@jiggins7919 said:

I honestly can't wait to see some of the read-option stuff.

I don't like my QB's to be a ball carrier.  Either hand it off or drop back to throw.  That's what Elway did.  And from there, when nobody was open, is where he demoralized the defense with his legs.  From the pocket the QB can pick a safe escape, run upfield with a good view of everything, and get down before trouble reaches him.   I don't like QB's trotting down the LOS.  But that's just me.

@jiggins7919 said:

LOL, you got me there. However, Watson is still very much in his prime. I honestly can't wait to see some of the read-option stuff. For example, our best running play for the past several weeks has been from the shotgun. Well, the defense never had to respect the qb keeping it and we STILL killed it. Well, they overcommit now and it's 15 yards minimum. That's just one example of how things will change. 

Sein' is believin'

@nickers said:

We will see... People magically regress when they get to Cleveland historically...

LOL, you got me there. However, Watson is still very much in his prime. I honestly can't wait to see some of the read-option stuff. For example, our best running play for the past several weeks has been from the shotgun. Well, the defense never had to respect the qb keeping it and we STILL killed it. Well, they overcommit now and it's 15 yards minimum. That's just one example of how things will change. 

@nickers said:

We will see... People magically regress when they get to Cleveland historically...

...ain't it the truth though.

@jiggins7919 said:

I'm not saying it'll be perfect right away, but Watson opens up everything. Nick Chubb will see fewer stacked boxes, 3rd and shorts could easily be a QB run and that stresses the defense, his release is infinitely quicker, etc. I'm excited. 

We will see... People magically regress when they get to Cleveland historically...

@nickers said:

I don't

I'm not saying it'll be perfect right away, but Watson opens up everything. Nick Chubb will see fewer stacked boxes, 3rd and shorts could easily be a QB run and that stresses the defense, his release is infinitely quicker, etc. I'm excited. 

The 7th ranked run defense decided that they were going to stop our 5th ranked run offense and make us beat them with our career backup starting QB.  And once again, the career backup played a solid game...over 300 yards, 3 TD's and 0 Int's.  

The 10th ranked run offense ran it 33 times at our dismal run defense to the tune of 171 yards.  

I think our DB's made passing something that wasn't as easy as Buffalo would've liked.  Although I don't know how Diggs is running around all alone in our end zone.

All and all it wound up about as expected with the exception of Brissett playing a little better game than anticipated.  

.....finally, our special teams lost to the Bills' special teams.  One thing we've hopefully learned....tee the ball upright and kick the top of the ball for an onside kick.  Don't do the 'laying the ball sideways' thing anymore.  

@orion said:

I wonder what the finances are like when an nfl game is moved to a neutral stadium?  Like, how much does the stadium owner charge?  Who pays all of the stadium workers and security?  How much does the home team lose for a game's worth of concessions and merch? 

So, since the weather was going to be fine on Sunday for the game....they would've moved the game whether the Bills had a domed stadium or not....we are to assume.  

The snow warning extended to 1pm Sunday, when the game was to start. (Last I saw, this morning)

So, even if it had actually stopped snowing at the opening kickoff, they would still have had a helluva time getting anyone in to clear the field and stands of a ton of snow in the days leading up to the game. Now, a domed stadium would have eliminated the need to do that, but if everything was shut down leading up to the game, I think it might have still been moved. 

So, since the weather was going to be fine on Sunday for the game....they would've moved the game whether the Bills had a domed stadium or not....we are to assume.  

WILL THEY? lol. No. 

@sdbacker80 said:

Didn’t we play them in similar conditions 15 years ago? 
 

Dawson kicked two FGs and we won

That was a light dusting in comparison to what is probably starting to hit Buffalo right now. 

@dutch-oven said:

This really seems like the game will be moved to Detroit.

2-4 feet of snow starting tonight, at times the winds could be up to 35mph, as much as 3 inches a snow a hour at times. 

vegas moved the o/u to 43 since the game moved it's back up to 48  i had a feeling i should have bet it this morning

@bob806 said:

@orion why are you worried about an underachieving Tampa Bay? Browns are schizoid for sure, & should take care of the Bucs.

Tom Brady.  He'll carve us up like the leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

@sdbacker80 said:

Didn’t we play them in similar conditions 15 years ago? 
 

Dawson kicked two FGs and we won

8-0 Browns, I was there. 

My moustache had 2 inches of ice & snow on it. Beer never got warm, it was truly one of the best games I ever saw.

@dutch-oven said:

This really seems like the game will be moved to Detroit.

2-4 feet of snow starting tonight, at times the winds could be up to 35mph, as much as 3 inches a snow a hour at times. 

Didn’t we play them in similar conditions 15 years ago? 
 

Dawson kicked two FGs and we won

@dutch-oven said:

Nah, I'll pass on this, for the same reason I don't visit the dumpster fire that is the Political Forum on here. ?

Lol. Proceed with utmost caution there. There's no room for moderates? 

Also, slightly off topic but @orion why are you worried about an underachieving Tampa Bay? Browns are schizoid for sure, & should take care of the Bucs.

@nickers said:

I don't...

I wouldn't advise people to get too excited about watson, regardless of his off the field scandals.

Physically very talented - but who knows. Mentally - really stupid.

The watson stink will never go away. It keeps being brought up during games......

over all these years, having high hopes for the Browns, is like putting a box on the basement stairs so you can

trip over it.

something like that.....

@jiggins7919 said:

We honestly need to keep it together as a team, and as fans, until next year. I know...I KNOW we are all tired of this, but I have every confidence we're going to be absolutely electric with Watson. 

I don't...

@orion said:

Just bring the team in riding snow plows.  

The city of Buffalo is good at this sort of stuff.

Yeah they usually prep well for these situations...

@dutch-oven said:

This really seems like the game will be moved to Detroit.

Just bring the team in riding snow plows.  

The city of Buffalo is good at this sort of stuff.

@sdbacker80 said:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bills-vs-browns-weather-as-much-as-six-feet-of-snow-could-hit-buffalo-area-lake-effect-snow-warning-issued/amp/
 

https://sports.yahoo.com/buffalo-could-get-several-feet-of-snow-which-could-disrupt-bills-vs-browns-on-sunday-154347714.html

This really seems like the game will be moved to Detroit.

2-4 feet of snow starting tonight, at times the winds could be up to 35mph, as much as 3 inches a snow a hour at times. 

this browns defense forced a team to use a punter... 20 days ago as of this Sunday...   ?‍️

da' Bills defense has done this twice in 2022.... https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/least-amount-of-punts-in-a-nfl-game

nervous Joe Woods?