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2 hours ago, BernieSuperBowl2 said:

Jim Schwartz said he wants a head coaching job again, and he'll most certainly get one. 

So we'll need a defensive coordinator next year, 

Well then, we damn well better win the SB THIS year.

10 hours ago, tiamat63 said:

Brownies pass rush will be what makes or breaks the day.

Applying a good pass rush makes the DB's all that much better.  

Like I said, it's going to take our defense and Flacco to have good days.

10 hours ago, bbedward said:

I think it’s classless

Yup.  That's my take.

56 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

They earned it.

Personally, I think the Jaguars coach has earned it too.

Head coaches fired today =  Commanders and Falcons.

Our final game of the season being played with a bunch of backups, did not do our stats any favors...but here's the full season in a nutshell.  

The matchup:

Rushing.  Even  -  The Texans don't run the ball very well.  But we do not run the ball as well as our numbers show.  We've truly struggled to run it in the latter part of the season.

Passing.  Texans -  They're a good passing team.  We, with the addition of Flacco, are not quite as bad as our numbers show.  But still, the Texans have the advantage.

Run Defense.  Texans - Stats show that the Texans are difficult to run against.  We aren't bad against the run but have gone downhill in the latter part of the season.

Pass Defense.  Browns - We are good against the pass when we have Ward & Co. on the field.  The Texans are not great at pass defense, but how much of that is because teams cannot run against them?  Still, our advantage there.

Sacks are pretty close on all 4 sides of the ball.

TAKEAWAYS - My God we've been on the negative end of this stat all year long.  And the Texans are double digits to the positive.  Argh...

Bottom Line (in theory) - A couple of teams that negate each other's strengths but can't take advantage of each other's weaknesses.  I'm left with a deciding factor being turnovers.  

It's going to take another great job by the Defense, and by Flacco, for us to win this game.    Go Browns!  

22 hours ago, tiamat63 said:

Bell acquitted himself nicely today.  

Did he?  Because he fielded a punt (pass) in the end zone?  He was double covered both times.  Pretty much had to wait for each pass.  And none of those defenders got even near the ball.  The Bengals DB coach must have been rolling his eyes.  But...yes, he caught a couple of passes that wound up being TD's.  

Miss him on the board.  Happy Heavenly Birthday Gipper!  I hope Flacco wins one for you...and us.

6 hours ago, hoorta said:

Pure money grabbing crap by the NFL.  How many alternate streaming services do the a-holes in the NFL think fans are going to sign up for? 

Yup.  It's ridicules. 

5 minutes ago, Ibleedbrown said:

Anyways, no. There was no McDonald’s coffee involved. 

It looks like 24 is holding a McDonalds Coffee. 

2 hours ago, Ibleedbrown said:

Fun game

McDonalds Coffee?

1 hour ago, TexasAg1969 said:

Yes the coaching staff really screwed that up good. The team did not deserve that loss today.

Third and goal from the 1 and the Jags didn't try to run it in on 3rd down.  Poor coaching.

And Lawrence was not accurate today.  My 8 year old grandson is a Jaguars fan.  I wanted us playing each other next week!  

Man, our game was a complete waste of time.  On defense we had several players who couldn't shed blocks and couldn't tackle.  On a TD run, Mixon made Jordan Kunaszyk #51 look like a backup to a backup.  And on offense, we signed some QB during the week and trotted him out there like a crash test dummy.   And who'd have thunk that the maligned David Bell would catch 2 TD's?  The first one was like he was fielding a punt in the end zone.

28 minutes ago, Dutch Oven said:

You can't move on from him now, of course, but if in the offseason the Browns bring in

...and you know they'll be looking at that wr room for possible upgrade.  He'll once again have competition in camp next year.

Let's Goooo!!!

1 hour ago, Ibleedbrown said:

when my young adult kid wants to do anything with me l usually go for it. Gotta make those memories man.

Absolutely.  Mine was when Josh Gordon lit the Patriots up for over 200 yards.....only to have our special teams coach blow the game with a ridicules onside kick recovery alignment.     

4 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:

He's caught 10 passes and still hasn't passed the 100 yard mark... with a 41 yard reception in the mix. (that's the one where the defender fell down) 

That's almost impressive. 

At least they've drafted receivers.  They understand the problem.

5 hours ago, bbedward said:

I kinda wish we had DPJ with Flacco

Perhaps in the afterlife we can run that scenario.    Production wise they were about the same...a catch or two a game.  Of course, right now, the ceiling is unclear for Tillman...he's only a rookie.  Bell however, seems to need a defender to fall down to catch a pass of substance.  

26 minutes ago, bbedward said:

Only if the Jags win, otherwise it’ll be at Indy or Houston barring a tie.

Right.  Sticking my neck out that they will beat the Titans.  

So, I'm going on the assumption that we will be playing at Jacksonville.  

2 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:

Remember 2007 when we needed the Colts to win for us to get in the playoffs?

I mentioned that to Mrs. Wife a couple of hours ago.  I told her that they started a guy named Painter.   

1 hour ago, bbedward said:

Jeff Driskel to start sunday,

I'm glad that no team is depending on us to beat Cincy to get them into the playoffs.   

8 hours ago, Korsou Dawg said:

Cedric in the order, only got some reps when Goodwin was injured

Goodwin has 4 receptions for the season.  

...I agree, the stats for the last 5 games (or since Flacco took over) would paint a different picture.  That's why I stated that we're a passing team.  Heck, the last 5 games would probably show us as the worst running team in the league.  Thus my concern for the WR position...and my concern for the 3rd leading receiver, Moore.  Once you get past him, and the RB position (Ford & Hunt account for 56 receptions), it gets kinda' thin in terms of production.  And I don't have the confidence in the next tier group of guys that someone is all of a sudden become, Hey, look at me, I'm good now.

I would like to see Stef stay in that Old School / Anti Analytics play calling mode in the playoffs.  Take any points that presents itself.  Don't try to stretch a FG into a TD by going for it if it's over QB sneak length.  Value the points.  The FG is not minus 4.  It's plus 3.  Even with this new kicker  (unless proven that he's untrustworthy).

WR

Thank you Frank Ryan!  You were the QB when I became a Browns fan.  Your 3 TD passes earned us our last Championship.  Please pass the torch onto Joe Flacco to earn us this fitting championship now that you and Jim are no longer with us to tie us back to the glory days.  God Speed Frank Ryan.  Thank you for those great memories!  RIP

Since the Rams loss I've wanted the Browns to go on the 4 game winning streak so that this week's game didn't have to be won.  Hoo-Ray for the Browns for getting themselves here.

So, this is the numbers.  Of course, they don't mean much this week as the guys that earned these numbers for the Browns are going to be held out of the game.

We've dropped from #1 against the pass to #2 because of one yard.    

The Bengals are the worst running team in the league.  And they're not good on defense...except in turnover differential.  Apparently, they let ya get all the way down the field and then take the ball away from ya.  

Lets see if we can get the backups up to speed in this game and be ready for the first round matchup against the AFC South winner.  At least playing conditions shouldn't be such that the ball slides through frozen hands.