MWil23 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Let's keep in mind that we clearly wanted the "burner" aspect that Schwartz brought to stretch those safeties, giving us major advantages running the ball and keeping those safeties back. It worked like a charm with Njoku and Landry in the intermediate game, and we ran all over them for 3 quarters. Higgins doesn't bring us any threat in that aspect, and our personnel decisions were clearly the right ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeHDruiD Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 I think overall we showed we're right on par with the Chiefs. Given some time, this defense will look better and better Turnovers lose games but it's week 1 and they showed me enough to remain excited for the rest of the year. We WILL meet again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawgX Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 17 minutes ago, LETSGOBROWNIES said: I still don’t get the Woods hate. I’d have liked to have seen more focus on Hill and Kelce, but that’s nitpicking. The defense was put in an awful position twice with the turnovers, you can’t do that against that offense. The 75 yarder to Hill wasn’t really a scheme issue. Yeah, I'm still neutral towards Woods as of now. Defense wasn't great but it wasn't terrible either going up against one of the best offenses ever. And that's without Harrison and while our defense as a whole is trying to gel. Like you said, we gave them a short field twice which resulted in 10 points. Then the bomb to Hill was just Hill making a great play. I know KC isn't known for their running game, but our run defense looked pretty stout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSURacerDT55 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) Up: Malik McDowell is a dude, like eventual Pro Bowler good Clowney was a factor This offense is going to be really good Baker was locked in Down: Jack Conklin was trash all game Defensive scheme as terrible (why was he so scared to play man coverage, why did he go all 2nd string the start of the second half, there were times the scheme had Walker covering Tyreek Hill, not enough JOK) Stefanski in certain situations (Throwing deep to Schwartz when DPJ clearly is better at that and more experienced, they ran the ball with plenty of success, why go away from it? We should have run the ball 30+ times, we always get into these situations, we clearly are a running team and when we go away from it we always lose, I think we got too cute and got away from the game plan) Edited September 13, 2021 by MSURacerDT55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, DawgX said: Yeah, I'm still neutral towards Woods as of now. Defense wasn't great but it wasn't terrible either going up against one of the best offenses ever. And that's without Harrison and while our defense as a whole is trying to gel. Yeah I’m not gonna pretend he’s great or anything, but there’s nothing from yesterday that was bad schematically tbh. 2 minutes ago, DawgX said: Like you said, we gave them a short field twice which resulted in 10 points. Then the bomb to Hill was just Hill making a great play. I know KC isn't known for their running game, but our run defense looked pretty stout. Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Ron Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Ups: we did alright. Downs: Only managing the first half. Going to bed knowing we would lose. Dreaming sweet dreams of victory. Waking up to find out the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginaldm9 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, buno67 said: I know his other 2 catches he had no issues. Just know he bobbled that bomb. Just not going to kill him for that 3rd down pass he dropped. DB played his hands perfectly. He bobbled that first long one too. Would’ve gone for six if he handled it cleanly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyman93 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Media said it best. I want Njoku vs Man to man coverage and Hooper vs Zone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2021/09/browns-defensive-grades-vs-the-chiefs-who-was-elite-average-and-replaceable.html SAFETY M.J. Stewart: 68.8. Richard LeCounte III: 62.0. John Johnson III: 55.7. Ronnie Harrison: 29.2. LINEBACKER Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah: 69.5. Anthony Walker: 59.6. Sione Takitaki: 57.1. Mack Wilson: 40.5. Malcolm Smith: 29.6. DEFENSIVE TACKLE Malik McDowell: 83.0. Malik Jackson: 67.0. Jordan Elliott: 56.4. Andrew Billings: 46.7. Notable: McDowell graded above 71.0 in both run defense and tackling. Jackson graded 68.4 against the run and had four pressures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDawg Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 We could really use a guy like Delfin to come in and change our defense with a special element but my hopes at this point for health and production are timid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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