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Looking ahead to week 1 Vs. the Vikings

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  • Prediction: Vikings punch us in the mouth showing they are a playoff team and we are..well the Browns.. AP goes for 136 rushing with 3 td's and another 45 yards receiving just to piss me off again that we passed on him. Vikings win by double digits.. Viking defense shows what happens when you have 3 probowlers on your DL and another in the secondary.

  • @inspecta said:

    I just have a sinking feeling that Peterson is going to school us opening day. I Just feel it in my bones. Pray I'm wrong

    Actually, Harvin is the guy i worry about.

    As a Gator season ticket holder I have seen him play maybe a dozen times....well...more like 10...if you have never seen the guy live, you just don't understand how incredibly quick that guy really is....it isn't just the top end speed which is as good as it gets...his 10 yard speed is next to none.

    If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
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  • @shepwrite said:

    Stopping the run and running the ball are tough against the Vikes. They seem slighly prone to cutbacks and they're easier to pass on than run on IF you have the kind of LT who can contain Allen, and we do. The Texans screens worked very well, too, so look for that.

    As far as stopping the run, I certainly like our defensive line a lot better when Shaun Rogers is there, and the idea of a Rogers-Rubin-Smith line is intriguing at the very least... a bit like the 3-4 version of the Vikings' jumbo line. We just don't have a Jared Allen unless Wimbley really does return to form.

    Unlike the rest of Planet Earth, I kind of like our chances in this game. I could see a LOT of passes in a controlled passing game, a la Brady and the Pats a few years ago. Quick slants and screens, an extended running game.

    I don't think you will see much of Rogers at DE. The DL is their strength with a starting front of Smith, Rogers and Coleman. Rotating in would be Mosley, Williams and Rubin in the middle. We have 4 good DEs making the alignment stronger then if you have Rubin in the middle.

    Jumbo package has been Smith, Rogers, Williams and Coleman on the DL and Barton, Bowens and Jackson behind them.

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    @inspecta said:

    I just have a sinking feeling that Peterson is going to school us opening day. I Just feel it in my bones. Pray I'm wrong

    Actually, Harvin is the guy i worry about.

    As a Gator season ticket holder I have seen him play maybe a dozen times....well...more like 10...if you have never seen the guy live, you just don't understand how incredibly quick that guy really is....it isn't just the top end speed which is as good as it gets...his 10 yard speed is next to none.

    @ballpeen said:

    Actually, Harvin is the guy i worry about.

    As a Gator season ticket holder I have seen him play maybe a dozen times....well...more like 10...if you have never seen the guy live, you just don't understand how incredibly quick that guy really is....it isn't just the top end speed which is as good as it gets...his 10 yard speed is next to none.

    I definitely understand where you're coming from re: Percy "I'm faster than you are, even with my blown up foot/ankle" Harvin, but one thing you need to keep in mind....he is a ROOKIE, and will make rookie mistakes....just like he did this past Monday night.

    Sure, on any given play he may break one.....but it's almost just as likely on any given play that he'll burn our secondary just to drop the ball in the endzone, or that he'll cough one up on an end-around, screen, etc.

    Don't get me wrong...I still worry about Harvin in this game, but the player that can do more damage to us at this point (and the player that will get a lot more chances to do so) is AD.

    "I like to quote myself." -Me

  • I am not optimistic about this game but I think a lot has to do with the Williamses and if they play.

    Petersen will get his yards. We just cannot give him the homeruns.

    Get pressure on #4.

    I don't know which #4 will show up but the Jets' version threw off his back foot all the time to the tune of 22 picks last year. He will throw them. We need to be johnny-on-the-spot there. We also need to hit him hard.

    I don't worry about Harvin because I have a feeling he's going to find things tougher in the NFL now that everyone is faster (see Bush, Reggie).

    I am more worried about the TE Shiancoe and our ability to run the ball. We may rely heavily on short passing which isn't a good sign but it seemed to work okay for the Texans.

  • Don't get me wrong...I still worry about Harvin in this game, but the player that can do more damage to us at this point (and the player that will get a lot more chances to do so) is AD.

    I don't misunderstand what you are saying. I agree...AD is the one we have to stop. No doubt about it...thus why I worry about a Harvin as he may get more 1 on 1 coverage without a deep safety to help or getting the ball in some play action off a AP fake.

    If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.

  • Curiosity got the best of me and wanted to go looking for what Cleveland fans were thinking for week 1. Your guys thought echo mine for the most part AP Is something special to watch and he is the focus of our offense. Farve shouldn't scare anybody anymore we just hope he doesn't give away too many.

    Not that many teams can run the ball at all on the vikes, the Williams Wall will be playing (litigation has tied that up till at least mid season).

    You guys have a few things that are in you favor. Cribbs is scary as hell, our coverage teams perennially suck. Either QB could chew up our secondary with a multi receiver set. has been our weakspot for a few years now.

    All in all i think the vikes will win an ugly one. 17-13

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    Curiosity got the best of me and wanted to go looking for what Cleveland fans were thinking for week 1. Your guys thought echo mine for the most part AP Is something special to watch and he is the focus of our offense. Farve shouldn't scare anybody anymore we just hope he doesn't give away too many.

    Not that many teams can run the ball at all on the vikes, the Williams Wall will be playing (litigation has tied that up till at least mid season).

    You guys have a few things that are in you favor. Cribbs is scary as hell, our coverage teams perennially suck. Either QB could chew up our secondary with a multi receiver set. has been our weakspot for a few years now.

    All in all i think the vikes will win an ugly one. 17-13

    @vikes-guy said:

    Curiosity got the best of me and wanted to go looking for what Cleveland fans were thinking for week 1. Your guys thought echo mine for the most part AP Is something special to watch and he is the focus of our offense. Farve shouldn't scare anybody anymore we just hope he doesn't give away too many.

    Not that many teams can run the ball at all on the vikes, the Williams Wall will be playing (litigation has tied that up till at least mid season).

    You guys have a few things that are in you favor. Cribbs is scary as hell, our coverage teams perennially suck. Either QB could chew up our secondary with a multi receiver set. has been our weakspot for a few years now.

    All in all i think the vikes will win an ugly one. 17-13

    I think you got it wrong. The Brownies will pull off the win... Yep. The win... 🙂

  • Browns will finally win a home opener, that is my prediction....27-21.

    Karlis Missed

  • think you're going to see Allen lining up at LE a lot. They'll want him matching up with St. Clair: in his two matchups against St. Clair last year, Allen notched 4.5 sacks. Al

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    I predict we will win, and Mangini and staff will compensate for this with help

    for St. Clair.

    That, and Quinn just makes quicker, better decisions more consistently.

    Favre was injured?

  • @hiwaygal said:

    I'd heard he had a broken rib...now it says 'bruised'

    http://www.twincities.com/ci_13248665

    Either way, I think it makes him vulnerable.

    The need to get pressure on him early so he makes mistakes. That meens stopping the run and forcing him to throw it on 3rd down. I wish I knew if Rogers was playing. He could plow the field with Favre like he did with Rapelissberger in that first ugly loss to the Stoolers last year.

  • Either way, I think it makes him vulnerable. HiwayGal

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    Yes, it does - but it won't stop him. I see a few big int's coming our way.

    I love the aggressive defense and offense the Browns display already.

    This season is going to be GREAT FUN...

    No more "Why the hell don't they ever let Harrison in there? Why the hell don't they ever run a SCREEN PASS like other teams do a LOT OF? Why don't they have an aggressive defense? WHY ?AAAAARRRRRRGHGHGHGG !!!!! "

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