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  • i concur.

    the D actually made solid tackles and WAS HITTING THE QB. What a novel concept!!

    i would literally take a penalty on hitting the QB on every single play if i was a coach and not be upset.

    i'm still pissed how we didn't even touch aaron rodgers.

    not to mention a couple nice hard hits on Todd Heap.

  • You almost feel sorry for the Dline.

    They don't deserve this team.......yet still in the second half they battled and fought hard. I don't know where they get their energy from.......i'm hoping it doesn't run out or this team will be a complete failure.

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  • if we can get an offense that can sustain drives or even intentionally eat up the clock, our defense could be quite good next year.

    they are playing solid D with huge amounts of time on the field. imagine if that time was cut down....

  • It doesn't take very long to burn our secondary....... serious help needed there too.

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    It doesn't take very long to burn our secondary....... serious help needed there too.

    @buster said:

    It doesn't take very long to burn our secondary....... serious help needed there too.

    You know, I've been bashing the secondary from day one but I think that McDonald is the real weak link. When ESPN was done stroking themselves long enough to show an all 22 view....Flacco was confused and the coverage was generally tight. When they completed the pass to Heap and Elam laid the lumber on him...I jumped off the couch.

    At least Wright and Pool were active in run support and generally good in coverage. Maiava also played well covering Rice who is very tough out of the backfield.

    This was a top-10 offense and we held them to a touchdown and a field goal after a turnover. That's simply outstanding. Note to offense: Feel free to put up some points.

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  • I'm not disagree with the LB (Maiava looked good as a rookie!).....and yes the one wicked hit.......I guess if you want to narrow it down i'm not a fan of Wright or McDonald...followed by Adams and Sorenson when they are on.

    I'm not sure if I would go as far and say Baltimore has a top 10 offense.....maybe #10....... I think they would have beaten us a whole lot more if they threw the ball down the field more and if they got less Dline pressure.

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    I'm not disagree with the LB (Maiava looked good as a rookie!).....and yes the one wicked hit.......I guess if you want to narrow it down i'm not a fan of Wright or McDonald...followed by Adams and Sorenson when they are on.

    I'm not sure if I would go as far and say Baltimore has a top 10 offense.....maybe #10....... I think they would have beaten us a whole lot more if they threw the ball down the field more and if they got less Dline pressure.

    @buster said:

    I'm not disagree with the LB (Maiava looked good as a rookie!).....and yes the one wicked hit.......I guess if you want to narrow it down i'm not a fan of Wright or McDonald.

    I'm not sure if I would go as far and say Baltimore has a top 10 offense.....maybe #10....... I think they would have beaten us a whole lot more if they threw the ball down the field more and if they got less Dline pressure.

    Buster, I meant statistically they ranked #10. If that's how we're measuring the Browns' ineptitude, then that's how we measure how good the opponent is.

    I don't think Flacco could throw downfield. The presnap disguises of the coverage were great and the pressure was on him.

  • I don't think he could throw down the field because of the constant pressure....... I think they ran the ball way too much in the first half, which obviously didn't work, but if they threw the ball more and challenged our secondary- they would have been more successful in the first.

    I did see some of the replays last night in terms of one or 2 series where the coverage was good......but I also saw Mcdonald screw up royally for one TD, and a few catches made that never should have been.

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    I don't think he could throw down the field because of the constant pressure....... I think they ran the ball way too much in the first half, which obviously didn't work, but if they threw the ball more and challenged our secondary- they would have been more successful in the first.

    I did see some of the replays last night in terms of one or 2 series where the coverage was good......but I also saw Mcdonald screw up royally for one TD, and a few catches made that never should have been.

    @buster said:

    I don't think he could throw down the field because of the constant pressure....... I think they ran the ball way too much in the first half, which obviously didn't work, but if they threw the ball more and challenged our secondary- they would have been more successful in the first.

    I did see some of the replays last night in terms of one or 2 series where the coverage was good......but I also saw Mcdonald screw up royally for one TD, and a few catches made that never should have been.

    Agree on McDonald. I don't think he ever looked up so it's kind of enigmatic. Was he trying to undercut the route or was he THAT far out of position on Mason? Either way, he whiffed big time.

  • Franceis looked good in preseason -- especially in helping out in run support. Time to give him 7 games of trial by fire at a corner. Yeah, he'll get beat some, but we have so many needs going into the offseason (especially on offense) that we need to prioritize them.

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