***Browns Vs. Titans Game Day Thread***
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I'm trying to find some kind of silver lining, perhaps this is exactly what the Browns need for them to realize that they haven't done shit yet.
For the long term, perhaps an ass-kicking like this wakes them up.
Because for all the talk about how Baker "uses slights to motivate himself" that is EXACTLY what the Titans did.
Nobody was talking about the Titans, and they came motivated and focused.
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Reporter Daryl Ruiter ran into a Titans assistant coach in the hallway after the game, and overheard the coach say:
"Same old Browns".
Fuckity fuck fuck fuckity fuck
Fuckity fuck fuck fuckity fuck
Why don’t you pop another one lightweight? This is getting good.
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There were some missed calls, yes JRB I admit it, but I think the stadium looks deceived a bit. The Landry trip comes to mind, on the replay he simply stubbed his toe on the way out of bounds. The calls weren't great but the play was terrible
Look man, this will be my last post cause I dominated the game thread, but I don’t want to make it seem like I was after you personally.
my point For several years now has been and continues to be the NFL has a serious referee problem, and they know it. As I noted, I guarantee we will get the “im sorry” email that they missed a blatant hold which directly led to a Titans TD. In a game like football, that matters so, so much. The team earned 10-11 calls today and were extremely undisciplined. But that shouldn’t, in any manner, negate an objectively miserable call which mattered so much in the flow of this game.
Again, this isn’t a “the refs are against the browns” thing. But this league has by far the worst reffing issue across major sports and it’s not even close.
That being said, they earned the L big time. All you can hope is this lights a bonfire under the asses of these dudes.
Look man, this will be my last post cause I dominated the game thread, but I don’t want to make it seem like I was after you personally.
my point For several years now has been and continues to be the NFL has a serious referee problem, and they know it. As I noted, I guarantee we will get the “im sorry” email that they missed a blatant hold which directly led to a Titans TD. In a game like football, that matters so, so much. The team earned 10-11 calls today and were extremely undisciplined. But that shouldn’t, in any manner, negate an objectively miserable call which mattered so much in the flow of this game.
Again, this isn’t a “the refs are against the browns” thing. But this league has by far the worst reffing issue across major sports and it’s not even close.
That being said, they earned the L big time. All you can hope is this lights a bonfire under the asses of these dudes.
I gotcha. I thought the 1st drive personal foul call on Robinson was the worst of the game but they scored so it was soon forgotten. NFL refs are bad across the board and that is why more and more calls are reviewable. We all want nothing more to finally root for a team worth a damn. Have a good rest of your Sunday
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I'm trying to find some kind of silver lining, perhaps this is exactly what the Browns need for them to realize that they haven't done shit yet.
For the long term, perhaps an ass-kicking like this wakes them up.
Because for all the talk about how Baker "uses slights to motivate himself" that is EXACTLY what the Titans did.
Nobody was talking about the Titans, and they came motivated and focused.
I'm trying to find some kind of silver lining, perhaps this is exactly what the Browns need for them to realize that they haven't done shit yet.
For the long term, perhaps an ass-kicking like this wakes them up.
Because for all the talk about how Baker "uses slights to motivate himself" that is EXACTLY what the Titans did.
Nobody was talking about the Titans, and they came motivated and focused.
To be honest, the Titans weren't taken seriously too lightly in my opinion. They have a nice defense and a functional attack (if Mariota is healthy and have had 3 straight winning seasons and failed last year's playoffs by a loss against the Colts on the season finale...
I was expecting a win, but the +5.5 odds (in the Pick'em) was a bit full of hype.
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I'm trying to find some kind of silver lining, perhaps this is exactly what the Browns need for them to realize that they haven't done shit yet.
For the long term, perhaps an ass-kicking like this wakes them up.
Because for all the talk about how Baker "uses slights to motivate himself" that is EXACTLY what the Titans did.
Nobody was talking about the Titans, and they came motivated and focused.
To be honest, the Titans weren't taken seriously too lightly in my opinion. They have a nice defense and a functional attack (if Mariota is healthy and have had 3 straight winning seasons and failed last year's playoffs by a loss against the Colts on the season finale...
I was expecting a win, but the +5.5 odds (in the Pick'em) was a bit full of hype.
To be honest, the Titans weren't taken seriously too lightly in my opinion. They have a nice defense and a functional attack (if Mariota is healthy and have had 3 straight winning seasons and failed last year's playoffs by a loss against the Colts on the season finale...
I was expecting a win, but the +5.5 odds (in the Pick'em) was a bit full of hype.
Here's the deal - the Browns have a bullseye on them from every team that plays them.
Nothing will piss off NFL players like a team who hasn't done anything getting a ton of attention.
The Browns aren't sneaking up on anyone this season, and I'll tell you this, if the Browns lose against the Jets next Monday night, this season could unravel fast.
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Dorsey fucked the O line this year
Dorsey fucked the O line this year
Every Browns fan's mock draft next offseason is going to be OLine heavy.
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It’s one game, if we would’ve won some would think we’re Super bowl bound.
Let’s temper our expectations.
It’s one game, if we would’ve won some would think we’re Super bowl bound.
Let’s temper our expectations.
But it wasn't just our expectations. The national sports talkers had us doing great things...taking the division, playoffs, even a SB appearance.
Today was an embarrassment. We're talking 43-13, not 43-41.
For us to perform not much better today than we did the opener in 1999 made us a laughingstock once again.. Not listening to these sports talking heads this week for sure, fuck em.
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Fuckity fuck fuck fuckity fuck
Why don’t you pop another one lightweight? This is getting good.
Why don’t you pop another one lightweight? This is getting good.
There we go 4412. Welcome to the board.
You’re mana’s a man.
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It’s one game, if we would’ve won some would think we’re Super bowl bound.
Let’s temper our expectations.
But it wasn't just our expectations. The national sports talkers had us doing great things...taking the division, playoffs, even a SB appearance.
Today was an embarrassment. We're talking 43-13, not 43-41.
For us to perform not much better today than we did the opener in 1999 made us a laughingstock once again.. Not listening to these sports talking heads this week for sure, fuck em.
But it wasn't just our expectations. The national sports talkers had us doing great things...taking the division, playoffs, even a SB appearance.
Today was an embarrassment. We're talking 43-13, not 43-41.
For us to perform not much better today than we did the opener in 1999 made us a laughingstock once again.. Not listening to these sports talking heads this week for sure, fuck em.
There’s a lot of sport writers that have the Browns taking the AFC North this year BEFORE this game was ever played.
That’s a mighty big assumption for a team that hasn’t done squat, albeit the Browns look good on paper.
Unfortunately, looking good on paper doesn’t equate to wins.
Let’s just hope today’s shit show can be attributed to lack of chemistry.
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Plan and simple after the first score the refs stepped in and turned that game the calls where tic tac at beast why the nfl is targeting the Browns is beyond me
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So the refs made them miss tackles ,throw lousy, get run over, etc? BS.
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Did the refs suck? Yes
Did Baker suck? Yes
Did the D suck? Yes
Is this still our team? Do we still have talent? Can we overcome?
Does anyone here really believe this game is who we are?
I believe this game was our players believing the hype. Now it's down to business. Earn it, work for it, prevail.
Our season has just begun...TBD
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My fears for this team heading into this season...
- Interior Oline. Who looked OK today for the most part.
- Commitment to the running game. Which Freddie and Monken did a masterful job of shoving their heads up their own asses after the first drive.
- Having a coaching staff obsessed with their shiny toys. I.E. Baker, ODB, Landry, etc etc.
- Forgetting that this team and young QB (emphasis on young) is still at its best when they run the ball, setup playaction, the bootlegs, etc etc... then attack the short to intermediate field.
- A defense that was left on the field far too long
- A QB that, once you frustrate him, gets too far in his own head and starts throwing the ball pissed off. Leading to wild pitches that end up high and into DB's hands.
Some of these are scheme, others are mentality that aren't easily broken, if at all broken. Baker throwing that pick to Logan Ryan is InFuckingExcusable. Part of the Farve mentality I've mentioned on here a few times. Sure, you may get a big time throw here and there. But there will come a game when it fucks your WHOLE team over because you just haven't met a single throw you didn't like.
This team needs a serious Come-To-Jesus moment early. Style and Flash will never beat passion and substance. The Jets play quality defense and if this coaching staff doesn't respect the Williams Duo and tries to make Baker do it all, they will turn the ball over and they WILL lose.
Tennessee flat beat you at your own game today. They rode the hot hand of their bruising RB, forced the defense to consistently stop them. They setup their QB for success with play action, some high percentage throws and sprinkled in some creative screen looks. Thank Christ I took Henry in the 3rd round. Vrabel has a real weapon on his hands there. It was nothing short of a fucking clinic as to how the Browns SHOULD have played today.
Get this fixed early because this season is very dependent on getting off to a quality start. The back half of this schedule was pretty unforgiving and so far the 2 other AFCN teams looked pretty damn respectable.
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It was a real kick in the teeth getting blown out in our home opener against a team we were favored to beat. Did the Browns make a mistake selecting Kitchens over Williams as HC? The jury is still out but after the first game the Browns showed a serious lack of discipline something that Williams brought to the table.
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Disgusted? Yes I am.
I never coached FB, so here is my ignorant POV (and I won't even mention officiating as the entire league has to tolerate & overcome that)
1- Seems like we read our press clippings rather than taking this game seriously.
2- 18 penalties? ATROCIOUS, & it wasn't all the refs.
3- Damn near 70% of our plays were pass plays. We won't win in this league with that kind of imbalance.
4- From Freddie on down, they should ALL bend over, take a good swift kick in the ass, LEARN from this fiasco, blame ONLY themselves & come back with renewed focus, discipline, & determination. No finger pointing...OWN THIS BEATING!
Browns......It's time to MAN UP!
Mike
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It was a real kick in the teeth getting blown out in our home opener against a team we were favored to beat. Did the Browns make a mistake selecting Kitchens over Williams as HC? The jury is still out but after the first game the Browns showed a serious lack of discipline something that Williams brought to the table.
It was a real kick in the teeth getting blown out in our home opener against a team we were favored to beat. Did the Browns make a mistake selecting Kitchens over Williams as HC? The jury is still out but after the first game the Browns showed a serious lack of discipline something that Williams brought to the table.
You are right about the lack of discipline. This reflects poorly on the coaching staff. 18 penalties for 182 yards, the most since 1951?? WTH? I thought they were going to live up to the hype after the successful first series but thereafter it was a backwards slide to a dumpster fire. Baker was running for his life much like Tim Couch was, the last time there was such preseason hype about the Browns. It was a very disheartening day for this 70 year old Brown’s fan.
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That might’ve been the worst team performance Baker has been a part of from a coaching standpoint. It looked like he gave up, mentally..
Another penalty after the 1 play TD to Henry. Then started throwing INTs
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As far tempering my expectations (something I am told to do in this thread), I didn't expect to win (hoped but did not expect), but I also did not expect this embarrassing shitshow. No excuse for how the Browns showed up today. None.
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Plan and simple after the first score the refs stepped in and turned that game the calls where tic tac at beast why the nfl is targeting the Browns is beyond me
Plan and simple after the first score the refs stepped in and turned that game the calls where tic tac at beast why the nfl is targeting the Browns is beyond me
eh,,,,,,,,no.they are not.....
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