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The only thing I'm hopeful about is that the defense just played with more intensity and it showed. Couple with the fact that JOK, Ward, Winovich, and Njoku (maybe) come back and the talent around the ball gets significantly better. I'll be at the Dolphins game Sunday-looks like a tropical system is coming through Thursday-Friday and it should be a glorious afternoon of South Florida weather.

As a 30 something parent of kids, a lot of folks in our group did stuff over the weekend. I still went out with my kiddo, but it was markedly less than last year. Top that with people having concerns about safety and I'm left with several hundred pieces of candy. The future of trick or treating may very well be fading away. On a side note, boy it's nice to talk about mundane crap and enjoying a Browns easy win. I'm not sure what vodoo magic Cleveland has against Cincy, but they just have their dang number lately. Even getting the odd breaks of shooter McPherson kissing kicks, etc.

If the Browns lose to the Bungholes, I'm fine getting whatever value we can for Kareem and see what Ford/Johnson can do int hat same role. Stefanski said Ford should be back after the bye week. Sucks to say but a loss to Cincy essentially puts a wrap on this season. Amassing draft capital where possible just makes logical sense.

I've been watching football for a very long time. In all that time, I can assure you I've NEVER heard the shit Gene "protect the refs" was trying to spout about why that was a false start and not encroachment. Even if what he's saying is a rule, when would refs EVER call that shit a false start as opposed to much more obvious, and much more impactful, offsides? I don't wanna hear "well that play didn't make the game"-fuck yes it did. The Browns should have (and would have) gone for it with a 4th and short 1 with arguably the best short yardage unit in the NFL. The whole game changes but of course it doesn't go our way. I've never thought the NFL is outright rigged, but it's very obvious to me in the last 3-4 years there's a secret rule that close calls favor the more marketable team. As they go into Europe, Canada, and South America the face of the league can't be the Browns. How on earth can you explain Brissett getting hit in helmet, a flag gets thrown, and gets picked up? It's absolute

That is so fucking dumb of an explanation I want to drive to New York and boycott in front of the league office. The mother fucker jumped into the neutral zone and caused our guy to move. When have you EVER heard a false start based on what that jackass just said?

The browns need to have the courage to demand an investigation into this game. That’s a win or lose call there that was objectively wrong. The refs have been so mind numbingly one sided today how can you not say this shit is rigged?

As much it sucks watching the GOAT kicker is just jaw dropping. To be that automatic is just incredible.

Stefanski is refusing to give up on these long developing plays because one works. Hey dumbass punish the blitz.

It’s crap like that where I have a very hard time believing refs don’t play favorites. A QB gets hit in the head and the flag gets thrown and it gets picked up? That’s truly unbelievable

There was nobody within 20 yards of that punt rerun- how does that happen?

And I get all that, for sure. But it isn't just regression in talent areas. It's guys like Denzel Ward saying "ain't my fault" on Twitter, or JJ3 saying the team has "commitment issues". It's Joel Bitonio coming out and essentially saying guys (on defense) aren't spending enough time looking at film and putting out effort: https://www.news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/always-more-you-can-do-browns-address-concerns-of-commitment-issues-within-team This is why I'm saying strongly that coaching has to change at the defensive level. Woods lost this defense and it's showing on the field.

A couple of things- If we're going to say in 2021 that the Browns had a cupcake schedule that perhaps artificially inflated the stats, the same can be said this year too. We've played two teams (Steelers and Panthers) in the bottom 4 of total offense, three teams (Jets, Falcons, Pats) smack in the middle or bottom half, and one good offense in the Chargers. And yet here we are essentially the worst defense in football. Hence my overall vibe that this unit has regressed. As has also been noted, outside of Herbert the Browns haven't played one team with their long-term franchise guy under center (unless Zappe goes the TB12 route). That's just alarming to say the least. I totally agree on Phillips-no business being on the field. I also agree on Stef, for sure. Look, to say it simply these guys are just playing flat out there. It seems like there's no energy and 6 weeks into the season there's still miscommunication, role assignment confusion, and integrity issues. Those, to me, fall flat on the coach. You can't regress that badly with many of the same guys out of thin air.

I read that a few minutes after I posted my previous comment-that sums it up perfectly. Our defensive talent overall may have regressed slightly, but the result has fallen of a cliff. How do you not point the finger at coaching?

Speaking on more broad terms, I think my concern is that guys we've seen play decent ball have seemningly regressed at an alarming rate. I get lost in the shuffle (with near 2 kids and a FT job i'm far from the days of digging into stuff) with the data of the game, that's for sure. It's very obvious your points are true-Garrett being a monster on the edge means nothing if the QB can step up into a clean pocket. That happened so much Sunday it was mind numbing. But man, it just feels like dudes like Newsome, JOK, Delpit etc have regressed or fallen into something that's made them play bad football. Is it really that these guys are being figured out? Walker being the communicator hurting that much? Or what I tend to think that these dudes from a scheme perspective are being set up to fail. Delpit on that late end around TD wasn't even in the same hemisphere. I just have a very hard time thinking this team with a lot of the same guys just got this alarmingly worse.

Let's face it- Billy B. completely dominates this franchise in terms of coaching decisions. IDK if he plays with a chip on his shoulder given the past, but you watched a guy playing chess while the other was playing Uno. JB is regressing to the mean of a backup QB. Call him Fitzpatrick, Nick Foles, etc- great option for a 3-4 game stretch but obvious backup. I'm not suggesting this was some great mystery and I really hope he wants to stay next year in that role. Despite the failings today across the board, the defense of this team is the glaring problem. As I said previously, guys who have some good film look completely lost, disinterested, or otherwise bad. Garrett is getting doubled team at a rate egregiously higher than any other player in the NFL. I don't know the defensive staff from a hole in the wall, but it can't be worse than it is now. Kev needs to make an aggressive change-they have now allowed the most points in the NFL by 12. I'd understand if this was a plucky group of fill-ins, but we have multiple 1st and 2nd talents across the field. It's inexcusable. Me too man-stayed through the onside kick miss (which was still BS, but oh well) and switched to Dad mode. Hotel Transylvania was actually pretty good.

There was absolutely no angle that showed he touched that ball 100%. Did he? Almost assuredly. But that’s a call that 100% stands the other way around, you can’t convince me otherwise.

That was out of halftime. That was reviewing plays and making adjustments. There’s no defending any of it anymore. we’ve played mariota, Trubisky, Mayfied, Flacco, and a rookie 4th round pick. There’s just no excuse, we gotta aggressively shake it up. We’re seeing dudes who have played well just look like they’ve never seen the field before. This defense is not as bad as it looks.

What I can’t get over though is how little our back half maintains integrity. I’m almost positive Emerson went inside to face a NE guy who was already blocking another Brown. Keeping outside integrity there is literally football 101.

Trust me, I’ve complained in droves about his decision making on 4th down. But to be honest, that sneak is probably 3x as likely to be successful as a kick there. Not getting that is akin to missing a chip shot wide left.

Eh that was a pretty easy decision to go for it. That’s a plays that is almost as automatic as it gets, just a bad break. You can say fuck the odds but that’s probably a 95% of success.

3 losses by a total of 6 points. Needed 10 more yards to win this game. Needed a simple red zone field goal to win this game. Let’s face it- this team expects to lose and plays like it.

Could have ran for a first there- Jacoby just makes bad decisions in the 4th quarter late.

That was not a long 1 unless I’m losing my mind. That was less than half a yard.

Jacoby is literally unstoppable against the sneak and that’s what you do. 4D dumbass chess.

Im pretty sure I haven’t seen a single stunt, cross blitz, or anything remotely resembling something other a straight rush. Stef needs to find some balls and shake up this defensive staff. Idc who would take over, this can’t be worse.