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--So disappointed in how scared the team played.

--I don't think people realize how poor QB play affects the entire team. It affects both sides of the ball. It's like a trickle down affect.

--Not sure what to make of Baker right now. It's tough to tell if he's going to get better. He was a better QB under Kitchens. Tons of explosive plays.

--I'll reiterate something I said earlier in the season - it might not be a bad thing for Baker to sit for a few games. He's clearly not improving. What about taking a break and decompressing. It's not the worst thing in the world if it helps in the long run.

--Kitchens had the team much better prepared to play the Ravens and Steelers.

--We are wasting OBJ's talent. To have that kind of talent in his prime and to pretend he doesn't exist on offense is really hard to wrap your head around. I feel for him. I really do.

--Hopefully the team can recover from this. I don't think we make the playoffs, however.

I am not quite sure who played well today.

Baker got a sack today all by himself. Nobody even touched him. Pathetic

It was a QB scramble. Geesh.

Did Baker play well? Nope. Did anyone on the Browns side play well? If there is, it's not a very long list.

Worst game of the season so far...

Hope we turn it around for next week...

Not so much just a knock on Baker, it was a play that summed up the whole game.

To me the most disappointing thing of the day is how poor the offensive line played. I really had high hopes that they were going to hold their own. I know we were down Teller, but one guy shouldn't have made that much of a difference.

I have to say, Jarvis Landry really steps up and takes the media, even after a really bad game like today. He never runs and hides.

The team chooses who the media gets to talk to.

I think that if Jarvis said he didn't feel like it, they would pick someone else.

There have been players who have pulled a "Bill Belichick" after a bad loss.

I didn't watch game, thankfully, but what I don't understand is they had 277 total yards to our 220. They didn't exactly roll over us. How did we lose by 31?

Well the first half a pick 6 and another INT set up another score in the second half they scored after we went on 4th and 1 at our 28 and their 48 .. Thats 28 Points

The defense did fairly decent today, I don't think they played terrible at all.

Baker pick 6 to start things out, then the offense just not being able to move the ball and turning it over. They we're not able to control the clock and constantly set the Steelers up with a short field. The defense just played with their backs against the wall all day long.

This loss is on the offense.

That answers it thank you. I knew about the pick-6. Seems like with a little better decision making it wouldn't have been so bad. We can never do anything right at their place anyway.

I thought Conner ran well and Claypool continues to flash. Their DL was fierce as well.

I think our loss was about our offensive line being absolutely destroyed.
And not scheming for it.

I only watched the first half. I know it's October and Halloween season and TV is full of horror, but I just couldn't take any more of this game.

What I saw (first half):

- Didn't take long for us to get into the groove. Sandejo in position to make a play, and completely whiff (run blitz), and Baker with a complete WTF was he thinking throw. Pick 6.
- Felt like the game was over then. Actually, it was.
- We got beat like a rented mule this entire game. Our OL was pushed around. No run game.
- Our pass rush neutralized by Ben not holding the ball.
- Seemed like we were ready for the quick slants.
- Baker ... seemed lost. When faced with pressure, he folds. Franchise QBs do not do that.
- Apparently, offsides is no longer a thing.
- This felt like one of those Alabama games where they play the Jesuit College of Lower Loompaland.

We will lose that game. We seem to split with them most seasons. Im hopeing we can beat the raiders so we can go into thw bye week 5-3 and hopefully get healthy

Immmaculate Mother Mary's School for the Halting and Infirm. BM looked awful. Ravens 2.0.

The double clutch on throws, missing open guys, blocking bypass, and we can all name more.

KS needs to self-scout for first down calls. We get schooled because we failed. Not the stuff we needed,

I know you don't really mean that. I understand the game isn't a gimmie. But come on you really are chalking a game against the 1-4-1 Bengals as a loss?

Raiders are playing well.

Lose to Cincy and you'll likely lose to Oakland.

4-4 going into the bye.

it’s hard to believe we can beat anybody of substance after today’s embarrassment. I believe the Cincy and Las Vegas games are probably toss ups ... same with the Eagles and Texans

I blame today's loss on the white jersey / brown pants uni's. Its our worst look. We need to stick with brown / white jerseys over white / orange pants from now on.

White on white all the time. It's just a classic look for us.

Browns not ready for the big boys yet. Our safeties blow. Very little creativity against a team that blitzes HALF the time. If I know the stats then Stefanski should. If all you ever do is run up the middle on 3rd and 1 against a physical team then you will not succeed. OBJ can leave town. He is a whiner and a quitter. Baker Mayfield is NOT a franchise QB. He is a game manager who cannot play from behind. Cannot read a defense. It's too bad because this team has enough offensive talent to win. The Browns will not compete until they have a franchise QB. They should be able to beat the teams that we think they should. But being a legitimate competitor in the playoffs? Nope. Today sucked but when you play a solid football team and you don't have all the parts to compete, this is what happens. Chubb wouldn't have mattered today. On to Cincinnati.

Used to be a end-of-the-pack team so we're moving up!

TANK FOR TREVOR!! Just kidding. Browns had a bad game today. We will beat Cincinnati next week.

It was hard to watch.

Baker could not beat the blitz so it kept on coming.

We are not a bad team. We are a team that can only play a certain way and when forced to do so suck royally.

We should have our Safeties and hopefully Tiller back for the Bungles

Browns are out shopping for a guard now.

Something tells me Teller will be out for awhile.

Should? What makes you think that. None of them practiced even a little this past week.

An extra week should help

Obviously.

It was stupid to ever start Baker this game. I like Baker but he was clearly injured from the get go and not playing to his potential. Should've let him rest a week and get ready to go on a win run.

Add to that barely playing Higgins when all he does is get wide open.

Add to that boneheaded play called like running up the middle on 4th and short vs a team that was just stacking the line all game.

I still have faith Coach Stefanski can grow into a great coach, but he's not there yet.

That says a bunch. We are cutting our own throat. I suspect some of this is our own sideline and calls. Ie was hard to watch. Flat and clueless. Too nice. Looked like the home team had fun again. We never did figure out what we wanted to attack. And running the inside, usually first down or when we needed a yard just to get stuffed again and again is stupid. Don't need analytics to see those two-yarders are no help. Did we run the corners? Just random stuff.

Don't forget this one. Not until you dwell on what went wrong, tackle all week long, and come ready to play. We have won too many to Tank for Trevor, so we may as well win some more games. Anybody can beat us with today's effort.

I’ve wondered some games why our offense looks different ... in terms of formations and play calls. Maybe it’s just that we can’t run the ball and don’t trust Baker to drop back (haha, that’s sad)

I think you might be on to something.

No were not. We lost to an undefeated team at their place. Still have a chance to make the playoffs.

Ultimately every team is only as good as their QB.