Must Win Games
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for the short-term, I'm actually "okay" with the Browns being 2-4 going into the bye. I sincerely hope our unit has the ability to steal a game despite I believe going in as underdogs the next three weeks (maybe Seattle?). Going to New England after the bye just sucks, but after that patriots game there's a whole of winnable games on the schedule. If the squad can right the ship even if we're 2-5 (which could be very likely), the schedule is there to win 4 of 5, 5 of 6 potentially.
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You've gotta beat the teams that you're supposed to beat. And then play 50/50 against everyone else. (that's my rule of thumb anyway)
So more "should" win than "must"...
"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 -
Is this a must-win game?
I don't know, but I do know that if the Browns win, they will be 2-2, the same record as Baltimore, with the Browns having the head-to-head advantage. In effect, a half game lead over the Ravens.
If the Browns lose, they will be 1-3, Baltimore would be 3-1, with the Ravens having the head-to-head advantage. In effect, a two and a half game lead over the Browns.
It's an extremely important game.
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Is this a must-win game?
I don't know, but I do know that if the Browns win, they will be 2-2, the same record as Baltimore, with the Browns having the head-to-head advantage. In effect, a half game lead over the Ravens.
If the Browns lose, they will be 1-3, Baltimore would be 3-1, with the Ravens having the head-to-head advantage. In effect, a two and a half game lead over the Browns.
It's an extremely important game.
Is this a must-win game?
I don't know,.......................
It's an extremely important game.
Yes!
1st place in the division is on the line. This is what ya call a Big Game. (...and of course, all games are important) But it's not time to panic if we lose. We can survive without a win.
...and it doesn't look like we'll have Higgins again......and Callaway is still in the Principal's office wearing a dunce cap......and our cornerbacks are probably out again....
It would be nice if we could win this game.
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More than the standings I would put team cohesion as a reason the game is important.
At 1-2 coming off a loss to the defending NFC Champs we already have seen a little "fraying" in our rookie HC and Sophomore QB. Especially if the loss follows the same pattern of the 2 to date... if we leave BLT 1-3 that likely spreads.
And that's the last thing this team needs...
If we can keep our shit together thru the next 4 weeks (the Week 8, Pat game), then I see rally opportunities.
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More than the standings I would put team cohesion as a reason the game is important.
At 1-2 coming off a loss to the defending NFC Champs we already have seen a little "fraying" in our rookie HC and Sophomore QB. Especially if the loss follows the same pattern of the 2 to date... if we leave BLT 1-3 that likely spreads.
And that's the last thing this team needs...
If we can keep our shit together thru the next 4 weeks (the Week 8, Pat game), then I see rally opportunities.
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Aren't they all must win at this point?
Yea, pretty much. Y’all remember 2007? That was THE WORST.
Gotta shoot for 11-5. One game at a time. -
it was a tough first half. Was just watching some niners-arizona game tonight -
geez - arizona was going with quick plays, runs, getting by, got a td...
then tried to throw downfield, the nt? makes their center look like a fence post,
Kyler Murry has no time, evades a tackle, spins and gets sacked after he ran way
backwards. It was...3rd and 29 after that debacle. Then he throws a terrible int right to them, but they
dropped it.
The Browns are on the easier part of their season, meaning their oline should be holding up, and the offense
will be getting back on track.
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it was a tough first half. Was just watching some niners-arizona game tonight -
geez - arizona was going with quick plays, runs, getting by, got a td...
then tried to throw downfield, the nt? makes their center look like a fence post,
Kyler Murry has no time, evades a tackle, spins and gets sacked after he ran way
backwards. It was...3rd and 29 after that debacle. Then he throws a terrible int right to them, but they
dropped it.
The Browns are on the easier part of their season, meaning their oline should be holding up, and the offense
will be getting back on track.
it was a tough first half. Was just watching some niners-arizona game tonight -
geez - arizona was going with quick plays, runs, getting by, got a td...
then tried to throw downfield, the nt? makes their center look like a fence post,
Kyler Murry has no time, evades a tackle, spins and gets sacked after he ran way
backwards. It was...3rd and 29 after that debacle. Then he throws a terrible int right to them, but they
dropped it.
The Browns are on the easier part of their season, meaning their oline should be holding up, and the offense
will be getting back on track.
Freddie a bad Coach? Let's talk about Cliff waz-his name. 4 seconds left in the half. Niners go for it with 4th and goal on the one. The Birds stuff them. Half over. BUT no!!!! Their dumb azz coach calls a TO before the ball was snapped!!! 49ers say thank you very much, and Jimmy G tosses a TD pass on the gift TO. Could have been 14-7 at the half- make that 21-7 thanks to some DUMB crap by the Cardinals coach.
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it was a tough first half. Was just watching some niners-arizona game tonight -
geez - arizona was going with quick plays, runs, getting by, got a td...
then tried to throw downfield, the nt? makes their center look like a fence post,
Kyler Murry has no time, evades a tackle, spins and gets sacked after he ran way
backwards. It was...3rd and 29 after that debacle. Then he throws a terrible int right to them, but they
dropped it.
The Browns are on the easier part of their season, meaning their oline should be holding up, and the offense
will be getting back on track.
Freddie a bad Coach? Let's talk about Cliff waz-his name. 4 seconds left in the half. Niners go for it with 4th and goal on the one. The Birds stuff them. Half over. BUT no!!!! Their dumb azz coach calls a TO before the ball was snapped!!! 49ers say thank you very much, and Jimmy G tosses a TD pass on the gift TO. Could have been 14-7 at the half- make that 21-7 thanks to some DUMB crap by the Cardinals coach.
Freddie a bad Coach? Let's talk about Cliff waz-his name. 4 seconds left in the half. Niners go for it with 4th and goal on the one. The Birds stuff them. Half over. BUT no!!!! Their dumb azz coach calls a TO before the ball was snapped!!! 49ers say thank you very much, and Jimmy G tosses a TD pass on the gift TO. Could have been 14-7 at the half- make that 21-7 thanks to some DUMB crap by the Cardinals coach.
And it was the difference in the game. What really astonished me was watching a good red zone team execute. I've seen us try to score with no time left and you could just TELL it was going to be a cluster. With the 49's, you knew they'd score and they did. They needed several first downs, they got them. Winning football. I'm so envious of this team because they play EXACTLY like I want our team to play.
I totally realize we're playing an unknown QB this week, but for those who don't Brandon Allen I can tell you a little bit about him. He's a bit more athletic than you'd think, he's definitely not a guy who holds onto the ball, and he's pretty safe with it. He's not going to wow you with his arm power, but make no mistake, he WILL beat you if you turn it over and give up some dumb scores. If the Broncos' defense shuts us down, or if we shit down our leg again, we'll lose, and we'll lose big.
Now, I don't see that happening. I still think we win huge, like 41-13. We shut down Lindsay last year, and we'll do it again Sunday. We get them into 3rd and long, we win.
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it was a tough first half. Was just watching some niners-arizona game tonight -
geez - arizona was going with quick plays, runs, getting by, got a td...
then tried to throw downfield, the nt? makes their center look like a fence post,
Kyler Murry has no time, evades a tackle, spins and gets sacked after he ran way
backwards. It was...3rd and 29 after that debacle. Then he throws a terrible int right to them, but they
dropped it.
The Browns are on the easier part of their season, meaning their oline should be holding up, and the offense
will be getting back on track.
Freddie a bad Coach? Let's talk about Cliff waz-his name. 4 seconds left in the half. Niners go for it with 4th and goal on the one. The Birds stuff them. Half over. BUT no!!!! Their dumb azz coach calls a TO before the ball was snapped!!! 49ers say thank you very much, and Jimmy G tosses a TD pass on the gift TO. Could have been 14-7 at the half- make that 21-7 thanks to some DUMB crap by the Cardinals coach.
The Birds stuff them. Half over. BUT no!!!! Their dumb azz coach calls a TO before the ball was snapped!!! 49ers say thank you very much, and Jimmy G tosses a TD pass on the gift TO. Could have been 14-7 at the half- make that 21-7 thanks to some DUMB crap by the Cardinals coach.
Late in the game also wasn’t managed the best by Kliff.
The 49ers BARELY got a 1st down on 3rd and 3 while up 3 points and trying to milk the game. There was 2:19 seconds. Running back Tevin Coleman stopped clock by running out of bounds. Kliff challenged the spot, which was extremely questionable as they still had 2 timeouts AND the 2 minute warning.
They lost the challenge.
Arizona also dropped back in coverage on third down twice on that drive instead of bringing any extra heat. Jimmy G is the real deal when he has enough time.. Jimmy G was clutch. -
The Birds stuff them. Half over. BUT no!!!! Their dumb azz coach calls a TO before the ball was snapped!!! 49ers say thank you very much, and Jimmy G tosses a TD pass on the gift TO. Could have been 14-7 at the half- make that 21-7 thanks to some DUMB crap by the Cardinals coach.
Late in the game also wasn’t managed the best by Kliff.
The 49ers BARELY got a 1st down on 3rd and 3 while up 3 points and trying to milk the game. There was 2:19 seconds. Running back Tevin Coleman stopped clock by running out of bounds. Kliff challenged the spot, which was extremely questionable as they still had 2 timeouts AND the 2 minute warning.
They lost the challenge.
Arizona also dropped back in coverage on third down twice on that drive instead of bringing any extra heat. Jimmy G is the real deal when he has enough time.. Jimmy G was clutch.Late in the game also wasn’t managed the best by Kliff.
The 49ers BARELY got a 1st down on 3rd and 3 while up 3 points and trying to milk the game. There was 2:19 seconds. Running back Tevin Coleman stopped clock by running out of bounds. Kliff challenged the spot, which was extremely questionable as they still had 2 timeouts AND the 2 minute warning.
They lost the challenge.
Arizona also dropped back in coverage on third down twice on that drive instead of bringing any extra heat. Jimmy G is the real deal when he has enough time.. Jimmy G was clutch.Jimmy G looks like the new Brady. And just imagine how this team will be as they get so many injured players back. If they have them in the playoffs, watch out!
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Late in the game also wasn’t managed the best by Kliff.
The 49ers BARELY got a 1st down on 3rd and 3 while up 3 points and trying to milk the game. There was 2:19 seconds. Running back Tevin Coleman stopped clock by running out of bounds. Kliff challenged the spot, which was extremely questionable as they still had 2 timeouts AND the 2 minute warning.
They lost the challenge.
Arizona also dropped back in coverage on third down twice on that drive instead of bringing any extra heat. Jimmy G is the real deal when he has enough time.. Jimmy G was clutch.Jimmy G looks like the new Brady. And just imagine how this team will be as they get so many injured players back. If they have them in the playoffs, watch out!
Jimmy G looks like the new Brady. And just imagine how this team will be as they get so many injured players back. If they have them in the playoffs, watch out!
Fuck the 49ers. Had enough of them in the 80s/90s.
Seahawks beat them a week from Monday.
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Late in the game also wasn’t managed the best by Kliff.
The 49ers BARELY got a 1st down on 3rd and 3 while up 3 points and trying to milk the game. There was 2:19 seconds. Running back Tevin Coleman stopped clock by running out of bounds. Kliff challenged the spot, which was extremely questionable as they still had 2 timeouts AND the 2 minute warning.
They lost the challenge.
Arizona also dropped back in coverage on third down twice on that drive instead of bringing any extra heat. Jimmy G is the real deal when he has enough time.. Jimmy G was clutch.Jimmy G looks like the new Brady. And just imagine how this team will be as they get so many injured players back. If they have them in the playoffs, watch out!
Jimmy G looks like the new Brady. And just imagine how this team will be as they get so many injured players back. If they have them in the playoffs, watch out!
Agree except for the "watch out" for this year's playoffs. Even with homefield, there's that experience factor to consider.
Next year? Watch out....
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Late in the game also wasn’t managed the best by Kliff.
The 49ers BARELY got a 1st down on 3rd and 3 while up 3 points and trying to milk the game. There was 2:19 seconds. Running back Tevin Coleman stopped clock by running out of bounds. Kliff challenged the spot, which was extremely questionable as they still had 2 timeouts AND the 2 minute warning.
They lost the challenge.
Arizona also dropped back in coverage on third down twice on that drive instead of bringing any extra heat. Jimmy G is the real deal when he has enough time.. Jimmy G was clutch.Jimmy G looks like the new Brady. And just imagine how this team will be as they get so many injured players back. If they have them in the playoffs, watch out!
Jimmy G looks like the new Brady. And just imagine how this team will be as they get so many injured players back. If they have them in the playoffs, watch out!
Jimmy G has been rock since he took the field as an NFL starter. He's 16-2.
I would've preferred they had gotten him over just about every other draft prospect. Those years under B&B had to have helped immensely.
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