***Official Browns Vs. Steelers Game Day Thread***

Tour2ma

@clevfan4life said:

anyone notice how bad the left side got caved on that block? that was bitonio i beleive

Yup... looked like somehow he ended up trying to block two rushers tho.

MLD Woody

What a rollercoaster of a game

S_U_P_E_R_B_O_W_L

Whatever.

bjh2130

@mld-woody said:

What a rollercoaster of a game

I'm really not trying to hate your boy lol but I was so mad when he fair caught that. Before the punt I had visions of him taking it to the house

DieHardBrownsFan

That free agent lt got to go

Dutch Oven

@bjh2130 said:

I'm really not trying to hate your boy lol but I was so mad when he fair caught that. Before the punt I had visions of him taking it to the house

You would have thought he'd be familiar with being a country mile away from any other players, but he still got spooked.

tiamat63

@bjh2130 said:

I'm really not trying to hate your boy lol but I was so mad when he fair caught that. Before the punt I had visions of him taking it to the house

You think he's still at UM?

dawg2fan

@marc1971 said:

Our offense was subpar at best.

Not optimistic when it comes to many victories this year.

If you consider who we went up against, I'll take the tie. The majority of teams will not have that pass rush, but our D will be the same. At this point, it is starting to look like we could win 7 or 8 games. But I'll wait.

Vagitron

@nickers said:

All today proved to Me is Hue is still clueless.. And Tuh'rod is not Starter material.. He has 0 drive on his passes... He's a career backup at best.. We better up the ante on getting Baker ready .. Because Tuh'rod certainly is not the answer at QB.. He flat out stunk.

Did you see how Ben played? The weather was horrendous. I'm not sure I'd lay any of that game on tyrod just like I'm not laying it on ben. It was a sh*t show of a game.

Nero

I only watched second half, but I'm excited about this defense: we have playmakers and everybody contributes. I'm glad about seeing Peppers get more involved (except that fair catch).

Offense is in the process but I wouldn't say there's a surprise on that. I think that the rain didn't do us any favor and we had some bad drops. Let's hope that after trying to reinvent the wheel during the preseason the Oline starts to gel and both the run and pass play benefit from that. We have playmakers and I think it only can get better from this spot.

TexasAg1969

@syd said:

so on to next week are the saints D really that bad ? to let tampa put up 48 0n them

Dunno but Brees can still carve up any defense.

gumby73

I'd hope for better from Pep, but your looking up at a wet ball 50 yards in the air with cross winds flutters..don't know if i'd worry about taking a peek either..he looked comfortable just catching them in this mess

The Gipper

@nickers said:

All today proved to Me is Hue is still clueless.. And Tuh'rod is not Starter material.. He has 0 drive on his passes... He's a career backup at best.. We better up the ante on getting Baker ready .. Because Tuh'rod certainly is not the answer at QB.. He flat out stunk.

I say Baker starts in about week five or sixI say Baker starts in about week five or six

TexasAg1969

@nero said:

I only watched second half, but I'm excited about this defense: we have playmakers and everybody contributes. I'm glad about seeing Peppers get more involved (except that fair catch).

Offense is in the process but I wouldn't say there's a surprise on that. I think that the rain didn't do us any favor and we had some bad drops. Let's hope that after trying to reinvent the wheel during the preseason the Oline starts to gel and both the run and pass play benefit for that. We have playmakers and I think it only can get better from this spot.

Sanity is not allowed after a tie.?

nickers

@vagitron said:

Did you see how Ben played? The weather was horrendous. I'm not sure I'd lay any of that game on tyrod just like I'm not laying it on ben. It was a sh*t show of a game.

I wasn't talking to you , Homo... At least Ben has drive on his passes and gave your team a chance to win.. Which no one , Won today... Tuh'rod is just gawd awful.. He couldnt even read the coverages today and he was late on a lot of his throws...

Vagitron

@nickers said:

I wasn't talking to you , Homo... At least Ben has drive on his passes and gave your team a chance to win.. Which no one , Won today... Tuh'rod is just gawd awful.. He couldnt even read the coverages today and he was late on a lot of his throws...

Lol, I thought we were past the name calling?

TexasAg1969

@nickers said:

Tuh'rod is just gawd awful.. He couldnt even read the coverages today and he was late on a lot of his throws...

Unfortunately I was thinking during most of the game that the rookie Baker could have read the defenses far better than TT was doing. It showed in preseason. But that said I don't want him out there until this team can decently pass block, which they can't.

nickers

@vagitron said:

Lol, I thought we were past the name calling?

Would you rather I put Sapien , Sapien behind that?... I'll agree.. Both teams played like hell today..

runyon27

The offense needs lots of work, especially the line blocking it has got to be better. And the run defense wasn't very good especially in the 3rd Q. It did get better in Q4 and OT. Might need to bring Meder back.

Tour2ma

Upon further reflection...

This was a lucky tie. Boswell makes that 40-yarder 85% of the time.
One of the oldest football cliches held true today. Namely that early in the season Defenses are way ahead of Offenses. This used to be heard mostly in the preseason, and sometimes still is, but today under the current CBA it's truer of the first games of the regular season than it ever has been. As I said in The Tavern it's why BB considers the Pats' first two games to be mere extensions of the preseason.

So take heart fellow BrownsBoarders. Our O will improve week to week. Just don't expect our D to continue to grab turnovers like they were Pez as the season rolls on.as opponents O's will improve as well.

Except BUF's of course... they are majorly eff'd up.