Enemy Fan Forums: Cleveland Browns

Prepare yourselves. This is an epic mismatch against the Vikings and the Browns are gonna get steamrolled. The Vikings have one of the top defenses in football and our offense will struggle to get, so much as, first downs against them. I believe our defense will keep the game close for a quarter or two, but Minnesota is gonna wear us down and run away with this one. I see us losing 27-0, but I fear it will be worse than that. If it gets ugly enough, Hue could even lose his job.

Yes, the Vikings are superior at every position, but our offense against their defense is just a terrible matchup. This is the first game we’ve had where I went in knowing we had zero chance of winning or even keeping it close.

Their offense isn't that great. Our defense should be to hang with them. Minny defense will score 14 and we will give up 14. 28-0.

I'm just glad it's a 9:30 am start, so I can get other things done on my Sunday off.

I think our defense will keep it respectable in the 1st half but things go south quickly during the 2nd half and I predict we have under 100 yards total offense and 5 or 6 turnovers. After the offense repeatedly turns the ball over deep in our territory the Vikings repeatedly cashes in with short TD drives and we lose something like 38 - 0 and it's not that close. Again, I think the defense plays with pride and it's maybe 10 - 0 at halftime but I see Kizer throwing a pick right before halftime to destroy any remaining pride or will the defense has.

Postgame, this could be the week the defense turns on the offense and defensive players rip the offense in the post game interviews. I could also see an angry Haslam firing everyone on the plane ride home. I could also see Great Britain severing all diplomatic ties with the United States in response to sending the Browns to London.

Browns with 74 yards of total offense...Minnesota with 168.

Browns miraculously do not turn the ball over.

Kindred blocks a punt out of the endzone and Browns get their first win of the year, 4-2 in overtime.

Bread

94 years ago on November 25, 1923, in front of 7,000 lunatic fans, the legendary Racine Legion put a whipping on the Chicago Cardinals by a final score of 10-4. This is the only game in NFL history where a team finished with 4 points. Until this Sunday, according to Mr. Bread, soothsayer extraordinaire.

If fans could predict scores, bookies would be out of business.

Fumble here, pick six there, couple of ref's bad calls, couple of ref's no calls.....

For Browns to win, luck must trump skill.

Never know.

Probably get blown out cause those London games tend to be one sided and we know which side is likely to win. But Vikes might not have Diggs and their OLine might be banged up too so if (big if) we can keep their passing game in check we should be able to hang and at least keep it relatively close.

It'll be strange watching the Browns with coffee instead of a beer or 3. And by "strange" I mean "brutal".

It definitely gets the predictable disappointment out of the way early, allowing me enough time to save my Sunday.

I wonder if we'll struggle without Joe Thomas?

I am sure we will, but you know what? We will hound Keenum all day.

I think we win this, 19-14.

Another game I'll happily spare my eyes from seeing.

I'm not trying to sound like a douche, but last Sunday was actually a lot better when I neglected to watch this football product. Went on a motorcycle ride with two buds and enjoyed the last little bit of warm OH weather.

This Sunday will be no different. Now you got to wake up early on your days off to watch us lose? Hahaha, thanks... but no thanks.

They said no Teddy because the field is slippery (if he was even ready to play) but it would've been a great game for Bridgewater to come back and get his feet wet. Get back into the flow of things because the defense and our crap offense would've resulted in virtually a pressure free environment for him IMO.

Losing to the other teams back-ups always makes these games much more enjoyable.

Keenum stats will be 350 yards 4 tds. lol

No one gives the Browns a snowballs chance in hell. Browns win 24 -17 . The Browns have no business beating the Vikings. They outplay us in every single aspect. should be 34-6 Vikes. I predict the Browns or as some of our more affluent members say "the clowns" to pull an upset

We lose. The winnable games are all behind us. Sometime in this forum I said that an 0-16 season would surprise me and devastate me. I’m preparing myself to the event.

Like I said , there's no way the Browns should win. The Vikes out do us in every category except sucktitude. I'm going us in an upset simply because it's gonna happen eventually. 

I root for the win every week, so yes, flight home will be a chipper one for the Browns. Browns 14-6!

Hell yeah!

f*ck the Vikings

f*ck London

f*ck everything

GO BROWNS!

uhh... did I do that right? I am working on it. This has been a rough year. 

f*ck London is right!

NFL must really want that market, sending their top quality franchises.

c'mon everyone knows the best team doesn't show up for London games... we're a f*ckin shoe in.. browns first win

Something I've found interesting between our two fanbases recently is the dichotomy between our views of a cursed fanbase. On one hand, we Vikings (and Minnesota sports in general) fans feel we're cursed because every season we have such high hopes that are brought up even higher by a spark of hope early on, only to have it snuffed out in the most heartbreaking way. This happens on both a single game level and a full season level. For example:

1998, 2009, 2015. Need I say more about these seasons?

Last year's 5-0 start leading to an 8-8 finish mired in mediocrity.

Countless games where we get killed early, make a strong run at the end, only to have it ripped away at the last second.

This year is shaping up the same way. 5-2 start, incredible defensive performances, our depth actually winning us games. The cherry on top? Aaron Rodgers is (suppsoed to be) done for the season! The division is in our hands! NFL writers are mentioning Lombardi trophies! The superbowl is in Minnesota in February! This is OUR YEAR!

However, any seasoned Vikings fan is trying (and many failing) to keep our expectations low. Wait for the other shoe to drop. We've seen this movie before, and at this point, I expect to win the division and make the playoffs, only to have Aaron Rodgers rise from the grave and rip our hearts out at the last second in the NFCCG at US Bank Stadium then go on to win the 'bowl at our stadium. It's a depressing thought, but defense mechanisms like this are the way us fans of Minnesota sports survive.

On the other hand, the Browns have been cursed by a seemingly constant string of disappointment. Now of course I'm not as versed in the history of the Browns as an organization, so I can't go in depth analyzing why this has happened or for how long or know how bad it hurts. However, I have to assume that you guys feel like some of the most cursed fans in all of sports.

All of this raises the question: Who feels more pain of their respective curses; fans of the hope raising then soul crushing teams or fans of the team who haven't been able to feel that hope in years?

Hopefully you guys don't take my comments about your team as an insult, I think it's an interesting thought. Just know that all of us non-Packer, Steeler, Cowboy, Patriot fans all fee for one another. People say "Packers fans are the greatest fans in the world!" That statement pisses me off to no end. Yes, the dedication those long suffering fans show by filling that historic stadium to see their team make the playoffs year in and year out must be so strenuous. The grit. The determination of those fans! No, screw that. The real greatest fans in the world are fans of the Browns. The Bills. The Jaguars. The Vikings. The Raiders. The fans who haven't had tangible sucess in decades or even ever but still show up to cheer on their team. These are the best fans in the world.

/rant