If Browns miss the last FG, everybody here is singing a different tune....

[NorthTryon]

Yeah, if and buts. Along with the Christmas all year long thing. 

[mav1234]

All of the what ifs, it's just one game, etc stuff ignores that this is Rhule's third season and his teams never look prepared for anything.  Wins feel good but unless we change the entire direction of the game in this scenario, I don't feel any better about the season by squeaking a win out against a depleted Browns team.

[Jmac]

Meh... they still sucked for forty five minutes of a sixty minute game. Some of the worst football this team has ever played. Can't gloss over that fact.

[Jackie Lee]

Still was viewed from the outside as mostly horrible game calling

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Carolina Panthers

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Baker Mayfield salvaged what was shaping up to be a dreadful Panthers debut with some fourth-quarter heroics, scoring on a 7-yard scramble then hitting Robbie Anderson on a 75-yard touchdown bomb before leading Carolina to the go-ahead field goal in the final minutes. It still wasn’t enough to secure the win, or wipe away the grim nature of the first three quarters of his first start as Sam Darnold’s replacement in Charlotte. It’s fair to wonder why Matt Rhule sent Mayfield into this grudge match against his former team without a strong game plan in place for Christian McCaffrey, the running back dynamo who had just 14 touches. CMC is healthy and freakishly dynamic -- good God, use the man while you can!

[rayzor]

2 hours ago, d-dave said:

Rhule has earned a LOT of poo for being a terrible game coach, weak at Xs and Os, but his players play hard for him. That was still showing in the 4th quarter.

the problem is that this team is going to HAVE to carry him and they can never walk into a game being as prepared or schemed or managed better than the other team. 

it's great that they love him and play hard for him, but he's holding them back. desire doesn't win games by itself.