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Game Balls:

Absolutely none. Not one player played worth a damn today. All they did was read their press clippings all week. They clearly watched no film nor game planned.

Goats:

Mike Pettine – for clearly not preparing the team yet again against a terrible opponent missing their best player and starting a young – highly inaccurate QB.

Jim O’Neill – for waiting until the end of Q3 to bring pressure on Mallett. On those whopping 3 plays he did that – the Browns dropped 2 ints and Mallett went 0-3.

Kyle Shannahan – worse game plan than the Jax game. Pathetic. Keeping the run outside in the playbook that much without Mack is asinine. Waiting to run on 2nd down for more than a quarter which continually kept us in 3rd and 10+ (somewhere around 10 times our 3rd was 10+).

Wilbert Montgomery – for starting Crowell while clearly not teaching him how to properly hold a football. It’s high and tight – not low and outside. It’s football 101.

Defense – for putting on an inexcusable display of ineptitude. Allowing a rookie to look like Walter Payton. Allowing a 3rd string RB to look like Emmitt Smith. For not ever trying to cover the out – they ran the same damn play somewhere around 10 times today.

The Refs – for blatantly calling the game in favor of Houston at every turn – including picking a LBer that had an easy int and letting that become a TD. Huddling up on key downs because they threw a flag in case the Browns converted – then making up a penalty for Houston to decline.

Miles Austin – for handing the ball off to a Houston LBer rather than catching a ball that hit him in the numbers.

A 2nd mention for the coaching staff – for not preparing at all. There’s no way they watched any film on Houston.

Freedom!!!

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I do have gameballs to give out.

Andrew Hawkins was solid. So was Gabriel.
Spencer Lanning also gets a gameball for making the best of a really terrible situation with that lousy snap. He also pinned the Texans deep in their own territory very often.
Those guys deserve positive mention IMO.

[MDP Sack Attack]

I’m going to toss a gameball to Miles Austin. He knew there would be some tough decisions to make regarding playing time once Gordon is back, and like a true veteran leader he tried to make life as easy as possible for the coaches.

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My goats:
The ones you mentioned PLUS
Agnew – Whiffing on blocks, dropping easy passes, and likely getting cut this week.
McDonald – Old McDonald had a farm, EIEIO. And on that farm he was completely overwhelmed and spent more time on his back than a dead cockroach.
Schwartz – Let’s be honest, he didn’t really have a chance against JJ Watt.
Mingo – For making plays on special teams, reminding me that we spent a top 10 pick on a decent special teams player.

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