Toilet Bowl '09: Browns vs. Lions

Bob806

We need to win a game or two so we can avoid the pressure of the #1 pick. Something tells me we can't handle the top pick again

medicineman

I hate to say it but I think the lions are going to crush us. Are defense is tough but our offense can't produce anything.

mario

i already said a week ago the Lions would beat us. We have no single weapon on offense, we traded our two weapons. They have a awesome reciever and a few decent ones to go along with him. The Lions issue is they needed a QB at a bad time. This past draft had no real stand out QB... kind of like the Russel/quinn draft.

bonedawg

Final Score

Lions 3

Browns 2

ballpeen

I think the Lions will get it up around 30 points...they aren't that bad.

bonedawg

@ballpeen said:
I think the Lions will get it up around 30 points...they aren't that bad.

I was giving a little credit to our defense after playing semi-professional ball last monday.

hoorta

@bonedawg said:
Amazing stat. I mean we are going to break all time lows that go back to before passing was introduced into the game of football.

It's modern football history 16 game season. I'm too lazy to look up the exact year, and numbers- but the Cincinnati Reds yes, there was an NFL team by that name- set the all time record back in the 1930's. And that's how many points they scored- like 35 or so, that's for the season, not a game.

tampadawgs

@ballpeen said:
I think the Lions will get it up around 30 points...they aren't that bad.

NO way they score 30 on us, we will lose 17-0

dj_illness

17-3.

i like the games where we take the opening possesion and march down the field..... for a FG.

so we think, "eh, okay...we might do allright."

and then we do NOTHING offensively the rest of the game.

dj_illness

but seriously...

i don't know how....but i do think (i'd like to think?) we can beat Det.

Next Year

Lions 34 Browns 10

samoth

Regardless of who wins the game, each team is going to come out of it saying "ehhhh we just beat the Browns/Lions, who cares"

"

dj_illness

true.

and

"we just saved a bunch of money by not having the #1 draft pick"

ClevelandFanForLife

no joke, my defense this week is playing new england this week in fantasy and i picked up the lions. it hurts me to do it but come on, you all know it was a good move.

BrownIndian

I like this game for many reasons. We are testing ourselves versus a weak but promising team. Some things i will be looking out for.

* Can Quinn move the chain forward now that our OL will buy him some time to throw the ball ?

* Can the receivers and/or TE's get separation and catch the ball ?

* Can any of our RB's not named JL get a 100 yard game ?

* Are we going to see successful throws that are beyond 10 yards (not even 20) ?

* Can we score a meaningful touchdown ?

These 7 questions will truly tell us the state of our offense. Did I miss any points ?

DumAssWhiteGuy

@clevelandfanforlife said:
no joke, my defense this week is playing new england this week in fantasy and i picked up the lions. it hurts me to do it but come on, you all know it was a good move.

OUCH! Can't say I blame you though considering the Browns ability to score this year.

By looking at the stats and playmakers on both teams it seems Detroit has a slight edge but if the Browns D shows up and we don't have any pick - 6's (both big ifs!) against us I can see this ugly game ending in a 0-0 tie.

dj_illness

@brownindian said:
I like this game for many reasons. We are testing ourselves versus a weak but promising team. Some things i will be looking out for.
* Can Quinn move the chain forward now that our OL will buy him some time to throw the ball ?

* Can the receivers and/or TE's get separation and catch the ball ?

* Can any of our RB's not named JL get a 100 yard game ?

* Are we going to see successful throws that are beyond 10 yards (not even 20) ?

* Can we score a meaningful touchdown ?

These 7 questions will truly tell us the state of our offense. Did I miss any points ?

didn't harrison have our last 100+ game? we need to be done with JL.

dj_illness

@clevelandfanforlife said:
no joke, my defense this week is playing new england this week in fantasy and i picked up the lions. it hurts me to do it but come on, you all know it was a good move.

i've had detroits D as one of two D's for a while. They actually A- don't have HUGE blowouts all the time, and B- manage about 2-3 turnovers a game.

they aren't a terrible play. I also am starting them in one of my leagues (over Colts..playing Ravens).

also, my league figures return yards into team D (i dunno why), which makes Detroit a huge play. they get kicked-off to a lot.

MrFreeze

@dj_illness said:
17-3.
i like the games where we take the opening possesion and march down the field..... for a FG.

so we think, "eh, okay...we might do allright."

and then we do NOTHING offensively the rest of the game.

I've seen more of these games than I care to remember. The offense goes into hibernation until we are down 21-3. I wonder how many times this has happened in the past 3 years?

Tim Couch Pulls Out

In all honesty, I cannot predict how this game will turn out. They've had a decently tough schedule themselves, outside of Seattle, Washington, and St. Louis. It's not as tough as ours was, but it's not a cupcake-athon, either. They have offensive playmakers, we do not. I think we can have a better defense performance though, if they play like they did last week. The only bright side I see is that this game SHOULD give Quinn a chance to actually drop back without being instantly pressured for once in his career. Hopefully that will give him some confidence.