DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2023 NFL Season Looking Back: Browns 27 Titans 3 Postgame Thoughts

- The fans, the city, the players and the coaches needed this win. It was becoming a powder keg.

- Cautiously optimistic on Watson. He and Stefanski needed this game. Continue building the confidence. Watson through some beautiful balls today.

- Myles Garrett had an absolute monster game.

- I cannot say enough about this defense. Schwartz has these guys playing out of their minds.

- Alex Wright had a nice game.

- Ward is having a great year.

- Cooper and Watson are developing great chemistry.

- Dusty Hopkins has been great.

- Bojorquez punted well.

- Browns must build off this and beat a very beatable Baltimore team next week.

This was great.

This is the type of performance needed in the NFL. Every player showed up focused and intense on the job. The bench was ready to contribute at any given moment; their heads were in the game.

D Line - was stifling.
Line backers were quick to smother and great tackling
Corners were good - Emerson needs to play it a bit better.

Offense looked organized and executed well.
RB by committed netted about 170 yards.
Cooper is looking so much better - he and D-Wat are starting to click.
Ford doing very well today in #24's absence.

As dark as last week felt, today the sun broke through the clouds.

probably the most complete win I've seen in a long time, even without our normal running attack they had no answer for coop

I was impressed by how much our offense improved in a weeks time.

Dominated in all aspects!

DW finally had a great game. Other than the one WTH backwards pass, he was on target and reading the field better.

Defense….smh, I swear our D has Schwartz feeling like he’s Darth Vader or something. Straight villain smirk on his face the entire game. And I don’t blame him, cause the way our defense is playing, they might get charged with terrorism.

OMG - INDY WINS IN OT!!!! YESSSSSS!

And the Browns looked great today (just to stay on topic).

Hopefully their carry this to next week and put those demons to bed. A win next week would do alot for confidence (and put us in first)

Ditto.

I'll add -

Schwartz and Hopkins for president.

Now stack them. Two seasons ago we were 3-1 and missed the playoffs. Start stacking wins. This win means nothing if you don't make the playoffs.

Playing for first place next week at home. It's time for a signature win.

Yesterday I read Zay Flowers had sixteen catches all other balt Wr had sixteen, or one less
today Zay Flower had 8 catches.
so stopping him next week will be a key.

This was an excellent win and much needed after Monday night's disaster. DW looked great and I hope he now has turned the corner. Great, great effort in all phases of the game!!!

Yeah man, what you said. I can’t think of one thing to complain about. The smothering ass-kicking D, Watson was throwing darts and making quick decisions, receivers caught the damn ball, Ford and Kareem didn’t run for a lot of yards but each made a few key plays.
Our kicker, like, kicks them right down the middle, 19 times out of 20.

I didn't see the game. How did our O-line do particularly Wills?

we needed this game badly ... not just a win, but also the whole performance. Great defense, improved offense, balanced attack.

Titans basically gave up in the 3rd quarter

The defense was impressive.

Ultimately the Browns offense wore out the Titans defense.

That Garrett sack just before the half was the changing point of the game. Took point off the board.

Aside from the Moore fumble in Cleveland territory, the Titans were stifled. Would have been a shutout otherwise…

Our D only allowed 94 total yards!

We are looking like the 85 Bears on D!

Watson looked like the $230 million QB minus that bonehead backwards pass.

The run game worries me. Tennessee had it's way with our running backs.

We have to beat the Rats next week!

Go Browns!

Loved the game. Great all around performance. Of topic a bit, has anyone else looked at scores from today. I think the NFL is drunk.

We have to realize that a lot of Moore’s touches are glorified run plays. Meant to get some yards and keep the clock moving.

Watson played well, aside from that inexplicable pitch/fumble thing. With this defense, we have time to figure things out on offense. Alex Wright looked good, which was a bit of a surprise. And we played without Newsome. A lot to like!

Defense looked elite. The players on Defense that were picked up were outstanding. JOK is playing really well. It is incredibly evident that Woods and his schemes held the Defense back. Night and day difference from the last few years.

Watson looked much better amd had a great game. Still holds onto the ball too long and /or gets happy feet. Hopefully will continue to improve.

Stefanski called a much better game but we still need more quick hitting slants and draws to keep the pressure off the o-Line and Watson. We need to get Njoku way more involved in the passing game. Scrap Moore coming out of the backfield except for Jet sweeps.

Dustin Hopkins has been money. His kicks are high and go end over like they should.

I absolutely love the way the Defense is playing and the fun they are having in doing so.

Sure but there were a couple run plays today when he was a bit slow in decision-making, just a fraction but that’s all it takes. He can catch the call and has good feet

Nice post. I agree about Njoku, he can be a weapon when we get him more involved.

I agree. I feel that next week's game is a gut check for us and a trap game for the Ratburdz. We need to pound out a win. Good win today; better win next week!

Hopkins was a great addition. There is never going to be a kicker just out of college who will be better than one of these 30-year-old dudes who has bounced around while working on his craft. It is the one position where someone you’d think of as a “journeyman” is exact what you want.

This is the first legit defense since the return and the best since '94.

We have a chance every week just because of the defense. Love it.

j/c:

Remember when Watson through that TD pass to Ford and the CBS graphic showed Takitaki's name and face for the TD?

lol I saw it also

They did that.

They also showed a graphic that Cooper hadn't caught a td pass since September of last year and that the Browns lost in the wild card round a few years ago.

Pretty crappy production minus Spero and Adam who were pretty good.

Just a small suggestion to Stefanski. If the game is won and you put your backup QB in, please put your backup O-Linemen in too. No need for freak injuries.

- We arguably have the best D in the NFL.

- Great bounce back game for Watson. I liked how Stefanski called plays again this week. Knowing Watson was probably a little rattled, you saw short and intermediate thrown early on and that led to some confidence and deeper throws in the second half. He should have had a 300+ yard passing day if not for that garbage call on that Cooper catch. 27 of 33.....nice.

- JOK showed up a ton has seemed to be a big player in shutting down Henry.

- OL played much better than last game in pass pro and run blocking. Tennessees OL was terrible....kinda felt bad for Tannehill as he had zero time to throw all day.

- Pretty even distribution of yards in the running back corp. I expect to see more of that but Ford held his own and Hunt made some conversions.

- Sorry to the posters on here that were hoping for Watson to play poorly. Hope your week isn't ruined too much.

Forgot one thing...I think Garrett was held on every single sack with no calls.

They don’t want him wrecking a game

Another guy who played well: Ford ran for a TD and the celebration was low-key.
Chubb influence. He had two TDs today, in case you people hadn’t noticed. 😎

This defense is going to keep this team in games all season long. Teams have a hard time playing against a very vanilla defense. Easily the most impressive defensive line I've ever seen in browns unis. Imagine if the Offense figures it out.

I don't think LaMar is going to be able to run away from the front 4 as well as he had in the past.

Yea Ford is really getting putting in that work. Even though the Titans sold to stop the run, we still got valuable yards on the ground, and Ford is starting to look faster and more confident in his game speed and agility.

Every play, every game.

How about the catch for a TD the zebras blew dead?