***Official Browns Vs. Ravens Game Day Thread***
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Penalties--let's get the downer out the way?️..11 flags, 1 declined..6 Holding**--Njoku,BBC <ST>Hughlett,Harrison,Hubbard twice* 1 was declined..Ill. hands-Ogunjobi..Ill. block-Callaway..False Start-Zeitler..Offsides twice*--Garrett.. most flags out of 5 games since week 1 with 10...We rank 9th highest in NFL
Penalties--let's get the downer out the way?️..11 flags, 1 declined..6 Holding**--Njoku,BBC <ST>Hughlett,Harrison,Hubbard twice* 1 was declined..Ill. hands-Ogunjobi..Ill. block-Callaway..False Start-Zeitler..Offsides twice*--Garrett.. most flags out of 5 games since week 1 with 10...We rank 9th highest in NFL
Ghoolie is right about one thing. Too many dumbass penalties.
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The kid overcame his coaches and a receiver didn't drop the ball. We win. Go figure!
Predictions do come true
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Penalties--let's get the downer out the way?️..11 flags, 1 declined..6 Holding**--Njoku,BBC <ST>Hughlett,Harrison,Hubbard twice* 1 was declined..Ill. hands-Ogunjobi..Ill. block-Callaway..False Start-Zeitler..Offsides twice*--Garrett.. most flags out of 5 games since week 1 with 10...We rank 9th highest in NFL
Ghoolie is right about one thing. Too many dumbass penalties.
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In boxing when you're the Challenger, it's not enough to score. You need to beat em up to win. Looks to be similar in football now.
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Ravens - 31
Browns - 16
Eat a bag of dicks asshat. There is no room on the bandwagon for you this week.
Eat a bag of dicks asshat. There is no room on the bandwagon for you this week.
Yeah, well....MAKE ROOM, BEEOTCH!!! HAHAHAHA. What a win!
I gotta tell you, the game unfolded about exactly how I expected. A low-scoring first half, I figured we'd be down by 3 or 7, don't remember. But I envisioned a very low-scoring first half, and that's what we got. I then figured our defense would get gassed and be unable to stop them in the second half, thus, losing by around 17.
Right about the first half, COMPLETELY wrong about the second half. Not ONLY did our defense refuse to get tired in the second half, they refused to get tired into OVERTIME. Just wow. There were probably 5 or 6 times when I thought we definitely lost the game. I figured we'd have another week of yelling at the refs because of the no-call on Landry. But NO. Our defense held time after time AFTER TIME. And with our backs LITERALLY backed up against the wall after the dumbest playcall in history (the reverse. wtf!), Baker scrambles for 12 or so, and then makes the play of his short career connecting with Derrick Willies. Just....incredible.
Read my last 5 or 6 posts. I wasn't being a jerk. I was hoping beyond hope that we'd win....I just didn't think we were quite good enough yet. We're starting to develop a true homefield advantage, and that's something we've needed for YEARS. Another really tough test next week, as Rivers and company looked pretty tough. Go Brownies!
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Wait....what? What have you done with our Ghoolie? Lol
Anyway, if you're right it would totally make my weekend. My FSU Seminoles got completely butt-effed by the refs, which is similar to how my Browns lost last week. You can't make this stuff up. Noles executed perfect WR pass for a TD, but refs called double pass. Replay clearly shows the first pass was a lateral, but the refs told the coach, "It wasn't even close and we're not reviewing it." Noles then missed a FG, Canes scored on next drive, game over. I just sat there in complete disbelief.
So yeah. If our Brownies could just pull out a win today, it'd go a long way to dispel some of my football blues I have going on. I will say that I don't share your confidence. Ravens have the massive advantage in special teams, a solid advantage in defense, and they also have a crap-ton of history on their side.
But screw all that. I want this win worse than I've wanted one in a while. I want it for the fans, for the players, for our ownership, coaches, and everyone else associated with our team that had their heart ripped out last week in a loss that might've hurt worse than any other I can think of, and that's saying A LOT. I won't lie, I predicted a loss for our team, but I also can't shake the feeling that we're somehow due for a statement game. A "coming out party" of sorts. We've had our defense play great. We've had our offense play great. If we put together a complete game, it could be a magical day for us. However, all that being said, here's my official prediction:
Ravens - 31
Browns - 16
Ravens defense does what it normally does against rookies. Baker turns it over 3 times, but manages to move the ball somewhat effectively until stalling in the red zone. Flacco hits multiple deep balls, and Ravens special teams makes a giant play. Garrett does have 2 sacks, and continues his impressive season.
what was that score again ? oh wait you were fuking wrong again
what was that score again ? oh wait you were fuking wrong again
Hahaha, again? Hey, I've been right more than wrong, so I don't want to hear it!! But I don't care! I've never been more happy to be wrong. And like I said in another post, even if we DID lose (which we didn't!!), I can smile each week because I know we've FINALLY got a QB. Well guess what? We won AND we got a QB!!
Just amazing. I love it.
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The kid overcame his coaches and a receiver didn't drop the ball. We win. Go figure!
Predictions do come true
The kid overcame his coaches and a receiver didn't drop the ball. We win. Go figure!
Predictions do come true
I saw a few drops by our receivers. Njoku dropped another one.
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The kid overcame his coaches and a receiver didn't drop the ball. We win. Go figure!
Predictions do come true
I saw a few drops by our receivers. Njoku dropped another one.
I saw a few drops by our receivers. Njoku dropped another one.
But Willies caught the one that mattered most. Just the opposite of a Corey or others we've had. He made the catch and Baker overcame the lame reverse call to win.
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I saw a few drops by our receivers. Njoku dropped another one.
But Willies caught the one that mattered most. Just the opposite of a Corey or others we've had. He made the catch and Baker overcame the lame reverse call to win.
But Willies caught the one that mattered most. Just the opposite of a Corey or others we've had. He made the catch and Baker overcame the lame reverse call to win.
OK, but I was simply pointing out that there were drops in the game (which may have made a difference)
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But Willies caught the one that mattered most. Just the opposite of a Corey or others we've had. He made the catch and Baker overcame the lame reverse call to win.
OK, but I was simply pointing out that there were drops in the game (which may have made a difference)
OK, but I was simply pointing out that there were drops in the game (which may have made a difference)
Yep I agree. Rome wasn't built overnight tho and we seem to have come a long way. I'm seeing the best draft of my lifetime unfolding and hoping it's just the first chapter. Next season will be huebatross free and running for the trophy.
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I just watched OT again, and after Duke's 16yd run (3 plays before the winning FG) he gets up and looks at the bench while putting both arms out with a little shake of the head as if to say, "See what happens when you give it to me, why won't you play me more."
^ Strictly my interpretation, but I remember him sort of 'spiking' the ball while looking at the bench against the Raiders after a big play too....... WTF did he do??
I just watched OT again, and after Duke's 16yd run (3 plays before the winning FG) he gets up and looks at the bench while putting both arms out with a little shake of the head as if to say, "See what happens when you give it to me, why won't you play me more."
^ Strictly my interpretation, but I remember him sort of 'spiking' the ball while looking at the bench against the Raiders after a big play too....... WTF did he do??
You nailed it.
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OK, but I was simply pointing out that there were drops in the game (which may have made a difference)
Yep I agree. Rome wasn't built overnight tho and we seem to have come a long way. I'm seeing the best draft of my lifetime unfolding and hoping it's just the first chapter. Next season will be huebatross free and running for the trophy.
Yep I agree. Rome wasn't built overnight tho and we seem to have come a long way. I'm seeing the best draft of my lifetime unfolding and hoping it's just the first chapter. Next season will be huebatross free and running for the trophy.
Hopefully this can become considered one of the best drafts in Browns history. While neither I believe were televised, I did "see" in that I recall the Browns 1964 draft in which they took both Paul Warfield and Leroy Kelly.
And, while I was alive, I was too young to recall the 1957 draft, in which they actually took 3 players that went into the HOF: Jim Brown, Gene Hickerson, and Henry Jordan....though they got rid of Jordan to the Packers quickly. Milt Plum was also in that draft, and he was a pretty good NFL QB, though certainly not HOF caliber.
Other "decent" drafts:
In the common draft era, in 1972 you had Thom Darden and Brian Sipe (truthfully....we should hope the Mayfield/Ward draft turns out as well)
There is 1978 with Ozzie and Clay Matthews.
1982 had Chip Banks and Mike Baab.
1984 Ernest Byner and Brian Brennan
Since 1999 it has been a bunch of succotash, really. A good one one year, another decent player another year....but no 2 really good players in the same year. Hopefully we will have this now this year (and still hopes for last year...with Peppers, Njoku, Garrett and Ogunjobi)
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Eat a bag of dicks asshat. There is no room on the bandwagon for you this week.
Yeah, well....MAKE ROOM, BEEOTCH!!! HAHAHAHA. What a win!
I gotta tell you, the game unfolded about exactly how I expected. A low-scoring first half, I figured we'd be down by 3 or 7, don't remember. But I envisioned a very low-scoring first half, and that's what we got. I then figured our defense would get gassed and be unable to stop them in the second half, thus, losing by around 17.
Right about the first half, COMPLETELY wrong about the second half. Not ONLY did our defense refuse to get tired in the second half, they refused to get tired into OVERTIME. Just wow. There were probably 5 or 6 times when I thought we definitely lost the game. I figured we'd have another week of yelling at the refs because of the no-call on Landry. But NO. Our defense held time after time AFTER TIME. And with our backs LITERALLY backed up against the wall after the dumbest playcall in history (the reverse. wtf!), Baker scrambles for 12 or so, and then makes the play of his short career connecting with Derrick Willies. Just....incredible.
Read my last 5 or 6 posts. I wasn't being a jerk. I was hoping beyond hope that we'd win....I just didn't think we were quite good enough yet. We're starting to develop a true homefield advantage, and that's something we've needed for YEARS. Another really tough test next week, as Rivers and company looked pretty tough. Go Brownies!
Yeah, well....MAKE ROOM, BEEOTCH!!! HAHAHAHA. What a win!
I gotta tell you, the game unfolded about exactly how I expected. A low-scoring first half, I figured we'd be down by 3 or 7, don't remember. But I envisioned a very low-scoring first half, and that's what we got. I then figured our defense would get gassed and be unable to stop them in the second half, thus, losing by around 17.
Right about the first half, COMPLETELY wrong about the second half. Not ONLY did our defense refuse to get tired in the second half, they refused to get tired into OVERTIME. Just wow. There were probably 5 or 6 times when I thought we definitely lost the game. I figured we'd have another week of yelling at the refs because of the no-call on Landry. But NO. Our defense held time after time AFTER TIME. And with our backs LITERALLY backed up against the wall after the dumbest playcall in history (the reverse. wtf!), Baker scrambles for 12 or so, and then makes the play of his short career connecting with Derrick Willies. Just....incredible.
Read my last 5 or 6 posts. I wasn't being a jerk. I was hoping beyond hope that we'd win....I just didn't think we were quite good enough yet. We're starting to develop a true homefield advantage, and that's something we've needed for YEARS. Another really tough test next week, as Rivers and company looked pretty tough. Go Brownies!
You were being a total asshat in the tavern during the game. The Browns are winning and all you can talk about is how they're going to lose. Spin it however you want...you're get off being negative about this team and for the life of me I can't figure out why. This is finally a team that is fun to watch and has some playmakers who make things happen.
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The kid overcame his coaches and a receiver didn't drop the ball. We win. Go figure!
Predictions do come true
I saw a few drops by our receivers. Njoku dropped another one.
I saw a few drops by our receivers. Njoku dropped another one.
Yeah, I was ALL over Njoku when he dropped that 3rd and long pass. Granted, Baker was uncharacteristically a tad off target, but the ball hit both of Njoku's hands, and it wasn't a fast ball either. It was definitely a tough catch, but it's the TYPE of catch you expect your 1st round draft pick to make for your team. And it somehow always seems Njoku drops the ball when it's 3rd and long, LOL. You know who had another massive drop? Callaway. Don't get me wrong, I LIKE Callaway, I really do. I think he can be special, but boy...he seems to have a costly drop every game, huh? Wasn't his drop on 3rd down, too? On a great pass from Baker? We just CAN'T have those kind of things, they're the same as a turnover, really.
Speaking of WR's, I'm concerned about Higgins. Hue said he's having an MRI today, which isn't generally good news. He had some HUGE receptions yesterday, and Baker really likes him. Hoping he's ok....he was just starting to really come into his own (I felt).
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Yeah, well....MAKE ROOM, BEEOTCH!!! HAHAHAHA. What a win!
I gotta tell you, the game unfolded about exactly how I expected. A low-scoring first half, I figured we'd be down by 3 or 7, don't remember. But I envisioned a very low-scoring first half, and that's what we got. I then figured our defense would get gassed and be unable to stop them in the second half, thus, losing by around 17.
Right about the first half, COMPLETELY wrong about the second half. Not ONLY did our defense refuse to get tired in the second half, they refused to get tired into OVERTIME. Just wow. There were probably 5 or 6 times when I thought we definitely lost the game. I figured we'd have another week of yelling at the refs because of the no-call on Landry. But NO. Our defense held time after time AFTER TIME. And with our backs LITERALLY backed up against the wall after the dumbest playcall in history (the reverse. wtf!), Baker scrambles for 12 or so, and then makes the play of his short career connecting with Derrick Willies. Just....incredible.
Read my last 5 or 6 posts. I wasn't being a jerk. I was hoping beyond hope that we'd win....I just didn't think we were quite good enough yet. We're starting to develop a true homefield advantage, and that's something we've needed for YEARS. Another really tough test next week, as Rivers and company looked pretty tough. Go Brownies!
You were being a total asshat in the tavern during the game. The Browns are winning and all you can talk about is how they're going to lose. Spin it however you want...you're get off being negative about this team and for the life of me I can't figure out why. This is finally a team that is fun to watch and has some playmakers who make things happen.
You were being a total asshat in the tavern during the game. The Browns are winning and all you can talk about is how they're going to lose. Spin it however you want...you're get off being negative about this team and for the life of me I can't figure out why. This is finally a team that is fun to watch and has some playmakers who make things happen.
You can't figure out why? We're up 3 points and you can't figure out why I thought we're going to lose the game?! Have you been WATCHING the same team? Don't you think I have history on my side? I was AT the New Orleans game. We were winning the entire time until the 4th quarter. It felt JUST like that one. So if I was an asshat, I apologize, but don't act like I was completely negative for the sake of just being negative. Our team used to SPECIALIZE in losing in situations like that. Raider game ring a bell? New Orleans? How many in the last two years were similar?
But it can be different now. Heck, it already IS different. That win yesterday was so much more than just a win. We had to overcome penalties, a LACK of penalties against the Ravens, terrible field position, a suffocating defense, and a kicker who didn't exactly inspire confidence. We had a 2nd and 21 on our own 5 yard line after Haley called a reverse to Rod Streeter (wtf was THAT all about? yeesh). Baker runs for 12 ish, and then delivers the pass of his life to an unrestricted free agent....ROOKIE WR. Epic.
It's like I said last week, no matter if we lose some more heartbreakers, and we will (every team does, not being negative), the truly fun part of being a Browns fan now is we have our QB. Finally. After SO long, we have a guy who will only get better and better. I really believe that.
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OK, but I was simply pointing out that there were drops in the game (which may have made a difference)
Yep I agree. Rome wasn't built overnight tho and we seem to have come a long way. I'm seeing the best draft of my lifetime unfolding and hoping it's just the first chapter. Next season will be huebatross free and running for the trophy.
Yep I agree. Rome wasn't built overnight tho and we seem to have come a long way. I'm seeing the best draft of my lifetime unfolding and hoping it's just the first chapter. Next season will be huebatross free and running for the trophy.
Huebatross. That’s pretty good.
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Yep I agree. Rome wasn't built overnight tho and we seem to have come a long way. I'm seeing the best draft of my lifetime unfolding and hoping it's just the first chapter. Next season will be huebatross free and running for the trophy.
Hopefully this can become considered one of the best drafts in Browns history. While neither I believe were televised, I did "see" in that I recall the Browns 1964 draft in which they took both Paul Warfield and Leroy Kelly.
And, while I was alive, I was too young to recall the 1957 draft, in which they actually took 3 players that went into the HOF: Jim Brown, Gene Hickerson, and Henry Jordan....though they got rid of Jordan to the Packers quickly. Milt Plum was also in that draft, and he was a pretty good NFL QB, though certainly not HOF caliber.
Other "decent" drafts:
In the common draft era, in 1972 you had Thom Darden and Brian Sipe (truthfully....we should hope the Mayfield/Ward draft turns out as well)
There is 1978 with Ozzie and Clay Matthews.
1982 had Chip Banks and Mike Baab.
1984 Ernest Byner and Brian Brennan
Since 1999 it has been a bunch of succotash, really. A good one one year, another decent player another year....but no 2 really good players in the same year. Hopefully we will have this now this year (and still hopes for last year...with Peppers, Njoku, Garrett and Ogunjobi)
........Since 1999 it has been a bunch of succotash, really. A good one one year, another decent player another year....but no 2 really good players in the same year. Hopefully we will have this now this year (and still hopes for last year...with Peppers, Njoku, Garrett and Ogunjobi)
It started off badly when they picked the initial bunch to organize, pick talent and run the team......selections were a disaster. Uhhh Couch or McNabb? And worse from there......
Succotash, yeah that's bland enough.
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This fan base is obsessed with drops, it happens to every team.
Njoku made some great grabs including one leading to the TD throw to Higgins. We need to use him and his athleticism more.
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You were being a total asshat in the tavern during the game. The Browns are winning and all you can talk about is how they're going to lose. Spin it however you want...you're get off being negative about this team and for the life of me I can't figure out why. This is finally a team that is fun to watch and has some playmakers who make things happen.
You can't figure out why? We're up 3 points and you can't figure out why I thought we're going to lose the game?! Have you been WATCHING the same team? Don't you think I have history on my side? I was AT the New Orleans game. We were winning the entire time until the 4th quarter. It felt JUST like that one. So if I was an asshat, I apologize, but don't act like I was completely negative for the sake of just being negative. Our team used to SPECIALIZE in losing in situations like that. Raider game ring a bell? New Orleans? How many in the last two years were similar?
But it can be different now. Heck, it already IS different. That win yesterday was so much more than just a win. We had to overcome penalties, a LACK of penalties against the Ravens, terrible field position, a suffocating defense, and a kicker who didn't exactly inspire confidence. We had a 2nd and 21 on our own 5 yard line after Haley called a reverse to Rod Streeter (wtf was THAT all about? yeesh). Baker runs for 12 ish, and then delivers the pass of his life to an unrestricted free agent....ROOKIE WR. Epic.
It's like I said last week, no matter if we lose some more heartbreakers, and we will (every team does, not being negative), the truly fun part of being a Browns fan now is we have our QB. Finally. After SO long, we have a guy who will only get better and better. I really believe that.
You can't figure out why? We're up 3 points and you can't figure out why I thought we're going to lose the game?! Have you been WATCHING the same team? Don't you think I have history on my side? I was AT the New Orleans game. We were winning the entire time until the 4th quarter. It felt JUST like that one. So if I was an asshat, I apologize, but don't act like I was completely negative for the sake of just being negative. Our team used to SPECIALIZE in losing in situations like that. Raider game ring a bell? New Orleans? How many in the last two years were similar?
But it can be different now. Heck, it already IS different. That win yesterday was so much more than just a win. We had to overcome penalties, a LACK of penalties against the Ravens, terrible field position, a suffocating defense, and a kicker who didn't exactly inspire confidence. We had a 2nd and 21 on our own 5 yard line after Haley called a reverse to Rod Streeter (wtf was THAT all about? yeesh). Baker runs for 12 ish, and then delivers the pass of his life to an unrestricted free agent....ROOKIE WR. Epic.
It's like I said last week, no matter if we lose some more heartbreakers, and we will (every team does, not being negative), the truly fun part of being a Browns fan now is we have our QB. Finally. After SO long, we have a guy who will only get better and better. I really believe that.
Your a emotional Browns fan. We get it..We read your drama stories on a rollercoaster at times. The Tavern is a place where most people enjoy the most here each week..Mark O does a nice job keeping the drama out of it..it's all about 4.5 hours of the browns bragging rights..most could care less about a poster being right..Go Browns!! raised 3 daughters..am drama'd out?
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