Metcalf Up the Middle

Our 1 - 1 Cleveland Browns host the 0 - 2 Miami Dolphins today at 1pm.  The inaccurately throwing Chad Henne will try to lead his pod to a win today at Browns Stadium.  If you look at the first set of stats below. QB Chad Henne leads his team in rushing with a whopping 85 yards.  That make me feel a little better that Peyton Hillis' 3.4 ypc so far this season. Coach Shurmur says he's not worried about the yards per carry this early in the season yet. Our offensive line is still learning to play alone side one another due to the injuries. Why is this stat a big deal?  Any coach will tell you, running the football wins you football the majority of the time.  If you do not have a balanced offense, it will eventually come back to bite you in the ass. We all know that the Browns just don't have enough offensive weapons to spread the field like the Lions or Texans for example. So running the ball while running down the clock and keeping the ball out of ...

Yes this picture pretty much sums up last Sundays Browns' loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Who can we (the fans) place blame on for this loss: The entire team for having 11 penalties during the game? The OC for the lack of Peyton Hillis getting the ball? The DC and/or the veteran defensive players for playing circle jerk while AJ Green catches and runs for his first career touchdown? All of the owners and players for the lockout which in turn allowed less time for a first time head coach and his players to get to know each other? I could go on for days on this but either way we suck, so therefore we lost. I will give credit to the Browns players and coaching staff for making the correct adjustment at halftime to overcome nearly digging there own grave in the first quarter of the game.  Not to mention CB Joe Haden's outstanding play all day (5 pass break ups on the day). The Browns have a fairly easy schedule this year. The Bengals are almost as bad as the Browns, ...