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This is a tough nut to crack. I, like most of you, watched the Monday night game and thought hmmm, they look pretty good. If we come away with a victory I think it’ll be our first against a legit team. (The Vikings IMO are not legit).

But I’m just not seeing anything in the way of balance and consistency out of the Browns and a trip across the county isn’t going help matters. It seems to me that we are perennially a late season momentum team. We’re still a young team and it seems like it takes us 6 or 7 games for Baker and the crew to find their stride. I’m chalking this up as an L.

Browns 24
Chargers 31

Best defense we've faced

and an offense averaging almost 30 a game, they are the most complete team we've played to date

only because we've already faced the Bears and knocked them down the rankings. And, they are a classic example of a defense that has a good pass defense ranking because their run defense is so terrible nobody bothers to pass a ton.



No, the Chiefs are still better in every respect, and our defense is lightyears from where it was when we played them.
Also, prior to playing us and getting knocked down the rankings, the Vikings were a FAR superior offense.

Re-read my post: We were talking about Chargers and Chiefs offenses, not their defenses.
Chiefs are better. Prior to playing us, Vikings were better.


Now, if you want to harp on just the "most complete" aspect, then I say that it's a fool's gold ranking due to how absurdly terrible their run defense is, which ABSOLUTELY is inflating their pass defense ranking.

I'm not saying they aren't good, or even that their offense isn't potentially dangerous or that their defense won't challenge our passing game, but I am saying that it's not anything we haven't seen and whether it is offense or defense, we've faced better already this season.

This one is going to be tuff to hear.

Is this the game: where; Mayfield is going to take a hit from probably what's his name, and on the hit is going to fumble the ball, (which equals the fact the announcers can say, the browns haven't lost under Stefanski when they didn't turn the ball over.) - well that'd be the turnover,

so Mayfield takes the hit, fumbles because his arm/shoulder gets injured on the hit, because it already is, and then he goes out of ability to play for several weeks.

Let's consider left tackle for a second. 4 players possibly have been in discussion for play at left tackle, James Hudson, Blake Hance, Chris Hubbard, and Jed Wills. ( And that is not moving any of the other starters over there and keeps continuity of positions, i.e. not moving Conklin, or RG. (I forget our right guards name for a second, can you imagine..) Bitonio!
LG. (my other right)...

Can they play the 6 man line! With two on the left side, using all OL, not involving the TE's.
Use the TE's as you would outside a 5 man line. Focus on Njoku in pass catching and Hooper as a blocking option, other, shouldn't see the field.

Sit Schwartz, insert Higgins. 6 man line! 2 receivers, Odell and Higgins. One tight end or one Fullback, and then the Running back of the moment.

So an eligible OL, 4 more eligible targets, 1 rb, 1 TE,
or 2 RB's 0 te's. always the 6 man line.

It's OK Throw, you have a perfectly good excuse for you're confusion. Damn mom and dad for dropping you, you after all were but a babe........ rofl

NO other purpose but an insult. You are better than this.

Will he?
I truly wonder about this. Malcolm Smith has been playing lights out, and nobody can do what JOK does.



Is he as fast and aggressive as these other guys? Will we look the same with him out there?

I know that nobody should lose their job to injury, but this isn't the same defense we ran when he was last on the field, and I'm not sure he's the best person to have out there.

I find some of the scores in this game odd, here is why.

The Bears are hardly a high power offense and they were run over by a bulldozer in the game we had with them.

That said they scored 6 points and 3 of those points were on a very questionable PI call.

Then we roll into Minn. and they score a grand total of 7 points and have somewhere around 250 total yards for the day.

With a bit of math that is a grand total of 13 points over the prior 2 weeks.

A not so great offense and a very well coached offense who had somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 points per game going into this game and they scored 7 for the afternoon.

Now we come to the Bolts and folks are saying they will put up 30 points or there about.

So what I am saying here is what makes folks think all of a sudden this defense falls on their face and gives up a number like that?

Logic tells me this will be a low scoring game, and I understand that the Bolts are a better team then what we have seen so far. I believe the Bolts are about to face the BEST defense they will see all year so why such a high score?

I guess we all have to adjust our thinking to what this defense is showing and what they are showing is they are for real and they just don't give up much of anything to I believe anyone, but will see I suppose, anything is possible????

I was very curious before the game wondering how Minnesota would attack Cleveland's defense. Cousins isn't a rookie QB and can find weaknesses in any defense. Minnesota can hit you with the run as well as the pass.

Cleveland shut down the run game and the deep ball. When was the last time you saw the Browns do that to any team?

If you haven't noticed, Cleveland will let offenses do whatever they want between the 20s. I think the strategy is more plays more chances for turnovers. It also eats up the clock. So far, they are keeping the opposing offensive possessions to less than 6 per half. I am watching this number. I think they want that number less than 5.

Another key I think to watch is the time of possession.