COB

Back and forth in this game. Colts up 5 now. The Browns have the ball, can still win.

Colts with slim lead in the 4th quarter.

Browns 6 point lead at halftime.

Myles Garrett strip sack in the end zone, the Browns fall on for a td. Myles is winning this gsme.

Gene Steratore jumps in to simultaneously give his opinion on the call and to suck all the enjoyment out of the broadcast.

Gardner Minshew looks like he hasn’t washed his hair in a month. Just scored his second td, 21-17 Colts in the second quarter.

Myles Garrett jumps over the colts offensive line, walks into the backfield and blocks a field goal attempt.

Direct snap to Kareem Hunt, Cleveland scores off the Myles Garrett fueled turnover and tie this game.

Watson tried to act like it was a shoulder injury, didn’t work. Neutral brain doctor just pulled him into the dreaded blue tent.

That lady on that ad still stealing that guy’s old spice body wash. Shit’s been happening for 3 years, she’s a one man crime wave.

PJ something or other now at QB, the browns getting chunks!

Myles Garrett just got a sack fumble, as he does, browns get the ball in colts territory! Get pumped!

They just reversed one pick to an incomplete pass, he’s 1 for five with one pick and one head injury.

Watson is 1 for 5 with two picks. And he just got injured. That giant contract looks like the dumbest decision by that owner, and that’s a very high bar.

14-7 Colts. Gardner Minshew makes me want to grow a hobo mustache.

I wish the browns hadn’t hired Jim Schwartz, dude’s a crusty NFL lifer who knows his shit.

Central Ohio stuck with browns - colts. Colts actually looking good right now, 7 to 7 tie. Watson is playing, he’s like 1 for 4 for 6 yards or something.

Also, go Lions.

I would but with the Bengals off I’ve hired a violinist to follow me around my house playing sad music all day. I’m currently sitting in my closet staring at my white Burrow jersey while my guy plays Tchaikovsky violin concerto movement 2. It’s pretty heavy stuff.

They are a rather forward people, that is for sure.

Boston really is one giant historic district. The buildings are so old. Salem is a cool place to visit, they have a great waterfront, a lot of serious and not so serious stuff about witchcraft.

Can you imagine if they could get Perine back here? Seems so unlikely but it would be a huge help. Some of those 3rd downs he had last year were amazing. Just the effort and physicality of it. Also, Mixon looks good this year but if they don’t get him some help I don’t think we’ll see the same guy at the end of the season. We’ll just wear him out.

Aren’t they though? It’s a frequent thing with this team and o-linemen. We often seem to have one with a really low floor. Like somewhere in the Marina Trench. Then if we find our guy struggling at some point in the season, teams watch film, they know. I recall watching teams safety blitz our center, not a stunt you see every day. Ghiaciuc and Bodine both got absolutely mistreated in this league. And that’s a short trip to a quarterback, straight up the middle. It wrecked some decent offenses. When it comes to whiffing on O linemen draft picks, no one is giving us the participation trophy, we’re getting the straight up blue ribbon. And I’m not talking about Volson. Dude’s a good depth guy, that’s just reality. I’m talking about all the tackles we miss on, and the ripple effect from that.

30, 37, 37, 24. Those are the point totals Seattle put up in their games before us. They averaged 32 points a game and the bengals held them to 13. That’s not just good it’s great. They were giving up like 19 a game, we scored 17 on them. Not really all that good. Hoosier is right, they need some weapons on offense and hopefully TJ’s groin prayer game is on point. We are actually not all that injured yet. I’d like to see them go against type once again and go pick up a RB or TE during this bye. It will be very difficult to beat the 49ers at their place, but hopefully Zac can come up with a game plan to highlight our strengths. If our H crew (yes I listened to Lap yesterday instead of the tv guys) gets ahold of that little QB early in the game and rattles him - we could pull it off. And off topic - I’ve watched the two London games the last two weeks. Rich Eisen and Kurt Warner on the call. Rich Eisen is now far and away my favorite football announcer (pro only, Gus Johnson is untouchable on the college side). Eisen has this sort of laid back style that is so different from anyone else. He also has an understated, wry, sense of humor that really shines. He does the play by play, but he doesn’t really do it like a normal play by play guy. He just says less. Also - the game a week ago in London, the Jags vs Bills game, was incredibly entertaining. Great game.

As Burrow said after the game, it’s a lot easier to fix things after a win than a loss. They looked bad, true. But good programs find ways to win games when they don’t play well. Nice to see the Bengals in that category. The AFC North is as advertised. Beat the Niners, the Seahawks, and the Titans today. Getting to the playoffs is going to be a challenge.