The Official Browns at Ravens Game 2 Thread

Dutch Oven · 1/1/21. Beginning of the end.

@bob806 said:

When he ordered the Clemson marching band to do a "script 31-0" formation ( vs Kent St) it just confirmed his idiocy.

Seems like a strange move from such an upstanding Christian man like Debo.

tiamat63

Might be adding Nuss too my shit list. Kid has struggled a lot this early season throwing in time and accurate when coming off his primary.

TexasAg1969

@orion said:

Yeah. And Larvadian waved. I liked him....even though he's kind of a smurf.

The shame is that NE won a lot of SBs with smurfs.

bbedward

I can't believe the spread on this game is 12.5, I mean I get why the ravens are favored but damn. Week 2 division game when both teams are pretty healthy that seems way too much.

Flugel

@dutch-oven said:

It’s hard to believe now that there was a window of time - not that long ago - when Clemson climbed the college football mountain and went toe to toe with Alabama.

The other half of that picture is currently the HC of the undefeated Oklahoma Sooners right now - Brent Venables! Just a week or 2 ago he faced a really dirty program Up North and he turned the entire bunch of asterisks into hysterics to stay undefeated...

I don't mind Dabo; but I sure HATE the way Syracuse becomes his gimme every year. I'm getting too old for this crap Dutch!!!!

Dutch Oven

Rest In Peace Notre Dame's Best Chance at a National Title Since 1988...

We barely knew thee.

nickers

I like the Browns today 24-21.. Andre The Midget redeems himself!... Maybe...

Flugel

@dutch-oven said:

Rest In Peace Notre Dame's Best Chance at a National Title Since 1988...

We barely knew thee.

Yeah, they're still hoping an alarm clock gives them better news and keeps that fantasy alive. Unfortunately, the only way to keep it alive is to stay asleep and keep dreaming.

Flugel

@nickers said:

I like the Browns today 24-21.. Andre The Midget redeems himself!... Maybe...

? Thatta boy! It's the Rats! I don't predict scores just KICKOFF & KICKASS Brownies! Giddy up and get after it!!!!

tiamat63

@bbedward said:

I can't believe the spread on this game is 12.5, I mean I get why the ravens are favored but damn. Week 2 division game when both teams are pretty healthy that seems way too much.

Health has little to do with it. The Bengals have a questionable Dline and the Brownies still only averaged 2.3 YPC on 1st downs. To make things worse, along with that questionable Dline, CIN played quite a bit of 2 deep behind it. So CLE was inefficient running the ball against an average defense front AND a light box count.

Doesn't bode well for the offense when you also can't stretch the field vertically between both personnel and execution.

There were looks the Bengals hit early, with a creative C gap insert off motion that the Ravens will look to exploit as well. There was a play from just outside the RZ that CIN ran which was a split zone read look, minus the fact that it was by design handoff and not a "full" read. Had it been Lamar and not Joe, it would have been a walk in touchdown with Patrick Ricard acting as the split --> arrow.

Either Henry or Lamar will get theirs on the ground today. I struggle to think, beyond generating turnovers, how this offense will keep pace with Baltimore in terms of going 1:1 on sustaining drives.

edit: I will say this. CLE sucked when we went to gap and power runs. Easily our worst of the day. When they focused spelling on inside zones, we did alright. If they want to run gap back and zone play, they can and should. If there's a chance at success, the scrap most of the rest and go back to primarily vertical zone and outside zone.

bbedward

I predict the browns today 30-17 because I still have the early season delusions that this team wont be a let down every week.

Orion

@nickers said:

Andre The Midget

?

Kvoethe

@bbedward said:

I predict the browns today 30-17 because I still have the early season delusions that this team wont be a let down every week.

Sometimes delusions are all we have to get through the day

SdBacker80

We need to stretch the defense throw a couple over everyone’s head something

tiamat63

@sdbacker80 said:

We need to stretch the defense throw a couple over everyone’s head something

Who do you plan on running the verticals and actually scaring DBs?

SdBacker80

@tiamat63 said:

Who do you plan on running the verticals and actually scaring DBs?

Good Question. Give them another look at least.

Send Bond deep. Dink and Dunk ain’t working today though

SdBacker80

Lamar keeps one of these he’s gone.

tiamat63

Defensive gameplan is coming into view. Get on your horse vs Henry early, then on passing downs send your 5 man pressures and force Lamar to sit there and and patiently, consistently throw.

Ravens will adjust with more QB oriented reads and early down passes.

jrb12711

Are guys just not getting open down the field? Flacco ain’t the type to not take chances, and these check down throws are getting brutal.

tiamat63

@jrb12711 said:

Are guys just not getting open down the field? Flacco ain’t the type to not take chances, and these check down throws are getting brutal.

It was a combination of both last week. Guys weren't getting open, but the running game (the playaction game specfically) wasn't sucking up LB's. So they camped out in throwing lanes.

Then when they did get some openings, Flacco missed on a few big ones.