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  • The reality is, they aren't much better than Cinci, if we face the truth. But at 5-2, it's sure better than Hue Dickhole's 0-7 (leading to 0-16 or 1-15).

    @icecube said:

    The reality is, they aren't much better than Cinci, if we face the truth. But at 5-2, it's sure better than Hue Dickhole's 0-7 (leading to 0-16 or 1-15).

    Wait.... what?

    Didn't you go position by position within the the day to show how we were way better than Cinci?

  • @canton-dawg said:

    Mucho Grassy Ass Senior!

    You could also cut me with a rusty knife and kill me with less pain... 

    @nero said:

    You could also cut me with a rusty knife and kill me with less pain... 

    Bones & Nachos Nero! ?

  • It was nice to see Baker moving his eyes at time.  More importantly - being decisive on the shorter throws.   

    Can he continue this past the Raiders though...?   

    We'll see.

  • baker bounced back for sure, he looks way better when he's not trying to force the ball to OBJ and once he got into a rhythm with short passes.  WTF is up with Sandejo?  All an opposing QB has to do is throw it to whoever he's covering for some easy yards.  Do the Browns seriously not have anyone better at safety?

    anyway, the Browns seem to be a much improved team based on record, but they still fall apart when going up against winning NFL teams.  Still rebuilding...

    Definitely need some help in the secondary (hasn't this been the case for years now?).

  • I'm glad we are done with the Bengals for 2020. They are only going to get better and will win some games by year's end in which we'd never have thought they'd be competitive as recently as this week.

    • Burrow is honing his craft...
    • their WR corps is very, very good... and now it seems they have another TE or two.
    • Clearly they need Mixon, but Gio can still be that change of pace guy and sometime bell-cow.
    • OL is the O-side weakest link, but even with it getting weaker thru today's game their playcalling kept it from being a big negative.

    And defensively while far from stout, they've got good team speed...

    Tell ya one thing... if Dunlap really is on the outs with the staff as the announcers intimated, I'm chatting with their GM before I leave town this afternoon to get a sense of what it might take to line him up opposite MG.

  • I'm glad we are done with the Bengals for 2020. They are only going to get better and will win some games by year's end in which we'd never have thought they'd be competitive as recently as this week.

    • Burrow is honing his craft...
    • their WR corps is very, very good... and now it seems they have another TE or two.
    • Clearly they need Mixon, but Gio can still be that change of pace guy and sometime bell-cow.
    • OL is the O-side weakest link, but even with it getting weaker thru today's game their playcalling kept it from being a big negative.

    And defensively while far from stout, they've got good team speed...

    Tell ya one thing... if Dunlap really is on the outs with the staff as the announcers intimated, I'm chatting with their GM before I leave town this afternoon to get a sense of what it might take to line him up opposite MG.

    @tour2ma said:

    I'm glad we are done with the Bengals for 2020. They are only going to get better and will win some games by year's end in which we'd never have thought they'd be competitive as recently as this week.

    • Burrow is honing his craft...
    • their WR corps is very, very good... and now it seems they have another TE or two.
    • Clearly they need Mixon, but Gio can still be that change of pace guy and sometime bell-cow.
    • OL is the O-side weakest link, but even with it getting weaker thru today's game their playcalling kept it from being a big negative.

    And defensively while far from stout, they've got good team speed...

    Tell ya one thing... if Dunlap really is on the outs with the staff as the announcers intimated, I'm chatting with their GM before I leave town this afternoon to get a sense of what it might take to line him up opposite MG.

    Give them OBJ.. We don't need him...

  • @tour2ma said:

    I'm glad we are done with the Bengals for 2020. They are only going to get better and will win some games by year's end in which we'd never have thought they'd be competitive as recently as this week.

    • Burrow is honing his craft...
    • their WR corps is very, very good... and now it seems they have another TE or two.
    • Clearly they need Mixon, but Gio can still be that change of pace guy and sometime bell-cow.
    • OL is the O-side weakest link, but even with it getting weaker thru today's game their playcalling kept it from being a big negative.

    And defensively while far from stout, they've got good team speed...

    Tell ya one thing... if Dunlap really is on the outs with the staff as the announcers intimated, I'm chatting with their GM before I leave town this afternoon to get a sense of what it might take to line him up opposite MG.

    Give them OBJ.. We don't need him...

    @nickers said:

    Give them OBJ.. We don't need him...

    😳 You must be thinking of a different Dunlap...

  • @icecube said:

    The reality is, they aren't much better than Cinci, if we face the truth. But at 5-2, it's sure better than Hue Dickhole's 0-7 (leading to 0-16 or 1-15).

    Wait.... what?

    Didn't you go position by position within the the day to show how we were way better than Cinci?

    @tour2ma said:

    Wait.... what?

    Didn't you go position by position within the the day to show how we were way better than Cinci?

    Only on paper or online.

  • @nickers said:

    Give them OBJ.. We don't need him...

    😳 You must be thinking of a different Dunlap...

    @tour2ma said:

    😳 You must be thinking of a different Dunlap...

    Thank you for the updated message in the tavern.  I don't think it necessarily stopped everyone but it was better.  Also yeah I don't get the obj hate.  We aren't going to be trade him for much at this point as that left knee injury looked bad.  

  • @nickers said:

    Give them OBJ.. We don't need him...

    😳 You must be thinking of a different Dunlap...

    @tour2ma said:

    😳 You must be thinking of a different Dunlap...

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  • Two things which I thought. Baker sure looked better with OBJ not in the lineup. It will be interesting to see how Baker does the next few games (or longer) if OBJ's injury is serious like they think it is,

    Second, I thought Joe Woods called a horrible game. It was obvious that Cinci had the Browns' number in regards to how much we were blitzing, but Joe never altered his strategy. If you are facing a rookie Qb it seems that there are two ways to face him- either bring the blitz or disguise the back 7's alignment. I didn't see us disguising our coverage much at all. We kept blitzing and we kept getting burnt by it. 

  • Two things which I thought. Baker sure looked better with OBJ not in the lineup. It will be interesting to see how Baker does the next few games (or longer) if OBJ's injury is serious like they think it is,

    Second, I thought Joe Woods called a horrible game. It was obvious that Cinci had the Browns' number in regards to how much we were blitzing, but Joe never altered his strategy. If you are facing a rookie Qb it seems that there are two ways to face him- either bring the blitz or disguise the back 7's alignment. I didn't see us disguising our coverage much at all. We kept blitzing and we kept getting burnt by it. 

    @barry said:

    Two things which I thought. Baker sure looked better with OBJ not in the lineup. It will be interesting to see how Baker does the next few games (or longer) if OBJ's injury is serious like they think it is,

    Second, I thought Joe Woods called a horrible game. It was obvious that Cinci had the Browns' number in regards to how much we were blitzing, but Joe never altered his strategy. If you are facing a rookie Qb it seems that there are two ways to face him- either bring the blitz or disguise the back 7's alignment. I didn't see us disguising our coverage much at all. We kept blitzing and we kept getting burnt by it. 

    I'm not sure you realize what we have to work with.  Like Nero said, we only have Ward and Garrett on the D.  Perhaps a few others and a few 2nd year players that will improve.  But right now, our D sucks.  Doesn't matter who's coaching.

  • I'm glad we are done with the Bengals for 2020. They are only going to get better and will win some games by year's end in which we'd never have thought they'd be competitive as recently as this week.

    • Burrow is honing his craft...
    • their WR corps is very, very good... and now it seems they have another TE or two.
    • Clearly they need Mixon, but Gio can still be that change of pace guy and sometime bell-cow.
    • OL is the O-side weakest link, but even with it getting weaker thru today's game their playcalling kept it from being a big negative.

    And defensively while far from stout, they've got good team speed...

    Tell ya one thing... if Dunlap really is on the outs with the staff as the announcers intimated, I'm chatting with their GM before I leave town this afternoon to get a sense of what it might take to line him up opposite MG.

    @tour2ma said:

    Tell ya one thing... if Dunlap really is on the outs with the staff as the announcers intimated, I'm chatting with their GM before I leave town this afternoon to get a sense of what it might take to line him up opposite MG.

    Apparently Dunlap’s house is for sale...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/dknation.draftkings.com/platform/amp/nfl/2020/10/25/21533440/carlos-dunlap-twitter-house-for-sale-bengals-loss-browns-posting-defensive-substitions-trade-release

  • I'm glad we are done with the Bengals for 2020. They are only going to get better and will win some games by year's end in which we'd never have thought they'd be competitive as recently as this week.

    • Burrow is honing his craft...
    • their WR corps is very, very good... and now it seems they have another TE or two.
    • Clearly they need Mixon, but Gio can still be that change of pace guy and sometime bell-cow.
    • OL is the O-side weakest link, but even with it getting weaker thru today's game their playcalling kept it from being a big negative.

    And defensively while far from stout, they've got good team speed...

    Tell ya one thing... if Dunlap really is on the outs with the staff as the announcers intimated, I'm chatting with their GM before I leave town this afternoon to get a sense of what it might take to line him up opposite MG.

    @tour2ma said:

    I'm glad we are done with the Bengals for 2020. They are only going to get better and will win some games by year's end in which we'd never have thought they'd be competitive as recently as this week.

    • Burrow is honing his craft...
    • their WR corps is very, very good... and now it seems they have another TE or two.
    • Clearly they need Mixon, but Gio can still be that change of pace guy and sometime bell-cow.
    • OL is the O-side weakest link, but even with it getting weaker thru today's game their playcalling kept it from being a big negative.

    And defensively while far from stout, they've got good team speed...

    Tell ya one thing... if Dunlap really is on the outs with the staff as the announcers intimated, I'm chatting with their GM before I leave town this afternoon to get a sense of what it might take to line him up opposite MG.

  • Was it Dunlap screaming at an assistant coach at the end of the game? Someone was going off on the sideline, but I couldn't tell who it was. 

  • The reality is, they aren't much better than Cinci, if we face the truth. But at 5-2, it's sure better than Hue Dickhole's 0-7 (leading to 0-16 or 1-15).

    @icecube said:

    The reality is, they aren't much better than Cinci, if we face the truth. But at 5-2, it's sure better than Hue Dickhole's 0-7 (leading to 0-16 or 1-15).

    Um, most of the time, one or two plays are the difference between winning an losing in the NFL. The Browns made huge plays at the end to win. We may not be a dominant team, but we're good enough now to make a playoff run. 

  • @icecube said:

    The reality is, they aren't much better than Cinci, if we face the truth. But at 5-2, it's sure better than Hue Dickhole's 0-7 (leading to 0-16 or 1-15).

    Um, most of the time, one or two plays are the difference between winning an losing in the NFL. The Browns made huge plays at the end to win. We may not be a dominant team, but we're good enough now to make a playoff run. 

    @hoorta said:

    Um, most of the time, one or two plays are the difference between winning an losing in the NFL. 

    Speaking of, and since you live down in Bengal Country you'd know better, but I'm impressed how hard the Bengals continue to play under their head coach Zac Taylor last season and this one, considering that they always seem to be in the game, but never win them. You have to wonder how long they can keep this up if they don't start winning a few games. 

  • As one of the cleveland.com articles put it, the defense looks like Garrett, Ward, and 9 guys who can't tackle a gourd.

    Regarding OBJ.. Still haven't heard or seen what the exact problem is for which "trade OBJ at any cost" is a remotely plausible solution.  Only thing I can think of is "Just too many splash plays from the WR position."

  • @icecube said:

    The reality is, they aren't much better than Cinci, if we face the truth. But at 5-2, it's sure better than Hue Dickhole's 0-7 (leading to 0-16 or 1-15).

    Wait.... what?

    Didn't you go position by position within the the day to show how we were way better than Cinci?

    @tour2ma said:

    Wait.... what?

    Didn't you go position by position within the the day to show how we were way better than Cinci?

    Somewhat, and this game proved they are barely better than Cinci. Proof is in the pudding.