For the first time this football season the Cleveland Browns almost played up to the pre-season hype which came their way after the Odell Beckham Jr acquistion this summer.
There appeared to be a slight hope at 4-6 and with the league’s easiest schedule the remaining six game there might be a roadmap for the Browns to make the playoffs as an AFC wild card.
It should have been a joyful moment for these Browns who have been the league’s biggest disappointment this NFL so far this season. Add to the fact it was the first time the Browns have beaten the Steelers since 2014. Ask yourself who was the Browns’ quarterback back in that win in 2014….you’ll discover it was Brian Hoyer.
For the third straight game Baker Mayfield and his offense didn’t commit a turnover. Nick Chubb showed he’s on the cusp of becoming one of the league’s best running backs. The front office waived knucklehead wide receiver Antonio Calloway as Kareem Hunt for the time being replaced Calloway as that specific roster designation.
It was a stunning defensive performance by Miles Garrett and the Browns’ defense. They were all over Mason Rudolph the former Mike Gundy groomed quarterback from O State who was intercepted four times on the night. It looked just like another Bedlam beatdown for Rudolph who is now 0-4 versus Mayfield head to head.
But in the blink of an eye in the game’s last eight seconds Miles Garrett ripped Mason Rudolph’s helmet off of him and tried to hit Rudolph in the head.
It was there for all to see. An out of control action and really stupid play when you think about it because Miles Garrett could have injured Rudolph and could have conceivably knocked Rudolph out of the lineup for the next Browns vs. Steelers game in several weeks.
Why would anyone on the Browns want Mason Rudolph out of the Steelers’ lineup?
But in this one play we saw why the Cleveland Browns are the dumbest franchise in the NFL. We saw that the Kevin Costner movie Draft Day is a complete and utter fiction.
In short—we saw why the Cleveland Browns are the Cleveland Browns.
We saw the last of the Browns’ best player Miles Garrett for this season and the end to any hope whatsoever these Browns are any different from what we’ve seen in the recent past.
We saw the Cleveland Browns for what they are….dysfunctional.
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