For 59 minutes and 46 seconds, the Cleveland Browns won their Thursday night showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The final score was 21-7, and it was never really close. But everything changed on a meaningless 3rd and 29 with 14 seconds left. Instead of gearing up for a playoff push at 4-6, the Browns are […]
The season nearly, if not already, ended for the Cleveland Browns after last week’s devastating defeat in Denver. Another loss, especially to one of the two current AFC wild card teams, would have been too much to overcome. Their postseason chances are faint, but the Browns managed to stay in the hunt for at least […]
The Cleveland Browns were supposed to right the ship against the Denver Broncos. The “easy” second half of Cleveland’s schedule was beginning, with pressure aplenty, most notably for head coach Freddie Kitchens. What should have been a launching point turned out to be a disaster, one that may have all but sealed the fate of […]
The Cleveland Browns responded to their 31-3 beatdown at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers by taking a 20-6 lead over the Seattle Seahawks by the beginning of the second quarter. But after that, Seattle outscored Cleveland 26-8, dropping the Browns to 2-4. What should have been a blowout in Cleveland’s favor turned into […]
Pathetic. That’s the only word to describe Cleveland’s Monday night performance against the San Francisco 49ers. Every single player save special-teamers Austin Seibert, Jamie Gillan, and Tavierre Thomas embarrassed themselves. It was a top-to-bottom dud for the Browns, with really no positives to glean. There was not a 28-point talent difference in the 49ers favor, […]
On Saturday, if you were told that the Baltimore Ravens would hold Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to just 20 yards on two catches, you’d probably think that the Ravens would handily. But the opposite happened. The final box score doesn’t look too bad, but the game was over as soon as Nick […]
Moral victories offer only some comfort in the absence of tangible ones. There are worse ways to lose than 20-13 to the defending NFC champions. But the Cleveland Browns should have beaten the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday Night Football. The defense, without its starting WILL linebacker and entire secondary, gave up just 20 points […]
The Cleveland Browns bounced back from their Week 1 trouncing, defeating the New York Jets 23-3 on Monday Night Football. The box score looks great: Baker Mayfield passed for 325 yards and a touchdown, and the defense gave up only three points. A 20-point victory on the road is impressive, no matter the situation. But […]
Sixteen years ago, back in that wacky 2002 season, I began an “expansion weblog.” In the first post, my intentions for this first Browns blog culminated with a wish to provide “a contemporaneous account of the first season when the Browns reach the pinnacle and win the Super Bowl.” Perhaps hundreds of Browns blogs have […]
1. Yesterday’s 45-42 loss in Oakland was one of only four games in NFL history to have ended with that score, but the second already in 2018. The Jaguars beat the Steelers in the playoffs last January, overcoming Ben Roethlisberger‘s 469 passing yards and five TDs. 2. The “new” Browns have never surrendered as many […]
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