Few of us expect the Browns to beat the Steelers in Heinz Field tomorrow, including me.
The Steelers are a veteran team, while the Browns remain one of the youngest teams in the NFL.
It doesn't help that the referees always favor the Steelers over the Browns (count on two or more blatently bad critical calls), or that in 2018, the refs are irrefutably "out to get" the Browns (don't get me started. Just keep your mouth shut).
I can't fault any pundit for predicting a Browns loss here, but I sure as hell can refute some of the reasons they cite:
1: The Browns wide receivers are NOT a bunch of losers! I mentioned in my last post that Dameion Ratley, despite not being allowed to play as much as Butterfingers Callaway, has caught 9 of 11 passes from Baker Mayfield in the last two games.
Ratley hasn't yet made a big splash play, but he matches or exceeds Butterfingers athletically, and it's profoundly ignorant to write him off (and that not only goes for the pundits, but for Todd Haley!)
Landry is Landry.
What about Duke? "Derr uh heez nodd a wide--" ahh, shaddap! Last season, Hue Jackson had him in the slot and outside too when he wasn't a running back, and he PROVED he could play wide receiver, and was RELIABLE.
I'm sick of this crap! ASK Baker Mayfield if he has weapons! Hell YES he does, but (redundancy alert) Todd Haley is inflicting Butterfingers Callaway on him ahead of Ratley, and keeping Duke Johnson on the freaking bench in favor of...jeez I can't even think of who at wide receiver!!!
Listen you guys: Go ahead and predict another Browns loss, but don't be blaming any of it on a lack of talent! Blame the COACH who refuses to USE his talent!!!
2: The Browns lost cornerbacks Terrence Mitchell AND EJ Gaines, and Damarius Randall is playing hurt! Last week, HE played cornerback while Briean Boddy-Calhoun played free safety!
Why tf are these clowns all declaring the wide receiver corps a disaster/the reason why Baker Mayfield's Browns will lose to Big Ben's Steelers?
Listen to me: Baker Mayfield can rack up points on this Steelers defense IF IF IF he has RELIABLE RELIABLE RELIABLE receivers, okay? Three of these are Ratley, Duke, and DeValve...but noooo! Todd Haley knows better!
Then there's the Chris Palmer offense---
I can't fathom Todd Haley! Jeez he turned Bell into a swiss army knife, then comes to Cleveland and turns Duke from a swiss army knife into a benchwarmer third down back!
He treats Baker Mayfield just like Big Ben! ALL OF US see the differences between these two quarterbacks, because they're blatently OBVIOUS.
Where tf did "adapting my offense to my personnel" go!?! Has Todd Haley got fkng Alzeimers or something?!?
I dearly hope that behind the scenes, Baker Mayfield and (yes) Hue Jackson have slapped Todd Haley awake, because if Haley uses the same personnel and runs the same scheme, the Browns are dead meat.
Todd Haley...extremely disappointing so far. (*not for playcalling. Just for EVERYTHING ELSE dammit*).
The Browns have an outside chance tomorrow...if TODD HALEY ALLOWS IT.
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