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What the hell is going on here? I'm practically a lurker on DT anymore and I'm posting this thread?

* Most dominant defensive performance by the Browns defense that I can remember, and I'm an old timer. Is that because we're so good, or because Justin Fields is so not ready for prime time? Who cares, it was fun to watch.

* If you saw the first quarter, you might have thought "Oh no, we're not going to be able to run the ball today.". But that's not how the run game works. Its an attrition thing - it wears down the defense as the game goes on, and as they get more and more worn down, you start seein "chunk plays" on running plays. Good job sticking with it, Browns!

* Does anyone else have problems with FOX telecasts? I don't know if its the network's problem or Spectrum cable, but I kept having these pixelating screens at key points of the game that were quite annoying.

Had the same issue with the pixels and constant freezing at random times as well, what an annoyance....But the win made up for it!

Post Game Thought!
Stefanski was angry with the refs!
For the pass intereference call that took away the interception from New Safety JJ3.

Which was set up by him declining the penalty which I believe would have set up 4th down, and instead set up 3rd and 19.

He should have accepted the penalty 1.
He should have taken the 3 points in the first quarter on drive #2 2.

And JJ3, ... sigh. 3.

I will just say that it was a good win.

A lot has to do with your opponent.

The Bears defense kept them in the game. Baker was 62 percent today so the eye popping numbers from the first 2 games won’t hold.

The Bears offense was not very good today. Nagy had better figure that one out or he won’t be the coach much longer..The Browns defense had a great day and looked a lot better than they did in the other games. Mills played better than fields.

I love the Fact that the Browns have had Mayfield at QB for the past 3 years. The QB Jersey can be retired.

Wow,just Wow.

Dominant win whistle to whistle. This is how more games should feel. We were so in control I didn't even mind those 4th down turnovers.

I had that bad and I have OTA antenna... so, it's whatever is getting fed to Spectrum. I'm glad to hear that people with cable were having the issue, too, as I was getting so annoyed I was researching upgrades to my antenna.



It's both. We're damn good, but they're also exceptionally terrible... though, that offense still hung 20+ on Cinci. Their OLine is trash and they were just completely overmatched.

Our CBs covered like they were all All-World, too, which absolutely helped.
Everything will come back to Earth next week, though. It's just how it is. The question is how much of a difference will we see?
Today, JOK was MUCH, MUCH more active and involved. Clowney, Myles, and Takk were just abusive monsters. We held them to 34 Yds rushing and 68 Yds passing..... that's just filthy, but they're also just that bad, and we have the tools to take advantage of them being that bad.

--What a turnaround for the defense. Woods and the defense were awesome. Myles was awesome. JOK was awesome. Newsome continues to impress. Defense was PHENOMENAL. Totally bummed Myles just missed 5.5.

--Baker was very poor today. Missed TD to Felton. Missed TD to Bryant in the corner of the end zone (on that weird play where Felton ran a circle around Mayfield in the shotgun; Mayfield was determined to give him the ball back, didn't even look at Bryant). Missed TD to OBJ (the one where he made the nice catch out of bounds; a better throw gets it done there). Missed Bryant wide open late for an easy first down. Missed a bunch of other easy throws.

--Baker continues to be one of the worst deep ball throwers in the game. Never hits a guy in stride.

--Baker has such slow eyes. Takes him a long time to get to his 2nd and 3rd reads if they are on the other side of the field. OL didn't do him much favors either, but the combo of the slow eyes and poor protection was on display today.

--Jed Wills shouldn't have been playing today.

--This feels like 2020 first half of the season Baker instead of the one that was supposed to take a giant leap after a really good second half 2020.

--I sometimes wonder if Stefanski's offense is too emasculating for QBs like Baker. It's perfect for guys like Cousins. But Baker is a natural gunslinger. A push the ball down the field guy. Chunk plays. I get wanting to coach the turnovers out of him, but you have to let him be who he is too.

--Beckham looked good.

--Hunt. Goodness. Ran like he was mad at the grass.

--Huge catches by Peoples-Jones.

--FG kicker was awesome. Would love to have that position locked down.

--This team won by 10 and 20 with average QB play the last two weeks. We'll be there at the end. The formula and talent will get it done by itself. The question is how far will we go.

--Will add that Greg Olsen was awesome in the booth.

Thanks for combining those or deleting it.

Some of the throws to tight ends today were noticeably not targeting Njoku.

The first quarter was so bad, the first 3 drives on offense. Not Ready for prime time coaching decisions.

Hunt and Myles bailed out Stefanski today.

How bad is Greg Newsome injured. He left the game late with a calf injury.

So, that's what happens when you blitz a rookie QB. Who would have thunk it.

JOK needs to start every week.

Our D played angry and hungry today. Plays made literally all over the field. It was a beautiful sight to see. We finally made a rookie qb look like a rookie qb. They took the criticism personally and I appreciate that.

Baker was getting pressed all game it felt like, but made plays when it mattered most. Still a little upset at the missed opportunity to Bryant but I can live with it. Odell and DPJ had some fantastic catches that kept the offense on the field too.

Hunt was a straight monster today. He was due for a TD and deserved it for that effort.

The Bears D came to play today but we just completely gassed in the end. I saw one of their dlineman sucking up the earths atmosphere towards the end. It was a beautiful thing to see.

Great game. Coach had a few hiccups though but I wouldn't grill him for it. Just take the 3, it's okay.

The Browns allowed 47 total yet yards on 42 plays. 1 net yard passing.

I don't care if you played a college team ....... that's impressive.

Defense overall played very well... Myles had him self a game

Nice to have OBJ back... made some great catches...

Hunt had himself a game!

Chubb was solid... wish his TD streak would have continued

JOK had some really great plays

Bintinio was off... got beat several times and couple calls on him

Wills should have been done when he was taken out for injury... no way I'd put him back in there...

Baker was ok... had some really nice plays... missed a few... limited the mistakes and did a good job checking down when needed or running... had some crazy houdini plays to get out of a sack a few times...

Chase was solid today! That 57yard kick was money...

Went to the game this afternoon for a first time in awhile. I'm more of a fan of a large screen TV w/ essentially a 50-yard line view each play, but it was a ton of fun.

1. You could not have asked for better weather. It was perfect. Lots of Bears fans ...probably because the White Sox were in town and it made sense to come to Cleveland and make a weekend out of it.

2. Chicago's defensive line was really giving it to us quite a bit. That unit played well. Chubb was largely ineffective early on and they were putting a lot of pressure on Baker.

3. That said, our defensive line was amazing. Granted, it was against a piss-poor offensive line but I think this position group needed a "pick me up" performance.

4. It was a nice game for OBJ. Not overly targeted and forced the ball, but a meaningful part of the offense to slowly work him in. He looked good.

5. Not shocking or anything but Kareem Hunt had the best performance, offensively, IMO. Myles Garrett, defensively.

6. The Browns made Fields look like Manziel against Buffalo. He was completely lost and the Browns were in his head all game long.

Even being 0-2 on 4th downs in the first quarter, it always felt like the talent of the Browns would eventually win the day. There never was any urgency that the Browns were in trouble, IMO. And they slowly pulled away. Solid win.

Justin Fields:
6-20 for 68 yards
3 carries for 12 yards
He was sacked…NINE times.

How much was it Bitonio having a bad game because he played poorly vs because he was trying to help out Wills?

Best of luck, D'Ernest Johnson.

He is a good player and has a spot in the NFL surely, but if Felton keeps this up, there is no point having him on the roster. Practice squad? Sure.

Great defense today. We made the Bears look like the old Browns on offense. I’m hoping we can carry this momentum to Minnesota and LA .. two hard away games

I don't get people saying Baker was bad. Yes he missed some throws, that happens to the best of them. He also made some key runs to prevent losing yards.

Hunt runs with reckless abandon. He is so fun to watch. Bears defense definitely planned to stop Chubb, although he still had 84 yards.

When you face a defense with Mack and Quinn, it's going to be a tough game.

The first time going for it on 4th down I could see, the second was a head scratcher to me. 4th and 5 is a tough proposition.

Glad to see Woods send the blitz. Myles was a beast, but the whole Dline was collapsing their line. Great to watch. JOK, is going to be a star. The backend of the defense didn't get enough credit today, they played great.

The PI called on JJ3 was a tough one. I said as it happened that he pushed the guy, but in the replay, it didn't look like he pushed him as hard as the live look. If this was a Steeler or Raven player, I doubt it gets called, and would be heralded as a great play.

This was a great game for the defense, but Chicago's line is horrible. I just hope Woods keeps this mindset, and continues to blitz more often.

Our Oline is a monster late in the game, and will be a problem for most teams. No turnovers is big, but we need to start getting some takeaways.

Two in a row, let's keep it going.

Oh yeah, the Bengals beat up on the Steelers in Pittsburgh, although the refs were hosing them many times. Baltimore got some help too, the long field goal should have never happened, time clearly ran out, should have been called for delay of game.

Fear us for we have!

Never a doubt we would Win!

This very well could be the reason...I know every game thus far, Wills has been hobbled and missed time (probably would make sense to let him have a full game off, to not further injure that ankle) And Joel has struggled this year, I think I read somewhere his PFF grade was like a 56 last week....When Joel is normally always highly rated, not sure if it is him...or him lending help to Wills/Hence...Hoping we get it all ironed out soon!

I am more than critical of our special teams. KS showed faith in CM to let him kick that, I was screaming no.

KS built trust with Chase today, and that is important.

We have a kicker.

Hate to say it, but I think OBJ was part of why Baker looked so bad today. Noticed a stretch that every pass was going to OBJ with several incomplete. Not saying this can't be fixed but I think Baker forced it in there a couple times.

Can anyone explain to me why on that last FG drive by Chicago we accepted the holding penalty by Chicago's Oline? It was 3rd & 9 at the 50, Chicago threw a pass to the TE that got them 6 yds making it 4th & 3 at our 44 yard line and instead of having them punt (or try a 60+ yd FG) we took the penalty making it 3rd & 19 then we had the pass interference penalty on the next play setting up Chicago's last FG. It was only 13 to 3 at the time with about 4:30 left in the 3rd Quarter.

He missed a couple open throws, but 19/31 for 250, a TD strike, no picks and a W isn’t my idea of ‘bad’ QB play.

My thoughts, otherwise: the Bears OL is atrocious, but nine sacks is nine sacks - exceptional. I was hoping MG would continue to pad the stats; I can be greedy that way.

It’s nice that, when we have a day where Chubb has trouble getting going, we can just send Hunt out there and let him do his work. Terrific game from Kareem, running and catching the ball. He plays every game like he’s on a mission.

Chase McLaughlin had a great day: two kicks over 50 yards, four-for-four on the afternoon. Conklin got called for his fourth holding penalty today. He and Bitonio have to get that stuff straightened out.

Our run D is very solid and isn’t giving up a lot, third straight game they showed up.

I’m falling in love hard for JOK, he’s already making impact plays. He’s going to be a stud. He might already be that.
The penalty on John Johnson was a brutal call.

Bottom one is we hit the win and it’s on to whip some more butt in Minnesota next week.

Not our game, but the Lions got screwed by the refs on that FG kick at the end.

j/c:



This is problematic. Leg issues and his shoulder popped? I hope I'm wrong but I'm not sure we will ever have a healthy OBJ.

(Photo is a little over the top)

I watched the first few drives by the Browns and saw the 2 4th down turnovers. At that point, I turned off the TV, and took the dog for a walk, and ran some errands. I got in the car and decided to turn it on to the game, and they were just kicking the extra point to make it 20-6.

If this isn’t enough empirical data that I am an albatross on their neck, I don’t know what is.

You don’t have to thank me for the win, since I didn’t watch any of the rest of the game, but just give me a little thumbs up for the effort.