I know a ton of people are shitting on the Steelers for that trade they did tonight in acquiring Fitz for their 1st-round pick in 2020, but it's honestly a great move for them if they believe Mason Rudolph is their next QB for the future, once Ben retires - which supposedly isn't happening just yet anyways.
Steelers have a pretty bad secondary. They're using Joe Haden as their number one guy for crying out loud. They needed a move like this, I'm just happy it wasn't Jalen Ramsey, who I'm still praying Dorsey gets and shoves it down Pittsburgh's throats with a even better move for the secondary.
Onto the actual game.. Browns have a ton of issues on offense, but this offense has continued to be hit with injuries, unfortunately. Higgins being out hurt, he's got amazing chemistry with Mayfield, and he always seems to be the guy Baker loves using early to get into a groove, so that's another adjustment for him under center to work on. The offensive line played better this week, but they still have a ton of issues and are clearly the weakest link on the team. It's a bummer, too.. But they do have a chance to improve on it.
They definitely cleaned up the flags. They didn't have 18 of them this time around, which is a good sign, but it was frustrating seeing Myles Garrett, the leader of the defense essentially get flagged 5 or 6 times tonight. Can't have that from your leader, not when he's expected to lead this group. I have confidence he can clean it up, though.
The next 5 or so games are brutal. Toughest schedule in football without a doubt. The Browns will need Higgins and Randall back Sunday night against the Rams to even have a chance to win that game, and even then I'm worried because the offense just scares me right now with how bad they've been thus far.
Was really excited to see OBJ make that insane one handed grab. Then the 89-yard touchdown was beautiful.. You can just see the offenses potential ooz out at times. It can be scary good, but they have a lot more bumps in this road than most of us thought. I know I for sure didn't expect them to struggle this poorly.
Mayfield needs to relax, calm down and make it happen. He's too good to force shit every play. I've yet to see any trick plays. Anything with OBJ and Landry getting involved to fake the defense. I'm hoping we see that soon.
Overall, 1-1 is what a lot of folks expected.. 2-0 is a lot better, but I'll take this gladly. Big game Sunday night, they win that game and a lot of things change. So let's go get that one.
Side note: I can't stop thinking about how deadly this defense is right now, with their potential and ability to be great. Adding Jalen Ramsey to the mix.. Just too good to be true. But then again, we all thought OBJ was as well, and Dorsey pulled that out of his hat. Hopefully he can do it again.
