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The defending NFC champions come to Cleveland this Sunday in the first Sunday Night Football game including the Browns in eleven years. NBC will be carrying the game with the legendary Al Micheals and Pro Football Focus founder Cris Collinsworth. Time to trim your mullet and oil your guns!
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Reasons to get excited:
Much has been made about the Browns being a disappointment to open the 2019 season. Vegas has the Rams favored by three points. I do think it's fair to say the Rams have also been mildly disappointing to start the season as well. Offensive Tackles Rob Havenstein and veteran Andrew Whitworth have not graded out well so far. Jared Goff has been exposed a little on the road and against strong pass rush. Since the start of 2018, he averages just 237.4 passing yards in away games. Since Goff has been in the league, he ranks 24th with just a 3.4% career TD rate when pressured. Many of those problems are masked when Todd Gurley is at his best, and this season his workload has been reduced to lengthen his effectiveness. The Browns need to play a smart game against the shorter passing and run game to keep the beast at bay. While the Rams defense is off to a better start than the offense, Aaron Donald has yet to record a sack. Last season they were last in the NFL against the run, and most of the moves they made were by subtraction rather than addition. Tyler Rapp is now the "Rover" third safety and he does have some ability. For the most part, they defend the pass well and score enough points for the opponent to abandon establishing the run against them. Kitchens, on the other hand, seems to be saying all the right things to make fans believe they won't make that mistake again after the Titans debacle. The Browns are not favored in this game, but if they were at full health this would have been a much harder game to predict for the Vegas oddsmakers.
More to come...
Keep the analysis going below.
Injuries:
Reasons to get excited:
Much has been made about the Browns being a disappointment to open the 2019 season. Vegas has the Rams favored by three points. I do think it's fair to say the Rams have also been mildly disappointing to start the season as well. Offensive Tackles Rob Havenstein and veteran Andrew Whitworth have not graded out well so far. Jared Goff has been exposed a little on the road and against strong pass rush. Since the start of 2018, he averages just 237.4 passing yards in away games. Since Goff has been in the league, he ranks 24th with just a 3.4% career TD rate when pressured. Many of those problems are masked when Todd Gurley is at his best, and this season his workload has been reduced to lengthen his effectiveness. The Browns need to play a smart game against the shorter passing and run game to keep the beast at bay. While the Rams defense is off to a better start than the offense, Aaron Donald has yet to record a sack. Last season they were last in the NFL against the run, and most of the moves they made were by subtraction rather than addition. Tyler Rapp is now the "Rover" third safety and he does have some ability. For the most part, they defend the pass well and score enough points for the opponent to abandon establishing the run against them. Kitchens, on the other hand, seems to be saying all the right things to make fans believe they won't make that mistake again after the Titans debacle. The Browns are not favored in this game, but if they were at full health this would have been a much harder game to predict for the Vegas oddsmakers.
More to come...
Keep the analysis going below.
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