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Get working on the clock. Joe just threw into triple. Minimize the god damn turnover opportunities.

Narc

Baltimore Joe is still a thing.

Emerson keeps getting worked at the line - bad. He needs to go hands on at the LoS or I'm throwing to Wilson if he's covering him EVERY single time. Oh, just got in and watching. Nice to see good guys up early.

Haven't been on much the last week or so - work crisis. Sadly I'll be late to getting to watch the game tonight, and I'll be at my desk sending emails while doing that as well. Anywho - NYJ defense and Hall in the running game is enough to do damage. Consistently enough to carry the day remains to be seen. However you can't make their job easier by turning the damn ball over. By no small coincidence, the Brownies are playing solid defense, but struggling to run the ball. We're going against a team with a quality pass rush and solid secondary. These scenarios tend to favor the team that can run the ball better, but the struggles on the Jets IOL might help to negate that. I'm not touching this game, money wise, with a 10 foot pole. And as a fan, I could see this being a blowout either way based on turnovers, or a nail biter in the same mold. edit: Happy New years in advance to all you boys! Everyone stay healthy, stay safe. For those heading to the game tonight or at minimum those who will be in the city, help get that win by bringing the noise. I'll do my best to check back in at some point just after we move into 2024. Go Brownies! Go Bucks!

As fun as a story it has been, I'd rather a healthy starting lineup than a 38 year old Flacco.

Hurts to think of what this team could have been if there was even reasonable health. The AFC would have run through CLE and you'd likely have locked up a #1 seed with home field.

Chad Johnson hit a 30 yard in a pre-season game with almost no practice. I struggle to think your punter couldn't try...

Joe Flacco in a nutshell. Good, good, BAD.

Emerson in off coverage is painful to watch. He really struggles.

Mills has a strong arm and good legs. So they're either going with designed QB runs, or attempting to use his feet on bootlegs to buy time for downfield routes to develop.

Long week at work. Got out of church, ate some good food, prepared to settle in and watch the game with family and do the Christmas Eve thing. Blessed I wasn't raised in a family that buys and wears a new set of matching pajamas every year. That shit is SO annoying. Wishing contentment, health and Browns win for everyone. Merry Christmas, one and all.

Looking at props for Devin Singletary on carries. I'd suggest everyone who gambles do the same and keep an eye on some magic number like 13.5, give or take. Won't touch the yards, he's due for regression from last game. Although we've struggled against smaller RB's this season because of the upfield aggression. Especially against zone blocking. Even then, Brownies DEF is havoc oriented. TFL, TFNG, turnovers. I wouldn't expect him to grind out consistent yardage, but it wouldn't shock me either. Ika will get more snaps as the grind of the regular season comes to a head. I'm positive the Texans coaches will have something targeting a young player along the IDL.

Pretty much answered your own question, my good man. Ronnie has always been a missile coming down to hit or tackle. He often found himself out of position, taking questionable angles in the passing game and diagnosing route combinations then driving slower than you'd want as a DB. Reminded me of Nate Salley a good deal at tOSU, just a better athlete.

In your first four words, you've established. 1 - you're not a Browns fan 2 - don't watch the Browns, circle back to #1 3 - have little to no idea what you're talking about 4 - are being intentionally disingenuous in what you say in order to prove, in your mind, what is some grand point. 5 - all thee above. Edit: I'm actually impressed. Usually I provide supporting detail when I make a point. But you've managed to skip that part and establish a theme with almost bare minimum wording. I'm jealous I don't have that ability.

Keenum, like Flacco, has a penchant for errant throws that involve spraying them into zone coverage at times. Schwartz has been playing bigger on the outside against 21 and 12 personnel - Ward wasn't in on quite a few early downs vs Chicago. Likely to protect him being targeted in the run fit with his shoulder issue still lingering. We went man heavy given the situation. And With Denzel in, we'll continue to lean man on passing downs. With him out? I'd suspect more zone shells. Mo and Ogbo out, Texans might turn to Singletary and Pierce to find offense. Devin is the type of RB we've struggled with this season. Limit the early downs, likely roll into those zone looks on passing downs and hopefully our pass rush can help to minimize some of the lapses on the back end.

Thoughts on the Rams game, because the defense was again pick and rolled to death. Brownies have been playing more cover 2 lately. I'd venture the uptick is from the injuries at corner, specifically Ward. L.A. came out, used a ton of motion like they always do, and attacked the 2 high structures we flat out suck at. When it was man coverage, they exploited off coverage. This was an early bench/flat combo at the top that Mike Ford blew up. We rightfully celebrated this play. ------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- But on a preceding one, Kupp was shaking loose downfield and over the middle vs cover zero. One of the things that impresses me the most about Sean McVay is his recall. Dude see's how you defend him, files it away and remembers it like a computer. Only to come back to it at the right time. He's a solid coach and good offensive mind. While this play was a completion to the outside against the off coverage I had mentioned, the Rams coaching staff basically checked their boxes and said "yeah, we'll come back to that soon". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- The Touchdown on this drive, the one to Nacua. Was against the Browns running an inverted cover 2, with Taki having to run the seam to help choke off the intermediate and under part of the middle. Only Stafford has seen that look before, so he tosses a beautiful, veteran throw that his Nacua in stride. Beats Emerson and Taki for 6 points. The above made that play possible. Because it was clear we were going to be playing quite a bit of Middle Field open to protect our corners. The safety situation for this team, outside of Thornhill, is quite shaky. The DB's really depend on the health and talent of our corners to cover up their bad smells. Generally that's the mark of good to elite safety play - when it's the other way around. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This was when I knew we were in serious shit. Rams motion from a stack to a trips. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You run the #1 and #2 upfield in a Divide. The #3 (depending on how you tag him) just runs underneath it to cheese flat. ---------------------------------------------- When you have nickel on the pressure, a CB high and outside and a DB high and inside, this is another grip and rip by Stafford. It's a high percentage throw, allows for good YAC and forces your defense to either be nickel and dimed up and down the field, or to take some chances. Either way, this motion just turned into a quick 'void' throw for Stafford. It's there, it's easy, take the cheap. The above stuff is what setup the Rams for the kill shots they put on us in the 2nd half. Defense just wasn't healthy enough to respond early and the offense, while they tried, faltered late down the line. What this did demonstrate is that the blueprint to beat this defense hasn't changed since the first Ravens game. We still struggle with communication issues, we still struggle with health. And the current safety situation, especially with Hickman playing center field, is certainly going to burn this team. It should have this past Sunday, but good fortune has smiled on CLE this season more often than I remember in my lifetime. Quick thoughts this past weekend vs Chi-Town. The running game is one parts injury, one parts Ford needing to be a more consistent and decisive runner. When we run gap/power, he's too quick to sprint to the hole. Plus we're not built to play that type of game, even more so when you consider our injuries. When we run inside zone, he losses precious steps often and costs himself generated more yards above expected. While he's solid at taking on contact and generating some YAC, he isn't 'good', let alone elite. And he often can't make up for it with a more fluid and anticipatory running style. Right now I'd say that's again, part in due to the shuffling of the Oline, but also he just has this tendency on occasion to not fully trust his eyes or feet. When you're cutting off the read point leverage back inside, the last thing you want to do his find yourself chopping your steps THIS much, and damn near coming to a dead stop. You should be leaning through crease, then exploding through the hole and making the tackling angle more difficult for 3rd level pursuit because of your burst on speed. Instead he stops to verify the hole, THEN continues forward. ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ It isn't always fair, but I need you to run with more belief in yourself and better pacing. Be aggressive when it's called for, be patient when it's called for. But Ford has to do a better job contributing to his yards above expected. RE: Joe and the first drive struggles. Getting Njoku those open looks against pressure, has been a drum I've beat since Watson was starting. Now that he's catching the ball, the offense is moving more. He'll be open, don't be afraid to sling it. But that said, I need Flacco to keep finding him. I can't have missed opportunities THIS big on the first couple drives. - Nick Harris is a problem at center. Billings owned him all game and it didn't matter in which way. Sucks he didn't pan out with Cleveland. But then again, I wonder how he'd fit in when a DC that loves upfield, single gap aggression vs a player who just parks his ass in the shade and nobody moves him. - Safety play is a REAL problem. Ronnie Hickman had a couple blown coverages the Bears should have connected on. He's just getting lost in how fast everything is moving. The drop on the broken scramble by Fields looks like Man 1. Hickman chased the over with Emerson in trail. We have a history of our DB's chasing Over routes and giving up big plays behind them (Grant, looking at you) This was another one of those 'good fortune' moments where Taki was fighting for his life downfield. - Alex Wright has found a home on the IDL in subpackages. He generated a few nice pressures that helped lead to errant throws. Good to see Schwartz getting some production out of him. He's still an incredibly limited player, but something is better than nothing. - Ika got his first snaps of the year and looked 'meh'. Game is fast, he isn't quite game shape yet... clearly needed some hits to get his feet under him. Had a few nice moments, had a few not so nice moments. Lost his base a couple times trying to come out of his stance and get upfield. His goal line work was the best of the day. By the way, Bears center should have been called for a false start - twice. Simulating a snap with the beyond obvious head bob to draw DL offsides is a no-no. - Harris and Dalvin played great. Their level helped keep Fields off balance with that interior push, but not letting him escape vertically. - Jordan Elliot has been playing inspired football, a motor from him I haven't seen before. Doesn't mean it's good though. Still a below average IDL, but at least I see the effort. - Too many penalties, injuries and overall inefficiency from the offense. Big breaks seemed to go our way, VERY grateful for that and the win. But that's no way to consistently pick up a dub. 3 games left, you need one win to likely get that wildcard spot. I still contend it has to be over Cincy since they're still well in the thick of the hunt.

Delpit was our leading tackler last season. 75 tackles does not a pro-bowler make. So long as he's the cut down version of Jamal Adams, he'll be forced to live in that shadow where he isn't impactful enough to make up on the backend, while he isn't as elite as those up front who also fill a similar role.

Young JoK has some merit for pro-bowl votes. Delpit? Not so much.

Please don't play split field safeties. And please keep your shoulder free outside, Wright.

I'll take a little HB draw, Bears Dline is screaming upfield.

In the words of Lou Brown from Major League - Nice throw, Joe. Don't EVER fucking do it again.

Ho. Ly. Shit. They ran a sweep to Alex Wright's side, and for the 6th time (by my count?) this season, he FINALLY played it correctly.

Had it too, free release from Njoku up the seam and everything.

Joe.... late and behind him.