Post by Funkytown on Oct 1, 2021 9:07:04 GMT -6
Stefanski returns home for a big game! Most Vikings fans are cautiously optimistic at best, so, ... let's see what the Browns fans are thinking about Sunday's matchup against our Vikes!
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I am not so sure that I agree on the talent side of this I think what truly stands out is how much more talented the Browns are then the Vikings. But hey we can't always agree.
The big one that truly separates them is O Line and D Line we are light years better oh and the backend of our defense is better then the Vikings as well. Skill positions I agree very close....
Cousins is playing his best ball right now and so they present a challenge it's going to be very interesting to see what we do on Defense after the blood bath we saw on Sunday.... The key for the Browns is owning the line and pressure up the middle on Cousins make him move in the pocket and knock him on his ass again and again.
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Our run game will exploit them.
On defense this will be real challenge.
They have talent and are playing well.
It will be interesting to see what carryover there is on defense from the Bears game.
On defense this will be real challenge.
They have talent and are playing well.
It will be interesting to see what carryover there is on defense from the Bears game.
I think if you call our two offenses a wash, it comes down to which defense can get more stops.
We are, right now, a Top 5 defense. They are not.
They can bring pressure with Danielle Hunter, but I don't know who else they have. Both defenses practice against this O scheme daily, so there will be a lot of familiarity. I don't think we have to worry about Cousins running it much, so we can kinda pin our ears back a bit.
I think the first half will be a little bit of a slugging match, but we should be able to separate ourselves from them and then build the lead in the 2nd half when they start to go away from the run.
We are, right now, a Top 5 defense. They are not.
They can bring pressure with Danielle Hunter, but I don't know who else they have. Both defenses practice against this O scheme daily, so there will be a lot of familiarity. I don't think we have to worry about Cousins running it much, so we can kinda pin our ears back a bit.
I think the first half will be a little bit of a slugging match, but we should be able to separate ourselves from them and then build the lead in the 2nd half when they start to go away from the run.
The problem with the Browns passing attack is they don't have cohesiveness or continuity of what WR's are featured week to week.
Landry is on IR. I believe Higgins is hurt, reported or not, from the groin injury reported, and rolled ankle reported, before the season started.
As I lie awake at night thinking of the Browns passing attack, it's hit me on more than one occasion, that if they really wanted speed, a 3 Wr set featuring
OBJ, Schwartz, and JoJo Natson, would give them, (If Schwartz can actually catch,) an ability to use speed in ways we don't usually see.
Felton, should almost never be used as a WR in 2021, he should CONSTANTLY be used as a pass catching Rb in space, and yes there is a difference starting in the backfield vs. starting on the line of scrimmage.
Felton, and Schwartz, don't have much experience fighting to come down with a catch vs tuff coverage.
Higgins is the best at fighting for a tuff catch and coming up with it, on the team, even better than OBJ and Landry prolly. Hunt also seems pretty good against a tuff pass defense.
Eventually, again we can come away,
were left with, different parts of the dough rising at different times.
Of the continuity bread that will never come out of the oven, not in my lifetime probably
Landry is on IR. I believe Higgins is hurt, reported or not, from the groin injury reported, and rolled ankle reported, before the season started.
As I lie awake at night thinking of the Browns passing attack, it's hit me on more than one occasion, that if they really wanted speed, a 3 Wr set featuring
OBJ, Schwartz, and JoJo Natson, would give them, (If Schwartz can actually catch,) an ability to use speed in ways we don't usually see.
Felton, should almost never be used as a WR in 2021, he should CONSTANTLY be used as a pass catching Rb in space, and yes there is a difference starting in the backfield vs. starting on the line of scrimmage.
Felton, and Schwartz, don't have much experience fighting to come down with a catch vs tuff coverage.
Higgins is the best at fighting for a tuff catch and coming up with it, on the team, even better than OBJ and Landry prolly. Hunt also seems pretty good against a tuff pass defense.
Eventually, again we can come away,
were left with, different parts of the dough rising at different times.
Of the continuity bread that will never come out of the oven, not in my lifetime probably
Their offense is legit... easily a top 10 offense.
They have an elite WR crew that will test our secondary.
Dalvin cook is week to week... something to keep an eye on.
THis might feel like a mirror match. Given that Stefanski was the coach for 14 years there and he knows the scheme... They also know ours.
That said I do believe that Cleveland is superior in the ball control realm. Given the Hunt/Chubb combo. If they can keep their offense off the field... Browns win this one...
They have an elite WR crew that will test our secondary.
Dalvin cook is week to week... something to keep an eye on.
THis might feel like a mirror match. Given that Stefanski was the coach for 14 years there and he knows the scheme... They also know ours.
That said I do believe that Cleveland is superior in the ball control realm. Given the Hunt/Chubb combo. If they can keep their offense off the field... Browns win this one...
We should be successful on O, but of course they know the scheme as well as we do for the most part. I can see a big game for TEs, as well as RB receiving. On paper, this D is better than your buddy's scouting report. The Vikes looked really good in the 2nd half against Seattle. Held them scoreless and under 100 yards. Have they too started to hit their stride?
On D, it'll be a challenge, especially if Cook is playing. Cousins not being much of a runner plays to our advantage, but Ward and Newsome have their hands full with Jefferson and Theilen.
If the D that showed up last week shows up against Minnesota and we don't have turnovers, I don't see us losing.
On D, it'll be a challenge, especially if Cook is playing. Cousins not being much of a runner plays to our advantage, but Ward and Newsome have their hands full with Jefferson and Theilen.
If the D that showed up last week shows up against Minnesota and we don't have turnovers, I don't see us losing.
This one all comes down to our defense. Jefferson, Thielen, and Cook are their version of the triplets. Cousins has played well too. If we can keep them under 30 we’ll win IMO
I'm expecting a close game.
Fewest mistakes, penalties and turnovers wins. If Cook plays it will be tougher. Hoping to pull away and win it in the 4th Q with Chubb running for 10 yards a carry!
Fewest mistakes, penalties and turnovers wins. If Cook plays it will be tougher. Hoping to pull away and win it in the 4th Q with Chubb running for 10 yards a carry!
There O Line is said to be weak in the middle I would kick Clooney inside next to McDowell from jump and pressure Cousins from the inside.
I feel certain that will dominate them any way it goes along both lines.
Wear them down with the run like we always do so in the forth Chubb will chew them up and spit them out....
On defense mix it up move Garret and Clowney around...
The backend is going to be a challenged and it will be very interesting to see how well they do as a group.
I think the direction on Defense is up. We need to get pressure with our front 4 and we need the backend to keep in close contact for 3 seconds.
Make Cousin hold that ball for 1/2 a beat longer then he would like and put him on his back...
The pressure from the middle is key to getting him off his mark and to forcing the ball out before he wants to let it go.
I believe this week will get a couple of Int's off Cousins if the pressure is there. I know he has zero Int's to this point in the season so he is due.
The Vikings are bound to run some run blitzes so some timely screen plays should have killer results. I am sure Ski is watching for tendencies on early downs and will make up a game plan that gets their defense on their heals.
One of the things we seldom talk about is how good we are at screen plays watch out for Njoku TE screens. This should be a game he shows how truly good he is and what a weapon he is.
We all watch the Browns week in and week out and we truly can't figure out what Ski will put together but one thing for sure we can attack them at every level of their defense, which one is likely going to boil down to all of them.
The Vikings are a good team I am not sure what the line is but we should beat them, were are simply a much more talented and balanced team.
I feel certain that will dominate them any way it goes along both lines.
Wear them down with the run like we always do so in the forth Chubb will chew them up and spit them out....
On defense mix it up move Garret and Clowney around...
The backend is going to be a challenged and it will be very interesting to see how well they do as a group.
I think the direction on Defense is up. We need to get pressure with our front 4 and we need the backend to keep in close contact for 3 seconds.
Make Cousin hold that ball for 1/2 a beat longer then he would like and put him on his back...
The pressure from the middle is key to getting him off his mark and to forcing the ball out before he wants to let it go.
I believe this week will get a couple of Int's off Cousins if the pressure is there. I know he has zero Int's to this point in the season so he is due.
The Vikings are bound to run some run blitzes so some timely screen plays should have killer results. I am sure Ski is watching for tendencies on early downs and will make up a game plan that gets their defense on their heals.
One of the things we seldom talk about is how good we are at screen plays watch out for Njoku TE screens. This should be a game he shows how truly good he is and what a weapon he is.
We all watch the Browns week in and week out and we truly can't figure out what Ski will put together but one thing for sure we can attack them at every level of their defense, which one is likely going to boil down to all of them.
The Vikings are a good team I am not sure what the line is but we should beat them, were are simply a much more talented and balanced team.
I'm really curious/excited as to what we're going to see out of the D. Cousins will be the first guy so far where we don't really need to worry about hurting us with his feet. That should make things a little simpler for the big boys. Do they get more aggressive in terms of turning loose the ends and scheming Garrett or Clowney to the QB?
I wouldn't be surprised (but I will be disappointed) if we see our secondary play a little less tight. I'm sure we respect their pass-catchers a little more than we did the Bears'. Also, I'm expecting us to be missing Newsome out there, so while I'm glad Greedy is going to get starters snaps (for his sake) I'm going to be anxiously holding my breath to see how he can hold up.
I haven't watched any of their games besides bits of their Cinci game, but it sounds like they just had to pull their heads out of their butt. Even still, I think Cousins is overhyped. If our front can bring pressure, I expect him to fold.
I wouldn't be surprised (but I will be disappointed) if we see our secondary play a little less tight. I'm sure we respect their pass-catchers a little more than we did the Bears'. Also, I'm expecting us to be missing Newsome out there, so while I'm glad Greedy is going to get starters snaps (for his sake) I'm going to be anxiously holding my breath to see how he can hold up.
I haven't watched any of their games besides bits of their Cinci game, but it sounds like they just had to pull their heads out of their butt. Even still, I think Cousins is overhyped. If our front can bring pressure, I expect him to fold.
Our best defense is clock killing offense. I expect we’ll run between the tackles all day. Dink dunk pass all day. Own the clock. I expect Chubb & Hunt & the TE’s to have their best numbers of the season. The Vikings know this. It’s going to simply come down to the ability to stop what everyone knows is coming. Not much trickery, who has the ability to impose their will?
This well be a chess match game for KS.
They know him. He knows them.
Cousins has been real good. They have a damn good offense with talent there.
We just beat two bad offensive teams. Tyrod went down. Fields and Nagy were a mess.
The Chiefs scored when they had to.
We will need the defense to play well. Continue to bring pressure. Get to him early. Put it in his mind he has to rush. Speed up his clock.
They have talented receivers. We will need good coverage.
I see a follow up game for JOK.
We should score on them. They are not good against the run. Odell should start to get game legs. We need him.
KS will go for balance on offense. We will do what we have done on offense.
Go for mismatches and get the lead. Protect the ball.
Wear them down with Chubb/Hunt.
They know him. He knows them.
Cousins has been real good. They have a damn good offense with talent there.
We just beat two bad offensive teams. Tyrod went down. Fields and Nagy were a mess.
The Chiefs scored when they had to.
We will need the defense to play well. Continue to bring pressure. Get to him early. Put it in his mind he has to rush. Speed up his clock.
They have talented receivers. We will need good coverage.
I see a follow up game for JOK.
We should score on them. They are not good against the run. Odell should start to get game legs. We need him.
KS will go for balance on offense. We will do what we have done on offense.
Go for mismatches and get the lead. Protect the ball.
Wear them down with Chubb/Hunt.
I see that Kirk hasn't thrown an INT yet this season. Here's hoping that he has one or two against us.
The Browns offense doesn't feature WRs, it hasn't all year.
Our WRs AS A GROUP, have 22 rec on 31 targets for 341 yards and 1 TD.
Cooper Kupp ALONE has 25 rec on 33 targets for 367 yards and 5 TDs
OBJ had BY FAR the biggest day of any of our WRs for the season this Sunday with 5 catches for 77 yards.. So if anybody is hoping to see a WR get "featured" I think they will be disappointed.
Our WRs AS A GROUP, have 22 rec on 31 targets for 341 yards and 1 TD.
Cooper Kupp ALONE has 25 rec on 33 targets for 367 yards and 5 TDs
OBJ had BY FAR the biggest day of any of our WRs for the season this Sunday with 5 catches for 77 yards.. So if anybody is hoping to see a WR get "featured" I think they will be disappointed.
I'm also curious and excited to see what the defense does. In no way do I expect to see as dominant a performance as we saw against the Bears, but I'm really hoping to see validation of that performance.... glimpses of that level of play and that level of attacking and aggressiveness.
In the end, our ability to cover and defend the pass is the key to this game.
Our O is going to score on them. They're going to run it, but we're going to defend that run pretty well, too. Our DLine is going to get pressure.... the only question is whether or not our secondary covers well enough long enough for that pressure to either cause a bad decision from Cousins or allow them to get to him, or cause an incompletion/throw away. Getting good run stops on the early downs will be huge, as always.
Our OLine is another big question mark: Wills' health, and how long it stays that way, is BIG. Hubbard is probably still down with his triceps. Hudson isn't ready, leaving - still - only that guy named Blake, and you KNOW they're gonna put Danielle Hunter over there. So, we're gonna have to be chipping him a bit, which means one less guy out in a route.
The matchups are going to be interesting, for sure.
In the end, our ability to cover and defend the pass is the key to this game.
Our O is going to score on them. They're going to run it, but we're going to defend that run pretty well, too. Our DLine is going to get pressure.... the only question is whether or not our secondary covers well enough long enough for that pressure to either cause a bad decision from Cousins or allow them to get to him, or cause an incompletion/throw away. Getting good run stops on the early downs will be huge, as always.
Our OLine is another big question mark: Wills' health, and how long it stays that way, is BIG. Hubbard is probably still down with his triceps. Hudson isn't ready, leaving - still - only that guy named Blake, and you KNOW they're gonna put Danielle Hunter over there. So, we're gonna have to be chipping him a bit, which means one less guy out in a route.
The matchups are going to be interesting, for sure.
On the side of them covering us, currently Bashaud Breeland is the worst starting CB in the league. Literally.
He ranks 108 of 108 graded cornerbacks through three weeks of the season with a 30.4 position grade. Breeland allowed 18 receptions on 21 targets (85.7%) for 257 yards and four touchdowns this season and a nearly perfect quarterback rating of 157.2 when targeted in coverage. He’s the only graded NFL cornerback with a sub-30 coverage grade, currently at 29.6. link
So, he's like our Sendejo. When you need 14 yards on 4th and 13, he's likely to give you 16. Now that I've said that, he'll probably have a career day Sunday, lol
His backup, Dantzler, has outplayed him, but appears to be in Zimmer's doghouse after getting vocal about not getting more playing time.
Their other CB is Patrick Peterson, but he doesn't appear to be playing that well this year, if you go by his grades on PFF (59.4), giving up 10 receptions on 13 targets. They have pretty decent Safeties behind them, though, so getting deep may be difficult. Attacking that 8-20 yard range may be the ticket.
He ranks 108 of 108 graded cornerbacks through three weeks of the season with a 30.4 position grade. Breeland allowed 18 receptions on 21 targets (85.7%) for 257 yards and four touchdowns this season and a nearly perfect quarterback rating of 157.2 when targeted in coverage. He’s the only graded NFL cornerback with a sub-30 coverage grade, currently at 29.6. link
So, he's like our Sendejo. When you need 14 yards on 4th and 13, he's likely to give you 16. Now that I've said that, he'll probably have a career day Sunday, lol
His backup, Dantzler, has outplayed him, but appears to be in Zimmer's doghouse after getting vocal about not getting more playing time.
Their other CB is Patrick Peterson, but he doesn't appear to be playing that well this year, if you go by his grades on PFF (59.4), giving up 10 receptions on 13 targets. They have pretty decent Safeties behind them, though, so getting deep may be difficult. Attacking that 8-20 yard range may be the ticket.
Baker needs to take some deep shots per play action down the field AND connect.
The Vikings will load the box all day.
The Vikings will load the box all day.
I’m looking at their offensive line, and not seeing anyone of note. The Browns DTs should be able to make Cousins a bit jumpy.
The Vikings have two different QBs, Kirk Cousins in a clean pocket and Kirk Cousins when pressured. When in a clean pocket he is one of the best in the league, when pressured he is terrible. Our offense is going to be efficient against basically anyone. We can win in a shootout or we can blow them out if Cousins gets pressured.
This is a good match-up. Two like-minded teams with roughly equal talent. This will not be a walk-in-the-park game. Browns better bring their A+ game. The fewest penalties and turnovers win pure and simple.
Here is where we need the secondary to step up over last week. Talent-wise it's not KC, but they have the numbers at the receiver position. They can't play off as they did in KC. Corners must play tight otherwise Cousins will pick them apart.
Here is where we need the secondary to step up over last week. Talent-wise it's not KC, but they have the numbers at the receiver position. They can't play off as they did in KC. Corners must play tight otherwise Cousins will pick them apart.
I am not so sure that I agree on the talent side of this I think what truly stands out is how much more talented the Browns are then the Vikings. But hey we can't always agree.
The big one that truly separates them is O Line and D Line we are light years better oh and the backend of our defense is better then the Vikings as well. Skill positions I agree very close....
Cousins is playing his best ball right now and so they present a challenge it's going to be very interesting to see what we do on Defense after the blood bath we saw on Sunday.... The key for the Browns is owning the line and pressure up the middle on Cousins make him move in the pocket and knock him on his ass again and again.
I forgot about Griffen, and Sheldon Richardson is looking for revenge, so he will be an exceptionally motivated threat.
Our OL is banged up at Center and both Tackles, so that could be the equalizer. If you have liabilities against the run, though, it could be a very long afternoon for you; it's something we do rather well.
We both practice daily against this offense, so there isn't going to be a whole lot of trickeration & shenanigans. It's just gonna be line up and beat each other up.
It should be a fun one!
Our OL is banged up at Center and both Tackles, so that could be the equalizer. If you have liabilities against the run, though, it could be a very long afternoon for you; it's something we do rather well.
We both practice daily against this offense, so there isn't going to be a whole lot of trickeration & shenanigans. It's just gonna be line up and beat each other up.
It should be a fun one!
The Browns are a top 5 D, theirs is not."
To chew on that comment for a second.
The Browns are not a good defensive team, Not yet! I think the Bears game was an outlier!
JJ3 and Troy Hill? Made any/very many/ plays to impact games force the team to victory yet.
Browns get any turnovers on Sunday? Against the Bears? Browns gave up ONE YARD passing, but couldn't come away with a turnover?
The defense has me, ... "apprehensive" (better than terrified, terrified didn't fit), that they won't get any turnovers all freaking year, and they are going to miss the freaking playoffs!
They won 12 games, last season with Andrew Freaking Sendejo, and Terrence Mitchell!
Ya the front 4 showed up, the front 4 showed up, the front 4 showed up against, the Bears...
The VIKINGS!! are a really really good team that's probably going to the playoffs,
This is not rookie-welome to the NFL, He doesn't know what to do with the, holds on to the ball too long, playing quarterback for them. The Vikings are a real NFL contender, with Kirk Freak- Cousins,
they can beat you a million ways, Thielen, best Wr since 2019, all over expn yesterday. Justin Jefferson,
You can't take this team lightly, this reminds me of the Browns vs. Philadelphia game last year.
No NFL team! Can be judged by what it's done, (very much) in 2021 yet, because, it's too early.
The Vikings started on the road both of the first two weeks.
It takes defense to win on the road.
The Browns, have only played one road game so far.
Browns have to run the ball, like last week, even if it's not working.
I think the Browns...
ought to look at the fisrt quarter of last weeks Bears game, and wish they had some of those decisions back.
"Were the Browns, who came out slingling the rock around like Dan Marino down 10, just trying to use the pass attack to later set up the ability to run agasint a Bears D that was clearly not going to be beat by the Run, as their focus?"
Maybe! But! I think in their heart of hearts, even the Browns offensive coaches... could um, look back at the first quarter of the Bears last week, and .. hope they do a couple things differently,
and be glad it didn't come back to bite them in the backside in terms of the final score. Facepalm
To chew on that comment for a second.
The Browns are not a good defensive team, Not yet! I think the Bears game was an outlier!
JJ3 and Troy Hill? Made any/very many/ plays to impact games force the team to victory yet.
Browns get any turnovers on Sunday? Against the Bears? Browns gave up ONE YARD passing, but couldn't come away with a turnover?
The defense has me, ... "apprehensive" (better than terrified, terrified didn't fit), that they won't get any turnovers all freaking year, and they are going to miss the freaking playoffs!
They won 12 games, last season with Andrew Freaking Sendejo, and Terrence Mitchell!
Ya the front 4 showed up, the front 4 showed up, the front 4 showed up against, the Bears...
The VIKINGS!! are a really really good team that's probably going to the playoffs,
This is not rookie-welome to the NFL, He doesn't know what to do with the, holds on to the ball too long, playing quarterback for them. The Vikings are a real NFL contender, with Kirk Freak- Cousins,
they can beat you a million ways, Thielen, best Wr since 2019, all over expn yesterday. Justin Jefferson,
You can't take this team lightly, this reminds me of the Browns vs. Philadelphia game last year.
No NFL team! Can be judged by what it's done, (very much) in 2021 yet, because, it's too early.
The Vikings started on the road both of the first two weeks.
It takes defense to win on the road.
The Browns, have only played one road game so far.
Browns have to run the ball, like last week, even if it's not working.
I think the Browns...
ought to look at the fisrt quarter of last weeks Bears game, and wish they had some of those decisions back.
"Were the Browns, who came out slingling the rock around like Dan Marino down 10, just trying to use the pass attack to later set up the ability to run agasint a Bears D that was clearly not going to be beat by the Run, as their focus?"
Maybe! But! I think in their heart of hearts, even the Browns offensive coaches... could um, look back at the first quarter of the Bears last week, and .. hope they do a couple things differently,
and be glad it didn't come back to bite them in the backside in terms of the final score. Facepalm
During my run this morning this kind of dawned on me: I would look for us to come out and be very aggressive pushing the ball down the field and trying to jump on them early. Stefanski has shown a tendency to do this in hostile/away environments against good offenses (at Dallas, at Tennessee come to mind).
Try to take the crowd out of it. Force them to be more pass oriented and let our defense play from ahead.
Try to take the crowd out of it. Force them to be more pass oriented and let our defense play from ahead.
I'd like to see us attack their corners and LB with quick passes to our WRs and TEs and I'd LOVE to see us get the ball in Hunt's hands out in space and let him go to work on their secondary from there.
They'll respect our run (because we'll keep reminding them it's there), but we need have them defending the pass while doing so.
They'll respect our run (because we'll keep reminding them it's there), but we need have them defending the pass while doing so.
It’s weird to admit this, but I’m not much worried about our offense. I’m worried about slowing theirs down.
Our offense needs to to improve some more. I respect what I have seen of the Vikings.
With Cook back, I see them playing the same game we will. Eat the clock with the running game, and taking big shots. This should be a fun game to watch!
I said it last season, and I believe it even more now. This team is built perfectly to run devastating screen passes. Seeing some which seemed to have worked wonderfully. The Chubb/Hunt pairing, this OL Callahan is honing, it is a natural weapon. Thinking back to Landry who was a genius with screens. Even faked them to a side, screen away from that. Center screens are really lethal. Hope to see more of this.
Vikings CB are castoffs from other teams - Peterson and Breeland were almost perfectly useless last week, giving up 13 catches on 15 targets.
Vikings spent a lot on IDL -- Michael Pierce [9M] and Dalvin Tomlinson [10.5] are both PFF 70 rated.
Fun facts: Sheldon Richardson is not balling. Malik McDowell is.
Vikings spent a lot on IDL -- Michael Pierce [9M] and Dalvin Tomlinson [10.5] are both PFF 70 rated.
Fun facts: Sheldon Richardson is not balling. Malik McDowell is.
Yeah Breeland Has been awful…we can pick on him.
The Vikes have been exposed by cutback runs. You gotta be right in that regard when you play the Browns.
Maybe I’m too overconfident…but I like this matchup our O vs their D.
The questions this week..
Can the Browns confuse and pressure Cousins? We have to watch our pressure too they use the screen game really well
Can Newsome hold up against Thielen?
Can our run defense show out like they have in the first three games?
I think we are good for a win if we get 2 of the 3.
The Vikes have been exposed by cutback runs. You gotta be right in that regard when you play the Browns.
Maybe I’m too overconfident…but I like this matchup our O vs their D.
The questions this week..
Can the Browns confuse and pressure Cousins? We have to watch our pressure too they use the screen game really well
Can Newsome hold up against Thielen?
Can our run defense show out like they have in the first three games?
I think we are good for a win if we get 2 of the 3.
Cousins is no pushover. He's been playing quite a while now. He won't be holding the ball as long as Fields did.
The Vikings offense is a legit professional unit.
The Bears offense Sunday was a trainwreck. Rookie QB with a coaching staff who did him zero favors behind a Swiss Cheese OLine.
The Vikings offense will be an interesting challenge for the Browns defense.
The Bears offense Sunday was a trainwreck. Rookie QB with a coaching staff who did him zero favors behind a Swiss Cheese OLine.
The Vikings offense will be an interesting challenge for the Browns defense.
Is Cook running the ball? If he is, the defense will have a big time challenge
To a huge benefit to our defense I think our offense can control the ball by spreading the wealth between OBJ, Chubb, Hunt and multiple TE's. The question we have on offense is weather or not our OLine can stay healthy. Conklin, Tretter and Wills are all playing through some sort of injury. I heard a rumor that Teller is too. Which leaves only Bitonio as our one healthy OLineman if true and our ace backup Hubbard still isn't ready to see the field. Which apparently is why our Tackles are sucking it up and playing through injuries. Rookie Tackle James Hudson is not ready for duty and Hance is a true Guard. He still seems to be able to play Tackle for short stints though. 🤞 🤞 🤞
This might be a very tight game if our defense has to play from behind and today it was announced that CB Newsome will not be playing which means Greedy Williams gets the start along side of Ward and CB A.J. Green, who I really like will see more action on D as the 2nd team CB. I suspect a roster move will include one of our PS CB's to get called up for insurance or maybe a Safety depending on how the coaching staff views the matchups.
Our ST's have been very good covering kicks and McLaughlin flashed some very high end potential as our future Kicker. Damn it would be nice if we can rely on him as a guy who can routinely make 45 and 50 yarders and pop up the kickoffs to lane at the one yard line to force a return. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Felton on the returns too. The kid has been a huge boost to the return game. And as most know I've said DPJ is just not a returner. He makes bad decisions. Just let him be our 2nd, at the moment, or 3rd WR and watch him flourish.
KS can get a bit tight calling plays and I hope this game against his old team doesn't cause him problems that way.
Otherwise I think we got this, but we will struggle when the Vikings crowd amps them up and they get a couple of shots in.
This might be a very tight game if our defense has to play from behind and today it was announced that CB Newsome will not be playing which means Greedy Williams gets the start along side of Ward and CB A.J. Green, who I really like will see more action on D as the 2nd team CB. I suspect a roster move will include one of our PS CB's to get called up for insurance or maybe a Safety depending on how the coaching staff views the matchups.
Our ST's have been very good covering kicks and McLaughlin flashed some very high end potential as our future Kicker. Damn it would be nice if we can rely on him as a guy who can routinely make 45 and 50 yarders and pop up the kickoffs to lane at the one yard line to force a return. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Felton on the returns too. The kid has been a huge boost to the return game. And as most know I've said DPJ is just not a returner. He makes bad decisions. Just let him be our 2nd, at the moment, or 3rd WR and watch him flourish.
KS can get a bit tight calling plays and I hope this game against his old team doesn't cause him problems that way.
Otherwise I think we got this, but we will struggle when the Vikings crowd amps them up and they get a couple of shots in.
They are 1-2 after winning there first game against Russ and the Seahawks. We are going to their home town this Sunday which is a short 2 hour flight away and the weather is expected to be dome.
This is a big game for both teams, if the Browns want to get to the top of the North, we need a W, if the Vikings want to make the playoffs they are going to need some wins soon. Both teams are talented and well coached, it should be a great game and a great test for the Browns.
This is a big game for both teams, if the Browns want to get to the top of the North, we need a W, if the Vikings want to make the playoffs they are going to need some wins soon. Both teams are talented and well coached, it should be a great game and a great test for the Browns.
Thoughts on their thoughts?!
Poor Jags, they nearly went to a Super Bowl in 2017 and now the team is right back in the gutter they've been in since the 90s. 
... and neither is this Chris guy.