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On O, I think we start by limiting Watt. He’s their best player so do what Belichick does and take him out of the game (as much as possible). Chip him, put a tight end on him at times, move Watson away from him whenever we can. He’s one of the best, so we won’t stop him, but need to slow him down.

We should be getting the ball out quickly on pass plays, but keep looking for the deep ball, especially Marquise. We were close twice on hitting a big one last week; one went through his hands, the other was under thrown because DW had a guy in his face and had to throw off his back foot.
Those plays will be there, have to capitalize when they arise.
And of course, hand if off to 24.

If our front can pressure Pickett like they did Burrows, combined with Pittsburgh being down their best WR against our secondary, Steelers fans will be pining for the return of Mason Rudolph.
Our kicker needs to keep piping them down the middle when called upon.

Thoughts, fellow dawgs?

I literally cannot hear his name announced and not think of one of Tim Conway's characters pronouncing it: Ba-HOOOR-kez.

Every. Single. Time.
I might watch too many re-runs these days.

It doesn't hurt to have Bojorquez as another weapon. Kid can change field position in one play.

Yep, the guy is very good.

It's just a part of the game we haven't been able to play. It seems most of us felt that we might as well go for it almost every time....we are going to lose anyway.

Actually, Dustin Hopkins might be what we need. His history is accuracy, but he doesn't have a huge leg. You might be pushing the boundary at 50 or so yards.
Depending on situation, we might not have to try every 47 yard kick. Punting might be the percentage play. Just tell the punter he doesn't have to stick it on the 5, a high punt to the 12 or so works great. Make them fair catch or at least you can have a few players down there with a chance to keep it out of the end zone after the bounce. If it fast bounces into the enzone, it does. Footballs do funny things once they bounce.

There is absolutely no reason why we shouldn’t win this game outside of the ghosts of Browns/Steelers past.

On paper and thus far, we are better than the stoolers. Kenny Pick-off will have a rush in his face - that is a certainty. Najee worries me but honestly, short of a dominant game from him, this game shouldn’t be close.

That said, I’m worried about this game. We have been programmed to worry about this kind of game because we have usually blown opportunities like this. The jets game. I mean…c’mon.

But this team is different. The defense is the strength and until DW gets his game together, they will keep us in every game. Schwartz’s triumphant return is the story this year. We finally play to the “on paper” level.

If we are to EVER be a team that plays to their expectations, we need to go down there and beat them convincingly. They have always been downright flippant at the thought of playing us. “Browns is the Browns” is an attitude we need to repurpose as a positive moniker.

C’mon Brownies!! Got get this!!!

It was always funny when he’d get Harvey Korman laughing and he couldn’t stop, when they broke fourth wall without meaning to