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***DIVISIONAL ROUND: Browns AT Chiefs Gameday Thread***

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  • Kansas City.

    Weather forecast for kickoff is 37F, 3ºC, with 0% precipitation probability and 14mph (23kmh) winds. Perfect January Football weather. 

     The #1 seed and defending champions Kansas City Chiefs face after a bye week the #6 seed Cleveland Browns, who will have all of the players that missed last week's game due to COVID-19 back.

    But there's something else that the Browns have brought back for this week. For this season, really. And not only the Browns team, but the fandom too:

    Pride. 

    Only 20 years of turmoil and dumpster fires can make all the NFL world accustomed to say "Same ol' Browns" or even "The Browns is the Browns" to seal any discussion about future hopes or winning chances. Most of us embraced that mentality, and used it as an irrefutable argument that, as subjective as it was, time and time again would prove it's worth. Last week, when the Steelers cut the distance to 12 points, those ghosts came back, and I can't imagine any true Cleveland Brown fan who was completely confident. 'Here we go again'.

    Fear is king to those who don't want to risk growing the slightest of hopes to the possibility of frustration. Fear is an armor that protects us from the humiliation. It festers on the self deprecation. It makes armies crumble and lose battles even before they are fought. 

    Today, I have no fear. Because today I'm proud of this team. 

    You can't fear a team that hasn't played its starters for 2 weeks. You can't fear losing a game you weren't expected to play to begin with. You can't fear when you've already proven yourself. You can't fear when they can't take anything from you.

    I don't think I'm the only one here who feels grateful for this team, for being part of this fandom. The Browns have already sealed a great season that has given pride to a rightfully fearful fandom. An historic season. 

    But History is best written on a hard cold field in a January afternoon. 

    So I ask you, fearless Browns fans: 

    Why not us? 

    GO BROWNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Protect the ball and run the rock. 

    Everyone stay dialed in and let's avoid any lulls in the offense.

    I'm awfully proud of you Browns... don't let us down now. 

    Go get some! 

    The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. -Mark Twain- "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." -Mark Twain-
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  • Well said Nero. Go Browns!!

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  • Old News! Since 1999...3 winning seasons in 2002, 2007 & 2020.. 1 Playoff appearance in 2002........... no fear in this Browns team ?

    #whynotus?.... GO Browns ! !  

    Browns & Buffett: Got to go fishin, Down to rock bottom again, with just a few Friends

  • I bet the OP was even more eloquent in Spanish....

    .. if that's possible.

    That was one inspired post, Nero...

    Kudos!

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
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  • And we've got NBC's A-team today... Nance and Romo.

    Not quite 0900 and I'm amped already...

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196

  • Welp, Batman Begins is on TNT. My laundry is going... So I'm just going to sip this coffee and enjoy the build-up. 

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @dutch-oven said:

    Oddly enough l watched this movie earlier this week. I went to Milan, Indiana, the actual school and town it’s based off of and was inspired to watch it. It really is one tiny town. They actually have a small museum dedicated to their 1954 basketball team in town.

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  • Let's go browns. Last man standing in the AFC North. 

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • IbleedbrownI Ibleedbrown

    @dutch-oven said:

    Oddly enough l watched this movie earlier this week. I went to Milan, Indiana, the actual school and town it’s based off of and was inspired to watch it. It really is one tiny town. They actually have a small museum dedicated to their 1954 basketball team in town.

    @ibleedbrown said:

    Oddly enough l watched this movie earlier this week. I went to Milan, Indiana, the actual school and town it’s based off of and was inspired to watch it. It really is one tiny town. They actually have a small museum dedicated to their 1954 basketball team in town.

    Hoosiers... another of the movie stops when I'm channel surfing late at nite.

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @ibleedbrown said:

    Oddly enough l watched this movie earlier this week. I went to Milan, Indiana, the actual school and town it’s based off of and was inspired to watch it. It really is one tiny town. They actually have a small museum dedicated to their 1954 basketball team in town.

    Hoosiers... another of the movie stops when I'm channel surfing late at nite.

    @tour2ma said:

    Hoosiers... another of the movie stops when I'm channel surfing late at nite.

    It really might be the best made sports movie of all-time. 

  • Myles Garrett has a game.

    Baker makes fewer mistakes than Mahomes.

    I like our chances. 

  • GO BROWNS, it's on at 3:05 pm EST.......baby !

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    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    I bet the OP was even more eloquent in Spanish....

    .. if that's possible.

    That was one inspired post, Nero...

    Kudos!

    @tour2ma said:

    I bet the OP was even more eloquent in Spanish....

    .. if that's possible.

    That was one inspired post, Nero...

    Kudos!

    Nero's command of English makes my rusty old Spanish sound like Kindergarten. ??

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  • THIS is why I am a Browns fan and why I stuck with them through so much shit these past 20 years(new Browns). To get back that feeling from the days of Bernie and Brian Sipe and the rest of those cast of characters..  

    This team will already go down in history as one of the best we've ever fielded if not the best(and that is saying something).. But I feel the best is yet to come. WE CAN WIN THIS GAME.. Mark my words..

    The Chiefs will come out rusty and we can jump on top of them and get a 7 or 14 point lead.. But don't expect them to fall apart like the Steelers. They will come roaring back and this is where our game plan needs to bend not break...

    First, run early and often to limit the number of possessions for Mahomes. Take shots to keep them honest. A Higgins post down the left side and air it out. But then back to the run. Make the 3rd down manageable at less than 4 yards.. Baker has proven he is deadly on those plays. 5 wideouts(with Hunt or Chubb) and spread them out.. Pick them apart.

    Defense must submit to their over the top dominance.. KEEP THEM IN FRONT OF US at all costs. Put extra men in the backfield and accept that they will will run and short/medium pass us down the field. Firm up inside the 20 and try and at least get 25 to 30% of their Red Zones to turn into 3 points instead of 7 or 8....  

    Control the clock on both sides of the ball.. Make their touchdown drives take longer.. Run the ball on our side and run the clock.. SLOW THEM DOWN to our speed instead of trying to match them at theirs.   We will lose a shootout just like we did against the Ravens.... CONTROL the game and we win.

    And if by some miracle OBJ is reading things on our humble board.. You are a Brown through and through. You've done the one thing you needed to do for this team. Be a quiet supporter.. You are a big reason we are here and I for one won't forget you... I hope they bring you back next year and you are that last piece of the offense that either brings us back to a Super Bowl(God willing) or takes us there next year.....

    GO BROWNS.. You are already winners....

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  • This is one of the few games where I prefer receiving the ball first. Make a long drive, put some points on the board. Let Mahomes & company cool down in the bench.

    Run the ball down their throats all game long and keep the ball. No mistakes. 

    I'm pumped up.  

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  • NeroN Nero

    This is one of the few games where I prefer receiving the ball first. Make a long drive, put some points on the board. Let Mahomes & company cool down in the bench.

    Run the ball down their throats all game long and keep the ball. No mistakes. 

    I'm pumped up.  

    @nero said:

    This is one of the few games where I prefer receiving the ball first. Make a long drive, put some points on the board. Let Mahomes & company cool down in the bench.

    Run through their throats all game long and keep the ball. No mistakes. 

    I'm pumped up.  

    Two top gun quarterbacks in this one, does the last team with the ball ? win it ?

    Pumped up, oh yeah !

    GO BROWNS, playoff football football......baby !

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
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