Horrible look for the city of Cleveland and Browns fans right here. It’s one thing to coexist with opposing team’s fans and have some good natured back and forth jabs with each other… but it’s a totally different thing when an opposing fan comes into your stadium, taunts the home crowd, taunts the DAWG POUND, basically pisses right in your eyeball… and not one single fan does anything about it.
Are Browns fans becoming soft? Think this shit would fly in Oakland’s black hole? Think Philly fans would have just laughed it off? You know what I blame for the lack of retaliation here? Social Media. Everyone was probably ‘Gramming, Facebooking, or Vining this asshole the entire game. “Look at this Ravens fan, what a douche!” Say someone were to lay one finger on him. The next thing you know that someone is a YouTube sensation and dubbed the “most villainous man in America.” Gloria Allred is holding emergency press conferences for the victim in this “heinous crime.” Next thing you know the judge is throwing the book at the suspect and he’s getting ten years for attempted murder. All because some opposing fan thought they’d be cute and try to taunt the Dawg Pound.
I long for the days when someone could take a swing on an opposing fan and not everyone is standing around holding their iPhones while giggling and shouting “Worldstar!” If this were the 1980’s version of the Dawg Pound I’d bet my life some drunk Northeast Ohioan would’ve pulled a Leonidas and shouted “This is Cleveland” while kicking the opposing fan down the aisle. People would cheer. Fans would applaud. Girls would be smitten. Men would be filled with envy. That act of valor instantly becomes stuff of Cleveland lore. That’s the world I want to live in.
This guy stole the show
**BTW Bottlegate does not condone stadium violence so don’t sue us plz.
3 games played. 3 games decided by last second field goals. I don’t know if my poor heart can handle any more games that come down to the last second. I think the most frustrating thing is that just when you think your team is turning the corner, they just. can’t. do. it… Special teams. Run defense. Penalties. The 4th quarter. The same ol Browns snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
A couple quick thoughts-
-2 missed field goals (1 blocked). Make one of those and you force Baltimore to have to score a touchdown on that last drive. The right side of our field goal unit is struggling. Go back and look at Billy Cundiff’s game winner against the Saints and you’ll see it was dangerously close to being blocked.
-Travis Benjamin should not be allowed to return punts anymore. Everyone can see he’s afraid of getting hurt. How do you not fair catch a ball that lands at the freaking 23 yard line? It’s pathetic. Put Marlon Moore or Jim Leonhard back there. Have Benjamin be our deep ball threat and that’s it.
-Why stop throwing to Jordan Cameron? In the fourth quarter why wouldn’t you ride your best offensive player?
-Andrew Hawkins continues to impress me. Guy is such a waterbug.
-The Browns defense made Lorenzo Taliaferro look like Adrian Peterson. So far this season the Browns have faced some pretty average to subpar rushing attacks. Imagine what’ll happen when they face a team who has a good running game.
-How many times can one team be called for “12 men in the huddle?”
-Would it hurt to run a screen pass with our running backs?
-After 3 games I’ve yet to see Donte Whitner make an impact play.
-So far Joe Haden has not been worth his big contract that he was awarded this offseason. Big time cornerbacks don’t get beat like that late in games…
Let’s look at the game tape:
The day started off with Josh Gordon waking up and Instagramming a picture that said “My gawd that yellow thing comes to the same spot every damn day.. ☀️” Hey Josh that yellow thing is the sun, dude. Duh!
Kyle Shanahan and Johnny deserve an Oscar for this performance
MAN”S STIFF ARM!!
But the 36 yard reception was wiped out by an illegal shift by Terrance West. Idiot. This play was being developed for 2 weeks and it’s ruined by a stupid penalty. So Browns.
A couple fans saluted the Ravens. Cleveland always has practiced good sportsmanship.
And Tha Crow showed why he should be the every down back
Helluva block by Cameron
Miles Austin showed he still has some gas left in the tank
Thought the game was over when Tashaun Gibson picked off Joe Flacco
But Cundiff doinked it… Do we need a new long snapper?
If Taylor Gabriel doesn’t fall down here, it’s an easy 6 and the Browns win. Sigh.
This was NOT a penalty. Hoyer was CLEARLY behind the line…
eh…
The Browns were ready to put the game away late in the fourth. A couple of first downs and this would move the Browns to 2-1 going into the bye week. So when big time players make big time plays in big time games the Browns did this:
The Browns last two drives covered 47 seconds and 14 seconds, respectively. In a one-point game.
Wonder what this guy’s postgame remedy consists of?
Johnny Manziel’s sister was not happy. I’m sure no one in the media will mention this.
I don’t think Meri and I watched the same game
Game Balls: Brian Hoyer, Andrew Hawkins, Tashaun Gipson
Alright. So we’re 1-2 and our 2 losses have come from last second field goals. We could easily be 3-0 but at the same time could easily be 0-3. The hardest part of the schedule is over so there’s no choice but to look ahead to the next few games…. And they’re all very very winnable. If we’re not at least 4-4 after the Buccaneers game then we have a real problem.
It’s not all bad news however…
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Fear not Cleveland. Through the hallowed depths of the Muni Lot pavement rose a figure from the ashes. Half man, half bottle of whiskey. A little puffy and very inebriated. A hero. Not the hero we deserved, but a hero we needed… Nothing less than a knight. Shining… We’ll hunt him. We’ll condemn him. Set the dogs on him.
Because that’s what needs to happen.
Because he’s the hero Cleveland deserves. But not the one it needs right now.
So we’ll hunt him. Because he can take it.
Because he’s not our hero. He’s a silent guardian. A watchful protector. The Drunk Johnny Fan.
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
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