Week 8: Cleveland Browns (3-3) @ San Francisco 49ers (5-1)

• BR1986FB

  Might as well get this started as the Seahawks are in the rearview.
  
  I don't expect this to be pretty. The defense may hold their own, for awhile, but this offense is atrocious.
• like_that

  

  Who knows, maybe the Browns will decide this is their annual "let's whoop your mother fucking ass, even though we have no business to" game. Defense is going to need to cause a lot of turnovers and even score (like they did vs the saints last year) in order to win this game. The offense isn't doing shit.
• Mulva

  

  I think this could look a lot like the Niners/Bengals game (13-8 San Fran).
• OQB

  

  Well I think it's time the punt team screws up.....every other special teams has had a collapse.
• like_that

  

  OQB;942826 wrote:Well I think it's time the punt team screws up.....every other special teams has had a collapse.

  I think McGhee's shit performance in week 1 has that covered. Maybe they will do something good i.e. 2 returned tds.
• se-alum

  

  Well, unless we can force San Francisco into negative points, this will be a loss. 17-0 Niners.
• BR1986FB

  The sad part is that if this team even had an "average" offense they'd have a shot in almost any game with the way the D is playing.
• Enforcer

  

  Browns pull the upset 17-13
• iclfan2

  

  OQB;942826 wrote:Well I think it's time the punt team screws up.....every other special teams has had a collapse.

  Kinda like when Maynard kicked it directly out of bounds today?
• OQB

  

  No look for a bad snap or a punt returned for a td this week...we just have an awesome special teams coach. :rolleyes:
• wes_mantooth

  

  I honestly think the defense is good enough to keep them in this game, but not sure that the offense wont turn it over several times......
  
  I say SF wins by 17.
• IggyPride00

  

  BR1986FB;942919 wrote:The sad part is that if this team even had an "average" offense they'd have a shot in almost any game with the way the D is playing.

  Even sadder is that as far as I can see, no one in Berea seems to think the offense is really all that bad. We are 6 weeks and a bye in, and we look worse each week on offense. Yet all we ever get is more of the same as far as game plan and play calling.
• BR1986FB

  IggyPride00;943009 wrote:Even sadder is that as far as I can see, no one in Berea seems to think the offense is really all that bad. We are 6 weeks and a bye in, and we look worse each week on offense. Yet all we ever get is more of the same as far as game plan and play calling.

  And the offense gets "Victory Monday" (day off tomorrow) with the D. NO WAY this offense should be taking ANY time off. :mad:
• OQB

  

  In the words of Pat Shurmur......"We just need to work to get better each week" :rolleyes:
• Ironman92

  

  Enforcer;942924 wrote:Browns pull the upset 17-13

  
  This would not surprise me.
• Rotinaj

  

  For some reason i think the browns win 16-13.
• like_that

  

  I think Shurmur should coach from the booth just like Payton is doing right now. Maybe somebody can injure Shurmur's leg. I honestly believe the coaches who make the play calls do much better when they are calling from the booth.
• wes_mantooth

  

  like_that;943054 wrote:I think Shurmur should coach from the booth just like Payton is doing right now. Maybe somebody can injure Shurmur's leg. I honestly believe the coaches who make the play calls do much better when they are calling from the booth.

  I didn't listen to Holmgren's presser, but didn't he say that there will be an OC next year? At least I hope he did..lol
• IggyPride00

  

  like_that;943054 wrote:I think Shurmur should coach from the booth just like Payton is doing right now. Maybe somebody can injure Shurmur's leg. I honestly believe the coaches who make the play calls do much better when they are calling from the booth.

  I have a better idea, how about not letting him call plays at all.
  
  OIC (Only in Cleveland) can an offensive coordinator whose offenses finished 29th & 26th the past 2 seasons get a promotion to both head-coach and offensive coordinator in charge of his own play calling.
  
  Not shockingly the Browns offense is every bit as shitty as the last 2 he has been in charge of. In the immortal word's of Dennis Green "He is who we thought he was".
• OQB

  

  IggyPride00;943057 wrote:I have a better idea, how about not letting him call plays at all.
  
  OIC (Only in Cleveland) can an offensive coordinator whose offenses finished 29th & 26th the past 2 seasons get a promotion to both head-coach and offensive coordinator in charge of his own play calling.
  
  Not shockingly the Browns offense is every bit as shitty as the last 2 he has been in charge of. In the immortal word's of Dennis Green "He is who we thought he was".

  
  rep!
• SportsAndLady

  

  IggyPride00;943057 wrote:I have a better idea, how about not letting him call plays at all.
  
  OIC (Only in Cleveland) can an offensive coordinator whose offenses finished 29th & 26th the past 2 seasons get a promotion to both head-coach and offensive coordinator in charge of his own play calling.
  
  Not shockingly the Browns offense is every bit as ****ty as the last 2 he has been in charge of. In the immortal word's of Dennis Green "He is who we thought he was".

  I've been a big basher of Shurmur and the coaching staff...but I'm also not ready to label him as a bad coach. Despite the offensive woes, he's got the team playing hard enough to be 3-3. In most years, we're looking at 1-5. I think he deserves some​ credit for that.
• wes_mantooth

  

  SportsAndLady;943065 wrote:I've been a big basher of Shurmur and the coaching staff...but I'm also not ready to label him as a bad coach. Despite the offensive woes, he's got the team playing hard enough to be 3-3. In most years, we're looking at 1-5. I think he deserves some​ credit for that.

  NEGATIVE REPS!!!
  
  WTF? That makes him a terrible coach since we should be tanking and getting Andrew Luck next year. These 3 wins are setting back the franchise 10 years!!
• dazedconfused

  

  wes_mantooth;943056 wrote:I didn't listen to Holmgren's presser, but didn't he say that there will be an OC next year? At least I hope he did..lol

  did they actually think shurmur could do it all by himself? or was shurmur hard-headed and believed he didn't need one? either way, it's dumb
• Mulva

  

  SportsAndLady;943065 wrote:Despite the offensive woes, he's got the team playing hard enough to be 3-3. In most years, we're looking at 1-5. I think he deserves some​ credit for that.

  The Colts and Dolphins are a combined 0-13 after today. With most years' schedules, this team would be 1-5.
  
  But I'm not even close to calling him a bad coach either. I wasn't a fan of the hire on the basis of him having no experience that remotely qualified him to be a head coach, but I'm willing to give him a shot.
  
  It's pretty clear he needs an OC though. Just too much on his plate right now.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Mulva;943172 wrote:The Colts and Dolphins are a combined 0-13 after today. With most years' schedules, this team would be 1-5.
  
  But I'm not even close to calling him a bad coach either. I wasn't a fan of the hire on the basis of him having no experience that remotely qualified him to be a head coach, but I'm willing to give him a shot.
  
  It's pretty clear he needs an OC though. Just too much on his plate right now.

  I know..but Browns teams of the past couple years would lose to those 0-5 teams. He needs an OC, and if he can continue to get them playing this hard, the play calling will pick up.