6-3 is good

Our ground game is back!!!

Chubb and hunt really heated up in the 2nd half!! Our defense did a great job limiting Watson!

Due to the weather delay, I missed the first half cause I took a nap, but I’m glad I woke up in time to see the best Running back duo in football!!

Whoops. Hopefully the refs delete mine

Chubb and Hunt! Thunder and Lightning!

Nick Chubb could end up in Canton.

We won and no one got hurt. That's all that matters. This was a must win game.

Garrett STUD

HUNT STUD

CHUBB STUD

Defense played outstanding

Chubb is my alltime FAVORITE NFL Player.

What Class!!!!!!!

We won.

Better not hear anymore of this “Baker sucks! Replace him!” nonsense in here.

Did Teller play today?

OL PLAYED GREAT!!!

I lived through 1-31. I'll take 6-3.

That's all there was in the Game Day thread.

Stefanski wasn't perfect but he got the job done.
I thought the whole D did very well.
Collectively a good offensive performance.

6-3 feels good. I really, really, really hope we are saying 8-3 in 2 weeks time.

- Initial reaction, I want to vomit. Had the Browns -4 and Chubb steps out at the one.

- All in all, a pretty boring game.

- Having Chubb and Teller back made the difference.

- Chubb makes Hunt better.

- Mayfield made some plays when he had to. Neither QB could pass well in that wind.

- Several stupid penalties.

- Won a game we had to have. Browns are 6-3.

- Build a dome.

Teller played today.

iirc: Hubbard was going to be out.

actually, now mention it,

Sure felt like the Browns got away with , something on that last big run, the run by Chubb.

The Browns player ended up on top of the defenders back just about the line of scrimmage as Chubb turned the corner.
So, holding or block in the back.

edit: it was a skinny player, too small to be a lineman or even the TE from what I think I saw, I'm not accusing the OL of the penalty,
maybe it was incidential, not sure how it happened, but I thought it was probably coming back, up till he stepped out of bounds on the 1,
I haven't seen that before.

A play I think will get overlooked was that PI call on Higgins. That was such a high IQ play by Bake. He know Houston was going to be aggressive, especially with the playclock running down to 1 second.

He threw his finger up to Stefanski to tell him not to call the TO then immediately hard count with between 1 and 2 seconds left and got Houston to jump offsides for the free play. Even without the PI, that would have got us a first down on 3rd and 4. Used Houston’s aggression and the clock to his advantage.

Amen. No team has an advantage in extreme wind. And it's questionable there's any advantage in extreme cold.

This is an important point. Baker couldn't throw in the wind. Watson also struggled with it.

Baker was pretty pedestrian. Missed a couple of easy 1st down conversions that should have been pitch and catch. That's not winning football. That's football that makes you ask if the guy is just destined to be an average player.

On the flip side he has a penchant for making 3rd and long conversions like no other QB in the league. The one to Higgins was winning football.

He's a frustrating player right now.

PURE CLASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Why did Chubb run out of bounds anyway?

So they could just take a knee and win. Gave the Texans zero chance of a miracle.

Very smart play by Chubb.

He thought they could come back from a 10 pt deficit with 55 seconds left.

He was playing in a wind tunnel today.

Overall, the teams did their jobs. Very few penalties. D held Deshaun to a single score. O scored a clutch TD. Teams in general looked well-coached. O-line looks like it's returning to form. Baker didn't hurt us, made some nice plays, some smart throw-aways. But we are blessed to have Garret, Chubb, and Hunt. All three had key plays that directly affected the outcome. So good to have Chubb back. Good win. 6-3 GO BROWNS!

Because there was 56 seconds left. A quick TD and a onside recovery - they can still win.

Didn't the Browns give up 3 TDs in under 4 or 5 minutes to the Bears one year (under Butch?)? ... two kneel downs and it was an unwinnable game by Houston.

Because sticking the knife in wasn't enough... He wanted to twist it.

Baker looked better than Watson today. We can win with him as long as we have Chubb Teller Janovic and Hunt.

It eliminated any possibility that Houston could have any kind of miraculous score/onside kick/score.

We just took a knee twice, and the game was over.

smartest play of the game.

Gurley scored 2 weeks and cost ATL the game.

I know. I'm just saying the game is sealed either way.

Player of the Game,! ONE PLAYER!

Game ball, Kareem Hunt! Earned it, IMO.

The first first down of that final drive,
were 3 runs to Hunt,
The 4th run to Hunt was a big gain,

Quarter for Quarter, all day, and going the extra effort,

I think Kareem Hunt really helped them, took the lion share of the win today!

It was midway through the 3rd before I was even sure if Chubb was going to play.

Ya Chubb got the Big run in the end, and Hooper, Peoples Jones, Higgins,
but I'm watching Hunt put in the work, and if they don't get those first downs to run the clock,
then the Games still going on.

Also.
RAC's team played the classic meltdown game today, that we are so used to watching.

Imagine being a Texans fan and seeing this:

Chubb is one of the most unselfish players in the NFL and a class act. He plays for the team and not himself.

Player of the Game,! ONE PLAYER!

NICK CHUBB!

https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2020/10/25/21533370/falcons-lions-todd-gurley-accidental-td-loss

Gurley would argue that

Hunt and Chubb won this game for us!

Yeah. That could never happen to the Browns.

Both QBs struggled with the wind. Most of us knew the weather would be a big factor today. Love that Chubb is back. The combination of Chubb and Hunt is so sweet.

I absolutely agree with everything you said. Of course, taking one yard off your rushing total doesn't affect your season total really. And backs are usually remembered for yards, not td's.

The Falcons were losing by two. We would have been up by ten.

It doesn't matter. The game is over either way. I am just curious as to why he did it.

With that wacky weather who knows what could've happened.

If he isn't asked that question in the post-game presser, every "journalist" should be deprived of his/her credentials.

Good enough for me:

Just feels good that we're 6-3!

And Philip Rivers would argue that.

and in 6th place for the playoffs. At this point the best we are going to get is 5th.

Why can’t we just say he’s growing and learning in a system designed to take better advantage of his strengths? Imagine him in year 5 of this offense. We just won this game with 2 backs over 100 yds rushing. Basically just flipped the Raiders game.

I'm a proponent of keeping Baker long term.

But if I'm being objective about his game today it was backup worthy.

j/c...

Chubb will be the first on the team to get a contract extension from the 2018 draft class.

I would like to see him play in a game without horrible wind.

Chubb and Hunt , my oh my.. Just curious as to why the Ski isn't using the TE,s more in his scheme ; Thought that was his MO ? 6-3 LOVE IT.

Chubb: When he scores a TD, he doesn’t showboat. Tosses the ball to the ref, celebrates a bit with his teammates and jogs to the sideline.

Class.

Hunt: One play in the fourth quarter on a run over RG, he looked to be stopped for a yard or two but kept his legs churning, ended up with seven or eight. TJ Watt turned to the ref, I think asking why there was no whistle. There was no whistle because Hunt kept fighting.

Baker didn’t make costly mistakes, converted that third and long on our TD drive, his biggest play, at a crucial moment. Neither QB did much.

I’d like some of the D-minded folks here to explain why we only gave up 7 points today (aside from the weather conditions).

The Texans didn’t get much on the ground, unlike the Raiders. Mack looked more involved today, Ward was good as usual. We tackled well, I thought, and had tighter coverage on the under routes.

I’ll take 6-3, we got the win that we needed to.

Not being able to convert 3rd and short pitch and catch plays doesn't have anything to do with the wind. Baker's inability to convert a 3rd and 4 set up Watson's TD drive.

It was that type of game.


You do what you must to win. No turnovers.

Don't beat yourself. Make the plays that are there that you can make.

Play defense. I feared Watson as a runner in this game. I respect the guy. He is hard nosed player that will take a game over. We did enough.

Rough conditions.

If there is one thing that gets me going is being able to run when the defense knows the run is coming.

Now I am hoping for good weather to see if we can pass and run.

I think that it was difficult conditions that made the game low scoring. Very few passes beyond 10 yards were completed. Neither QB could do a thing. Reading anything into this game about Bakers play is a fools errand.

the wind has absolutely destroyed our passing abilities the last 2 games.

next week should be better.

He didn't look all that great. Could have cost us the game.If we needed him to throw us back into this game we would have been in trouble. Great defense and running game. Go browns!!

Post Game, Post game,

The Safety Blitz failed twice in the 2nd half.

Coming off a bye week where the company line was they studied their own team to do more of what they do well and less of what they don't do well.

iirc, I've only seen the safty/db blitz one other time all year, it worked that time.

Was anyone else annoyed by that announcer?

"I don't know why they'd come out on 4th and 4."

Because we were at midfield, you bozo. If we draw them off it's an automatic 1st and a free play. If we false start we essentially lose nothing, and...oh, what's that? Houston had to burn a time out...

Romeo burning a timeout on that play is so classic Romeo.

j/c...

Hard to believe Terry Kirby and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar never accomplished this feat...

I am rather surprised that Mack and Byner didn't accomplish that when they both had 1000+ in a single season.

Leroy Kelly is my favorite Brown of all Time

Let's hope all these baker excuses ( and I've made a ton!), turn out to be right.

Nick Chubb is in my top 3 already haha

Tight game, backs to the goalposts, just trying to grind out a 1st down... Coach has the presence of mind to remind players not to score? Good stuff. Freddie would have tried to score twice.

Love Myles But Chubb is My Favorite on This Team and High on my All-Time List Too

I wish I was old enough to enjoy Leroy Kelly and Jim Brown (I think at least haha)

Kelly was the best Mud Runner I ever Saw ...

He sure was I liked him and Walter Johnson the DT. I think Walters # was 71.

Awe Man Walter Johnson Do you remember when He tackled Bob Hayes for a Safety

Defense played well over...

Running game got going when we needed them most...

Passing game was average at best... considering the weather I guess that's understandable....

getting to 6-3 feels great!

Nice to see the defensive almost had a shutout.

Mayfield made key plays at key times when the team put everything on his shoulders. There were times when the playcalling,running game, and penalties just weren't working and were putting him in very tough spot. He came through for his team today even though it might not show up in the numbers.
- twice the team was backed up against the endzone with the running game doing nothing and he picked up first downs.
- on the touchdown drive he pulled the team out of a 3rd and 18 and a 2nd and 18 situation.

Easy to forget these plays in a game like this, but these plays all probably change the score of the game.

I can't say I remember Walter tackling Bob Hayes. I do remember Dale Lindsay diving to tackle Hayes in an open field and preventing a 1st down. I'm sure it was a playoff game in either "68 or "69

Yeah he didn’t put up big numbers but had some clutch completions.

Rishuz, Then dashaun Watson is backup worthy as well. His numbers were pretty much the same as bakers. Baker did what he needed to do to win the game.

Both quarterbacks were negatively impacted by the elements but we won the game. Nothing else matters.

Other than giving us a 100% chance of victory, it also saved any potential injuries!

I don’t care if it’s baker mayfield or Aaron Rodgers.

If you’re QB only needs to throw the ball 20 times because you have two studs punishing the defense in a WIN, there shouldn’t be a team, FO, or fan base that wouldn’t take that every Sunday.

We are 6-3, and we got our stud RG and RB back. I’m completely happy with the direction of this team.

I'd be happy with a Trent Dilfer superbowl win for this team.

- Agreed, 6-3 is good.

- For whatever reason, the 6-3 does not seem real. Maybe it's the schedule. Maybe it's that we've only put up a decent showing against one good team. If we're calling Indy a good team. At any rate, glad to be 6-3 but it seems fragile. Like if I say it too often it will evaporate.

- So good to see Chubb and Teller back in the game.

- Good rotation with Chubb and Hunt. They stay fresher a lot longer than HOU's D did.

- LOL at the one announcer that said he's like to see more consistency from Teller. He's just the highest rated OG in the league.

- Chubb is football smart, team first. But he ticked a lot of people off who bet CLE to cover. Then again, they picked CLE to cover. So that's on them.

- I may be wrong, but it seemed to me Watt was not a huge factor.

- Second game in a row (LV) where, on the scoreboard, the D looked as though they did a good job. Prevented the big play.

- Unlike the LV game, the D managed some stops.

- However, our D absolutely blows at tackling. I mean, it is embarrassingly bad. Almost Biblically poor.

- Sandejo is still Sandejo. Ball carriers bouncing off him as if he is barely an inconvenience. Really bad in coverage. On HOU's TD he was covering a very empty part of the end zone. No one within 5 yards of him.

- Is it me, or does it seem Sandejo jumps on the pile?

- I know I am pretty harsh when it comes to Sandejo. I do not question his heart or his desire. It's just that he is not good at his job. And that effects my favorite team.

- Stefanski has not yet made me question his clock management. But I do not understand those time outs at the end of the 1st half.

Browns win, I’m good.

Sell a lot more coffee and hot chocolate at ridiculous prices. Home field advantage!

Agree on the timeouts at the end of the half. First time i questioned his decision making in that regard. I still don't know why he did it.

Hoping we stripped the ball.

of course ... we’ll probably be 10-6 and not in the playoffs again

Then we need to go 11-5!

This is the kind of common sense post I live for.

Not every missed throw means that a team's QB needs to be replaced.
Not every dropped pass means a WR needs to get thrown upon the chopping block.

__________


Base-level post-game:

Whether CLE plays at home in inclement weather, or on the road in a dome... the answer to The Challenge is simple: Make every team that plays us choke on a steady diet of run game- right down their throats.

There is simply no NFL answer for a Chubb/Hunt-based attack, if

1. Browns can commit to The Run Game as their identity
2. Baker Mayfield can competently manage a game.

At this point- in Year One of this brand-new admin/Kevin Stefanski HC story, 'Game Manager' should absolutely be the only role Baker Mayfield is encouraged to learn and master... no matter what 'Season 2020' brings.

6-3

The biggest takeaway for me today was the last drive. We were able to drive over 90 yards on the ground and run off almost 5 minutes off the clock. That was a superb drive when we needed it most.

What are the thoughs on that unsportmanlike call on that tackle? I’ve tried remembering who it was but can’t, lol. I thought the wr was in the air and the only thing to do was take him down.

It was Wilson. It was definitely a personal foul.

Extend Teller now. It looks like it will only get more expensive if we wait. Once he got back in the groove, we were rolling.

Was nice to see Chubb looking healthy, too.

Mack Wilson looked like he might be getting back closer to full speed as well.

Still don't believe Sendejo can possibly be our best option at safety. Watson was staring down the left side of the endzone on his TD and Sendejo was just hanging out in no man's land. He might be able to recite the defense to you backwards, but his instincts appear to be non-existent. I'm ready to see what Moffatt's got. Let Sendejo help get guys lined up from the sidelines, though I feel like they should have a pretty good idea on their own by now.

Reminded me of the Joe " Turkey " Jones take down of Terry Bradshaw back in the day.

Seems like every game of every season we get burnt by the Qb running.
Need to figure out a way to fix that

I honestly think a lot of it is our lack of speed on defense. We seem so SLOW sometimes ... especially our LBs

pdawg, that was a great drive. The Texans were commited to stopping the run, they knew we were going to run and we still ran it down the throat of their defense. Great blocking up front and a great two headed monster at running back!

Baker 60% w/ 132yrds ZERO interceptions QBR 85.6.
In that wind it was a very good and well managed performance.
Chubb & Hunt each over 100 yards and their difference in running styles caused havoc.
I have to say this is the toughest I've ever seen Hunt fight.
He and Chubb feed off each other.
O line pretty much made Watt a non-factor AND w/ for the most part single coverage. They are gelling and the RB's were given some nice lanes!
D did a great job of containing Watson. They and the weather caused his lowest QBR this year, by a large margin.
The 'no mas' at the end was BRILLIANT!
Chubb scared me w/ that last run.. then I was LMAO....

Another low scoring boring game,,, But we won and nobody got hurt,, So I'm happy..

I have been very critical of the defense. They played a good game.

The Texans only score was very close to not happening.

Ronnie Harrison has proven to be a great pick up. So glad we have him. He made a bunch of plays. He shows speed, instincts, and is a sure tackler.

Wilson who had played poorly had a good game. He made tackles and started to react better overall.

Teams in our division have to play outdoors. That means you have to be able to adjust to conditions. You can not be one dimensional. You have to embrace the conditions and still thrive. If you have to run. Then you must execute.

When our OL is in full gear our offense can run and pass.

Baker was good enough. Sometimes throwing the ball away or checking down are good plays. Other times you have to be accurate, and win games throwing. Yesterday was about trusting the game plan and not turning it over.

Maybe next week we have to win throwing?

Having Chubb and Hunt behind a great line is luxury no other team has. When you have it. Use it.

Great feeling being 6-3.

I don't know where we will end up but it feels damn good being here now.

What did you gain after wasting our possession with time running out? Maybe it was brilliant NFL clock management, but I saw no logic in it. Why, before the half, did it happen that way with timeouts?

J/c

Teller clearly makes a big difference IMO. He’s a freaking mauler and the last drive it was so apparent ... the first 2-3 plays when he pulled and we got out of our own end zone was impressive

Yep, same here but I'll take these every week if we could get them.

Really happy for Chubb and Teller coming back. The announcers were talking up Hunt all game... perhaps even dissing Chubb a little bit. I was ok with it because I think Hunt usually doesn't get the love he deserves. Anyways, Chubb quietly turned in a 100+ game when all was said and done. That last run sure did help, I'm sure... but he had to work hard pretty much all game. Watching our 2 runners really is a thing of beauty. You have Chubb with the vision and slipperyness, and then Hunt with the BOOM.

Defense seemed to have a gameplan and executed it. Nothing fancy, just some decent D. This is an improvement.

Higgins and Landry had good games. Good to have Hooper back. DPJ looked a little more comfortable fielding kicks, but then had that brain fart at the end.

I thought Mayfield played very meh. He had some smart plays (even the grounding penalty was him doing the right thing, just not quite getting it where it needed to go), and he had some really nice throws, but overall he had a weak game. Weather probably didn't help, but the Texans were clearly selling out for the run, and the run had to break through in order to win the game.

I was fine with the tackling unsportsmanlike. I won't discourage any physicality with our D. I was not fine with the taunting unsportsmanlike. That was just dumb.

It would be nice to get a good weather game soon but I heard this morning next week's forecast is already bad.

For sure. How many times over the years did we need a drive like that at the end of the game we had a lead in? Only to go 3 and out and punt. Yes Houston has a bad run defense but that was still a huge step for us to bleed the clock like that, and with all of it on the ground.

It’s crazy that we’ve had such horrible/freak weather for home games. I mean, we all know it’s not going to be “nice” in Cleveland in November ... but 70mph gusts and hail? Haha my goodness

To be fair, he also had that conversion to Higgins. I've been somewhat critical of Baker this year, but he played on the same level as Watson yesterday. I do agree on the third and short being frustrating though.

I'd like to see how he plays when the wind dies down, and again when we have to rely on him more to win the game, like what happened with the Bengals. Yesterday, Stefanski was hell bent on beating the Texans with the run game, and it happened to work.

That is wonderful. Hated that Statistic that Ben was the winningest QB in our own house.

I like that they only used Chubb half the time. It’s such a benefit that we’ve had Hunt ... Dorsey getting Hunt, Teller, and Chubb on this roster has molded our identity

Our defense was practically robbed of a shutout. If it weren't for that pop up Watson threw while getting hit turning into a big gain, and Wilson giving Watson the "rock bottom" for a 15yd penalty.....that scoring drive would have stalled.

Sendejo not at 100%!

I think he technically got the tackle, but Sendejo getting trucked by Duke had me laughing.

Speaking of which, did Duke bulk up? He seemed like he was bigger to me than he was when he was with us.

PFF CLE Browns
@PFF_Browns
The highest-graded #Browns on offense and defense vs. HOU on Sunday (min. 25 snaps):

Wyatt Teller - 96.4Red exclamation mark symbol #mauler
Ronnie Harrison - 77.6

Both these guys were really good pick-ups for us. I hope Andrew Berry continues to look and find some players that can help us. I know John Dorsey is the one that got us Teller.

Garrett got jiped on his sacks he only at 9.5

He should blame Sheldon Richardson for also tackling the QB.

I'm not sure what Teller did to get ready last offseason, but, as long at it wasn't steroids or selling his soul to the devil, we need to get the rest of the OL on that regimen!

He's been a straight-up beast, and is just as critical to our run game success as Chubb.

And to think, we all thought the RG spot was going to be a weakness coming into the year! I echo the thoughts that we need to get him locked-up long term now while we still have some leverage!

Some players have no consideration for others.

Teller is a must extend for me at this point. He was surprisingly solid in the 1st half for missing so many games, but after getting beat by Luiget early in the 3rd he became an absolute beast for the remainder of the game.

I like him when he's angry.

Teller has demanded respect. Think we should clone him.

Is this level of play a fluke? Doesn't seem yo be so to me. Is there more upside from here? Putting some of his line brothers to shame.

From the ^ article ^


That's my coach. Love it.

j/c:

What a fantastic ending to the game! For once, it was exactly what us Browns fans needed. All hail Nick Chubb!

Coaching matters in the NFL.

A little late on this, but that was a really nice win for the Bronws. Once again they responded after a loss (the bye definitely helped don't get me wrong) against a team they have struggled with for years. Houston just always seems to have our number.

The game itself was not that watchable. I am not a fan of weather games. I know that will upset the caveman fans who think football should be played in the worst weather humanly possible.

The older I get the more I think the NFL should be played in climate controlled stadiums. Either get a dome or get what Indy has.

I went to the Big Ten championship some years ago. It was really cold outside. It was nice to take my seat and take my coat off. The quality of the game was much much better too.

I know people wanna rag on Baker, but his last 2 games have been played in complete dog crap weather. They went run heavy and that was the smart thing to do. This offense when Chubb and Hunt are in is just such a beast for teams to handle. If the Browns can ever figure out how to play defense, having those 2 in your backfield in the 4th quarter when guys are tired, hurt, etc... could be lethal. It ain't gonna happen this year, but maybe next year we can have a real defense.

6-3 is really good for this team. They have some games left on the schedule that they can win too. I do believe we will have a better showing against Pitt and Baltimore the second time around. Those to me are the most interesting games left. I want to see how Kevin Stefanski adjusts. I realize the Pitt game could be a throwaway, maybe even for both teams.

I have this sinking feeling that the Browns could have a repeat of 07, where you get 10 wins and no playoffs. It's possible. The win over Indy is certainly helpful, but that loss to the Raiders was a tough blow. You have a lot of 6-3 teams and teams around that as well right now. Lot of games left to play obviously but the Browns can't afford to lose games they should win.

Agreed and next weeks Philly game will be tough. We can control our own destiny at this point. We just have to take care of business.

I think we finally 'won' vs the bye week. Past regimes made this A LOT harder than it sounds.

Yup, and I know Philly looks bad right now, but I don't expect anything less than a nail biter.

That's why people trying to predict this kinda stuff before the season starts is just kinda stupid. You really don't know what you're getting into until that week arrives. People probably chalked up that Giants game as a W, and now? The Giants seem to be finding themselves a little bit these last few weeks.

It’s football, sperg, not indoor hockey.

Play in the elements, embrace it. Goalies... smh...

playing hockey outside is awful, i know i probably just angered caveman hockey fans too lmao

Sperg, Philly is a better team than 3-5-1. They have had a lot of injuries and they are just now getting back their players. They need this game as badly as we do. It will be a tough game.

Yeah that's the thing, they are still very very much alive in a playoff hunt, because of that division. That really changes a lot. Gonna be a battle.

Plus I think Dough Pederson is a good coach. I think it's a recipe for disaster for the Browns if they don't excecute.

As each week passes I find myself more and more supporting Stefanski.

Maybe after all the head coaching turmoil we finally have our guy?

If we have truly cemented the head coach and GM it will be the most significant improvement since coming back into the league.

Watching Chubb’s TD run again and we got lucky, Wills totally chop blocks #96 and it opens up a massive cutback for Chubb to score. I don’t mind it.

I saw a Browns guy on Twitter say this as well .. then someone replied that Bitonio had JUST disengaged and it wasn’t quite a penalty. Not sure what the rules are or if that’s even true, but I remember seeing the clip thinking we got a break too

One thing that really helped us on that play is that Watt gambled on it being play-action, and guessed wrong.

I know he’s a bit older now, but it’s crazy that I barely noticed Watt on the field. Remember when we played them like 5 years ago and he was literally EVERYWHERE

Sure seems like it. The team seems more organized. You also hear multiple guys, including key members of the team parroting his 1-0 message that he has gotten across to the team. That's a good sign that guys seem to be buying in this early.

Gotta beat the Steelers though. Gotta beat the Ravens too. I am so intersted to see how the team comes out in that MNF game now that Baltimore has showed some weaknesses as this year goes on.

We all flipped out after that week 1 beatdown, myself included, and now both teams are 6-3, and they have what could be a monumental matchup in front of the whole country on the horizon.

I think it is safe to say that Sefanski will return next year.

Less drama, better team...

and the year after and the year after

Let's not go crazy here ..... Haslam still owns the team.

ALways a good point.

I'd say he gets 3 years easy based on this year (2 more years) at least

You hate seeing when guys or schemes work well, but the result doesn’t match

This might be a nooby moment of mine.... do we have an issue with our downfield blockers getting in the way of the runner?

It's something I think I keep seeing when we're running well... our own downfield blockers get somewhat involved with the tackle.

I think it is more our runners trying to stay behind the blockers to set up blocks/lanes and trying to see which side of a block to go to. But, gaps close fast in the NFL and if the runner tries to cut too closely off the back of a blocker and the defender can shed or another defender is coming in, then the runner is boxed. The moment they commit to one side, they are not restricted in where they can go until/unless they get past that blocker.

Great post!