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Not to mention all the wind and cold up there.

Yes I know it was in a dome

While I understand the sentiment I’d much rather have an aggressive head coach than not.

Every QB has an off day this was Bakers yet we won

Possibly Baker's worst day in a Browns Uni. The game wouldn't have been close if Baker was as accurate as his earlier games this year. Hope he figures this out quickly. I like that he has already owned his woeful play.

The good news is we beat a really good team with poor play calling and atrocious QB play. It can only get better. 1 bad game does not a bust make.

Defense was immense. After the first drive I was like, are we going to revert to pre Chi? But .... THAT was the D I think everyone was envisioning when we reshuffled the deck in the offseason. Smothering D for large sections of the game and then we blitzed at the right time - and unlike the offensive play calling, calls on D seemed timely and ahead of their offense.

Good win against a bad team when our O was ugly at times. Overall another step in the right direction.

Baker had to be playing injured. The inaccuracy was very unusual for him.

Our defense is legit. I really enjoy them.

Our kicker is money!

j/c:

One more thing to add-- Wasn't impressed overall with the online performance. Granted, MIN has some good players on the line, but still, they struggled.

The defense was awesome. Exactly what I had hoped for during the off-season.

Baker was terrible today. There is no way that an injury is not hindering him. He is not that inaccurate. I don’t believe for a minute that something isn’t affecting him. That said, and I love Stefanski, he called a very poor game today.

We will continue to improve. I have faith in this team to get better.

BM is telling you something on two or three plays today like you mention: He doesn't trust his arm, he can't trust his arm, and he shouldn't trust his arm. Something is wrong when he skips a simple throw to open men for first down to get sacked or tackled. I think I counted at least five passes way out of reach which were jump balls admittedly, but out of play. In replays, BM is not spinning it well when he was accurate earlier in the season. His stroke wobbles a bunch and he is really straining and muscling the throw. He and Ski should realize before next week that his arm is marginal and it was bad enough to lose, so it is dumb to force passes to OBJ. We need five, so don't go for 30 with this arm.
Thank the Elf we had run today. And Higgins. And Hunt. And we carried Ward and survived. This was a quality win that was uglier than I expected. But, hey, it's a notch! Go, Browns!

It's not one bad day for Baker. He hasn't been good since the 3rd quarter of game 1.

And his accuracy is an urban myth. He hasn't been very accurate since he got into the league, including being one of the worst deep ball passers in the league. Cannot hit the deep ball to save his life and when he does they are never on target. Receivers can never just catch them and run in.

But my biggest gripe is he continues to play his worst when it matters the most. So many opportunities to seal the game.

Imagine had he connected with obj on that last deep pass to seal the game. Imagine what that would have done for his confidence and objs mood. Obj was clearly frustrated today. Could have gone a long way to them "gelling".

This comment is ridiculous. He made many plays all day. He gave up a couple pass plays. That happens to all CBs.

If this team can get the O, Baker, KS and the D playing 4 quarters they will be impressive. So be impressive.

I think this is simply the difference between hunting and being the hunted. Teams get up to play the Browns now.

j/c...

Jets beat the Titans. Giants beat the Saints. Chicago beat Detroit by 10.

No game is a sure thing in the NFL.

I don't understand why we were throwing it 30 when we needed 5

Regardless, the plays were there. Poor execution by the QB. Throws no professional QBs should miss.

Will not be at all surprised if he has surgery on his left shoulder in the off season for a torn labrum as a result of the dislocated shoulder.

j/c

1) That defense is for real. They Vikes scored on their first, well-scripted drive. And the defense pitched a shut-out after that. There were questions after the Bears game, but that was a good offense they dominated today.

2) I'm thinking that left shoulder injury 2 games ago might be affecting Baker's throwing motion. His accuracy is nowhere near what it was 2 games ago.

jc

Each game Jok and Delpit show that they are the real deal.
Greedy seemed to have a nice game.

Can't see Harrison getting resigned, unless it is a team friendly contract. He is a solid to good player when on the field but doesn't seem to be able to stay on the field.

Malcolm Smith has filled in quite nicely since the Walker injury

. Yes it was a terrible throw, something you and leadtheway can't wait to point out! Regardless!

Oh yes, JOK and Delpit are VERY good for our team. What a great variable they bring

Literally just watched Big Ben overthrow a wide open JuJu for a TD.

Is it frustrating? Yes. Does it happen? Quite a bit to every QB.

And yes, Baker was off today overall. Bottom line, we won today

I meant to mention this. Greedy did have a nice game. And not just the pick.

What about Baker when pressured? He isn't very good under pressure.

Roethlisberger is terrible. Baker should not be.

Again.. QBs have bad games but as some point out. He could have a few great games and you haters say nothing. The minute he had 1 bad throw you can't wait to point it out!

He had the late game pass def (already mentioned) and I forgot about the QB hit, but thought Jefferson had his number all day long. He also was late to their only TD (to Jefferson) and was even visibly mad at himself for it.

The larger sample size of Ward far outweighs his recent, IMO, poor play. But it has been there.

I thought he was mad at our safety who was supposed to have inside leverage.

j/c:

He should have gone elsewhere with the ball, so OBJ does not whiff on a one-handed catch...

But I admit, Baker was off all day. I'm telling you, it's either because Landry is out or OBJ is in...

The announcer call the Browns the Guardians was an intentional mistake.

If only it was only one bad throw

Agreed.

But every QB misses wide open throws every once in while. It might not happen every game, but they all do it.

Baker has missed multiple wide open guys two games in a row. I have faith he’ll improve.

Right. He actually said "Guardians and the Twins."

Wasn't funny, but was intentional.

Bottom line, the Browns won. Give the victory to the d or the o, or anywhere in between. Cleveland is flying home with a W. That's all that matters.

Actually to some being critical is all that matters

I said it last week with a sample size of one, but I'll reiterate it now: This Defense is LEGIT.

That is one Hell of an offense they just shut down, and one Hell of a run game they crushed. They are FUN to watch!


That offense of ours, though, looks completely disjointed and out of tune.
The QB is sailing WAY too many passes high, and has been for weeks.
Today, he sailed them high and just blatantly failed to pull the trigger on several wide open throws.... which makes me think that HE didn't think he could get the ball there. There is more going on there than we know.
The OLine is giving it their all, but they're ambulatory. We *really* miss Hubbard's abilities. Having both OT's and the C so banged up hurts. Having to go to our 3rd string OT when Wills has to go out REALLY hurts.
Get well soon, Hubs!

If the offense can get healthy and the defense can stay healthy and both units play to their capabilities, this IS our year to hoist the Lombardi. Both units are just THAT GOOD when healthy.