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Browns defense must find a way to stop the run first.


  • Robinson, Taliaferro and Blue are not the same as Maurice Jones-Drew, Ray Rice and Arain Foster. Yet the Browns defense could not contain any of them, resulting in three of our four losses this season. Mike Pettine and DC Jim O'Neil must find away to stop the run. No doubt that key injuries to Phil Taylor, Karlos Dansby, and Jabaal Sheard et al will make the that task much harder, but good teams striving to make the playoffs; find a way to keep winning despite key injuries (the dreaded Steelers secondary comes to mind) if it takes placing 8 guys in the "box" or switching to the 4-3, we must try something different because even in the games the Browns won we had trouble stopping the run. The quality of our secondary is at least twice as good as our front 7, so if we are going to bet on which unit we can gamble with; it's certainly the secondary.
  • With the return of Josh Gordon this week the playoffs are still a possibility but the offense will not be able to do it alone unless it puts up 30 points a game. I say put all of our resources at stopping the run first and let them beat you with the pass. At this point, the defense, as well as the coaches; have nothing left to lose

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