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After absorbing some in dept All 22 breakdowns by the youtube community. Jordan Battle - IMO, finally showed some the hype he has been getting. Probably his best game so far and he might have started turning the corner late last year. Maybe. Arimus Mims - Just does his job and does it very well. I saw his PFF grades were low, bullshit. Might have a legit pro bowler over there. We'll see. Stay healthy please. CTB - struggled which most knew. Dax Hill - quietly did his job very good. Shemar - IMO, he needs to hit the stat sheet more as first rounder. Played very good complimentary football but guys with the first round target need to have stats eventually.

Nothing beats....... run on your own gas. Ball Disruption came through week 1.

12 slot difference. Murphy vs. Foskey.

I'd mark this down in the same category as the Jags OL they got. Both from a draft prospect standpoint look like good additions. Just got to wonder why they moved on from them so fast.

Joe runs the game as much if not more than any other franchise QB. But a lot of stuff is mixed up pre snap and its crazy what can change post snap. I'd say its rare a singular play is ever called. Its incredible how fast NFL QBs process information. From the couch whenever Joe puts his hands up to his helmet he's changing the play for sure. But any route combination can change just based on pre-snap formation and like wise post snap based on what the coverage does. Supposedly what Cleveland does so well vs. Bengals is they know how to make 1 coverage technique look like another and apparently confuses Joe.

Also wish the D could have not allowed the points before half or the TD after half. That was probably the most disappointing part of the defensive effort. Joe throws a TD to go up 14-7. Next time he touches the ball he's down 16-14.

Not saying fans should have faith in the defense at this point. But when there's a lack of faith in a defensive unit any member not putting up stats will be questioned and the dirty work will be overlooked. No better example of this than Rey Maualuga. Basically with Zimmer he operated like an off the ball NT used to disrupt G/Cs blocking to clog lanes not make tackles. Stewart supposedly had a lot of good dirty work plays. 0 tackles and sacks will still have people doubting. That's why I was hoping he and Murphy could get of the snide with sacks. Hopefully, the defensive unit be better but 1st round DE without sacks will not be looked upon favorably on a bad unit. See Justin Smith.

Summarizes struggles from last year and early in the season. 1st- I think Gesicki should have gotten the flag after what we saw the first Browns drive. 2nd - Clear Joe isn't seeing the field because Chase might have been open for TD? All reminds me of last year watching Patriots and Joe is electing for a 5 yard scramble over a dump off for 30+ If you entertain that throwing to Chase eventually results in a TD then the game takes a whole new life with momentum because there's no way the Browns can sit on the ball trailing 21-16. They talked about that alot during the off season in which they missed plays earlier in the game that resulted in being a too close for comfort ending.

OL had some bright spots. The 3 sack series a portion of blame can be shared with Burrow/Play Call.

Best thing about beating Cleveland week 1 is you don't see them until the end of year. Fans see Cleveland and think about the typical dumpster fire that organization has been forever. Easy blow out win. First, blow wins on the road are hard. So far in week 1 any road team winning has been a 1 score or less win. Second, Browns defense is good enough and Flacco is competent enough to steal victories. Its when the thin playoff hopes fade, insert young ill-prepared QB, then vets start checking out, that's when the dumpster fire happens.

Good to see and read about Shemar.

Also when Joe scores 40 and loses. National Media says he should ask for a trade. Lamar scores 40 in a loss? Can't wait for all the trade talk this week.

Lucas Patrick is a guy you may want to IR for a return and sign somebody for depth. He's been dealing with something lower body since the start of TC. Let him get healthy.

Joe had another bad opener, period. Just watching some of the play break downs. I'm not sure you can put ALL the sacks on the line. But ball placement or timing was bad (to his standards) on several throws. The most notable were the back to back completions in which Cleveland defenders knocked them out of bounds. Ball should could have been better to secure those plays. He pulled a classic Andy tossing one that hits the white on a deep ball. Not sure what it is with him but I do think the threat of the Cleveland pass rush messed with his head a little.

Its good to be 1-0 in division. There were multiple road teams that took bad division loses including NFC favorite Lions and AFC favorite Chiefs. Both looked like non playoff teams. However, preseason is an indicator of nothing as we can see the Bengals actually know how to be in run gaps vs. the preseason performance and unfortunately for football fans Week 1 and 2 teams are still ramping up. Week 1 and 2 is just something you try to survive and avoid facing the dreaded 0-3 start.