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Loads of good and on point observations which I want to highlight or echo. In no particular order.
3 people mentioned uninspiring - that's troubling both from a talent perspective and effort and attitude perspective. Couple that with looking unprepared and while not so much this game but others - KS still getting outcoached in the 2nd half of games when other HC's have made their adjustments ... very troubling and points to a coaching issue for me. We've seen a very strong history of having a solid first drive with scripted plays - maybe a good Q1 - and then losing the rest of the game and being out-schemed.
Someone said KS coached scared - but that's something else we have seen time and again. I don't think scared - but playing not to lose, being conservative. How many games with giant leads (3 scores) ended up close? A lot. The Stefanski supporters claimed it was a well managed game to reduce risk - but look around at winning teams and top tier head coaching and when they can, they step on the throats of their opposition. I'd like to see us do that more. We're aggressive on 4th down (because the analytics says to do it) but not anywhere else within the game.
Someone talked about no-one being to blame - I think it's about accountability and hearing the HC talk platitudes in the post game presser and saying 'on me' 'must try harder' doesn't cut it. For all the love Schwartz got last year - for example - he's calling some questionable defensive plays or the D in general is performing under expectations. And you'd like to see some passion and fire among players and coaches .... not week in week out. Not fake stuff - but when it's so chronically bad, and the attitude is pedestrian it's frustrating.
Amari - As much as I loved the acquisition and think highly of him, his play 2024 has sucked. Attitude appears to suck. Awful drops and body language. Sort it out.
DW played well - he showed some grit - he wasn't the problem. Are we going to see more of the same every week for the rest of the year?? It would be a huge huge improvement.
As someone said, we've lost to two really bad teams - games we gave ourselves a chance to win despite playing badly - both times shot ourselves in the foot and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Good teams or bad teams that are well coached find ways to get the W. Can't help wonder what Tomlin would have got out of the talent the Browns have had over the last 3-4 years. They consistently find ways to overperform and finish - while we don't. Very frustrating again.
Lastly - salary cap not withstanding - I think I am at the point where I think Berry has done a terrible job. Put aside the DW trade - there's more at play there than simply Berry ... but the WR position has been badly managed. Behind Chubb who was a Dosey pick, the RB's are below average. The OL has starters with a history of injuries and woeful depth behind them. . . . There are some hits in his drafts. Newsome and JOK probably the best ... but so many misses. Check them out ....
https://brownswire.usatoday.com/lis...-browns-have-made-under-gm-andrew-berry/With the improved play from DW - we can win some games with some improvement in other areas. We might not look so bad moving forward ... but a winning record is almost impossible at this point. Playoffs no. Another year gone while we wait till next year. Ugh.
