I see.

Up by 3 scores at the start of the 2nd half; I’d want the offense to play ‘more conservatively’. Ball control. Clock control. More running plays, and short ‘safe’ passing plays. It should still generate points even if they’re FG’s, and we need to find out why they didn’t.

I totally disagree with that! He had quite a few deep throws, including two that got PI penalties IIRC.

Just from the eyeball test it APPEARED to me that we blitzed more often yesterday than in the first game, especially after Lamar exited the game. Maybe someone can check the stats on that.

Soup I’m surprised you’re taking Baker’s side on this. When he complains about conservative playcalling in the 2nd half he’s complaining that we ran the ball…[Read more]

Great analysis. OBJ watched that and said “I bet you miss me now, Cleveland.”

No we don’t OBJ.

That was DPJ’s worst game for us. Before this game he was absolutely money every time the ball went in his direction. Also worth noting that Hollywood Higgins has fallen lower in the depth chart.

MDP you read my mind about Brees. In fact I’d say Mayfield’s play style is almost a carbon copy of Brees.

He is beat the fuck up. You don’t let go of a guy just because he is beat the fuck up unless he doesn’t have toughness.

Contract year for Mayfield.

Soup I don’t disagree with a lot of the stuff you just said. We all watched the game. We all agree we looked like shit on offense and special teams.

What I’m specifically asking you to source is your statement that they ignore drops, penalties, and kicking accuracy in practice. What if they actually have been focusing MORE on those things in…[Read more]

Source?
Lol were you sober when you wrote this? I’m not excusing their pathetic play but I’m trying to picture the special teams practice you’re describing where no one cares about missing kicks. Just the kicker out there in the middle of the field doing the can-can?

He was REALLY bad.

Remember Solomon Wilcotts? And his “wisdom of Solomon” segment? Cringe.

Wills pops into my head as a guy who has had a ton of penalties especially last year. We have had injuries on the line so maybe a little bit of the penalties come from that but I think most of them this year have been illegal shifts or the WR’s not covering the tackles. It’s stupid shit. I’ve also seen multiple times where Baker has to get a WR…[Read more]

I also think Chubb was not 100% this week. He was pulled at some pretty inopportune times to take an extended breather. DeEarnest Johnson had a great game as a 1 time starter, but he’s not a replacement for Chubb. Luckily it looks like we’re getting Hunt back this week.

None of us know all the details about what Mayfield is fighting through but…[Read more]

Zero chance of releasing him while injured in the middle of last season. Also he was not going to allow us to trade him because then he doesn’t control where he goes. He waited until after the trade deadline and demanded his release. That’s why the timing is what it is.

I’m glad both OBJ and the Browns kept this under wraps as much as they…[Read more]

I’m shocked.

I’m pretty sure a lot of that nonsense happened but all behind the scenes. There were some rumblings from anonymous players that he was a distraction in the locker room. The big clue is that Stefanski told everyone at a team meeting that OBJ was no longer a part of the team a full week before he was dropped; something big must’ve happened right…[Read more]

OBJ’s dad is their problem now. He’s probably requesting a meeting with the HC and QB as we speak.

What a fascinating take.