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if this was the NFC east, we'd already be division champs.

I really don't understand why the guy is on the team. Every single time something bad happens, sure enough #23 is there.

Oh also, is it too early to say that Stefanski is the real deal? He certainly looks like it.

It’s too early.

The play to Johnson was the same okay they run about 4-5 times a game and it usually guys for 8+ yards. Teller is normally leading but that time Hubbard did well, and Higgins sprung it.

Myles Garrett

I think we're looking at the genesis of a Real Football Team.
I'm not sure what to do with this information.


But- I like the way this new brand of uncertainty feels.

LMAO!!!


Are you frakkin' kidding me?

I'm trying my best to contain my excitement.

But Damn!!! It feels like our Browns are back.

Conklin pulled, D'Ernest was following his blocker. Clutch play, true next man up play with Conklin subbing for Tretter (Hope he's okay) and D'Ernest filling in.

To the game. Had to work so I had to watch the tape, but it was good knowing we won.

A tale of two halves but unlike days of yore, this one didn't end in a disaster.

Stefanski game-planned the $#!% out of this game. They knew we were going to run, and we did, but they weren't ready for our passing game to rip apart their soft underbelly in their zone coverage. Baker was crisp for most of that half, threw some nice balls. He also got bailed out by Landry on that catch on the back of the DB. Baker's INTs in the second half could've been disastrous but for the D stepping up and getting stops or turnovers. Overall, I thought he played well, not great, but good enough.

Landry made some beautiful plays, and his drops are excusable. He is Mr. Reliable, and will probably go 80 catches without another drop.

OBJ continues to impress. Nice pass to Landry. Great concentration when he got face tackled. He made some nice catches.

HOOOOP! Love the guy, he's really starting to show up on Baker's radar. Caught a pass from Baker through a drive-through-sized window. He's clutch. Sucks he dropped one.

Hunt. Man, he fought for some tough yards, and had an amazing catch in the endzone. He jumped up and made himself about six-foot-seven and caught that ball square in the chest. Hope he's okay. Looked a little gimpy at the end.

D'Errrrrrrnest. What a crucial run for 28 yards and a first down. He just comes in and does whatever is asked and then makes a play like that at a critical time. Awesome.

And indicative of how it's been going. When we need plays, the playmakers are making them, both on offense and on defense. This is where the talent-laden side of the team is starting to show.

Nice to see Hollywood walk the runway. He made a couple nice catches. No drop-off at the #3WR spot.

Love Andy J. He's a great blocker, and another weapon that strikes when least expected.

Nice to see Njoku get a first down with a nice catch.

Our O-line is impressive. They did a great job keeping Baker clean the first half. When the Colt's dialed up the pressure in the second half, they didn't wilt. And again, I'll mention that Conklin pull that sealed the game with Tretter out. (Get well soon!)

I mentioned in the matchup thread that the best D against Rivers was to keep him off the field, and the second best was to pressure him. We did both with excellent pressure and a 2:1 TOP. His spell is broken.

Myles is a beast. He's always sucking wind because he's always motoring at 100RPM. And he is fast. He blows out of his stance with such veliocity it must startle the hell out of the tackles. I think the refs have finally gotten used to his speed though, because he's not getting those off-sides penalties called against him anymore. I am drooling at the prospect of next week.

Mitchel and Ward are holding down the corner spots well. Greedy who? Just kidding. I want to see him back and healthy.

I think Sendejo may be getting a bad rap. He's been made to look bad a couple times, true, but on at least one occasion - the TD last week - he was assigned a different receiver according to the DC. He's around a lot of plays, and has had his hands on the ball a couple times, so I'm withholding judgement for now. I do wonder if Redwine might not get a shot though.

Ronnie Harrison has done an admirable job filling in for Karl Joseph.

Didn't like seeing us give up a kick return. But for that, it's a different game.

Two penalties? We've had two penalties within the first four plays of a game before. When you show discipline, execute, and play well, I guess you don't get as many flags. Hm.

I see good clock management. And it's nice looking up with under five minutes to go and seeing all three timeouts.

Even the doink off the crossbar fell our way.

Great win. Feels good right now. I want to crush the Steelers.

Congratulations, everyone. We're 4-1. That is something we can all rejoice in.

GO BROWNS!

I meant Hoop.

J/c

Just re-watching a few things this morning .. Baker had a good first half and a below average 2nd half ... BUT, there were drops that killed him. Landry’s and Hooper’s (his was tougher) would have made this a much different game IMO.

Also, we’re fortunate to have a good OL and a handful of good backs ... but the loss of Chubb and Teller ARE noticeable. We need those guys back to be our best version

It’s the flip side of the whole “the most important ability is availability” saying. He appears to be durable. That alone will earn you a pay check In Browns’ secondary.

Good morning, DT.

WE’RE 4-1!!!!!

I was 46. Get off my lawn you young whipper snapper!

All this, and thee=se guys are only 5 weeks into a new system with no offseason.

Get guys healthy, and I can see us being a real force in December while we wrap up the division and head to the playoffs.

I gotta tell you, I was really worried when they were bottling up our run game early and we were starting to throw.

Big big props to Hubbard. Dude came in and played well. Way to go for him. Didn't think I would say this after last season, but dude has been HUGE as our 6th OL. Doing the same thing that got him his big contract when he came here, playing very well under tough circumstances. Very happy for him.

And big props for Mayfield. He wasn't good, but he was good enough. I wasn't confident when we had to rely more on the pass, but he handled the extra pressure ok. Made some good passes, and gave himself some film on what NOT to do (good thing we won).


I'll repeat the same thing I said before. Our defense is what it is (weak but opportunistic). It's our offense that needs to figure out how to play a second half. These first halfs are great and all, but if our offense is going to be the unit we rely on, these second half disappearing acts aren't going to cut it against the better teams (one of which we play next).

- Big win. Went up against a team with a good record and came away with the win.
- I think Indy has as many wins as all of Pittsburgh's opponents combined. Next week, we may be their biggest test so far this year.
- Hoping the best for Teller, Tretter, the rookie DT, and Baker from getting banged up yesterday.
- Hoping that Larry and Greedy can be back soon.
- Jarvis with two shocking drops on 3rd down passes. Both of those throws were on the money.
- Baker with two picks. Second one he got hit as he threw it, but he held it on to it too long. First one was a bad throw.
- Made some nice throws, receivers made some really nice catches. Was asked to do more this week, but reviews are mixed.
- Stefanski with a nice game plan.
- I like the kicker.
- Gillan with a nice punt to set up the safety.
- I forgot how much Rivers complains.
- Garrett with a monster game. Again.
- Vernon applied a lot of pressure again.
- We were able to do some running late in the game.
- So, Sandejo. Horrible does not describe it. Someone pointed out a couple of weeks ago that the plan was not for him to be on the field so much, that he was to be a veteran presence in the locker room, but injuries forced him onto the field. That is true, but does not mean this is not a problem that needs addressed. He gives up yards in chunks. Can't cover, looks lost, and is always trying to catch up to the guy with the ball.
- 4-1!

Yes - a tale of two halves. He made some very good throws, not the least of which for TD's ... in the first half he was the guy that carried the team and it was clearly schemed that way by KS. Second half was very bad. I'll need to go back and re-watch but it certainly seemed like there was a lot more pressure and the pressure was arriving quickly.

Game would have been further out of reach and potentially very different (more dominant for the Browns) without the kick return and without the 2 drops by Landry ... but Landry made a spectacular catch behind the defender's helmet in the first Q and is normally so reliable, it all sort of evens out and Landry probably won't have another game all season with 2 drops.

Trash the Rottenhurler. But they looked more intense across the board yesterday than we did. Need to get geared up more this week. Don't let up on pressuring them. And find some blocking up front.

This.

Lots of kudos being handed out after this win, all well-deserved. But I want to send a shout-out to O-Line coach, Bill Callahan. Guy has done a bang-up job, and the improvement is obvious even to my layman's eye.

I think coaches are often over-rated or underrated. However, it's really hard to ignore what Callahan has meant to this OL. Great hire.

Hat tip to Stump Mitchell as well. These coaches seem to compliment each other very well.

Game winning block

Oh... I forgot about his block on that run. That was a nasty one.

But overall, big tip of the hat to Higgins. He had a very good game, and it was good to see him out there and producing. Good for him.

Man, I love it when WR's are willing and nasty blockers. Things get so good when that happens!

i agree. It’s such a culture and mindset thing too. I see some teams have WRs who take pride in it and feed off one another

A lot has been posted on this thread so I won't get into repeating much of what has been said. However, the constant dogging of Baker by the usual suspects is hilarious.

I just want to give credit to Hubbard. I never saw him in a positive light as a starter at RT. Average on his best days and less than average most days.

But man, he has stepped up two weeks in a row. First subbing in for Conklin when needed last week and this week for Teller. It seems that when we need him, he just comes in and does the job. I suspect there are fans who don't understand just how much value there is to having a player like that on the roster.

It seems our OL really doesn't miss a beat when he's called upon to play. Kudos to him.

That looks like a guy trying to get more playing time. Higgins was pretty great in a limited role.

OBJ, Landry and Higgins should be the 3 wr period. Hopefully after yesterday coach sees that Higgins is a gamer. Hodge, DPJ or whatever else they try there won't be as good as Higgins, he and Baker have that trust and thats huge for a QB learning a new system

Hopefully, the coaches don't care what the player's name is and they continue to put the best player out there of those that are healthy and ready to play.

So Verse, I can't agree with you about the coaches not trusting Baker. So last week they tried to just run the ball and if they got first downs...so much the better. This week they actually gave Baker the ball and we had 2 easy drops by Jarvis on 3rd down. This is late in the game trying to run out the clock...etc...So I don't see a lack of trust.

The interceptions. Well, I saw the aggressive throw to Hooper deep in the seam And the Defense made a great play...I cannot tell you if that was the correct read...but if it was...he needed just a little better throw...This INT I am going to liken to a Brett Favre mentality. Brett Favre would drive you NUTS with the INT's he threw. But most people would have loved to have have him on their team throughout his career. So (as long as we are winning...lol) I am content to feel a little crazy from time to time...

The second I was pissed about in a "who the heck were you throwing to" type of way...but upon review, I do think getting leveled as he threw it had a little to do with it...

I honestly think if Chubb was healthy, we would have been running it down their throats in the second half...The reason being for me is style. While a great back...and doing a great job against a D that was doing a great job tackling, Hunt is more elusive than punishing...Chubb puts a beating on D's...and we don't have that style of runner while he is out. So as great as Hunt is he cannot wear down a D in the same way as Chubb...Hunt and Johnson will wear down D's with repetitions...

Not a knock...simply a style match-up. Heck....We ran for almost twice the yards of any other team against Indy. Very hard fought yards. And that is an accomplishment...both for the RB's and the coaches for sticking with it.

Probably a lot more to say...but will have to come back...lol

4-1 is a good feeling...everyone is saying the Steelers are our toughest test yet (As was Washington, as were the Cowboys, as were the Colts....)....But you know what....WE are the Steelers biggest test by far this year...and I am not hearing that said often enough...

Did you notice when Baker took off Jarvis and OBJ were blocking on the sidelines down field?