Week 10: Texans @ Browns... Bye-Bye, Bye / Hello, Houston
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Meanwhile as we await word on Chubb and Teller (apparently Penn Jillette has been replaced), our INjury Report has gotten shorter.
I'm glad you posted this. That loss left a particularly nasty taste in my mouth and while I'm extremely grateful for the healing properties of the bye, I find myself having difficulty seeing us win the games people think we're going to win.
What I mean is, I think we can lose to anyone. Did anyone catch the Bucs play the Giants last week? On paper, the Bucs are a top 5 team and the Giants are near the bottom. The Bucs also have a terrific defense and should have laid the boom down on Daniel Jones. That didn't happen and the game was close for most of the content. Why does that matter to us? Because I don't see how we're going to get teams into punting situations. We've given up the second most first downs in the entire league. We've forced one punt in the past two games. Teams are around 14-16 against us on 4th down.
Not only THAT, but we're vulnerable in the middle of the field and Watson is going to be an unholy nightmare. The GOOD news is that we'll be away from the weather and our team SHOULD compete on artificial turf, although we're desperately going to miss OBJ so much it won't be funny. I can pretty much promise you that either Hodge or Taylor will be targeted on multiple deep shots next Sunday. That's a part of our offense that we really haven't been able to get going and it's driving coach insane.
Back to your thoughts...we should be much healthier on offense, and I can't WAIT to see Teller, Hooper, and Chubb back in action. I'm serious, we're going to look strong and should move the ball well against Houston. Defensively, well...that's another story. We don't have linebackers, our DL shat the muffin again, and we need to pray to the heavens that Garrett is totally fine.
We're prepared to make a run to the playoffs, but it's not going to be easy. We're nowhere NEAR good enough to automatically think we're going to beat ANYONE except for the Jets. We are going to lose to one of the shitty teams, I'm just calling it now. However, we are also going to beat one of the GOOD teams on our schedule, most likely the Titans. I think we can beat them, and I can't wait to see it.
I think it's OK to simultaneously be excited at our progress AND be disappointed by our struggles. We have 3 games where we scored 7 points or less. That's dumb. Last game the Raiders came into our house and possessed the ball FIFTEEN more minutes than we did. That's an entire quarter more than us. Again, dumb. Are we better? Yes. Is this more fun than pretty much every other year? Yes. Are we going to the playoffs? Ehhh.....
But you know what? This shit is fun. We have a REAL coach, and I love so much about him. I really hope we finish strong because I want to see us in the playoffs and I want to see Baker come back and be our QB for years to come.
I'm glad you posted this. That loss left a particularly nasty taste in my mouth and while I'm extremely grateful for the healing properties of the bye...
My name is Tour and I'm here to help...
Did anyone catch the Bucs play the Giants last week?
Any given Sunday LIVES!
I hear you. We are not good enough to take any game for granted... even the Jets IMO. Especially since Darnold's shoulder seems to be healing up.
But we are good enough to not only be in every game, but be justifiably favored in most of our remaining ones and in 2020 that should be enough to punch our ticket to the postseason. And once there.... who knows.
The key is for our O to heal and stay healthy. If it does, then we can compete and then some... although I'd rather do it with OBJ...
"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 -
I'm glad you posted this. That loss left a particularly nasty taste in my mouth and while I'm extremely grateful for the healing properties of the bye...
My name is Tour and I'm here to help...
Did anyone catch the Bucs play the Giants last week?
Any given Sunday LIVES!
I hear you. We are not good enough to take any game for granted... even the Jets IMO. Especially since Darnold's shoulder seems to be healing up.
But we are good enough to not only be in every game, but be justifiably favored in most of our remaining ones and in 2020 that should be enough to punch our ticket to the postseason. And once there.... who knows.
The key is for our O to heal and stay healthy. If it does, then we can compete and then some... although I'd rather do it with OBJ...
The key is for our O to heal and stay healthy. If it does, then we can compete and then some... although I'd rather do it with OBJ...
I know. I was surprised at how much emotion I had bubbling up after his injury news. I literally had tears in my eyes and my wife was worried and asked why I was upset and I told her, "He worked so hard and always said the right things, even though nothing has really gone right for him here. He blocks, he hustles, and he celebrates with his team. He thought this would be the best season of his career, and it just sucks."
Any given Sunday definitely lives, and I'm interested to see how we respond in Houston. I'm gonna miss them Sunday!
Correction, we're hosting Houston unfortunately. Pray for weather that doesn't suck.
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The key is for our O to heal and stay healthy. If it does, then we can compete and then some... although I'd rather do it with OBJ...
I know. I was surprised at how much emotion I had bubbling up after his injury news. I literally had tears in my eyes and my wife was worried and asked why I was upset and I told her, "He worked so hard and always said the right things, even though nothing has really gone right for him here. He blocks, he hustles, and he celebrates with his team. He thought this would be the best season of his career, and it just sucks."
Any given Sunday definitely lives, and I'm interested to see how we respond in Houston. I'm gonna miss them Sunday!
Correction, we're hosting Houston unfortunately. Pray for weather that doesn't suck.
Pray for weather that doesn't suck.
Like I said... I'm here to help...
"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 -
As much as we need this bye week, god I hate when the Browns are on a bye week!
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I'm glad you posted this. That loss left a particularly nasty taste in my mouth and while I'm extremely grateful for the healing properties of the bye...
My name is Tour and I'm here to help...
Did anyone catch the Bucs play the Giants last week?
Any given Sunday LIVES!
I hear you. We are not good enough to take any game for granted... even the Jets IMO. Especially since Darnold's shoulder seems to be healing up.
But we are good enough to not only be in every game, but be justifiably favored in most of our remaining ones and in 2020 that should be enough to punch our ticket to the postseason. And once there.... who knows.
The key is for our O to heal and stay healthy. If it does, then we can compete and then some... although I'd rather do it with OBJ...
My name is Tour and I'm here to help...
Any given Sunday LIVES!
I hear you. We are not good enough to take any game for granted... even the Jets IMO. Especially since Darnold's shoulder seems to be healing up.
But we are good enough to not only be in every game, but be justifiably favored in most of our remaining ones and in 2020 that should be enough to punch our ticket to the postseason. And once there.... who knows.
The key is for our O to heal and stay healthy. If it does, then we can compete and then some... although I'd rather do it with OBJ...
I expect better team chemistry. It's Baker's team now.
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Below average QBs can have teams?
"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 -
Below average QBs can have teams?
Don't know about that. Fans, posters on this forum, clearly.
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Below average QBs can have teams?
well... if your the Cowboys ?... https://nesn.com/2020/11/nfl-rumors-heres-cowboys-plan-at-quarterback-for-game-vs-steelers/ good luck Garrett (Clint Longley ll)
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Don't know about that. Fans, posters on this forum, clearly.
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Don't know about that. Fans, posters on this forum, clearly.
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As much as we need this bye week, god I hate when the Browns are on a bye week!
As much as we need this bye week, god I hate when the Browns are on a bye week!
LOL, I said the same thing! Felt like something big was missing today, regardless of how much we needed it. Then I read the story about Baker being on the covid list, and I thought, "Oh here we freaking go."
But in all likelihood, Baker will be fine. What I'm NOT as confident with is the game against the Texans. They can move the ball, which means they'll be able to move it on us, and I'm really worried about the game resembling the damn Raiders game. I don't see us forcing punts, and we'll have to hope for more turnovers and the re-emergence of Nick Chubb and Wyatt Tellar. Can we win? Oh yeah, but it's going to be CLOSE. It wouldn't surprise me if we had to pull out a Cincinnati Bengals type drive at the last minute to win.
You know what'd be great? If we blew somebody out, Lmao. I could go for that! ?
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Weather is welcomed in this one next week.
If any of you recall Watson while being a very competent QB with his legs and his arm- Doesn’t possess the kind of zip on the ball needed for windy Cleveland. At least I recall that being heavily scrutinized during the draft evaluation process.
at any rate, I’m deathly afraid of what he can do with his legs and his arm and our back 7 being the way it is right now.
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Weather is welcomed in this one next week.
If any of you recall Watson while being a very competent QB with his legs and his arm- Doesn’t possess the kind of zip on the ball needed for windy Cleveland. At least I recall that being heavily scrutinized during the draft evaluation process.
at any rate, I’m deathly afraid of what he can do with his legs and his arm and our back 7 being the way it is right now.
Doesn’t possess the kind of zip on the ball needed for windy Cleveland. At least I recall that being heavily scrutinized during the draft evaluation process.
I think your memory is faulty in this instance. I don't recall arm strength questions. I do recall him being billed as having a very calibrated arm with everything from touch to zip and everything I've seen of him conforms this.
PFF described his throwing this way" Displays a complete inventory of passes with zip, firm with touch. Changes the pace of the ball well when needed."
Plus he was PFF's #2 deep ball QB this past offseason trailing only Russell Wilson.
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Oh, boy, oh boy, oh boy !
Things looking up on the injury front:
https://www.brownsnation.com/report-nick-chubb-returning-to-practice-this-week/
"Luckily, Chubb isn’t the only player that is expected to return after the bye week.
Cleveland is hopeful they will also get tight end Austin Hooper and right guard Wyatt Teller back on the field soon.
#Browns are 5-3 going into the bye week. Some key players possibly returning from injury in Week 10:
Nick Chubb
Austin Hooper
Wyatt Teller" -
Couple other HOU-JAX game notes:
- After looking good on an early carry David Johnson was concussed on his first pass target by a hard, legal hit by Myles Jack. As my FF team can attest, he did not return to the game.
- Other HOU injuries included: Charles Omenihu (DE, hamstring), Brennan Scarlett (OLB, Arm) and Senio Kelemete (OG, Concussion). HOU went into the game thin at DE and OLB due to players in CoVid protocol and therefore Inactive.
- With Da. Johnson out, Du. Johnson... yup, that'd be Duke... carried the load for HOU. Duke finished with 41 yards on 16 carries (2.6 YPC) with 1 TD, plus 4 catches out of 4 targets for 32 yards.
- JJ Watt recorded his 100th career sack. He is the 5th fastest to that mark since the NFL started recording sacks... considering the time he has missed only makes that achievement more remarkable.
Biggest news out of the game is the controversy over HOU's 77-yd, TD pass to Will Fuller. The play clock was on "0" for over 2 seconds before the ball was snapped, but the Backjudge missed seeing the time expire and the play was not flagged. It is not eligible for review/challenge. Seems to me giving a couple Officials "buzzers" is all that is needed.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-rule-change-texans-vs-jaguars/wn6l3zlvcdsr1qgwz04tn7ral
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