***Official Browns Vs. 49ers Game Day Thread***

BrownsDawgPound

This game is getting very interesting!

dawg2fan

@bringbackbrownie2 said:
Very true. crowell looks like a pro athlete today. I'll wait for verification from Tour, but I suspect Erving's replacement is much better at run blocking...

No, I would say its the pour blocking by the Niner's. The same Crowe (no holes opening) will be back next 3 weeks. And no one on this board is a bigger Browns fan than i am, but we have to face the fact. Of course, the problem will be our Offense line, not Crowe.

TypicalBrowns

Manziel opens things up, he really does. He still needs to learn when to throw it away or he will get killed running around like he does, still though, very good vibes from him being a leader today on the sideline

BaconHound

@typicalbrowns said:

It's nice seeing the Browns run the ball.

The 49ers are awful, but it's still nice to be dominating a team

Good momentum. I really want to see how they play vs Seattle

bbedward

@dawg2fan said:
No, I would say its the pour blocking by the Niner's. The same Crowe (no holes opening) will be back next 3 weeks. And no one on this board is a bigger Browns fan than i am, but we have to face the fact. Of course, the problem will be our Offense line, not Crowe.

Crow, Malcolm Johnson, and the TE crew have all been bigger problems than our OLine - as it pertains to our run game anyway

dawg2fan

@baconhound said:
Good momentum. I really want to see how they play vs Seattle

I hate to say it, but with our Oline, I'd be surprised if we stay within 3 TDs of Seattle. Don't forget, the 49er's are only rushing 3 or 4. Seattle will get pressure with only 4.

dawg2fan

@bbedward said:
Crow, Malcolm Johnson, and the TE crew have all been bigger problems than our OLine - as it pertains to our run game anyway

Agreed, but the Oline needs to protect the QB. And also, Seattle will cover the TEs and RBs a lot better.

dawg08

Where has this defense been all year long?

BaconHound

@dawg2fan said:
I hate to say it, but with our Oline, I'd be surprised if we stay within 3 TDs of Seattle. Don't forget, the 49er's are only rushing 3 or 4. Seattle will get pressure with only 4.

I'm not a Manziel fan but if he is the guy I'll support him. I just know how you look against Tennessee, Baltimore and San Francisco isn't what will signal future success

BaconHound

@dawg08 said:
Where has this defense been all year long?

Same defense, 49ers stink

dawg08

@baconhound said:
Same defense, 49ers stink

They put 26 pts up against the Bears. Next week should be interesting

dawg2fan

@baconhound said:
Same defense, 49ers stink

Couldn't agree more. And I agree that we don't have a QB issue. Honesty, I feel we would be ok if we had more weapons on offense. But tell that to Farmer. And on D, we just need another D Coordinator. O'Neil just plain sucks. Calling a good game today, but we wont finish the season with more than 3 wins.

BaconHound

@dawg08 said:
They put 26 pts up against the Bears. Next week should be interesting

Bears stink as well and that was in overtime

dawg2fan

@baconhound said:
Bears stink as well and that was in overtime

And Chicago should have won it in regulation if they had made that FG.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

Makes you wonder what this year could have been...

tiamat63

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:
Makes you wonder what this year could have been...

Probably about the same.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@tiamat63 said:

Probably about the same.

Probably, except we'd have a 100% clear picture of what we had behind center - good or bad.

Opal312

Seattle is playing lights out! All Imask is for the Browns to be competitive!

calfoxwc

Looked to me like it's the first time the defense was playing

uplifted and energized, and NOT confused with

miscommunications.

My guess is, Oneil and Pettine sat down with their defense

and asked them how they could fix it.

And, it was a great matchup across the board for the Browns.

There were times when Manziel had all day to throw, and had no one to throw to.

Would have been better to have gone to this game, ...but no, I went to the cincy debacle.

These players played excited, and just looked like they were all on the same page.

Odd, I didn't see..any duct tape on Oneil's mouth...

Tour2ma

@jrb12711 said:
Honestly that douchebag above would find something wrong with Manziel even if he went 50/50 with 10 TDs. There's no point in even talking about it.

The truth is the truth regardless of the source.

@bringbackbrownie2 said:
Very true. crowell looks like a pro athlete today. I'll wait for verification from Tour, but I suspect Erving's replacement is much better at run blocking...

I may actually grade this week, if I have time. My working theory is that we reverted to more of a power run scheme this week and it produced honest to God holes... near where they were supposed to be.