Week 3: Ravens at Browns

[Randolphkeys]

Its not just the terrible kicking game. The returner let that last punt go over his head rather tha fair catch it. The ball rolls 20 yards and pins the Browns inside the 10.

Worst special teams I've seen since 1999.

 

[killerkev369]

The special teams is a bit of a head scratcher to me, as our special teams has been pretty decent in recent years. Tabor being a holdover from two coaching turnovers is a testament to that. I don't see him lasting if this continues, however, although I don't think that needs to be said.

 

[Simmy]

5. Five. FIVE FUCKING OPPORTUNITIES TO SEAL THE GAME. I've never seen a losing culture as strong as the browns. And Joe Haden sucks.

I just caught the replay finally. How we managed to fucking lose this game I'll never know. I was going to jump on here and piss and moan, but you summed it up perfectly for me. That was just an incredibly familiar and disappointing finish.

 

[MoGottiFor3]

lol we are cursed

 

[GreasySpread36]

Its not just the terrible kicking game. The returner let that last punt go over his head rather tha fair catch it. The ball rolls 20 yards and pins the Browns inside the 10.

Worst special teams I've seen since 1999.

If early '90s Jimmy Johnson were coaching this team he would have cut Travis Benjamin this morning.

 

[Soda]

Chris Tabor spends so much time trying to convince everyone that he's a genius. He's not even that good..

I agree with the Benjamin thing. He really no longer has a role on this team. He can sometimes lengthen the field, unless he isn't blazing off the line, which means he might be doing a reverse. Otherwise, the defense just can ignore him.

 

[Frank Stallone]

So after years of high picks on the front seven (Sheard, Taylor, Mingo, etc) and finding emerging diamonds in the rough, our front seven .... still sucks?

Pretty awesome. At this point I really have no idea how to turn this team around. If you address one spot, another glaring problem just pops up. At this point I think the best thing the doctor could order is consistency at 1) coaching and 2) quarterback. I'm talking for 4-5 years, at least. Not 1-2. The carousel is our biggest fucking problem and to be honest, as pissed as I was about this game today, being 1-2 and losing those two by a combined 5 points when going against 3 playoff caliber squads and implementing new schemes and systems on both sides of the ball for the 50th time this decade...isn't that bad. The Browns have looked like an actual team for once. But making that next step from mediocre (cleaning up penalties, getting talented enough to where penalties and missed FGs don't mean auto fails, etc) is the hard part.

I honestly don't have any suggestions for how to improve this team into that next echelon, besides keeping consistency at coaching and quarterback. \As far as drafting? I don't even know where to begin.

See, I really don't think it needs a turn around. Had they closed the game out, would we even be complaining? I just don't think this team has the killer instinct down pat yet.

They're not Super Bowl contenders, so they're going to make mistakes. Hell even the Seahawks almost blew it yesterday. The difference is that they know how to win. They showed the killer instinct last week, now it just has to be consistent.

Hopefully they can learn from this - everyone across the board, especially the coaches.

They play some BAD teams coming up. Going 4-1 against TEN, PIT, JAX, OAK and TB is very realistic. They should be 5-3 after those games. It sucks they should be 2-1, but hopefully they grow from this in a positive way.

That might be the best way to turn them in the right direction... see how they respond.

We can also trash the defense as much as we want, but they also gave the offense enough opportunities to close this one out.

 

[NorthCoastBias]

Yikes