Inactive list should be out soon

By Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com
BALTIMORE -- Struggling second-year receiver Anthony Schwartz is among the Browns inactives Sunday in Baltimore.

Jadeveon Clowney, who was expected to return from his ankle injury, is active and will try to help contain Lamar Jackson.

Schwartz, who went 0-3 on targets against the Patriots last week with a couple of late drops, is 1-for-6 overall this season with a 19-yard catch against the Panthers.

Schwartz, the Browns third-round pick last year out of Auburn, might now sit out a few games while he works on his game and his confidence. The Browns can definitely use his blazing speed, but he’s not even an effective decoy if he can’t catch the ball.

Schwartz in the preseason opener in Jacksonville, but bounced back and looked like he might have gotten over the hump. Instead, he’s continued to struggle and has been a liability at times. Rookie Michael Woods II will likely get more reps in the absence of Schwartz. He made his Browns debut last week and caught one of his two targets for 15 yards. He’ll likely get at least 10 reps again this week.

All told, the Browns three young receivers -- David Bell, Schwartz and Woods -- have combined for a total of eight receptions this season, and the Browns must get more production from this group.

Second-year receiver receiver Demetric Felton is also active this week to return punts in place of Chester Rogers, who muffed one at the end of last week’s 38-15 loss to the Patriots.

There were no other surprises among the Browns inactives. Denzel Ward (concussion) and Wyatt Teller (calf) had already been ruled out, and Clowney was already expected to play.

Other inactives are Kellen Mond, Joe Haeg, Chris Hubbard and Isaac Rochell.

Demteric Felton back to returning punts....what could go wrong!

We have no punt returner

Not like the Ravens will feel the need to punt.

Most everyone knew the WR position was an area of need going into the season. This should come as no surprise to anyone.

Yes and DT and nothing was done about it. Our FO is trying now but it's probably too late. I'd try and sign some guys off of other teams PS to see what I can get. We might get lucky for once.

Anthony Schwartz could show up for a back yard game in Euclid
And be the last one picked
Berry has no idea how to draft WRs
The 4 WRs he drafted has a total of 2 TDs between then

Mark andrews is someone I’d love to have on our team

j/c...

No Anthony Schwartz today? OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Welp, here it goes again

Hoping for a better showing this week

Our ball to start ugh

Real nice weather today in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio area. Windows are open! Too bad we ain't playin' here.

I’m tired of looking at our staff

Touch back … DEJ was returning

Chubb for 4

Good pass to chubb

Nice moves NC!

Chubb for 0

Bryant with a 1st down

We won the last time we played them... Wow... I don't remember.

Good drive so far

Njoku for a 1st

Chubb for 1

I hated that play .. hated it

Hope we get a 1st here.

dang - just short

Kick it .. dont go for it

First

Phew

go for it

Yea!!!

Touchdown!!

Now that's how you do it - TD!!!!!

CHUBB TD!!!

TOUCHDOWN BROWNS!!!

Can’t get much better for an opening drive. Now the pain will start watching the defense

Cmon D

Well, that was a helluva good drive and the sharpest opening drive of the year IMHO.

Yep! Real good playcalling too.

And here comes The Benny Hill Defense scheme...

Well, now we get to see if Woods got it figured out this week.

Gus Edwards is the guy

3rd and 2

Our defense is garbage

Don't get your hopes up. We've all seen this movie before.

Our D just has no life to it

Ran right at Garrett and once again he can’t make a play in run game

We have 0 chance to stop them

We suck.

DON'T START PLEASE

Yeah we have zero chance of winning

our defense is trash

Red Sea.

Finally made a play

FG try

If I were them I'd go for it.

Zero gap integrity.

7-3

at least defense held them to 3

Smart coach takes the sure 3 points!!!

3 is better than 7.

7-3 BROWNS

Somehow we held them to three! Not good, not horribly bad.

Don’t get cute KS

COOPER … nice throw

Wonderful and NO FLAGS

HUGE PLAY COOPER

Chubb for 0

Wow! What a throw!

Damn nice play

Cmon Wills gosh

That’s awful … wtf

ouch

10-3

10 to 3, Browns up.

no chance on that. ravens flew off the edge

Come on Brissett you have to see that at the line

10-3, atleast we're moving and scoring

10-3 BROWNS

Atleast we got some points

Coming in, I didn't think we had a snowball's chance in hell of winning. At least I feel like we have a chance now.

Good job!!!

Good job Garrett!

That should be grounding, didn’t get to line

Nice job garrett

SAAAAACK

We are playing some decent ball right now.

Stop helping these dudes up.. wtf

GARRETT !!!!!

Cant give this one up D

Gotta play 60 minutes boys!!!!

Slippery.

how was he not down at the 10?

GOOD JOB D!!!

Challenge? That wouldn’t be smart

Wow... thought for sure his elbow was down... looks like it was a good call

I don't think his knee hit.

Dumb

That’s a really really bad challenge

Glad we challenged so we could lose a timeout and let the punter kick a better punt

That’s the worst coaching move of the year … at least just about

That punt changed the entire game

ut-oh

Ummmm, why didn't he audible?

Wow - this drive sucks

Okay this is embarrassing

oh man

omg...

Stefanski (and whoever decided it) with that challenge changed the entire game

Did Njuko miss that block?

Stefanski just blows . Anything that’s not a perfect situation he throws up all over himself

BOO!

Oline fail, 3&out.

Our special teams continue to completely screw us

Uggo

Our coaches completely screwed us the last two minutes

good job ST. you guys continue to perform week in and week out.

Special teams fail, tie coming.

Preifer is a joke. How is this dude still in the league

TD coming

This is why we can’t be content with mediocre coaching. Stefanski and preifer are the very embodiment of mediocre

Coaching matters

Here’s where the defense sharts themselves.

Our d has been good thus far

Good.

Fair

Good stop defense...

defense!!! lets go guys!!

Held them to 2 again! that much is good.

Defense hasn’t been the problem this game this far

Credit the D on that series for holding to the 3-points. That was a crap O and ST effort from the get-go.

Now we need to punch them in the mouth.

+1

My fear is that their defense is now just run blitzing .. much like NE did

Trying hard to not get too excited about their play until the third quarter. But we seem to have momentum.

Flag … we are killing ourselves

Wills is the culprit AGAIN

Chubb picked wrong gap

2 Penalties on Wills so far this game.

No flag on them of course

Wills is Very average. Bitonio makes him look it better than he actually is. Even JT mentioned in offseason that wills needed to work on technique

Makes me sick

Ravens catching breaks

Well we are outside of the scripted plays and you see stefanski fall on his face

Wills killed this drive

How about that bad luck???

Time for the random Denny's Menu play selection.

Some slow ass gunners

Would that flag have EVER been picked up against the browns?

😂

Great stop!

That’s freaking embarrassing

Why is Delpit always out of position

i hate our secondary so much

OMG

Secondary was supposed to be a strength. Might be weakest

This is annoying

It’s amazing how bad Berry drafted

Stop before FG range would be nice D!

Jones is fitting in

Jones looks awfully slow

oh boy

They are just toying with us

Isn’t this the most expensive secondary in the NFL?

Beginning of the end now. Baltimore saw something

Woods genius bend-and-break D is on track for perfection today again. smh

That play should tell you everything you need to knaow about Berry and woods

Against a Woods "defense" I don't think the Ravens even need to run routes. Lamar just says, "Everyone go out, I'll stand back there and tell you where to go..." Just creates his own progressions.

That’s basically what they do

Yep. It’s amazing to see teams adjust. Mainly because we never get to see that here. Stick to the bad plan at all costs.

GAME OVER

Why do we suck SO BAD in the red zone with our run fits

You literally just described their game plan.

This team should be called the Baltimore Lamar.

Now comes the turnover

JJ3 looked like the culprit AGAIN

No way there is a worst group of linebackers in the nfl. Berry is a failure. His solution? Go get a guy that was replaced on a team worse than us

That one was a gimme in 2 hand touch.

I'm amused how over rated this,defense was coming into
2022. Just cause it beat bums at QB in 2021.

To be fair, this is his 10th day on a team with a defensive scheme so paralyzingly complicated that 3 year veterans have absolutely no clue where they should be.

Our special teams are trash … it’s really incredbiel

Bad things happen when you try to return a KO from 5 yards deep; and the boys in Orange didn't disappoint. Good coaching there Priefer.

Stop running the damn ball out

And yet to play a snap since somtime last season.

Players should be fined if they don’t take the touch back.

Teams taking away our screen game kills us

Just horrible calls and execution. Two minute drill and we dink

Come on dude, throw it away

Gotta love that effort by the defense on that Edward's td.

Wills has been AWFUL today. He’s killing us

Brisset has all the moves of a 70's Electric Football player.

I hate Brissett , he crumbles

Brissett has cost us points yet again

That was on wills

Chalk up another L boys

Can’t even throw a catchable screen pass.

But I would never count on JB to lead the team down for a winning score ever.

Just pathetic execution all around. Tell me again how this is a good staff

Wills had his man Brissett should have stepped up in the pocket ...

I’d be 100 ok with seeing mond or dobbs in the second half. Brissett ain’t that dude, that much we know.

too easy to predict these guys

I am sitting in the stadium in Club Level surrounded by Ravens screaming RUN THE DAMN BALL!!!!

They would NEVER concede that they made a mistake by putting this team on the shoulders of JB. Never.

6 and 11 team at best

And the D holds on the Raven's kneel down.

They’d be booing them off the field again if this were in CLe.

After a first quarter dominated by the Browns, one team made adjustments and suddenly got guys open in the passing game and had guys running free in our ba kfield on every play. And we did not.

Any one else want to see Dobbs.?and a new play caller

Whenever we get away from Chubb we struggle mightily

My goodness Togiai stinks

You think the coaches could see what everyone sees ...

Nice! POW!!!

Whut just happened?

Good job D

Yes! Great D this series!!!

My gosh their STs are destroying ours

Exactly what we needed on defense. Hopefully stefanski doesnt screw it up

Their punter is the MVP thus far

You can’t tell me there’s no one else to return punts

Cmon O

Wtf is our OL doing

Pathetic

Why throw on1st down

can we put Dobbs in now?

Seriously oline is getting thrashed and we aren’t running

Okay, this is really really bad for our offense

JB meltdown

Horrible play calling

Stefanski is a joke as an OC

That's about 12 plays in a row where they sent extra rushers and we are yet to account for it.

So good to hear Stef say, "We need to get back to the run game..." and then have three straight pass plays with the last resulting in a turnover.

I wish we would but we probably won't.

That needs to be the end of Brissett

It’s time for something else on O

I love how people still think stefanski isn’t a problem

Delpit strikes again

Like letting Van Pelt call the plays.

Delpit is awful

Newsome half assing it

Delpit should be unemployed

Slow death

Newsome making business decisions all day

Score here ices the game . No chance

When we were running we were leading then Stefanski got pass happy again ,,,

Ok... good play delpit...

Stefanski is going to be let go before the end of this season.

Hot take…

No TD?

He has no business of yet.

Ball game

Cue blowout..............................................now

Jacoby Brissett sucks.

Emerson was such a bad pick

Yea, that's probably it.

Stefanski will not replace JB because that would be an admission that he's not always right and he won't do that.

Now Chubb is probably done for the day

Sad when your down 10 and have no firepower to comeback

Feels like that's the game; I haven't seen any O strategy or intensity that would suggest the Browns are coming back. Even playing pretty well, the D is gonna get gassed because the O can't sustain a drive.

That’s game , thanks Brissett and stefanski. Hope you go to a division rival and ruin them too after you’re terminate me here this year

He should demand a trade

Put Dobbs in we need a spark.

I'm not getting on the defense. Since middle of the first quarter all we have done on offense and special teams is put their backs against the wall.

The nfl has Isaac Rochell in the stat book as having a tackle ... I thought that he was inactive?

Then Watson will get to choose his coach.

Even with watson this line is so overrated, Would Cooper be a WR1 on any other team

Pick six on its way

Stefanski won't be let go until he has had a chance with Watson playing.

Feels so demoralizing

I can’t believe how bad Tampa bay looks

Take to Fg now

That was weird

Nice

There is Buff and KC then everybody else

At least chubb is getting carries.

Chubb needs to bust one for a TD. I like that their still running the ball.

What a terrible throw

Need to draft harrison jr next year

3 yard pass perfect

Would love to have him... kid is going to be amazing

Take the field goal.

Watching Brissett is so painful

Brissett just is not good enough for our O

Seriously bench that mental midget.

Leaves are calling me , I'm just not hearing them

You have to keep feeding Chubb

Best thing that can happen right now is a Brissett injury. Something minor that is nagging so he can’t ever play for us again

He has to play one more year in Columbus ...

Good stop

holding

That was a great play call by them

If we can only call screens like that

Carolina up 14-0??

Ugh

A turnover would be nice...perhaps cherry...

Well, one more quarter of playing time and it will be over, for better or worse.

We need a defensive or special teams big play. No confidence we can win this going 80 yards every time.

With Stefanski shutting down Chubb and Brissett we may not win until Watson plays ...

Good stop!

easy for them

Awful

So much for a big defensive play - that was the moment.

Game

Never a doubt, hey Berry I think we need a few more 220lb linebackers

Tucker is such a weapon.

That would have been good from 65...Tucker is such a great PK.

Such a nice kick (sighs).

This is on me.

We have to do better….coaches, players….

We’re gonna watch this film, learn from it, and we’re on to Cincinnati for a big divisional game.

- k. Stefanski

Can we bench Brissett, for the love of God.

Now the Baltimore D can play pure pass and just blitz the crap out of Brisset...

Just a bad team, period.

Chubb is the best.

For all his faults, Baker worked hard at selling the play fake. JB just waves at it.

N'Joku & Brown out with injuries. Down 2 TEs.

Wow, this Chubb guy is pretty good. Who knew?

Just feed Chubb.

TD!!!!

TD - Kareem Hunt.

Call me surprised as Browns trying to make a game of it.

Good job O .. D has to stop up

Does this mean Stefanski can actually learn?

Damn. Nice hold and kick.

TOUCHDOWN BROWNS!!!

Cmon D

Ok Ravens - time to live up to those blown lead stats...

Challenge that?

Our D cant do it

We seem to be given up

FIRE JOE WOODS

Ugh

Time is slipping away.

D just doesn't have what's needed. They've turned in a pretty good game today, but when it really counts, they just don't have it.

These linebackers are absurdly bad

Poll:

Anyone think this defense can hold them from icing this?

Nope.

Our defense is acting like it’s a matinee

2-5

I want someone fired now

Haslam will need to make the decision on Joe woods.

Stefanski will not

Togiai is AWFUL

Anyone that gives this team money are fools. 4 win team with a miracle

Well, they made a play.

FUMBLE

WE GOT THE BALL BACK!!!!

Well, its our ball

Ok - a big play by the D. Can the O grow some nuggets and get mean?

Brissett is so bad at the end of games

The impossible dream?

D-P-J !!!!

DPJ big pl ay

Beautiful!!!

Please don't [censored] down the offense since we are on the line.

Good job JB

That’s heartbreaking

Yea, I thought we had a TD there.

I'll take things losing teams do for $1000 Alex.

This is really, really bad

We got screwed … again

Bad call .. once more.

Welp, the bed has been shat again.

It’s simple , stefanski and Brissett are holding this team back

Choke....

The Parade of Disaster continues.

Wth was that?

Lol

On replay - that was such a shady "false start" call as I've ever seen. Literally Lucy pulling the ball away for our Charlie Browns...

Lol 2-5

This team looks worse than any point with baker, so while he is bad, problem is a lot bigger

That was a phantom offensive pass interface call on Cooper. That was bull sh*t.

Factory of sadness Dilly Dilly

The gods hate us

Cant say Im suprised

Losers Lose

This team is just good enough to lose more than they win.

I thought that was a bad call.

Best defense against nick Chubb is his own OC

Browns being the browns

Play happened right in front of me. Cooper did NOT have to push off, he had his guy beat by a yard and a half

This is exactly how I called this.

We can’t just lose like the [censored] team we are. We have to make the fans buy in.

I hate this team.

See y’all next week.

bad teams dont get the benefit of the doubt

Problem remains the Brissett had the ball on the other side of the 50 once again and we basically go backwards

WR 1

And Gene Steratore on TV justifying the LG movement AFTER the Ravens D made actual contact no doubt. Anyway, they're not going to let the NFL make a "bad call" on when the Browns are on the game.

Worst false start call I've ever seen...

Even the announcers were like what the hell is Gene talking about?!?

Get a roughing Kicker call

I agree - no reason he needed to push off... he had position

Heads up play DPJ.

Gene saying its the Browns do I need to explain any more

Nice angry hit DPJ

Smart play

Does Brissett know we need to get the ball downfield?

Hail Mary time.

Is JB protecti g his stats? Throw the damn ball down the field.

what trash...

Final record this season: 4-13

Browns just don't have the horsepower.

Well it was uh..."entertaining" maybe...sorta...

You really think they got 2 more "W's" on their schedule? I don't think DW is going to be good enough in 4 games to get us there. And the Bengals are going to light the Browns up next week. I bet Chase gets 3 TDs alone...

Here it comes

Everybody thought the Rats were going to light us up today. We have a habit of playing just good enough to keep it close and lose it at the end because we just don't make plays.

4 of our 5 losses are by 3 or less... it's so frustrating!

This is exactly right. We are just good enough to lose at the end.

This is 100% completely false. The Ravens were barely trying. If they thought the Browns were going to be a threat they would have just run Lamar more.

The Ravens were completely unconcerned about the Browns. The Browns are a laughing stock with their coaching staff.

OK, max 4 wins.

So…

There is some talent on this team.

Is there enough? Probably not.

So where does blame fall? On the entire organization, top to bottom.

This continues to be an expansion team that has been bad for 20+ years. Winning a playoff game here or there is not a sign of improvement overall.

The signing of Watson will hamstring this team for several more years. Cooper will not stay here. Chubb, if he is smart, will leave.

The mistake, from a PR standpoint, was associating an expansion team with the Browns. The Browns are dead. This team using their name does not have the organization to even live up to the almost glory years of the ‘80’s.

I say this over and over again. Results don’t lie.

We have great players. Stefanski is maybe a good OC but he’s not a HC. Simple. We need changes.

We have plenty of talent on this team.

Stefanski is not a good head coach. Period. There is nothing else. He prioritized being a play caller over winning. He prioritized his ego over winning.

The result is 2-5, including a loss to the Jets that is incomprehensible.

He's a fraud. He's a sham.

Is it a coincidence that the Browns can't score after they run out of the plays they practiced?

Yet you don't apply the results don't lie argument to Baker.

Baker isn’t part of this organization any longer. My focus is at the present and the future. That’s why I’m over if Baker was good/bad

Yet you don't apply the same arguments to Baker.

OK, you’re winning. Baker sucks. Unfortunately he has left the Browns so who to blame today if not him?

We had the worst QB in the league. Now we have the worst head coach.