Carl Nassib returns for Tom Brady’s first game of 2016
October 9, 2016We’re going to have *that* here: While We’re Waiting
October 10, 2016Yawn. Did anyone really think that game would be any different? The Cleveland Browns were trounced by the New England Patriots on Sunday; falling 33-13 to the Tom Brady led Pats. Not much went right for the Browns. The Patriots almost doubled the Browns in total yards, outgaining the Browns 501 total yards to 262.
In his first game back, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady completed 28 of 40 for 406 yards and three touchdowns. The Browns quarterback position had a completely different outcome.
Five Quarterbacks! The Browns have now had five signal callers take snaps in five weeks. Late in the first quarter, Browns rookie quarterback Cody Kessler left the game with an injury, forcing the Browns to play Charlie Whitehurst. The game did not go well with Clipboard Jesus under center. For just another kick in the stomach, Whitehurst left the game with an injury in the fourth, making Terrelle Pryor the only quarterback left standing on Sunday. The Browns just cannot catch a break.
The first half was pretty tough to watch. Local WOIO might have improved the watching quality with some “technical difficulties” late in the second quarter. The Patriots offense was unstoppable behind the arm of quarterback Tom Brady. Brady was 18 of 25 for 271 yards and two touchdowns in just the first half. He had receivers wide open for him throughout the half, cutting up the secondary like Swiss cheese. The Browns defense was unable to get any sort of pass rush on Brady, which is a recipe for disaster against the future Hall of Famer. It was just a bad half of football for the Browns defense, who allowed 321 yards of offense in the first half.
On offense, the Browns began the game looking good behind quarterback Cody Kessler. On the offense’s second drive of the game, Kessler led the unit down the field and capped it off with an 11-yard touchdown pass to receiver Andrew Hawkins. But after that, it all went downhill. As noted earlier, Kessler left the game with an injury after he was drilled by Patriots Dont’a Hightower, who was completely unblocked on the play. It was compounded by the fact that Kessler had thrown the ball backwards out of the endzone, ending in a safety. Kessler would be knocked out for the game after the huge hit. The rest of the half for the Browns offense can be summed up by two words; Charlie Whitehurst. Whitehurst came in for Kessler late in the first quarter and completed just 3 of 7 for 32 yards in the half. The offense was unwatchable and, thankfully, WOIO gave Browns fans a respite for a few minutes. The Patriots led 23-7 at the half.
In the second half, what did you expect from a Charlie Whitehurst-Tom Brady matchup. The Browns did score a touchdown from the unlikeliest combination of Whitehurst to tight end Connor Hamlett, but the rest of the half was a jumble of bad football from the Browns offense. On defense, the Browns allowed a touchdown and field goal. Bill Belichick called off the dogs late in the fourth, taking out Tom Brady for the mercy of the Browns defense. The Browns ended the game, falling to the New England Patriots, 33-13.
The Browns fall to 0-5 on the season. They will travel to Tennessee to face the Titans next Sunday, who saw their No. 1 overall pick, Marcus Mariotta, finish off a strong win on Sunday with a beautiful lob pass for a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins.
Making matters worse, there will be no Sunday revenge on Boston as the Cleveland Indians ALDS Game 3 against the Red Sox was postponed until Monday. So, just another lousy Cleveland Browns Sunday.
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positives….positives….
the run defense is still legit
Has a coach ever faced this much injury adversity? This is astonishing. I hope these lessons being learned by this crazy young team pays dividends down the road but it is hard as hell to watch now.
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Kessler looked good until he was injured. He’s really not bad. Capable is good given our history.
Complete lack of pressure on Brady sunk them. I can only recall one hit on Brady.
It was nice to see Nassib back, even though he didn’t do anything. Seemed to be double teamed a lot.
Seeing those helmets just bums me out again at all the uber-cool designs that floated around the internet before Nike and the Browns “worked their magic.”
Browns looked like poop, literally and figuratively.
Yesterday, I remember thinking, “Why would anyone even bother rooting for Rutgers?” Didn’t even get the irony in that observation until the second half of the Browns game.
Yea it’s a dark hole. There’s really nothing there.
If you’re DeShaun Watson, how concerned are you that the Browns might actually draft you? It’s gone beyond weird anomaly or sort of funny ongoing joke. Being a Browns QB is damn near the equivalent of a NFL death sentence.
I have no logical reasoning for why this happens to us only (I don’t think we approach the QB position’s health and preservation any different than all the other teams), but I seriously wouldn’t want to ever start a game for this franchise. I imagine future 1st round QBs have to feel the same.
Bad players play bad and get hurt. Good players sign with Atlanta and KC in the offseason.
Please sign or draft some offensive linemen next year.
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