Tale of the Tape - Browns vs Bengals

[Ibleedbrown]

It’s a work Sunday for me so l’m going to miss it. I’ll be lurking in my phone when time allows, checking scores and checking the haps here. 

Go Brownies!

[Orion]

[Flugel]

@bob806 said:

Good summary. I really think the Browns take it to the BenGals 

BenGals actually do have a good RB ( Brown). Stop him, and as crazy as it sounds, force Cincy to throw.

Irony there Bob?  His first name even tells opponents what to do.  Let's hyphenate that last name to Chase Brown-Down.

[TexasAg1969]

5.5 point spread most vegas books. Browns getting the 5.5.

[jrb12711]

@texasag1969 said:

5.5 point spread most vegas books. Browns getting the 5.5.

On the app I use, the point total is also at 47 which I plan to parlay on the over. Could easily see this game getting close to 30 points each side. Even with Hendrickson back the Bengals overall defense appears bottom 3rd, and even if the Browns put up a great effort points are likely to be scored. I saw an interesting tidbit that in 2023 over the 6 games Joe started the total points per game averaged to almost 54. Obviously that was a different team and time, but the core of what Flacco was doing is still there.

I do think the Browns have a shot this week if Flacco doesn't give throw too many INT's. Football is back!

[Bob806]

@flugel said:

Irony there Bob?  His first name even tells opponents what to do.  Let's hyphenate that last name to Chase Brown-Down.

Lol....little known fact, I've only drafted one hyphenated player in fantasy football: Donovan Peoples-Jones. 

The day I sat him he returned a punt for a TD. 

No more hyphens for me!!!

[Flugel]

@bob806 said:

Lol....little known fact, I've only drafted one hyphenated player in fantasy football: Donovan Peoples-Jones. 

The day I sat him he returned a punt for a TD. 

No more hyphens for me!!!

Okay, we'll forget the hyphens.  Whatever happened to that guy after he left the Browns?  

[Bob806]

@flugel said:

Okay, we'll forget the hyphens.  Whatever happened to that guy after he left the Browns?  

Yeah, he disappeared it seems. I thought they traded him to the Lions. He's on the Saints now.

I always thought he was solid. Maybe the lack of separation at the LOS hurts him. Baker loved him.

[Orion]

@bob806 said:

Yeah, he disappeared it seems. I thought they traded him to the Lions. He's on the Saints now.

I always thought he was solid. Maybe the lack of separation at the LOS hurts him.

DPJ?   He was one of those guys that really shined in camp yet when the season started he was more like a CB's dream receiver.  Good for a couple of catches a game.  He was cut during final cuts this season.  As said, he's on the Saints now...but he has no 2024 stats.

[Dutch Oven]

Speaking of ex-Browns wide receivers, Amari Cooper has decided to retire. 

[AP1]

@dutch-oven said:

Speaking of ex-Browns wide receivers, Amari Cooper has decided to retire. 

His best two consecutive seasons were in Cleveland. 

I'd say his performance spiraled out of control rather quickly. 

[Dutch Oven]

@ap1 said:

His best two consecutive seasons were in Cleveland. 

I'd say his performance spiraled out of control rather quickly. 

He had a really good connection with Flacco. I wouldn’t have been upset if the Browns would’ve taken a flier in him considering the overall shape of the WR unit, but it’s a moo point at this point. A cow’s opinion.

[Orion]

@dutch-oven said:

Amari Cooper has decided to retire. 

I will always be thankful to him for taking Josh Gordon's name off of our single game receiving yardage record.  

[Ibleedbrown]

@orion said:

I will always be thankful to him for taking Josh Gordon's name off of our single game receiving yardage record.  

He was the only Browns receiver to post back to back 1,000 yard seasons too. 

I just dissected the 2022 trade with Dallas to get Cooper. We gave up a 5th and we swapped 6ths.

The result ended up being we got Cooper and WR Michael Woods II, and they got OT Matt Waletzko and LB Devin Harper.

All 3 of those drafted guys just got waived with injury designations about a month ago from their respective teams. Woods by the Browns, Waletzko by Dallas, and Harper had made his way to Pittsburgh. 

So everyone involved in that trade is out of football right now.

[Dutch Oven]

@ibleedbrown said:

He was the only Browns receiver to post back to back 1,000 yard seasons too. 

I just dissected the 2022 trade with Dallas to get Cooper. We gave up a 5th and we swapped 6ths.

The result ended up being we got Cooper and WR Michael Woods II, and they got OT Matt Waletzko and LB Devin Harper.

All 3 of those drafted guys just got waived with injury designations about a month ago from their respective teams. Woods by the Browns, Waletzko by Dallas, and Harper had made his way to Pittsburgh. 

So everyone involved in that trade is out of football right now.

And that's why NFL stands for "Not For Long". 

[Orion]

@ibleedbrown said:

WR Michael Woods II

He was always injured.  At some point you've gotta part ways.

[TexasAg1969]

@orion said:

He was always injured.  At some point you've gotta part ways.

So when do we finally give up on Hospital Ward, obviously the most talented of all?

[Orion]

@texasag1969 said:

So when do we finally give up on Hospital Ward, obviously the most talented of all?

Well, Woods wasn't available at all, ever.  Ward gets injured every year but is back in the lineup, usually missing about 4 games.  And, of course, they're on opposite ends of the production / talent spectrum as well as opposite ends of the draft board.

[syd]

@texasag1969 said:

So when do we finally give up on Hospital Ward, obviously the most talented of all?

I always thought it was stupid to have him tackle (looking at you greg williams) he is a shut down that side of the field type of player, why ask more ?

[Ibleedbrown]

@syd said:

I always thought it was stupid to have him tackle (looking at you greg williams) he is a shut down that side of the field type of player, why ask more ?

Tackling is sort of in the job description for all defensive players.