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  • @browns149 said:

    I said 0-4.  I figured NO WAY THEY WIN WITH HUE.

    They got lucky the Jets are coached by a moron

    How many more games before Hue is fired?

    Looks like you are NOT one of the fans who think this team could potentially be 4-0 right now.

    But sure, let's just blame Hue for everything that has gone against this team to start the season out ?

    Good news for Baker this week, its a home game AND the defense can't be much worse than it was last week.

    @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

    Looks like you are NOT one of the fans who think this team could potentially be 4-0 right now.

    But sure, let's just blame Hue for everything that has gone against this team to start the season out ?

    Good news for Baker this week, its a home game AND the defense can't be much worse than it was last week.

    This is a bad, bad match up for us. Ravens have pretty much the best defense in the league, they get their best corner back in Jimmy Smith, and their defense is giving up the fewest yards per play. Btw, Ravens have given up 9 second half points ALL YEAR. 

    YO. 

  • @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

    Looks like you are NOT one of the fans who think this team could potentially be 4-0 right now.

    But sure, let's just blame Hue for everything that has gone against this team to start the season out ?

    Good news for Baker this week, its a home game AND the defense can't be much worse than it was last week.

    This is a bad, bad match up for us. Ravens have pretty much the best defense in the league, they get their best corner back in Jimmy Smith, and their defense is giving up the fewest yards per play. Btw, Ravens have given up 9 second half points ALL YEAR. 

    YO. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

    This is a bad, bad match up for us. Ravens have pretty much the best defense in the league, they get their best corner back in Jimmy Smith, and their defense is giving up the fewest yards per play. Btw, Ravens have given up 9 second half points ALL YEAR. 

    YO. 

     I know the Ravens are looking like the top dog in the North this year. And their defense is always legit. Basically every year.

    I told a buddy before the Saints game “Do NOT expect to win this game” and we almost did.

     The defense might be back in business this week. They match up a lot better against the run... I would hope

    And random fact, Ratley is the number 4 on depth chart on Madden with better speed rating then Callaway and he is 6’3...And I sh”* you not, it says Peppers has a “0” kick return rating, which is a glitch or intentional.. LOL

  • @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

    Looks like you are NOT one of the fans who think this team could potentially be 4-0 right now.

    But sure, let's just blame Hue for everything that has gone against this team to start the season out ?

    Good news for Baker this week, its a home game AND the defense can't be much worse than it was last week.

    This is a bad, bad match up for us. Ravens have pretty much the best defense in the league, they get their best corner back in Jimmy Smith, and their defense is giving up the fewest yards per play. Btw, Ravens have given up 9 second half points ALL YEAR. 

    YO. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

    This is a bad, bad match up for us. Ravens have pretty much the best defense in the league, they get their best corner back in Jimmy Smith, and their defense is giving up the fewest yards per play. Btw, Ravens have given up 9 second half points ALL YEAR. 

    YO. 

    once again, your fooling yourself Mr.Roboto 

      more throwing of Styx with no Stones ?.. have they seen our 2nd halfs?(21,12,18,25) give me Haley & Baker over 9 points..

  • @jiggins7919 said:

    This is a bad, bad match up for us. Ravens have pretty much the best defense in the league, they get their best corner back in Jimmy Smith, and their defense is giving up the fewest yards per play. Btw, Ravens have given up 9 second half points ALL YEAR. 

    YO. 

     I know the Ravens are looking like the top dog in the North this year. And their defense is always legit. Basically every year.

    I told a buddy before the Saints game “Do NOT expect to win this game” and we almost did.

     The defense might be back in business this week. They match up a lot better against the run... I would hope

    And random fact, Ratley is the number 4 on depth chart on Madden with better speed rating then Callaway and he is 6’3...And I sh”* you not, it says Peppers has a “0” kick return rating, which is a glitch or intentional.. LOL

    @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

     I know the Ravens are looking like the top dog in the North this year. And their defense is always legit. Basically every year.

    I told a buddy before the Saints game “Do NOT expect to win this game” and we almost did.

     The defense might be back in business this week. They match up a lot better against the run... I would hope

    And random fact, Ratley is the number 4 on depth chart on Madden with better speed rating then Callaway and he is 6’3...And I sh”* you not, it says Peppers has a “0” kick return rating, which is a glitch or intentional.. LOL

    The Saints were a very tough match up, and you're right, we played well. I guess what bothers me is that we needed a stop and couldn't get it. Sound familiar? Our defense matches up decently against Ravens, but I expect this to be a game where we punt a lot and our defense gets tired in the second half. Maybe we're down 7 in the first half and lose by 17. Something like that. Can we win? Of course. We can have a very solid game and pull it out, but I just don't see it. We're playing against a good team AND a bunch of rotten history. Tough opponents. 

    How do we win? We need a defensive touchdown and a monster game from Myles. We need steady pressure on Flacco and we must hold them to FG's. Last week against Oakland, the Raiders had 21 points off our 3 turnovers. We scored 10 points off our first NINE turnovers. That's a recipe for losing. We need to turn the ball over on defense, and then punch it in for 6. We get a defensive touchdown, force some turnovers and SCORE off them, and hold Ravens to FG's....we can win. 

    Don't be surprised to see a low scoring first half. The end of the 2nd quarter will be the witching hour. That is when we've historically given up a score and gone into half down on momentum (although we've done good this year). 

    The second half. This game will definitely come down to the second half. 

  • @jiggins7919 said:

    This is a bad, bad match up for us. Ravens have pretty much the best defense in the league, they get their best corner back in Jimmy Smith, and their defense is giving up the fewest yards per play. Btw, Ravens have given up 9 second half points ALL YEAR. 

    YO. 

    once again, your fooling yourself Mr.Roboto 

      more throwing of Styx with no Stones ?.. have they seen our 2nd halfs?(21,12,18,25) give me Haley & Baker over 9 points..

    @gumby73 said:

    once again, your fooling yourself Mr.Roboto 

      more throwing of Styx with no Stones ?.. have they seen our 2nd halfs? give me Haley & Baker over 9 points..

    I'll be so happy if you're right!! 

    OK, I'll break it down. I think there's a 90% we lose (bare with me). I believe the Ravens are the better team. I give them the edge in defense, offense (because we have a rookie QB, but it's CLOSE), and especially, ESPECIALLY special teams. I mean, we're a flat out dumpster fire on special teams, and the Ravens don't eff around. 

    But...BUT....we have a chance to win (I know I previously said we have no chance, but even I know there's always a prayer). I tell you one thing, we need to catch the darn ball. We also need to punch it in if/when we get to the red zone. No question. We won't win with FG attempts, promise. We also need to quash the turnovers on offense. Smart passes, catching the ball, recovering a fumble if we put it on the ground. All that needs to go our way. 

    What I'd really love? Another home victory. A home, DIVISION win. That would be two W's in a row, at home, and maybe...just maybe...start to develop a real homefield advantage. THAT would be cool. But am I expecting it? Sadly no. Whereas I believe we're better than last year, I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

  • @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

     I know the Ravens are looking like the top dog in the North this year. And their defense is always legit. Basically every year.

    I told a buddy before the Saints game “Do NOT expect to win this game” and we almost did.

     The defense might be back in business this week. They match up a lot better against the run... I would hope

    And random fact, Ratley is the number 4 on depth chart on Madden with better speed rating then Callaway and he is 6’3...And I sh”* you not, it says Peppers has a “0” kick return rating, which is a glitch or intentional.. LOL

    The Saints were a very tough match up, and you're right, we played well. I guess what bothers me is that we needed a stop and couldn't get it. Sound familiar? Our defense matches up decently against Ravens, but I expect this to be a game where we punt a lot and our defense gets tired in the second half. Maybe we're down 7 in the first half and lose by 17. Something like that. Can we win? Of course. We can have a very solid game and pull it out, but I just don't see it. We're playing against a good team AND a bunch of rotten history. Tough opponents. 

    How do we win? We need a defensive touchdown and a monster game from Myles. We need steady pressure on Flacco and we must hold them to FG's. Last week against Oakland, the Raiders had 21 points off our 3 turnovers. We scored 10 points off our first NINE turnovers. That's a recipe for losing. We need to turn the ball over on defense, and then punch it in for 6. We get a defensive touchdown, force some turnovers and SCORE off them, and hold Ravens to FG's....we can win. 

    Don't be surprised to see a low scoring first half. The end of the 2nd quarter will be the witching hour. That is when we've historically given up a score and gone into half down on momentum (although we've done good this year). 

    The second half. This game will definitely come down to the second half. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

    The second half. This game will definitely come down to the second half. 

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  • @gumby73 said:

    once again, your fooling yourself Mr.Roboto 

      more throwing of Styx with no Stones ?.. have they seen our 2nd halfs? give me Haley & Baker over 9 points..

    I'll be so happy if you're right!! 

    OK, I'll break it down. I think there's a 90% we lose (bare with me). I believe the Ravens are the better team. I give them the edge in defense, offense (because we have a rookie QB, but it's CLOSE), and especially, ESPECIALLY special teams. I mean, we're a flat out dumpster fire on special teams, and the Ravens don't eff around. 

    But...BUT....we have a chance to win (I know I previously said we have no chance, but even I know there's always a prayer). I tell you one thing, we need to catch the darn ball. We also need to punch it in if/when we get to the red zone. No question. We won't win with FG attempts, promise. We also need to quash the turnovers on offense. Smart passes, catching the ball, recovering a fumble if we put it on the ground. All that needs to go our way. 

    What I'd really love? Another home victory. A home, DIVISION win. That would be two W's in a row, at home, and maybe...just maybe...start to develop a real homefield advantage. THAT would be cool. But am I expecting it? Sadly no. Whereas I believe we're better than last year, I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

    ...just maybe...start to develop a real homefield advantage. THAT would be cool. But am I expecting it? Sadly no. Whereas I believe we're better than last year, I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    Were you around in the Muni days? or did they eat your tickets?😉..We faced the same Mavens team that tie their cleats the same way we do twice every season. last, 27-10 at FE,Balt.1 sack us 2. Balt 0 turnovers us -4//////24-10 at Balt. 2 sacks us 3. Balt -2 turnovers, us -5 with 11 penalty's..No giant secret in the game plan here..

  • @gumby73 said:

    once again, your fooling yourself Mr.Roboto 

      more throwing of Styx with no Stones ?.. have they seen our 2nd halfs? give me Haley & Baker over 9 points..

    I'll be so happy if you're right!! 

    OK, I'll break it down. I think there's a 90% we lose (bare with me). I believe the Ravens are the better team. I give them the edge in defense, offense (because we have a rookie QB, but it's CLOSE), and especially, ESPECIALLY special teams. I mean, we're a flat out dumpster fire on special teams, and the Ravens don't eff around. 

    But...BUT....we have a chance to win (I know I previously said we have no chance, but even I know there's always a prayer). I tell you one thing, we need to catch the darn ball. We also need to punch it in if/when we get to the red zone. No question. We won't win with FG attempts, promise. We also need to quash the turnovers on offense. Smart passes, catching the ball, recovering a fumble if we put it on the ground. All that needs to go our way. 

    What I'd really love? Another home victory. A home, DIVISION win. That would be two W's in a row, at home, and maybe...just maybe...start to develop a real homefield advantage. THAT would be cool. But am I expecting it? Sadly no. Whereas I believe we're better than last year, I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

    Whereas I believe we're better than last year, I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    Exactly who have the Ravens beaten this year that makes you think they are a "giant"?

    The Bills at home...? The Broncos at home...? The Steelers...? Who looked like CRAP on Sunday Night Football? 

    And don't forget, they got beat pretty bad at Cincy in Week 2. 

    I'm not saying it's a given we win, but you are seriously giving the Ravens too much credit IMHO. If we can do what the Bengals did then we should win the game.

    Compared with Cincy, our offenses are close in yards, we are the better running team, they have scored more points but remember 2 1/2 of our games were with T.Taylor at QB. Baker is averaging over 10 points per quarter since he took over. Also, our D ranks better than Cincy in almost every category. My point is, if they beat them, no reason we can't. 

    I think our D can force Flacco into making mistakes, much like they did with Ben in week 1. I think our offense can score on them. Much like the last 4 weeks it is just about who makes less mistakes and who can make more plays.

  • @jiggins7919 said:

    Whereas I believe we're better than last year, I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    Exactly who have the Ravens beaten this year that makes you think they are a "giant"?

    The Bills at home...? The Broncos at home...? The Steelers...? Who looked like CRAP on Sunday Night Football? 

    And don't forget, they got beat pretty bad at Cincy in Week 2. 

    I'm not saying it's a given we win, but you are seriously giving the Ravens too much credit IMHO. If we can do what the Bengals did then we should win the game.

    Compared with Cincy, our offenses are close in yards, we are the better running team, they have scored more points but remember 2 1/2 of our games were with T.Taylor at QB. Baker is averaging over 10 points per quarter since he took over. Also, our D ranks better than Cincy in almost every category. My point is, if they beat them, no reason we can't. 

    I think our D can force Flacco into making mistakes, much like they did with Ben in week 1. I think our offense can score on them. Much like the last 4 weeks it is just about who makes less mistakes and who can make more plays.

    @thenew23 said:

    Exactly who have the Ravens beaten this year that makes you think they are a "giant"?

    The Bills at home...? The Broncos at home...? The Steelers...? Who looked like CRAP on Sunday Night Football? 

    And don't forget, they got beat pretty bad at Cincy in Week 2. 

    I'm not saying it's a given we win, but you are seriously giving the Ravens too much credit IMHO. If we can do what the Bengals did then we should win the game.

    Compared with Cincy, our offenses are close in yards, we are the better running team, they have scored more points but remember 2 1/2 of our games were with T.Taylor at QB. Baker is averaging over 10 points per quarter since he took over. Also, our D ranks better than Cincy in almost every category. My point is, if they beat them, no reason we can't. 

    I think our D can force Flacco into making mistakes, much like they did with Ben in week 1. I think our offense can score on them. Much like the last 4 weeks it is just about who makes less mistakes and who can make more plays.

    They're a giant right now because they've given up nine points in the second half...ALL YEAR. That includes the "pretty bad loss" to the Bengals.  WE gave up eight points in the last 1:45 in the 4th quarter, with the effing game on the line. And that was just last week. I'm pretty sure we did a similar thing against the Saints. 

    Soooooooo....yeah. 

    Nine points. Second half. *mic drop*

  • Hopefully the last blow out of the huge action regime. The rail, feathers and tar are all set. There's even room for peppers too. I'd more than love to see a Cleveland victory today. Probably not though. Now that we have a little talent it really shows how lacking we really are at HC. Bullwinkle could do better than hue.

  • @gumby73 said:

    once again, your fooling yourself Mr.Roboto 

      more throwing of Styx with no Stones ?.. have they seen our 2nd halfs? give me Haley & Baker over 9 points..

    I'll be so happy if you're right!! 

    OK, I'll break it down. I think there's a 90% we lose (bare with me). I believe the Ravens are the better team. I give them the edge in defense, offense (because we have a rookie QB, but it's CLOSE), and especially, ESPECIALLY special teams. I mean, we're a flat out dumpster fire on special teams, and the Ravens don't eff around. 

    But...BUT....we have a chance to win (I know I previously said we have no chance, but even I know there's always a prayer). I tell you one thing, we need to catch the darn ball. We also need to punch it in if/when we get to the red zone. No question. We won't win with FG attempts, promise. We also need to quash the turnovers on offense. Smart passes, catching the ball, recovering a fumble if we put it on the ground. All that needs to go our way. 

    What I'd really love? Another home victory. A home, DIVISION win. That would be two W's in a row, at home, and maybe...just maybe...start to develop a real homefield advantage. THAT would be cool. But am I expecting it? Sadly no. Whereas I believe we're better than last year, I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

     I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

     Soooooooo....yeah. 

    Nine points. Second half. *mic drop*

    OV2.gif      good game day morning from the Baker drum core.. 9 points? got it...

  • @jiggins7919 said:

     I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

     Soooooooo....yeah. 

    Nine points. Second half. *mic drop*

    OV2.gif      good game day morning from the Baker drum core.. 9 points? got it...

    @gumby73 said:

    OV2.gif      good game day morning from the Baker drum core.. 9 points? got it...

    I'm allowing myself to hope, which is both annoying and fun. Lol. I get that we are what our record says we are, but I'm not so sure we're a bad team anymore. I'm allowing myself to think what would happen if we won. If we got that statement victory. One win could seriously turn everything around. Man, that would be the shizz. 

  • 45 MEMBERS HAVE VOTED

    1. 1. How many games will the Browns win in 2018

      • 1-4 12  <----  4 maybe 5 now?
      • 5-8 27 <---- may have lost their shot at 7, 8 wins now with the early close calls
      • 9-12 5  <----- the dreamers keep dreamin' 
      • 13  1
  • @jiggins7919 said:

    Whereas I believe we're better than last year, I don't think we're good enough to slay a giant. And make no mistake, the Ravens are a giant right now. 

    Exactly who have the Ravens beaten this year that makes you think they are a "giant"?

    The Bills at home...? The Broncos at home...? The Steelers...? Who looked like CRAP on Sunday Night Football? 

    And don't forget, they got beat pretty bad at Cincy in Week 2. 

    I'm not saying it's a given we win, but you are seriously giving the Ravens too much credit IMHO. If we can do what the Bengals did then we should win the game.

    Compared with Cincy, our offenses are close in yards, we are the better running team, they have scored more points but remember 2 1/2 of our games were with T.Taylor at QB. Baker is averaging over 10 points per quarter since he took over. Also, our D ranks better than Cincy in almost every category. My point is, if they beat them, no reason we can't. 

    I think our D can force Flacco into making mistakes, much like they did with Ben in week 1. I think our offense can score on them. Much like the last 4 weeks it is just about who makes less mistakes and who can make more plays.

    @thenew23 said:

    Exactly who have the Ravens beaten this year that makes you think they are a "giant"?

    The Bills at home...? The Broncos at home...? The Steelers...? Who looked like CRAP on Sunday Night Football? 

    And don't forget, they got beat pretty bad at Cincy in Week 2. 

    I'm not saying it's a given we win, but you are seriously giving the Ravens too much credit IMHO. If we can do what the Bengals did then we should win the game.

    Compared with Cincy, our offenses are close in yards, we are the better running team, they have scored more points but remember 2 1/2 of our games were with T.Taylor at QB. Baker is averaging over 10 points per quarter since he took over. Also, our D ranks better than Cincy in almost every category. My point is, if they beat them, no reason we can't. 

    I think our D can force Flacco into making mistakes, much like they did with Ben in week 1. I think our offense can score on them. Much like the last 4 weeks it is just about who makes less mistakes and who can make more plays.

    I TOLD YOU!!!

  • 8-7-1 missing a wild card by half a game

  • Well, revisiting this thread I think I will just  stick with my original vote of 1-4 wins. The coaches screwup of not just plowing Hyde into the endzone when we were 1st and 10 on the one has convinced me that our coaches are just plain stupid and will cause at least half of the losses all on their own. I thought we were a legitimate 7-8 win team this year, but divided by 2 that makes it around 4 wins at most. Throw in all the recent injuries and it remains right there.

  • 45 MEMBERS HAVE VOTED

    1. 1. How many games will the Browns win in 2018

      • 1-4 12  <----  4 maybe 5 now?
      • 5-8 27 <---- may have lost their shot at 7, 8 wins now with the early close calls
      • 9-12 5  <----- the dreamers keep dreamin' 
      • 13  1

    @mjp28 said:

    45 MEMBERS HAVE VOTED

    1. 1. How many games will the Browns win in 2018

      • 1-4 12  <----  4 maybe 5 now?
      • 5-8 27 <---- may have lost their shot at 7, 8 wins now with the early close calls
      • 9-12 5  <----- the dreamers keep dreamin' 
      • 13  1

    So do the coaching changes (firing Hue and Hayley and their newly promoted replacements) increase or decrease the odds for those picking in the popular 5-8 slot? Or does the 1-4 slot look more appealing now?

  • @mjp28 said:

    45 MEMBERS HAVE VOTED

    1. 1. How many games will the Browns win in 2018

      • 1-4 12  <----  4 maybe 5 now?
      • 5-8 27 <---- may have lost their shot at 7, 8 wins now with the early close calls
      • 9-12 5  <----- the dreamers keep dreamin' 
      • 13  1

    So do the coaching changes (firing Hue and Hayley and their newly promoted replacements) increase or decrease the odds for those picking in the popular 5-8 slot? Or does the 1-4 slot look more appealing now?

    @tinythinker said:

    So do the coaching changes (firing Hue and Hayley and their newly promoted replacements) increase or decrease the odds for those picking in the popular 5-8 slot? Or does the 1-4 slot look more appealing now?

    I'm thinking my 4-12 prediction before the season is looking pretty good. 

    I think the Browns might have two more wins in them, to finish with a 4-11-1 record. 

  • @tinythinker said:

    So do the coaching changes (firing Hue and Hayley and their newly promoted replacements) increase or decrease the odds for those picking in the popular 5-8 slot? Or does the 1-4 slot look more appealing now?

    I'm thinking my 4-12 prediction before the season is looking pretty good. 

    I think the Browns might have two more wins in them, to finish with a 4-11-1 record. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    I'm thinking my 4-12 prediction before the season is looking pretty good. 

    I think the Browns might have two more wins in them, to finish with a 4-11-1 record. 

    I'd rather we went 4-4 to close out the season. I would like to be wrong on my 1-4 wins vote.

  • @dutch-oven said:

    I'm thinking my 4-12 prediction before the season is looking pretty good. 

    I think the Browns might have two more wins in them, to finish with a 4-11-1 record. 

    I'd rather we went 4-4 to close out the season. I would like to be wrong on my 1-4 wins vote.

    @texasag1969 said:

    I'd rather we went 4-4 to close out the season. I would like to be wrong on my 1-4 wins vote.

    Sure, so would I. 

    I just don't see it.