DA forced zero punts

roach

i outlasted most Browns fans and left with less than 9:00 to play. As of then, DA had forced GB to punt zero times: he provided no pass rush, no pass coverage, and he couldn't stop the run. No matter what he did, GB trounced right through him. The Packers marched the ball right down his throat. That guy needs to learn how to tackle.

BTW, it was great to see Kath at the tailgate. She is prettier than when i met her in 1999. i wish we had more time to talk.

Vegasdogg

But what DA did do was complete just 7 of his last 24 passes, and for the thrid game in a row threw for under 125 yards. Must have been breazy out there today.

Pathetic.

Alendor

that was dumb

Sez.EJ

I agree DA sucks...whether on offense defense or special teams... so what's your point?

Riffer X

Come on Ed let's not try to let DA off the hook cuz the rest of the team sucks. DA is godawful, just putrid. I am so sick of watching other competent QB's around the league and then watching him.

Wished I would have made the tailgate today but not upset about missing the game. Hope the gate went well.

BigBrownsFan

Wow. Hitting the pipe a little too much?

D Bone

I think he is trying to say that while our QB's are horrific, we have just as big, if not bigger problems on all sides of the ball, and in all seats in the coaches lounge too.

ndneighbor

Solid points. Too many people forget that the QB isn't playing D. However. . . how responsible is he for 3 points over 4 quarters?

An OC is also to blame for 3 points. Lotsa positions needing upgrading to be sure.

hammertime

You think the rest of the team likes the fact that DA is still playing due to money?

That right there is a hard sell. What the hell do you tell a team in order to buy into that philosophy?

ATENEARS

Great post, actually ... I thought maybe I saw a different game on the West Coast feed. As bad as DA was at missing receivers, and the play calling of throwing deep on 3rd-n-2, our Defense was downright awful.

I am so embarrassed to be a Browns fan, because the reason I fell in love with this team as a child was because I was a fand of defensive backs, and we always had good ones. Today, this has to be the sorriest defensive backfield I've ever witnessed.

While most are throwing up stats of incompletitions and dropped passes, I'd like to see where in ran in the league on missed tackles and giving up plays of 20+ yards.

DaBrowns41

You should probably put down the roach and breath some fresh air.

DA is garbage. Plain and simple. If you can't see that by now, you're probably not a well educated man/woman.

DaBrowns41

Hmm.

2/12 on third down conversions... 12 total first downs (4 by the pass).

When you get as many 3 and outs as DA does on a regular basis, how do you expect a defense to stop the opposing team? Let alone one with an already solid offense?

ClevelandFanForLife

we also avoided punting the ball when da threw interceptions or couldn't gain a yard on four tries.

ATENEARS

ANSWER: By tackling them?

(was that a trick question, or something?)

medicineman

I do have to say that our defense looks like they don't want to tackle anybody. I agree Anderson sucks. But our defense looks like a jr. high team trying to tackle somebody. We only have like 4 players that we should keep. The rest of them we should use as shark bait.

DaBrowns41

Oh, so you expect a defense to get a minute to 2 minutes of rest after a drive and come back out and shut down a top defense?

That's pretty silly, if you ask me. You're an idiot to think that fatigue doesn't play a factor in this game.

ATENEARS

Really?

We ran more offensive plays than the Packers in the first half. Our Defense gave up a 71-yard TD on the Packers 2nd possesion, the Packers went 96-yards on 3 plays on their third possesion, and 15-yards in 7 plays for a TD on their fourth possesion. The only possesion in the first half they didn't score on was an 11-play drive that was miraculously halted on downs.

Packers had the ball for 6:25 in the first quarter, the Browns 8:35

Packers had the ball for 7:51 in the second quarter, the Browns 7:09

Total first half possessions, Packers: 14:16, Browns 15:44

Score: 21-3

I bet the Defense was exhausted ... poor guys

DaBrowns41

Wow, that must be a first!

I like how you had to pull out this game, but you fail to look at the majority of DA's games, like I stated.

Majority of our losses with DA at QB, it's because of all the 3 and outs. Go back, do some research. Learn a few things about this team, then come back to the forum and try to talk. Same thing happened with BQ, same thing used to happen with Charlie Frye.

Sure, our defense isn't great. But you can't expect them to be great 100% of the time when the QB can't even get a first down.

Either way, the fact that your defend DA is sad, and you should probably get some counseling and read a few "Football for Dummies" books because watching DA is not watching a QB play football. One day you'll learn, skippy. Then, you can come back and talk football with the big boys.

ATENEARS

Well, that was a sheepish reply.

This thread is about Defense, that why I posted about Defense. Show me one shread of evidence where I defend DA here in this thread.

You toss up an excuse for the Defense about time of possesion and I prove that you are not wrong, and so you switch gears to turning it back to DA.

(NOTE: I love how everyone blames everyone else for turning all threads into the BQ/DA debates)

I wasn't talking about DA here. I'm talking about the fact that we can't tackle and our defense was horrible yesterday. To bring up our QB play from previous games, is a weak opposition for our tackling yesterday.

Perhaps maybe "one day you should learn, then come back and talk football with the big boys". Nice personal attack btw, after wiping egg from your face.

Mark O

The defense is awful, mostly the defensive backs who can't tackle. I think that is the side that should be addressed in the offseason and draft. Don't draft a qb or rb in round 1. We need playmakers on defense.