09-10-2023, 05:23 PM
(09-10-2023, 05:20 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: They held the Browns to 4-14 on third down, with two takeways, 3 sacks. Held them to 4.9 yards per play while on the filed for 72 snaps over 35+ minutes.
Yes, they played well today. The defense is not close to a problem.
This.
They might've gave up a lot of yards on the ground, but how much of that was from the middle of the third onwards? I don't know, but when a team gets their yards is relevant. The game was in its dying embers as a competition from about the middle of the 3rd quarter. I don't care if the Browns racked up a ton of ground yards from then on, as we'd clearly already lost the game. I don't recall the Browns steamrolling us on the ground in the first half (i.e. when this was still a game), but the stats might say otherwise.
