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Browns-Ravens game 3 preview

September 20, 2014 Mike Leave a comment

What: Baltimore Ravens @ Cleveland Browns

When: Sunday 1 pm

Vegas Odds: Ravens (-2) OVER/UNDER 42

The Ravens and the Browns both come into this game at 1-1 with both teams winning last week. The Ravens steamrolled the shit out of the Steelers on Thursday Night Football 26-6. In an emotional game Joe Flacco threw for a pedestrian 166 yards, Bernard Pierce ran for 96, and Steve Smith caught 6 passes for 71 yards. The Ravens Defense forced 2 fumbles and held the Steelers to just 301 yards of total offense.

The Browns are riding high after Billy Cundiff kicked a late game winning field goal to beat Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints 26-24. Brian Hoyer threw for 204 yards and a TD, Terrance the Towson Tiger West rushed for 68 yards and a TD, and receiver Andrew Hawkins led the Browns with 6 catches for 70 yards and the crucial catch on the Browns final drive. The Browns defense returned a Drew Brees interception for a touchdown.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Can the Browns handle success?

There’s that old saying **“Everybody has success but only a few know what to do with it.”** Will the Browns be able to build off last weekend’s emotional win and come out with a win over the stolen Browns Ravens? Or will they come out flat like they did in the first game vs. Pittsburgh? If the Browns can jump out to a quick lead, I don’t think the Ravens will be able to dig themselves out of that hole.

Teacher vs. Mentor

Mike Pettine was an outside linebackers coach for the Ravens under Jim Harbaugh. Kyle Shanahan was the offensive coordinator for the Houston Texans who were coached by current Ravens OC Gary Kubiak. I’m sure hours upon hours of film study were spent on the tendencies of the former coaching partners. It really doesn’t matter though, our coach can beat up your coach.

Ravens receiver/Browns cornerback matchup

Do you put Joe Haden on Torrey Smith or Steve Smith? It’s well documented that Haden struggles against the smaller, shifty, receievers. If I’m defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil I put Justin Gilbert/Buster Skrine on Stever Smith and leave Joe on an island with Torrey Smith.

Can Hoyer get to 5-1 as a starter?

His good hasn’t been great but his bad hasn’t been awful. If Hoyer can manage the game, hit the open receivers, and not have any turnovers I think we win this game. This Ravens defense isn’t what it used to be so there’ll definitely be opportunities to score. If Brian throws for 240+ yards with no turnovers the Browns have a very good shot at winning this game.

Will the crowd be as effective as it was last Sunday?

The crowd was deafening last Sunday forcing Drew Brees to burn a couple timeouts and confused the Saints offense at the line of scrimmage. If the crowd isn’t taken out of the game early expect the Dawg Pound to be an absolute madhouse. I hear the Ravens talk a lot of shit to the fans before the game. If there’s one thing I know about Browns fans it’s that they don’t take any shit and that they’ll give it right back. I fully expect Steve Smith to be a main target of the heckling and when the game is over expect Smith to claim the title of “Most Hated Raven.”

What can we expect out of Swagger?

Word on the street is that Swagger HATES birds and especially hates Ravens. Expect him to be running around the field all fired up with flames of hate in his eyes. Here’s to hoping he leaves Terrell Suggs a nice little brown present in his helmet and gives Terrell this face:

Prediction:

Browns 31 Ravens 20. Browns cover the (+2) spread and the game goes OVER 42.

Trends: Browns are 2-0 against the spread and both of their games have gone OVER

**I totally made that saying up**

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“The Ballad of Brian Hoyer” is just another reason why America laughs at Cleveland

September 20, 2014 Mike Leave a comment

I know I’m probably overreacting here a little bit but I absolutely hate this so much. The song… the song is OK (I laughed at the end) but the general idea of the song and what it stands for is something that I just can’t get behind. See, this is why people make fun of Cleveland. Your quarterback wins 1 game, 1 FUCKING GAME; and the general Cleveland population shits their pants, proclaims him a savior, and suddenly there are actual real life songs written about him. Look, I like Brian Hoyer and want him to go 15-1, win league MVP, and win us a Super Bowl. But there are 24 other NFL teams who have won a game this season. 75% of the league. How many of those teams had songs written about their quarterback after their first win this season? You think New England fans wrote a tribute to Tom Brady after he beat the Vikings last Sunday? You think the cheeseheads from Green Bay wrote a folk song honoring the greatness of Aaron Rodgers? No. They didn’t. Because they know how to handle football success. Let’s act like we’ve been there before. I’m sick of being a laughingstock around the league.

PS- If this was a song about Johnny Manziel I’d totally be telling you about how good the harmony sounds and that it should be up for Record of the Year at the Grammys.

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The Browns organization is trying to shut down the Muni Lot. Cleveland will burn.

September 19, 2014 Mike Leave a comment

From Cleveland Scene:

A police source has informed Scene that the mysterious muni lot open container crackdown has come entirely at the behest of the Browns themselves. The Browns want people walking up to the stadium and partying there, the source says, though that’s clearly not what fans want.

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Cimperman repeatedly refuted the notion that council o- or covertly ordered more stringent policing. And after our intel from the police, it seems likely that the Browns are behind it.

The going conspiracy theory isn’t even a conspiracy theory anymore. And it never should have been. It’s 100 percent in keeping with Cleveland’s typical balance of power. The Browns organization, in a systematic effort, intend to get fans out of the muni lot and into the stadium earlier, to enjoy “unique gameday experiences” (via Browns PR) and partake of new “activation spaces that provide fans an innovative gameday environment that also matches each partner’s (aka DODGE! FORD! BUD LIGHT! PEPSI! etc.) personality and vision.”

First things first, I think this article is bullshit. I don’t think the recent rules enforcements are coming from the Browns So take everything you just read with a grain of salt. That being said, if this is true it’s an asinine decision by the Browns brass here. Right when things are starting to feel like they’re turning around and there’s some goodwill in this city, they do something like this to completely piss off the most diehard segment of their fanbase. I don’t get it. No one wants to go to the tailgate next to the stadium unless you have kids or are over the age of 50.

I went to the tailgate by the stadium before the Browns-Rams preseason game and it sucked. Not only did they run out of beer an hour before kickoff, the whole vibe was just too family oriented. The ONLY good part was beating my roommate at the football toss. What an idiot. You don’t bet anything football related against a former backup high school quarterback. He stills owes me a beer by the way…

When I go downtown before a Browns game I’m not looking for family friendly fun. I’m looking for a party. I want debauchery. I want loud music. I want flowing beer and liquor. I want thousands of deranged fans drinking their faces off in a parking lot celebrating a Browns home game. It’s a place where Cleveland can come together and party even if the Browns are playing like dog shit… I’m looking for cases of Bud Light, grills filled with all your favorite fall pregame foods, red solo cups, shotskis, motorized couches and Dawg Pound buses. I don’t want some corporate sponsored tailgate where 12 oz. beers are $5 each and everyone is standing around with their thumbs up their asses while some local cover band plays “Pour Some Sugar On Me” onstage. That’s not how the city of Cleveland tailgates.

Here’s hoping someone from the Browns/Cleveland city hall steps up and says enough is enough. Quit the Mickey Mouse antics. Cut the shit.

The Muni Lot has thrived for 40 years without any interference. Let us have our Lot back. Last time I checked this is America. My two grandfathers didn’t fight in World War II for this shit. If OJ can get away with murder, why can’t we have our parking lot?

UPDATE: Browns President Alec Scheiner disputes Cleveland Scene’s article