Skip to content

NFL Phucks Cleveland Twice in 4 Weeks

The Browns Board
183 54 4.9k 1
  • The D was bad and it really should have been worse Carr had 2 easy TD's that he missed! Nelson was wide wide open for 6 and so was the receiver in the end zone that tried to come back to make the catch. I could be wrong, but they ended up getting a total of 3 points instead of 14.

  • @gunz41 said:

    Well IF you are using me as one agreeing, I can say half way. From what I seen, I would say he was short, but with it being a 1st on field, I dont see how they overturned it. 

    My only point in posting at all was saying it was fixed. From that play, whether right or wrong, I see no evidence of a fix. 

    We're short by inches on that play. Sure the percentages say you punt, but maybe not if your defense is a sieve, and your special teams suck. No guts no glory. Give the ball to Hyde, or qb sneak. If you can't make a foot, you don't deserve to win anyway.

    I'm with Jiggins on this one, we were ready to open the victory port, and I told Bob to hold off. Just had the feeling we weren't stopping the Raiders on that drive.

    @hoorta said:

    We're short by inches on that play. Sure the percentages say you punt, but maybe not if your defense is a sieve, and your special teams suck. No guts no glory. Give the ball to Hyde, or qb sneak. If you can't make a foot, you don't deserve to win anyway.

    I'm with Jiggins on this one, we were ready to open the victory port, and I told Bob to hold off. Just had the feeling we weren't stopping the Raiders on that drive.

    I agree with that, and maybe it was a TERRIBLE call, and the fumble to. But to me there is a HUGE difference in having terrible calls and actually thinking the game was fixed.

  • @hoorta said:

    We're short by inches on that play. Sure the percentages say you punt, but maybe not if your defense is a sieve, and your special teams suck. No guts no glory. Give the ball to Hyde, or qb sneak. If you can't make a foot, you don't deserve to win anyway.

    I'm with Jiggins on this one, we were ready to open the victory port, and I told Bob to hold off. Just had the feeling we weren't stopping the Raiders on that drive.

    I agree with that, and maybe it was a TERRIBLE call, and the fumble to. But to me there is a HUGE difference in having terrible calls and actually thinking the game was fixed.

    @gunz41 said:

    I agree with that, and maybe it was a TERRIBLE call, and the fumble to. But to me there is a HUGE difference in having terrible calls and actually thinking the game was fixed.

    The refs quick whistle helped us early in the game.  Don't forget that.   The problem with the 3rd down running play is that it was originally called a first down and then overturned and certainly didn't seem like there was evidence to overturn the call on the field.  

    I also think going for it on your own 20 with 1:50 left is a silly call that would've had 95% of you around here saying Hue should be fired for making that decision if it doesn't work.   What's the point of having a defense if you can't trust them to hold an 8 point lead?

  • All this pissing and moaning about refs is embarassing.

    Yall axtin like stiller fans. Man up...appreciate what we have to build upon and quit whining.

    We had too many turnovers that resulted in raider points.

    Enough already.

    @kvoethe said:

    All this pissing and moaning about refs is embarassing

    We're shameless Browns fans.

    We lost the game because Hue allowed the Raiders to take control of the game at the end.

    The refs gave us 4th and inches.  All we had to do was QB sneak for a couple of inches.  What are the odds for 4th and inches QB sneaks?  Gotta be over 90%.  What were the odds that we were gonna stop the Raiders after punt?  When we lost the cornerback we couldn't stop them.  And what are you telling your offensive line by foregoing the QB sneak to win the game?  Answer: I don't have faith in your ability to gain 6 inches.  

    Even if he was afraid of Baker doing the sneak....put in Tyrod and tell him to smash that concussed head of his over the 1st down stripe.  

    And today, Hue comes out with WE have to learn to finish games.  We have to take it out of the officials hands.  We have to take control.  We have to put the final nail in the coffin.  Does he actually do what he said?  No.

  • @gunz41 said:

    Well IF you are using me as one agreeing, I can say half way. From what I seen, I would say he was short, but with it being a 1st on field, I dont see how they overturned it. 

    My only point in posting at all was saying it was fixed. From that play, whether right or wrong, I see no evidence of a fix. 

    We're short by inches on that play. Sure the percentages say you punt, but maybe not if your defense is a sieve, and your special teams suck. No guts no glory. Give the ball to Hyde, or qb sneak. If you can't make a foot, you don't deserve to win anyway.

    I'm with Jiggins on this one, we were ready to open the victory port, and I told Bob to hold off. Just had the feeling we weren't stopping the Raiders on that drive.

    @hoorta said:

    We're short by inches on that play. Sure the percentages say you punt, but maybe not if your defense is a sieve, and your special teams suck. No guts no glory. Give the ball to Hyde, or qb sneak. If you can't make a foot, you don't deserve to win anyway.

    I'm with Jiggins on this one, we were ready to open the victory port, and I told Bob to hold off. Just had the feeling we weren't stopping the Raiders on that drive.

    They were discussing the odds of converting on a 4th & inches on the radio several times today.

    Dustin Fox, had a compilation of stats from the last 15 years on 4th & 1 and the success rate was 82% (QB sneak).

    Fourth and inches carried nearly 95% success rate on a QB sneak.

  • The quick whistles offset each other since they were really quick on the one on the Lynch run and then the fumble that we would've recovered.   The truly bad call is the overturn of the first down that basically cost us the game.    However, the defense still had an 8 point lead, less than 2 minutes and let them cruise down for the TD and the 2 point.

    @mark-o said:

    The quick whistles offset each other since they were really quick on the one on the Lynch run and then the fumble that we would've recovered.   The truly bad call is the overturn of the first down that basically cost us the game.    However, the defense still had an 8 point lead, less than 2 minutes and let them cruise down for the TD and the 2 point.

    That quick whistle cost us the ball. I know where you coming from though.  It's all coaching. You either play to win or you play to not.....

  • @mark-o said:

    The quick whistles offset each other since they were really quick on the one on the Lynch run and then the fumble that we would've recovered.   The truly bad call is the overturn of the first down that basically cost us the game.    However, the defense still had an 8 point lead, less than 2 minutes and let them cruise down for the TD and the 2 point.

    That quick whistle cost us the ball. I know where you coming from though.  It's all coaching. You either play to win or you play to not.....

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    That quick whistle cost us the ball. I know where you coming from though.  It's all coaching. You either play to win or you play to not.....

    The quick whistle while we were on defense probably saved us from a Raiders touchdown. 

  • @kvoethe said:

    All this pissing and moaning about refs is embarassing

    We're shameless Browns fans.

    We lost the game because Hue allowed the Raiders to take control of the game at the end.

    The refs gave us 4th and inches.  All we had to do was QB sneak for a couple of inches.  What are the odds for 4th and inches QB sneaks?  Gotta be over 90%.  What were the odds that we were gonna stop the Raiders after punt?  When we lost the cornerback we couldn't stop them.  And what are you telling your offensive line by foregoing the QB sneak to win the game?  Answer: I don't have faith in your ability to gain 6 inches.  

    Even if he was afraid of Baker doing the sneak....put in Tyrod and tell him to smash that concussed head of his over the 1st down stripe.  

    And today, Hue comes out with WE have to learn to finish games.  We have to take it out of the officials hands.  We have to take control.  We have to put the final nail in the coffin.  Does he actually do what he said?  No.

    @orion said:

    We're shameless Browns fans.

    We lost the game because Hue allowed the Raiders to take control of the game at the end.

    The refs gave us 4th and inches.  All we had to do was QB sneak for a couple of inches.  What are the odds for 4th and inches QB sneaks?  Gotta be over 90%.  What were the odds that we were gonna stop the Raiders after punt?  When we lost the cornerback we couldn't stop them.  And what are you telling your offensive line by foregoing the QB sneak to win the game?  Answer: I don't have faith in your ability to gain 6 inches.  

     Even if he was afraid of Baker doing the sneak....put in Tyrod and tell him to smash that concussed head of his over the 1st down stripe.  

    And today, Hue comes out with WE have to learn to finish games.  We have to take it out of the officials hands.  We have to take control.  We have to put the final nail in the coffin.  Does he actually do what he said?  No.

    Hue showed his lack of balls. I bet Todd wanted to go for it. That's no confidence right there.

  • @flyingfooldoug said:

    That quick whistle cost us the ball. I know where you coming from though.  It's all coaching. You either play to win or you play to not.....

    The quick whistle while we were on defense probably saved us from a Raiders touchdown. 

    @mark-o said:

    The quick whistle while we were on defense probably saved us from a Raiders touchdown. 

    Really? It looked like the browns stopped when they heard the whistle. So I think that play was a bit exaggerated. 

    Early whistle, regardless.

  • Image may contain: one or more people, meme and text

  • @gunz41 said:

    I agree with that, and maybe it was a TERRIBLE call, and the fumble to. But to me there is a HUGE difference in having terrible calls and actually thinking the game was fixed.

    The refs quick whistle helped us early in the game.  Don't forget that.   The problem with the 3rd down running play is that it was originally called a first down and then overturned and certainly didn't seem like there was evidence to overturn the call on the field.  

    I also think going for it on your own 20 with 1:50 left is a silly call that would've had 95% of you around here saying Hue should be fired for making that decision if it doesn't work.   What's the point of having a defense if you can't trust them to hold an 8 point lead?

    @mark-o said:

    The refs quick whistle helped us early in the game.  Don't forget that.   The problem with the 3rd down running play is that it was originally called a first down and then overturned and certainly didn't seem like there was evidence to overturn the call on the field.  

    I also think going for it on your own 20 with 1:50 left is a silly call that would've had 95% of you around here saying Hue should be fired for making that decision if it doesn't work.   What's the point of having a defense if you can't trust them to hold an 8 point lead?

    Its obvious that no matter what is said or evidence shown that a lot of people aren't going to change their view. It's all part of fandom I suppose. I even recall someone say it doesnt matter you aren't going to convince me it wasnt completely fixed. I have even seen the talk of the Vegas line. Of course the fact that a majority of lines are close like that has no bearing on it being fixed. 

    I guess it is just easier to think a game was fixed, that the entire league has something against the Browns (even though they were the worst team last year, and makes absolutely no sense) than to just say that the team made too many mistakes.

    Complaining about the fumble I see. Complaining about the spot and subsequent overturn, I get it. But to take it further to every penalty and then cheating, WAY TOO FAR IMO

  • Oh yeah that's good. 😆

  • Who is that is actually making the decision on replays?  I have always thought the referee down on the field was looking at it and making a judgement - but now I hear this talk about how the it is the central officiating office in NYC that is actually reviewing the challenged plays and rendering decisions.  

    Which is it?

  • @kvoethe said:

    All this pissing and moaning about refs is embarassing

    We're shameless Browns fans.

    We lost the game because Hue allowed the Raiders to take control of the game at the end.

    The refs gave us 4th and inches.  All we had to do was QB sneak for a couple of inches.  What are the odds for 4th and inches QB sneaks?  Gotta be over 90%.  What were the odds that we were gonna stop the Raiders after punt?  When we lost the cornerback we couldn't stop them.  And what are you telling your offensive line by foregoing the QB sneak to win the game?  Answer: I don't have faith in your ability to gain 6 inches.  

    Even if he was afraid of Baker doing the sneak....put in Tyrod and tell him to smash that concussed head of his over the 1st down stripe.  

    And today, Hue comes out with WE have to learn to finish games.  We have to take it out of the officials hands.  We have to take control.  We have to put the final nail in the coffin.  Does he actually do what he said?  No.

    @orion said:

    We're shameless Browns fans.

    We lost the game because Hue allowed the Raiders to take control of the game at the end.

    The refs gave us 4th and inches.  All we had to do was QB sneak for a couple of inches.  What are the odds for 4th and inches QB sneaks?  Gotta be over 90%.  What were the odds that we were gonna stop the Raiders after punt?  When we lost the cornerback we couldn't stop them.  And what are you telling your offensive line by foregoing the QB sneak to win the game?  Answer: I don't have faith in your ability to gain 6 inches.  

    Even if he was afraid of Baker doing the sneak....put in Tyrod and tell him to smash that concussed head of his over the 1st down stripe.  

    And today, Hue comes out with WE have to learn to finish games.  We have to take it out of the officials hands.  We have to take control.  We have to put the final nail in the coffin.  Does he actually do what he said?  No.

    I sure hope you are joking about Tyrod. Put someone in to possibly get hurt more.

    As for going for it on 4th, even if it is 90%, what about that 10%. Then you give them an even shorter field. You have the LEAD, you rely on your defense to stop them with a long field and then a 2 pt conversation. It didn't work out. 

    And you just got the call that people are talking about proof of a fix, and now you expect the officials to get an exact spot on a sneak with 22 people all in the same area. Yea, make total sense. If the Browns go for it there and dont get it, even more people are calling for his job because he didnt punt it.

  • @kvoethe said:

    All this pissing and moaning about refs is embarassing

    We're shameless Browns fans.

    We lost the game because Hue allowed the Raiders to take control of the game at the end.

    The refs gave us 4th and inches.  All we had to do was QB sneak for a couple of inches.  What are the odds for 4th and inches QB sneaks?  Gotta be over 90%.  What were the odds that we were gonna stop the Raiders after punt?  When we lost the cornerback we couldn't stop them.  And what are you telling your offensive line by foregoing the QB sneak to win the game?  Answer: I don't have faith in your ability to gain 6 inches.  

    Even if he was afraid of Baker doing the sneak....put in Tyrod and tell him to smash that concussed head of his over the 1st down stripe.  

    And today, Hue comes out with WE have to learn to finish games.  We have to take it out of the officials hands.  We have to take control.  We have to put the final nail in the coffin.  Does he actually do what he said?  No.

    @orion said:

    We're shameless Browns fans.

    We lost the game because Hue allowed the Raiders to take control of the game at the end.

    The refs gave us 4th and inches.  All we had to do was QB sneak for a couple of inches.  What are the odds for 4th and inches QB sneaks?  Gotta be over 90%.  What were the odds that we were gonna stop the Raiders after punt?  When we lost the cornerback we couldn't stop them.  And what are you telling your offensive line by foregoing the QB sneak to win the game?  Answer: I don't have faith in your ability to gain 6 inches.  

    Even if he was afraid of Baker doing the sneak....put in Tyrod and tell him to smash that concussed head of his over the 1st down stripe.  

    And today, Hue comes out with WE have to learn to finish games.  We have to take it out of the officials hands.  We have to take control.  We have to put the final nail in the coffin.  Does he actually do what he said?  No.

    Well 4th and short, some thoughts......  http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/62665328

    Screenshot_2018-10-01-21-56-52.png

  • Hindsight is 20/20

  • Who is that is actually making the decision on replays?  I have always thought the referee down on the field was looking at it and making a judgement - but now I hear this talk about how the it is the central officiating office in NYC that is actually reviewing the challenged plays and rendering decisions.  

    Which is it?

    @onkyoreceiver said:

    Who is that is actually making the decision on replays?  I have always thought the referee down on the field was looking at it and making a judgement - but now I hear this talk about how the it is the central officiating office in NYC that is actually reviewing the challenged plays and rendering decisions.  

    Which is it?

    It's the central league office in NYC that makes the decision.  They just tell the referee on the field of their decision so he can relate it to the crowd and what they're looking at on the replays. 

    Just like the way baseball does it.

  • They deserved to lose.  Going three and out how many times in a row to end the game?  

    And special teams is an absolute joke.