DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2020 NFL Season Looking Back: Browns 24 Steelers 22 Postgame Discussion - PLAYOFFS!

Jeff Schudel
@jsproinsider
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Playing the Steelers on Jan. 10 means the #Browns will get Denzel Ward back from COVID along with linebackers B.J. Goodson and Malcolm Smith plus safety Andrew Sendejo. No Ward or Smith if the game were Saturday

j/c...

It was a TD.

I THOUGHT IT WAS!

I remember seeing the replay and thinking “hmm, maybe my eyes were way wrong”

The angle they showed, and they only showed the back camera angle...he looked clearly out...but that image there looks legit, makes you wonder that coaches probably didn't see this angle as well.

What time in the game was this? 9:48

J\C

Thank you Browns! Playoffs!! It wasn't pretty but I don't care. Hopefully we will be near full strength for next week's game.

Yes, thank you Browns!
The players especially - but also the coaching staff, support staff and everybody else. It’s been a long time.... I wore my Baker T-shirt today, a Christmas present, and I’ll be wearing it next Sunday, too.

Thanks, guys, everyone on the team.
Let’s beat them again!

Fan in the stand captured it as well.

Ref right there staring at his feet, no way he missed that.

I'M SHOCKED, ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED THAT THE REFS MADE A CALL THAT WAS WRONG AND HELPED THE STEELERS

guess what?

PLAYOFFS!!!!

So we play on Sunday at 8:15. Let's go Browns!

Not sure if the ball has been caught from that angle.

I miss you, Jordan Cameron!

That is why I said YES!

No doubt failure comes in degrees. You have win 11 regular season games and make the playoffs...then fail...which we may not....or you have 0-16 Hue Jackson failure. No doubt one is better than the other, so yes, this season has been defined no matter what we do moving forward.

Just a note of caution to those younger dawgs who haven't really experienced playoffs at this point, or since they were maybe 10 years old. Losing in the playoffs hurts way more. It makes for a LONG off season.

When you suck, at least good draft position gives you some hope. When you are picking at 20 or higher, draft talk isn't as fun. It's much harder to discuss because you don't have any real idea who might be there. When you pick 4th, you know one of these 4 guys is going to be there. You don't have any real degree of certainty until teams are on the clock and you are about 3-4 picks away from your pick.

The talk turns more in to positional needs, but the further down the draft board you slide, the more best player available comes in to play. You may not be able to incorporate needs as much in to the pick as you can when picking near the top.

JC....just to talk about some of the game, one play really impressed me.

Maybe mid 1st quarter, Phillips was like a heat seeking missile going to his right to stuff the runner on a sweep. The kid was flying.

Very impressive.

Well said Mac ... I agree with you.

I couldn’t help but think of my grandfather, who watched EVERY snap in his life. We had a tradition of golfing and/or going to breakfast every Sunday, and then watching the game.

He passed away 5 years ago ... he’d have been so happy.

Or my uncles and father who are in their 50s and 60s ... last time the Browns were relevant they were younger than I am now!

I know every family has similar stories.

NFL Wildcard Weekend lines (BetOnline):

Colts @ Bills -6.5
Rams @ Seahawks -4.5
Buccaneers @ Washington +7.5
Ravens @ Titans +3.5
Bears @ Saints -9.5
Browns @ Steelers -3.5

I am THRILLED to be in the playoffs again! The last time we made the playoffs was a wife and two kids ago for me.

On a side note, has there been any explanation as to why we went away from Chubb in the game?

Wow. I was a college junior last time in 2002. Nearly half my lifetime ago now.

Wondered the same...Seems like once he hit the 1k yard mark, we pulled him mostly from the game...some say maybe coach didn't want to show his cards with Chubb? Maybe...

Outside thought I was thinking perhaps Hunt has some contract incentives and perhaps trying help him obtain those as well? Probably not likely though...just guess work

was going to post something about this. I know they like to rotate the backs, And I heard some say they was trying to save Chubb but it was cut way to close if this is the reason. Chubb was getting 8yd clips even at the end when the Steelers were trying. Hunt could barely gain 2yds. It was painful watching! I was screaming PUT CHUBB IN THE FREAKING GAME!!!!!

And zero fans will be in Heinz Field...

Yeah, I was saying the same thing. Their running styles are so different.

Pittsburgh obviously comes off the snap very aggressive on defense. Hunt hits the hole very aggressively. With him, it seemed like two forces just going right toward each other, with Pittsburgh coming out on top.

Chubb is much more patient, which I think goes well against Pittsburgh. They come in aggressively, which usually means they have lost integrity somewhere, and he is able to find that flaw with his patience. It coincides well with the outside zone scheme.

It happened yesterday, and it has happened all season. You see him get chunks of yards at 3-8 yards, then all of a sudden, boom! Defense gets tired, lazy, or overly aggressive and they shoot the wrong gap and he rips off a 30+ yarder.

He's also much more fun to watch when he gets into the secondary. You can almost sense those CBs and safeties just going "Aw, crap!"

If I'm not mistaken Pittsburgh will allow some fans for the playoff game. Not sure how many.

yeah.. I had just gotten married adn didn't have my two boys.... just crazy... what i'm really excited about too is the foundation that has been created (finally). We have a young team and young coaching staff... this could be a solid team for years... probably is the AFC North is going to be tough for several years to come.

@Kareemhunt7
absolutely erases Avery Williamson to spring
@bakermayfield
for the 1st. As Baker pointed out in his post game presser, you could hear the crack of the pads from the damn moon. He smacked him into next weeks playoff game.

https://twitter.com/_CLEology/status/1346136348919554048

Hunt’s block was exceptional

If you're ahead when the final whistle blows, you put them away. I'm amazed that people care more about style points than wins. Simply amazing.

You can see the determination from the get go on that one...Him and Conklin did an exceptional job on that...For a RT to go chase down a CB for a block, no small feat.

Starting yesterday, style points no longer matter(ed).

Win and you keep playing. Doesn't matter how you win.