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Did anyone notice how many players on the Browns defense were in the box when McCaffrey was supposed run on those plays that he didn’t?

Baker certainly looked amped up in the beginning and anyone could tell that he was wanting to win badly as he was trying to rush things. His second and third drop on the exchange from the center he was actually going into his drop back before he had full control of the ball. He did look much better once he settled down but in the end it didn’t really matter and was out of his hands…

I just rewatch the game myself and after watching the second time it wasn’t nearly as bad as I remember it being the first time. Most of the big runs seem to be from a few players getting blocked by pulling guards and only in few cases did Shaq Thompson, Frankie Luvu, and Jaycee Horn miss a tackle or not cover their gaps. In retrospect it just seems that the Browns had a lot of runs that got extra yardage from linebackers or defensive backs being caught in the wash from the pulling guards of the Browns. The Browns offense reminds me of the Jeff Davidson offense when the Panthers had J stew and DeAngelo Williams as the two backs in that zone blocking scheme. It did seem that once the Panthers offense and defense started to gel the game started showing a shift in momentum. The last series of the Panthers did look like the final three plays were designed to produce results that may have allowed for a touchdown. If Elflein would not have snapped the ball into his leg, or for the other two the Browns being in the correct defense for what the Panthers were showing, then that may resulted in something other than a field goal. There’s no way to know obviously but it didn’t look like they were trying to avoid scoring points. After watching the game the second time I’m not nearly as worried or concerned as I was before I watched it again. Most of the things that I saw are correctable and the mistakes were made by many of the younger players or rookies. I guess this is why Rivera didn’t like playing the younger players and preferred veterans because they were less likely to make these rookie or second year player mistakes.

That is pretty much the plan for this team as crazy or unreasonable as it may seem. The strategy is to not allow the other team to get their run game going because they’re always playing from behind.

Is that everyone’s Super Bowl favorite Green Bay?

KC Is absolutely abusing “Playoff Contender” Arizona.

I am not worried… yet. If they do not come out next week and look more prepared or at least correct some of the issues that existed today, then I’ll start to become more apprehensive. The way I see it is that someone had to lose today and as bad as it started out it still wound up being a close game.

This team’s defense is built to stop a majority of pass heavy offenses in this league. The type of offenses that they have trouble with and will have trouble with are the ones with a heavy rushing attack. There are far fewer of those teams in the league, but they do exist.

Lol, why are you discounting the fourth quarter? lol, Carry on mrcomplainy9999

I know freaking Chicago beat the 49ers. There’s no way that Chicago is as good as a team as they seemed today. It’s just the first week and it’s not indicative of the entire season. Baker is going to be a good quarterback for this team or at least an average one which is much better than what the Panthers had since 2016.

Yeah I know it’s like people want to discount the fourth quarter when everything started coming together. Someone had to lose this game and unfortunately was a Panthers. Hopefully next week they’ll put it together and come out a little more prepared, or at least knowing what their strengths and weaknesses are in a real game.

Fug

Well one good thing is the Browns should be passing more than they run on this one..

Not loving this

fuging Elflein

Horse collar!!!

I hope that we don’t put it in our kicker…he had a look of fear and apprehension in his eyes…

The Panthers need a turnover

They are going to nickel and dime it down the field