Coaching Errors Nearly Cost Browns Victory

http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mike-pettine-browns.jpg Thanksgiving week is upon us and Browns fans have a lot to be thankful for. Josh Gordon's BACK and looks great. The team is 7-4 and in the hunt for a playoff berth. Brian Hoyer has been much better than many expected and the rookie running backs made Ben Tate expendable. All is not right in Elf-land however. Injuries continue to pile up to the point where sooner or later, the wheels ARE going to fall off. Today we lost potential all-pro safety Tashaun Gipson to a potential serious knee injury. A win is a win...and I will gladly take this one over the Falcons...BUT the coaching staff really dropped the ball today on several fronts. WHY, right before halftime, after a 60-yard field goal attempt (that missed by a mile) was nullified by a Falcon time out, did the Browns try it again?? While we are at it, did NO ONE notice that Devon Hester was BACK there to try for a runback? Ala Auburn/Alabama ? Game ball to Joe Bitonio for saving the team's bacon with the HUGE hustle play to tackle him. WHY did we keep forcing the ball deep to Gordon when that has NEVER been Hoyer's game. They SAID pregame that they wouldn't force it,,,then went out and did just that. The picks were a direct result this. WHY, late in the 4th quarter, did we go away from the running game? Crowell was a STUD all day and might have been able help us avoid the need for another cardiac kids finish...I know, everyone is growing and learning, coaching staff included. But JEEZ...that was weak.