That was a surprisingly good game. I was going to be mad if that PI face mask non-call ended up being the deciding factor. That missed extra point was almost a big deal.
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What happened to Joe Burrow on the 2 3rd quarter drives following the Rams field goal that brought the score to 20-16? On those 2 failed offensive drives lies the loss imo. The Rams did very little to win the game also, imo, but they got the victory.
Can Deshaun Watson play better for the Browns, than Baker Mayfield would have? ... Now the Games count.
It's too bad the refs decided to hold their flags until the final moments of the game. I think there were 2 unsportsmanlike penalties called the entire game. Then on the final drive they start tossing them for things they allowed the entire game.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
i wonder if Missouri residents are still ticked off over the Rams relocating to LA.
i would be. wonder who Nelly wanted to win (probably bengals)
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I guess Bengal fans are griping today about the calls against their defense in the red zone on the Rams winning drive. I thought they were good calls; Kupp got mugged on both of those plays. Up to that point, I had been surprised at all the calls the refs didn't make, like the blatant facemask by Higgins on Ramsey that produced a Bengal TD, and also on the (legal) push out of bounds of Burrow near the sideline where I saw at least 3 Bengals take shots at Aaron Donald in the scrum after the play.
I wouldn't say Kupp got mugged. The facemask by Higgins was bad.
But let's be honest... who here wasn't waiting for the refs to suddenly start throwing flags all over the field for a drive after letting them play the rest of the game?
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
I know the missed face mask was a gift on the Bengals TD. But that was early in the game and if you watch it full speed, you aren't sure what the hell happened. The end of the game was a poop-storm of bad calls. All went the way of the Rams.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
The Bengals bad quarterback play in the 3rd quarter lost them the game by failing to add to their total of 20 points on 2 or 3 drives. The coach should have been more upset, maybe even should have played the backup quarterback for a drive.
Can Deshaun Watson play better for the Browns, than Baker Mayfield would have? ... Now the Games count.
I wouldn't say Kupp got mugged. The facemask by Higgins was bad.
But let's be honest... who here wasn't waiting for the refs to suddenly start throwing flags all over the field for a drive after letting them play the rest of the game?
On the defensive holding at the 5 yd line, the LB had a fistful of Kupp's jersey in one hand and the other arm wrapped around Kupp. That's a mugging. Ditto on the DPI against Apple who was clearly holding Kupps jersey and inhibiting his ability to get to the ball. These weren't ticky tack calls, they were fairly obvious ones, IMO.
The Rams were moving the ball at ease and scoring when they had two legitimate WR threats on the field. Once one of them went down, they were stifled. The loss of that WR with the knee injury was devastating to their offense. The game announcers saw just how obvious it was. They saw just how much an infusion of talent on both the O and D as the season wore on paid big dividends.
In the end, when the game was on the line, the Rams D stepped up and the Rams came up with a game winning drive. The constant pressure and sacks the Rams handed Burrows were the death knell.
It was very competitive game which involved good offensive as well as defensive play. Even when the Bengals couldn't seem to stop the Rams until one of their best offensive contributors went down with a knee injury.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
OBJ went down with a couple minutes left in the 2nd, so I'm just using quarter stats (I don't remember if LA had the ball in the 1st half after OBJ went down).
I don't see an offense that "were moving the ball at ease", and then "they were stifled" after one dude went down. Stafford threw INTs in each half, but the 2nd half one resulted in 0 yards for that drive, vs 37 yards on the 1 in the first half. They also picked up some yards in the second half off of penalties vs completions. I know they leaned on Kupp in the late part of the game pretty hard (seemed like it anyway).
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
IMO.. IF the bungles had the Browns starting Oline, and the secondary they would have won the game.. conversely, if the Browns had the Browns starting Oline (the healthy version) and the bungles starting QB we would have won that game.
There were almost four minutes left in the first half when OBJ went down. If you couldn't see how much more trouble the Rams had moving the ball after he went down I can't help you. They scored a grand total of three points the entire game after that before the ending drive.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
There were almost four minutes left in the first half when OBJ went down. If you couldn't see how much more trouble the Rams had moving the ball after he went down I can't help you. They scored a grand total of three points the entire game after that before the ending drive.
Except for that one touchdown in the first half, they only scored 7 points with him.
If you couldn't see how much more trouble the Rams had moving the ball after he went down I can't help you. They scored a grand total of three points the entire game after that before the ending drive.
I didn't see much of a difference, and I don't need your help. I laid out the total and air yardage totals for each half. There's not much of a difference (54), especially considering one of the 2nd half drives was 1 play (INT). Passing yards accounted for all but 20 of their yards in the first half, and all but 12 yards in the second.
That backs up what I saw. They were not 'stifled' after OBJ. They had to overcome a couple bad plays. Their defense did a really good job of getting them the ball back as the game went on. When they needed a score in crunch time, they went to their dude, Kupp, and got what they needed to win.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
IMO.. IF the bungles had the Browns starting Oline, and the secondary they would have won the game.. conversely, if the Browns had the Browns starting Oline (the healthy version) and the bungles starting QB we would have won that game.
Raise your hand if you think Cinci finally tries to seriously fix their OLine this off-season.
A healthy Baker and two healthy OTs and we could have won that game, easy.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
IMO.. IF the bungles had the Browns starting Oline, and the secondary they would have won the game.. conversely, if the Browns had the Browns starting Oline (the healthy version) and the bungles starting QB we would have won that game.
Raise your hand if you think Cinci finally tries to seriously fix their OLine this off-season.
A healthy Baker and two healthy OTs and we could have won that game, easy.
To win that game, 1st of all the Browns would have to had to get past the Chiefs And in 2 years the Browns have to.beat the Chiefs
Just saw a clip of the last play. It sure looks like Perine half-assed it and should have caught that ball with the Super Bowl on the line. It was an amazing effort by Burrow to even get that off as he was being flung to the ground. It's at 3:49 of this clip:
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IMO.. IF the bungles had the Browns starting Oline, and the secondary they would have won the game.. conversely, if the Browns had the Browns starting Oline (the healthy version) and the bungles starting QB we would have won that game.
Raise your hand if you think Cinci finally tries to seriously fix their OLine this off-season.
A healthy Baker and two healthy OTs and we could have won that game, easy.
I still don't think the Bengals have exorcised all their past demons. Mike Brown has to cheap out somewhere.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Brown definitely has that foil factor. We’ll see what they do with their OL. I saw somewhere that Burrow has taken way more of a beating at this point than Andrew Luck did. He also doesn’t have Luck’s build.
They need to protect what is likely their best QB in franchise history.
I think we’re also waiting to see what exactly happened to his knee toward the end of the game as well, aren’t we?
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A good chunk of it is actually on him (holding the ball), but the Bengals were setting BAD records in their run this year (sacks). I think they'll look at getting to the SB as 'good enough' and pretty much roll with what they had this year.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
IMO.. IF the bungles had the Browns starting Oline, and the secondary they would have won the game.. conversely, if the Browns had the Browns starting Oline (the healthy version) and the bungles starting QB we would have won that game.
Raise your hand if you think Cinci finally tries to seriously fix their OLine this off-season.
A healthy Baker and two healthy OTs and we could have won that game, easy.
I still don't think the Bengals have exorcised all their past demons. Mike Brown has to cheap out somewhere.
My friend who lives in.Mason told me that Mike Brown Has put alot of the decsion making in the hands of his Daughter. He said hard to.believe but the Bengals Had the 15th or 14th highest payroll in.The league last year
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