A Sunday Debacle

Well as the saying goes, "We are who we thought we were". Prior to the Battle of Ohio, I said we had a chance to win if we won the turnover battle...point validated. The Browns do not have the offensive firepower at present to overcome TWO blocked punts, THREE interceptions and a fumble recovered for a touchdown. Realistically almost NO NFL team would. Our defense played well once again. They are a legitimate top ten unit that should keep improving. The Bengals really couldn't establish the run OR the pass against them. Without the special teams disaster and offensive turnovers the game would have been extremely tight. I don't think we need to fire the punter or the special teams coach. We DO need to identify if the blocked punts were due to a breakdown in coverage, or if Lanning was holding the ball too long, so that the problem can be corrected. We outplayed Cincy on special teams in the first game, (of course we still had Travis Benjamin then) but they owned us in that aspect yesterday. You will not beat a team with a defense as good as the Bengals (or ours for that matter) making that many mistakes. Time to see what Chud can do to right the ship and get the squad focusing on the next game against Pittsburgh. The Steelers won again yesterday and have climbed out of the cellar to tie us and the Ratbirds at 4-6. Time to knock them back down again. Young teams tend to be inconsistent, so following them can be a bit like riding a roller-coaster...I'm starting to get a little bit seasick. Go Browns!