1: The first offensive play by the Browns will be a stretch run to Isaiah Crowell to the right side.
2: Myles Garrett will sack McCown at least once, and cause a fumble.
3: Duke will catch more balls than anybody else.
4: The offensive line will look better. They've now been together and playing for four weeks. The communication part has to start clicking, and that's been the main issue...well...I mean aside from Hue Jackson all but scrapping the inside zone...(not that this bothers me or anything. Dammit.)
5: I wish I could get more specific, but Coates and/or Williams should make some catches. Kasen Williams has been targetted quite a bit, and Kizer has been missing him by that much. Coates has started and produced in this league, and has now been with the team long enough to start showing up in the offense. Coates is a physical freak.
6: The Jets have a really good secondary, so none of the Browns wide receivers look to have a nice day. The backs and tight ends should do better.
7: Crowell will finally average over 4 yards per carry again, unless he doesn't.
Despite my discovery that Hue Jackson is no Bill Belichick, Josh McCown is right: Jimmy really can't fire him, regardless of what happens the rest of this season. As Josh points out, in addition to the other disruptions, the new coach inherits Kizer, and Kizer has to go back to the starting line to learn a whole new system.
But a few people are getting out of hand with this: This was never a "five or six year plan". That's preposterous. Young players approach their peaks in their third seasons, and the average NFL carreer is what--seven years or something? And Joe Thomas...well he isn't asking to be traded, is he?
What's most irksome about these statements is that the writers are starting to say "as Jimmy Haslam said" and stuff, which is a lie. Nobody in this organization ever specified any time-frame. The closest they got to that was Haslam saying that they expected to be competitive in 2018. Not 2020. 2018 DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
It will be sad to see Josh McCown pounded to mush. That's probably going to happen with both Garrett and Shelton back. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, and Josh holds the ball too long, just like Kizer.
He's very athletic, but it's not wise for a guy his age to be running with the ball. Josh is too stubborn to give up on a play, or even to slide much. And he can't outrun Garrett, either.
The Browns will be without Britt and Collins (I'm biting my tongue about Britt), and of note for the Jets is Kony Ealy won't play. Ealy is a really good passrusher.
Missing Collins definitely hurts the Browns defense. As I've mentioned, BIG, TALL linebackers as athletic as he is don't grow on trees, and you can't just replace him with a shorter, smaller guy who isn't even as fast as he is.
I just hope they'll handle it better this week than they did last week.
Everybody is knocking Peppers playing "too deep". It didn't work well last week, but that was because Peppers made some mistakes, especially against Green.
Gregg Williams shouldn't have to explain this over and over again: Peppers' job is to take away the long bombs, and to make sure shorter throws or breakout runs don't turn into game-altering plays.
This has worked for Gregg ever since he's been a defensive coordinator, but I guess you guys must be smarter than he is.
In this game, Josh might get greedy, too. He's really been taking care of the ball so far this season, but as we all know, he's got too much guts for his own good, and the instant before Garrett or Coley clobber him, he's libel to uncork one deep...to Peppers.
In fairness, this mostly happens when he's trying to come back in games, and when he's getting the snot kicked out of him. That's how this game might go.
I repeat: Garrett AND Shelton are back.
If Hue Jackson runs some inside zone-blocking to help Isaiah Crowell, the Browns will win. If he doesn't, they still have a shot. In spite of that. Not that this fkng bothers me or fkng anything.
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