last 8.

Not impressive.

Texans 31
Browns 20

We always have a chance. This will be a tough one. The Texans have one heck of a D-line and are the hot team in the league, winning 8 in a row.

I think they are soft against the TE position. Njoku needs to have a big game. I would also work Devalve in to the mix. I think Devalve can get a fairly long score against them. Maybe two. Devalve is my sleeper MVP pick.

As for the score, I think we come up short, but with Bake, you never know. I think we have a shot to keep in inside the 5.5 line.

28-14 Texans. One of the best running teams in nfl against our run defense..gonna be a long day. Wonder if Mitchell will be back

Mitchell cannot return until next week. League rule.

Couple more things to remember:

1) Short week for Texans. Played Monday night.
2) was a very emotional game since Bob McNair died

They might not have much left emotionally and physically. Its imperative that the Browns punch them in the mouth to start the game, just like with Cincy. They may not have the fuel to punch back, despite what seems like overwhelming talent issues.

Also, Bill O'Brien, IMO, is a bad coach with an inflexible system. If they can devise a good game plan, it might be enough to slow them down due to lack of adjustments.

Were the players that emotional about Bob McNair? I thought most hated him?

Browns continue to roll and win this one.

It'll be interesting to watch the Browns o-line vs their d-line.

Baker will have to continue to make quick decisions to negate their pas rush.

Should be an entertaining game.

i have faith in baker.

what i dont have faith in is our O line vs Clowney and Watt.

Against my better judgement I'm going to pick an upset win with a field goal in the last few seconds.

34-33 Browns

I dont really like our odds in this one...

If somehow Houston lays an egg...then obviously we have a chance to capitalize.

I feel they are going to take advantage of our blitzing, and put points on us in a hurry.

Their oline is amongst the bottom of the league, however Lamar Miller and Watson have been hot...even while behind that line.

What scares me, is our Oline...Bengals have a nice front 4...Houston has a nice front 7...I'm sure we will come out realizing, Gregg Robinson and Hubbard are only marginal starters...I think Houston will attack the outside greatly. Also I see them picking on Njoku, they are going to go hard at wherever he blocks from (they have to lick their chops watching film on him)

Would be something to win...I just think we end up being phased out on O, thus leading to a once again an exhausted D.

I'm hoping everything I wrote is wrong.

On paper, they easily the better team. But any given sunday. We finally have a roster THAT COULD WIN any game. Our next step is building on this roster to make it a team THAT SHOULD WIN any game. That's the difference.

HOU should win this game, but we COULD win this game. We need to catch them sleeping and contain their Offense.

how insane would this be

Line has moved to 6.

Love the Browns to cover.

Not sure about the win.

Feeling uneasy about this one.

I'm gonna guess it will be the Texans with the win but of course I'll be rootin' for our Browns.

Well first of all luck scored 35 against this team mayfield has out played luck the past 3games.
Houston gets beat like a drum by excellent qbs
Ie look at the playoffs
Defense Barkley went for 140 yards against this team
Miller running back he is a average running back
Yes tthey are good but they are not as good as Atlanta
Defense outside of there outstanding 3 they are average at best they are starting a 34 year dB to guard Perriman or Calloway I could throw into that window
Watson he is not as good as either Ryan or dalton and plays behind the worst offensive line
Cleveland rolls 35-20

we'll see where the line ends up. It won't go above 7 .. I bet 5.5

You lost all credibility on saying Dalton was better QB than Watson.

Browns in a squeaker. 28-27

If the Browns are going to win, they are going to have to play well in all 3 phases of the game. I think that we can play well on offense. I think we can play well on defense. Special teams is a huge question mark.

I am going to guess that Williams is getting through to all of the coaches and units of the team, and we win a 26-24 game. (mainly because I want it to happen)

I don't have the feeling we'll win this one, but I do think we have a couple wins left in the tank.

28-20 houston

I can definitely see us beating carolina and cincinnati at home. That'd give us 6 wins. One more and I'd call it a great year

Sorry there is a lot of people that agree with me

Browns win 35 to 17.
I believe we have some mismatches on offense with Njoku, Callaway, Perriman and Duke. Their secondary doesn't cover for long. Either D gets there quickly or the big play is there to be had.

Defense its all about discipline. WE play disciplined football maintaining our gaps and controlling the edge we shut them down. We lose contain on Miller or Watson and its a race we are gonna lose.

I think this is a pretty even matchup, we are on the road but this one means more to us. Plus I really like Callaway on a fast field.

This week, Tyrod Taylor is proven to be prophetic: "We will shock the world."


Kitchens figures out how to attack Watt, Mayfield and Chubb keep churning, Callaway keeps growing, Landry shows up BIG, and Ward takes care of business.

It's a slugfest, but the Browns come back to the CLE with back-to-back road wins.

If that happens I’ll be a very happy camper.

I actually think the Browns win as well. We have pretty much every intangible breaking our way this week. I also think you make a good point about some of the matchups we have that can expose them on D. Man I wish we had a legit #1 WR who could take the top off the defense. This is the kind of game Landry could ball out if he wasn't going to be the focus of their defense. Ahhh to dream.

The thing that concerns me is the youth on this team and how they respond to the success. Still I'm picking the Browns......

Browns 31
Texans 27

They get caught looking past us this Sunday and we go up 21 - 0, I just want to hear the radio feed from the Houston station, when their play-by-play guy says, "Houston, we have a problem".

We you have a QB, you always have a chance to win. We have a QB.

Did TT really say that this week? ...

They have one HUGE advantage over us ..

How many guys we gonna need to leave in to block there DE’s ... no clue what the stats are .. but my eyes tell me Njoku is staying in a TON ... not chipping .. staying in .. he has a few catches over the last few weeks after “leaking” out as a safety valve ... but its WELL into the play ... we may have to leave someone in on both sides ... its a reality this week .. they gots two we can’t block ..

The texans aren’t all that and have some flaws ... but neither are we and so do we ... this is GREAT for what we’ve been used to .. we still gots a ways to go ..

We’ll have a real good gauge of just how far we’ve come Sunday ...

Hmmm ... Ward on Hop?

That oughta stir up some chatter ...

Completely!

I hate Bama, but I have to root for Bulldogs to lose. Sorry Nick.

Kitchens has been dialing up a lot of max protect with two TE's & three back sets, with quick passes and 5 step drops. I don't expect that to change much. Expect we'll see more screens, and the occasional 5 wide to spread them out.

It is really hard to predict a win for the Browns.

Could they - absolutely. Will they - maybe.

I'm hoping for some luck to bounce our way - and a win. Defense has not had many turnovers the last 3 or 4 games .... maybe that will come back to us and be the deciding factor?

31-28 Browns.

Teams score on them, I think we can too. Their record includes wins against some bad teams, so there is that. I think running at them can marginalize their DEs. They are not as good as NO, and we basically gave NO their hardest game.

Going to be tough to win on the road, and I think the emotion will be on their side with McNair passing. I think they should be favored, and probably have the better shot to win, but if we hold their offense in check, I think we can beat them.

I'm not betting against Baker in this one.