Outcoached?

[Bengalstripes9]

I don't think there is one thing you can point to as the reason we did so bad on offense. There were a lot of contributing factors:

Burrow's injury and lack of practice.
The Browns pass defense is pretty damn good--great coverage, great pass rush.
Vanilla play calling.
Field conditions.

I would love to see more crossing routes, slants, etc. utilized against the Browns.
You have to do something to scheme some guys open.
Typically when we aren't moving the ball well, it's my opinion that the playcalling isn't great.
That said, the past couple years the biggest reason for failure has been Burrow having no time to throw.

The Browns are good on defense. Their DC is good.
I'm reserving judgement until I see what happens these next couple weeks.
We should get some questions answered in terms of Burrow's health and the state of the offense.
One game isn't enough to get me to pannick about this team.
It's inexcusible and we need to play and coach better. But one game is one game.
If this turns into 2 or 3 games there is reason for concern.
I'm not pannicking yet by any means.