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

jrb12711

This was just a great and complete team win today fellas. Seriously when was the last time this type of game happened for us?

Im.so excited to see how this team grows.

GuNNerGatSKi

http://bleacherreport.com/post/cleveland-browns/e0e88179-c8c7-4fc8-ba5e-33f78e9bd915

Richiswhere

@d-bone said:

I'm guessing some of our younger "Madden" influenced fans that think you can't win in today's NFL by simply running the ball and playing solid defense might have a different outlook right about now.....

I don't know wasn't that long ago that the Broncos won a playoff game in that style of play.

CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS

@d-bone said:

I'm guessing some of our younger "Madden" influenced fans that think you can't win in today's NFL by simply running the ball and playing solid defense might have a different outlook right about now.....

I have played a lot of Madden and consider myself pretty good at it and I was against a lot of Haley’s playcalls(aka wanted him gone)

I think most video gamers realize that they can only be so realistic.

I thought the game plan today was amazing. Of course, I questioned the direct snap but I understand why. It was early, don’t wanna have Baker forcing anything.

Late in the game, the playcalling was on the conservative side, but the defense warranted running the ball on 3rd and 2 and punting with a 12 point lead.

Also, shout out to the staff for getting these players to play such an inspired level this game on ALL fronts.

And a diamond in the rough signing: Breshad Perriman.

gumby73

Now this is some Fun on Sunday..Enjoy!!

Clevfan4life

the rb option to.baker was my only grouse today, and it still bothers me cause if it had gone wrong the rage here would break servers.......so kitch gets a pass this week cause otherwise the play calling seemed balanced and fluid.

but we should also understand the success of the defense had a major hand in allowing the offense to follow the pre planned gameplan.

Kvoethe

Check out @GreggWilliamsOH’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/GreggWilliamsOH/status/1061737946963939331?s=09

calfoxwc

what was it that Baker said? When he got up this morning, he felt kinda dangerous?

LOL LOL.

great game.

ATOM

hell yes what a game

ATOM

anyone think Williams has a chance of keeping the job

ATOM

also i can't believe no one said a word about about robinson he did get burned for one sack but otherwise was solid

flyingfooldoug

We do seem to have the phalcons number.

domcucch1994

Very impressed by yesterday's win!

Finally nice to see a coordinator utilize Baker's strengths.

Defense played great, it helped tremendously having Ward and Joe back there.

Higgins is very valuable to this offense when he is out there..

Baker with 13TDs and 7INTs so far.. Good numbers for the rook!

jiggins7919

@domcucch1994 said:

Very impressed by yesterday's win!

Finally nice to see a coordinator utilize Baker's strengths.

Defense played great, it helped tremendously having Ward and Joe back there.

Higgins is very valuable to this offense when he is out there..

Baker with 13TDs and 7INTs so far.. Good numbers for the rook!

I tell you what, if Baker can somehow finish with a 2-1 TD to INT ratio, I think that would be an incredible feat for our rookie. He's closing in on it now, and while we definitely play some tougher defenses on the horizon, it's terrific to see us finding some strengths and playing solid ball. I would like to see us mix in a deep shot now and then, but honestly, we kind of didn't need to. Additionally, I don't like seeing zero points in the 4th quarter, but we relied on our defense, and they came THROUGH.

I love it!

The Gipper

@flyingfooldoug said:

We do seem to have the phalcons number.

Now 12-4 all time against them.

On the other hand, some teams have the Browns number: Seahawks, Broncos.

Ibleedbrown

@atom said:

also i can't believe no one said a word about about robinson he did get burned for one sack but otherwise was solid

Actually l think that was the Baker dribble fumble, recovery, and run where Robinson got beat.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/brownswire.usatoday.com/2018/11/11/studs-and-a-dud-from-the-browns-big-victory-over-falcons/amp/

Saw this article today where the author pinned “dud” status on Robinson for that play and one other, which l think is a wee bit unfair. I guess when you pick a theme for an article you gotta stick with it, but it may have been our best o-line performance all year. Zero sacks allowed, and they were certainly doing their part in the run game.

The Gipper

@jiggins7919 said:

I tell you what, if Baker can somehow finish with a 2-1 TD to INT ratio, I think that would be an incredible feat for our rookie. He's closing in on it now, and while we definitely play some tougher defenses on the horizon, it's terrific to see us finding some strengths and playing solid ball. I would like to see us mix in a deep shot now and then, but honestly, we kind of didn't need to. Additionally, I don't like seeing zero points in the 4th quarter, but we relied on our defense, and they came THROUGH.

I love it!

Yes, it would be incredible. Compare the other rookie QBs in that area:

Darnold 11 TDs 14 Ints

Rosen 6 TDs 8 Ints

Allen 2 TDs 5 Ints

Lamar Jackson....in very limited QB action has 1 TD pass , no ints.

Baker 13 TDs, 7 Ints.

And of course, it was Baker who dealt with the disruption of having his HC and OC fired.

Canton Dawg

Tour2ma

@clevfan4life said:

the rb option to.baker was my only grouse today, and it still bothers me cause if it had gone wrong the rage here would break servers.......so kitch gets a pass this week cause otherwise the play calling seemed balanced and fluid.

I actually disliked the early, direct-snap, trick play much less than this.

The RB throwback was in the flow of the game off the new formation we sprang on ATL. It wasn't executed well, but it was in the flow.

jiggins7919

@tour2ma said:

I actually disliked the early, direct-snap, trick play much less than this.

The RB throwback was in the flow of the game off the new formation we sprang on ATL. It wasn't executed well, but it was in the flow.

I go back in forth about the RB pass. I LIKE the idea of taking a shot there, and it kind of felt like we had them on their heels. The Falcons defense actually did a tremendous job of somehow sniffing that out. As the announcer stated, Callaway really didn't sell his route hard enough over the middle, or the passer didn't wait long enough for him to cross, which allowed the safety to play the middle of the field and easily catch the pillow ball that was thrown. The defender covering Baker made an excellent recovery, and at first he ran at the ball carrier, and then he stopped on a dime and chased after Baker, who had a bit of a step on him, but still a nice recovery. Had the safety bitten on the crossing route, it would've been REALLY fun to see that pass play out! It actually appeared that the ball was going to be somewhat on target...it was just a helium pass that stayed up in the air for days, LOL.

The direct-snap play I like, but it was poorly executed. For one, Baker was penalized for motion, so even if we got it, it wouldn't have counted. Two, Chubb had a full head of steam and got stonewalled in the middle of our line. We have a ton of money invested in that middle, and my RB needs to get a yard when he has full momentum on 3rd and 1.

Would I have preferred an I-Formation, off-tackle run? Probably, but I almost ALWAYS want that, LOL. Ironically, we had another 3rd and 1 in the second half where we DID line up in the I-Formation, and our lead blocker made an excellent block and Chubb used his superior vision and speed to get like a 12 yard run.