Week 13: CLE @ TN... "there's thirteen hundred and fifty two Guitar pickers in Nashville"
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Look for a very heavy dose of #22 right up the middle with multiple PA plays from Tannehill with an option to run (he was actually A&M's leading WR before conversion back to QB). This is not going to be pretty.
This is not going to be pretty.
Nothing is ever easy or pretty with our Browns. The Titans are tough indeed.
I'm looking forward to this one.
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This game will be won or lost in the trenches. Whichever OL is able to impose its will to the greatest degree wins.
The way to stop... or at least slow.... Henry is to bottle him up and not let him reach the 2nd level with a head of steam. He needs a hole to be where it is supposed to be. Stuff him early and often and get a lead, then we effectively take him out of the game. And that tees up our now bookend DEs...
Easier said than done? Absolutely... both Titan OGs are having good years so Ogun and Richardson are going to have to be at their best to disrupt and keep our LBs clean. But if we can shift the burden to Tannehill, then we have favorable matchups on the edges and Tannehill is affected by pressure. He needs to be because Brown and Davis scare me going against our 2ndary.
A little stat look-see...
Titan Offense ranks:
- 6th in scoring offense averaging 29.5 ppg.
- 3rd in rushing averaging 158.2 ypg and T-5th in YPC (4.9)
- 22nd in passing averaging 227.5 ypg and 7th in YPA (7.4).
Titan D...
- 20th in scoring D allowing 25.9 ppg.
- 16th in rush D allowing 115.5 ypg and 4.3 ypc (16th best).
- 28th in pass D allowing 268.5 ypg and 6.7 ypa (T-14th).
We can do this...
This game will be won or lost in the trenches. Whichever OL is able to impose its will to the greatest degree wins.
The way to stop... or at least slow.... Henry is to bottle him up and not let him reach the 2nd level with a head of steam. He needs a hole to be where it is supposed to be. Stuff him early and often and get a lead, then we effectively take him out of the game. And that tees up our now bookend DEs...
Easier said than done? Absolutely... both Titan OGs are having good years so Ogun and Richardson are going to have to be at their best to disrupt and keep our LBs clean. But if we can shift the burden to Tannehill, then we have favorable matchups on the edges and Tannehill is affected by pressure. He needs to be because Brown and Davis scare me going against our 2ndary.
A little stat look-see...
Titan Offense ranks:
- 6th in scoring offense averaging 29.5 ppg.
- 3rd in rushing averaging 158.2 ypg and T-5th in YPC (4.9)
- 22nd in passing averaging 227.5 ypg and 7th in YPA (7.4).
Titan D...
- 20th in scoring D allowing 25.9 ppg.
- 16th in rush D allowing 115.5 ypg and 4.3 ypc (16th best).
- 28th in pass D allowing 268.5 ypg and 6.7 ypa (T-14th).
We can do this...
The spread is TN -5.5...seems high to me. We all know TN's strength: Henry rushing and a few balls to Brown, who is almost as much of a bitch to tackle as Henry is. On paper, it looks like TN is tailor made to run it down Browns' throat; last week they looked as bad as their rush D ranking.
But, TN's rushing D is middling itself, coming in at 16th. With the way Chubb and Hunt are hitting it, that should be a real concern. And their passing D is near the bottom of the league. Landry could have another big day. I see this as a dogfight. Browns are 4-1 in their last 5. They have found their way to understanding what it takes to win, they have steadied the ship and Stef has to be given credit for it.
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This game is a huge test for the Browns.
How will they match up against a top level AFC opponent? It did not go well in the two previous attempts, vs Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
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Kids today...Instead try:
Just shut your mouth. Do your job. Point to the score board at the end of the game. Go back to having your face 7" away from your phone every waking minute.
First, you missed a great opportunity to introduce Little Tommy Rush into this Music City opponent discussion (see below).
Second, am I mistaken in thinking this is our first instance of supplying billboard fodder to an opponent?
Second, am I mistaken in thinking this is our first instance of supplying billboard fodder to an opponent?
First that I can remember, and I guess that's the silver lining... we are finally relevant and actually on other people's minds for once.
But still guys, just let the scoreboard do all the talking.
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No PS reports as yet.
Injury-wise of course there is the news that Harrison is headed to IR and our newly signed Safety, Thompson, is "out" this week due to Covid protocol which requires newly signed players to isolate a week and then test negative before physically joining the team.
No PS reports as yet.
Injury-wise of course there is the news that Harrison is headed to IR and our newly signed Safety, Thompson, is "out" this week due to Covid protocol which requires newly signed players to isolate a week and then test negative before physically joining the team.
Anyone else kind of looking forward to Sendejo trying to take on Henry one on one? I can see 3 possible outcomes. 1. Sendejo whimpers and "misses" completely 2. Henry stiff arms him face first into the gound as he passes by at 22 mph 3. Sendejo is knocked silly by a knee to the head as he tries to go low It's kind of funny in a macabre sort of way.??
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No PS reports as yet.
Injury-wise of course there is the news that Harrison is headed to IR and our newly signed Safety, Thompson, is "out" this week due to Covid protocol which requires newly signed players to isolate a week and then test negative before physically joining the team.
Anyone else kind of looking forward to Sendejo trying to take on Henry one on one? I can see 3 possible outcomes. 1. Sendejo whimpers and "misses" completely 2. Henry stiff arms him face first into the gound as he passes by at 22 mph 3. Sendejo is knocked silly by a knee to the head as he tries to go low It's kind of funny in a macabre sort of way.??
Anyone else kind of looking forward to Sendejo trying to take on Henry one on one? I can see 3 possible outcomes. 1. Sendejo whimpers and "misses" completely 2. Henry stiff arms him face first into the gound as he passes by at 22 mph 3. Sendejo is knocked silly by a knee to the head as he tries to go low It's kind of funny in a macabre sort of way.??
After his best game in probably two years I’m going to be positive you know The Multiple pass breakups and his blood shed on the field.
I’ll add The fourth option though he sprints into the camera shot as if he were part of the play and celebrates one his teammates tackle after a five yard gain.
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Our facility is shut down again after a staffer tested positive...
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/browns-shut-down-facility-staff-member-test-positive-covid-19
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Look for a very heavy dose of #22 right up the middle with multiple PA plays from Tannehill with an option to run (he was actually A&M's leading WR before conversion back to QB). This is not going to be pretty.
This could be a trap game for the TIT's
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I think what irritates me about this game is that I'd REALLY like our chances to win if we had our full compliment of players. Obviously I understand that no team this time of year has everyone healthy, but we don't have our top WR, top corner, top linebacker (such as he is), top safety (ugh, I miss Harrison), and lord knows who else on defense. We simply don't have the horses right now to stop Derrick Henry or their efficient passing attack. It's basically like playing a slightly better version of us. We're essentially the Diet Titans.
All hope isn't lost, as we are getting our game-wrecker back in Myles Garrett. Unfortunately that's about all the good news I have for you. Tennessee's offense is extremely similar to ours, and Henry looks absolutely unstoppable. Last week against the Colts, the Titans were the vastly superior team and were way more physical. Go back and just watch the highlights and you'll see the amazing blocking and physicality of the Titans.
We don't have any linebackers. I'm not kidding. You may not know this, but we actually still trot out Mack Wilson every Sunday. He's so completely bad, that he tied Ronnie Harrison in total tackles last week. Yes, Harrison was injured on the very first play of the game, and yes, Mack Wilson only had 1 tackle. I repeat, Mack Wilson had 1 tackle against the Jags and I can't believe he's on our roster. I was hoping Wilson would be on the injury report with a sprained vagina, but so far he's still a go.
So how do we win? Well, we'd need a defensive TD or special teams score. Unfortunately Peoples-Jones is still holding the ball like a loaf of bread and he will fumble unless it's corrected. The bad news is that the Titans don't turn it over. Like, hardly ever. Our best bet is for Myles to do something super human and strip the ball. We should also be encouraged by the play of Vernon, who was practically the only guy on defense worth a damn last week.
Back to winning. We'll need to play ball control, finish with touchdowns, and avoid turnovers. The pressure will be on because the game could literally be over with one 3 and out. Sounds silly, but I don't see us forcing too many punts. Our defense has literally had multiple games without forcing a punt and we could see another one. The offense will have to win this game because the defense simply isn't there.
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And the corresponding Injury reports...
Pretty much tell the same story as the Practice reports did except in the case of Adam Humphries who was FP while listed as "Out". Could just be part of the final steps of concussion protocol where players are reassessed immediately after workouts of varying intensities. Also worth noting that Ward is listed as Out despite some hope of him playing.
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I think what irritates me about this game is that I'd REALLY like our chances to win if we had our full compliment of players. Obviously I understand that no team this time of year has everyone healthy, but we don't have our top WR, top corner, top linebacker (such as he is), top safety (ugh, I miss Harrison), and lord knows who else on defense. We simply don't have the horses right now to stop Derrick Henry or their efficient passing attack. It's basically like playing a slightly better version of us. We're essentially the Diet Titans.
All hope isn't lost, as we are getting our game-wrecker back in Myles Garrett. Unfortunately that's about all the good news I have for you. Tennessee's offense is extremely similar to ours, and Henry looks absolutely unstoppable. Last week against the Colts, the Titans were the vastly superior team and were way more physical. Go back and just watch the highlights and you'll see the amazing blocking and physicality of the Titans.
We don't have any linebackers. I'm not kidding. You may not know this, but we actually still trot out Mack Wilson every Sunday. He's so completely bad, that he tied Ronnie Harrison in total tackles last week. Yes, Harrison was injured on the very first play of the game, and yes, Mack Wilson only had 1 tackle. I repeat, Mack Wilson had 1 tackle against the Jags and I can't believe he's on our roster. I was hoping Wilson would be on the injury report with a sprained vagina, but so far he's still a go.
So how do we win? Well, we'd need a defensive TD or special teams score. Unfortunately Peoples-Jones is still holding the ball like a loaf of bread and he will fumble unless it's corrected. The bad news is that the Titans don't turn it over. Like, hardly ever. Our best bet is for Myles to do something super human and strip the ball. We should also be encouraged by the play of Vernon, who was practically the only guy on defense worth a damn last week.
Back to winning. We'll need to play ball control, finish with touchdowns, and avoid turnovers. The pressure will be on because the game could literally be over with one 3 and out. Sounds silly, but I don't see us forcing too many punts. Our defense has literally had multiple games without forcing a punt and we could see another one. The offense will have to win this game because the defense simply isn't there.
I think what irritates me about this game is that I'd REALLY like our chances to win if we had our full compliment of players. Obviously I understand that no team this time of year has everyone healthy, but we don't have our top WR, top corner, top linebacker (such as he is), top safety (ugh, I miss Harrison), and lord knows who else on defense. We simply don't have the horses right now to stop Derrick Henry or their efficient passing attack. It's basically like playing a slightly better version of us. We're essentially the Diet Titans.
All hope isn't lost, as we are getting our game-wrecker back in Myles Garrett. Unfortunately that's about all the good news I have for you. Tennessee's offense is extremely similar to ours, and Henry looks absolutely unstoppable. Last week against the Colts, the Titans were the vastly superior team and were way more physical. Go back and just watch the highlights and you'll see the amazing blocking and physicality of the Titans.
We don't have any linebackers. I'm not kidding. You may not know this, but we actually still trot out Mack Wilson every Sunday. He's so completely bad, that he tied Ronnie Harrison in total tackles last week. Yes, Harrison was injured on the very first play of the game, and yes, Mack Wilson only had 1 tackle. I repeat, Mack Wilson had 1 tackle against the Jags and I can't believe he's on our roster. I was hoping Wilson would be on the injury report with a sprained vagina, but so far he's still a go.
So how do we win? Well, we'd need a defensive TD or special teams score. Unfortunately Peoples-Jones is still holding the ball like a loaf of bread and he will fumble unless it's corrected. The bad news is that the Titans don't turn it over. Like, hardly ever. Our best bet is for Myles to do something super human and strip the ball. We should also be encouraged by the play of Vernon, who was practically the only guy on defense worth a damn last week.
Back to winning. We'll need to play ball control, finish with touchdowns, and avoid turnovers. The pressure will be on because the game could literally be over with one 3 and out. Sounds silly, but I don't see us forcing too many punts. Our defense has literally had multiple games without forcing a punt and we could see another one. The offense will have to win this game because the defense simply isn't there.
Go back to the first game of last year where they manhandled the Browns. While I think we are better now, I don't know that we have made up that gap.
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I think what irritates me about this game is that I'd REALLY like our chances to win if we had our full compliment of players. Obviously I understand that no team this time of year has everyone healthy, but we don't have our top WR, top corner, top linebacker (such as he is), top safety (ugh, I miss Harrison), and lord knows who else on defense. We simply don't have the horses right now to stop Derrick Henry or their efficient passing attack. It's basically like playing a slightly better version of us. We're essentially the Diet Titans.
All hope isn't lost, as we are getting our game-wrecker back in Myles Garrett. Unfortunately that's about all the good news I have for you. Tennessee's offense is extremely similar to ours, and Henry looks absolutely unstoppable. Last week against the Colts, the Titans were the vastly superior team and were way more physical. Go back and just watch the highlights and you'll see the amazing blocking and physicality of the Titans.
We don't have any linebackers. I'm not kidding. You may not know this, but we actually still trot out Mack Wilson every Sunday. He's so completely bad, that he tied Ronnie Harrison in total tackles last week. Yes, Harrison was injured on the very first play of the game, and yes, Mack Wilson only had 1 tackle. I repeat, Mack Wilson had 1 tackle against the Jags and I can't believe he's on our roster. I was hoping Wilson would be on the injury report with a sprained vagina, but so far he's still a go.
So how do we win? Well, we'd need a defensive TD or special teams score. Unfortunately Peoples-Jones is still holding the ball like a loaf of bread and he will fumble unless it's corrected. The bad news is that the Titans don't turn it over. Like, hardly ever. Our best bet is for Myles to do something super human and strip the ball. We should also be encouraged by the play of Vernon, who was practically the only guy on defense worth a damn last week.
Back to winning. We'll need to play ball control, finish with touchdowns, and avoid turnovers. The pressure will be on because the game could literally be over with one 3 and out. Sounds silly, but I don't see us forcing too many punts. Our defense has literally had multiple games without forcing a punt and we could see another one. The offense will have to win this game because the defense simply isn't there.
Go back to the first game of last year where they manhandled the Browns. While I think we are better now, I don't know that we have made up that gap.
Go back to the first game of last year where they manhandled the Browns. While I think we are better now, I don't know that we have made up that gap.
Browns had 18 penalties and -3 turnover differential that game. It is Hard to take anything away from that game with how sloppy they were. In the midst of all that It was 2 point game in the 3rd quarter.
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I think what irritates me about this game is that I'd REALLY like our chances to win if we had our full compliment of players. Obviously I understand that no team this time of year has everyone healthy, but we don't have our top WR, top corner, top linebacker (such as he is), top safety (ugh, I miss Harrison), and lord knows who else on defense. We simply don't have the horses right now to stop Derrick Henry or their efficient passing attack. It's basically like playing a slightly better version of us. We're essentially the Diet Titans.
All hope isn't lost, as we are getting our game-wrecker back in Myles Garrett. Unfortunately that's about all the good news I have for you. Tennessee's offense is extremely similar to ours, and Henry looks absolutely unstoppable. Last week against the Colts, the Titans were the vastly superior team and were way more physical. Go back and just watch the highlights and you'll see the amazing blocking and physicality of the Titans.
We don't have any linebackers. I'm not kidding. You may not know this, but we actually still trot out Mack Wilson every Sunday. He's so completely bad, that he tied Ronnie Harrison in total tackles last week. Yes, Harrison was injured on the very first play of the game, and yes, Mack Wilson only had 1 tackle. I repeat, Mack Wilson had 1 tackle against the Jags and I can't believe he's on our roster. I was hoping Wilson would be on the injury report with a sprained vagina, but so far he's still a go.
So how do we win? Well, we'd need a defensive TD or special teams score. Unfortunately Peoples-Jones is still holding the ball like a loaf of bread and he will fumble unless it's corrected. The bad news is that the Titans don't turn it over. Like, hardly ever. Our best bet is for Myles to do something super human and strip the ball. We should also be encouraged by the play of Vernon, who was practically the only guy on defense worth a damn last week.
Back to winning. We'll need to play ball control, finish with touchdowns, and avoid turnovers. The pressure will be on because the game could literally be over with one 3 and out. Sounds silly, but I don't see us forcing too many punts. Our defense has literally had multiple games without forcing a punt and we could see another one. The offense will have to win this game because the defense simply isn't there.
Go back to the first game of last year where they manhandled the Browns. While I think we are better now, I don't know that we have made up that gap.
Go back to the first game of last year where they manhandled the Browns. While I think we are better now, I don't know that we have made up that gap.
Here's a few..
1) Coaching change== we won't see 18 flags on a Stef coached team
2) I like Mike Vrabel.. He's a hands on coach, teaching pro game technique.. Tennessee has no D cord this season..Vrabel calls the defense as Dean Pea's has not been replaced from last season. Like Vrabel vs Harbaugh?postgame?.. Vrabel provokes his guys "to get under your skin".. Don't Bite! on this act (Robinson)..Just Bark! back! (Bonus question? Did Gripper & Vrabel have classroom desk together in this Akron classroom?
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3) Player personal== a) DT Jeffery Simmons is on this weeks injury report?.. DT Jeffery Simmons was a big DNP in our last season beat down. We'd catch a break missing Jeffery Simmons again to that same knee...
b) Thank goodness we now own 2 good Tackles (ditto this at RG)..Wills & Conklin over Hubbard/Lamm/and some jailed dope dealer named Robinson.. Good grade card test for both Wills & Jack..
c) Former* Titans==DE Cameron Wake had 2.5 sacks.. DB Logan Ryan had 1.5 sacks & a pick.. They Gone!! Bake was sacked 5 times with 3 picks...That does not mean Vrabel forgot how to teach defense by any means...
d) Chubb & Henry could only produce roughly* 80 yards rushing on the ground last year.. Back/breaker? Henry caught a 75 yard cross field bubble pass.. that he housed for a TD.. blocked well too..
e) The Browns secondary is now a wreck, down both Ward & Harrison (AJ Brown & Corey Davis/ect/ect./TE's)... The Titans secondary is still loaded up with the same starters from last season,,But for Logan Ryan...M.Butler/Vaccaro/Byard/Adore Jackson..while adding Desmond King?.. They Tackle or Vrabel owns a bench!
Simple solutions? avoid Scoreboard hunting points... Baker was forced to throw the ball 38 times with a QB rating of 64 ? ... that can't happen again in this game...
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I say, delay the game until our new safety can take the field....
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Article analyzing Vernon -- Yeah, he's going nowhere next season.
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(Bonus question? Did Gipper & Vrabel have classroom desk together in this Akron classroom?
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Well....it was Norton (which included Westside Steve in my class) not Akron , and it was Vrabel's Dad Chuck who was a teacher/football coach there. I never had him as a teacher nor did I play football....so to be honest, I never really interacted with the man. He later went on to be a school principal at like Buckeye HS perhaps.
If you had wanted to share a classroom desk with Mike Vrabel you would have had to have attended Walsh Jesuit HS in Cuyahoga Falls.
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But for Logan Ryan...M.Butler/Vaccaro/Byard/Adore Jackson
I saw on one of Tour's injury listings that Adoree Jackson is listed as out for this game.
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