It is Monday, October 3, 2022, and the Cleveland Browns dropped another heartbreaker to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 4 by the score of 23-20.
Lots of Browns fans can probably identify with Mikey P.
“Doctors always telling us to not eat a lot of fried foods or sugar because it’s bad for your health yet my doctor has never told me to stop watching the Browns and they slowly kill me weekly.”
Doctors always telling us to not eat a lot of fried foods or sugar because it’s bad for your health yet my doctor has never told me to stop watching the #browns and they slowly kill me weekly.
— Mikey P (@MikeyP422) October 3, 2022
Check out my TikTok synopsis of the game.
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1. Looking Ahead To Tougher Portion Of Schedule
There will be a lot of analysis on this game.
The fact is the Browns were down key defensive players and could not get it done on offense.
Getting players healthy for a challenging stretch ahead and learning lessons from these four games should be the highest priorities.
That was the easy part of the #Browns schedule. Now the hard part begins:
vs Chargers
vs Patriots
@ Ravens
vs Bengals
@ Dolphins
@ Bills
vs Buccaneers— Roberto Shenanigans (@Rob_Shenanigans) October 3, 2022
The next seven games will be more difficult than the previous four.
AFC North opponents, away at Baltimore and home against the Ravens, are coming up in Weeks 7 and 8.
2. Play Calling And Defensive Scheming Continue To Trip Up Browns
What on earth is Cleveland doing at the goal line today? They should be up 21-10.
— Hayden Grove (@H_Grove) October 2, 2022
It feels like the Browns keep getting in their own way to lock up these wins.
Everyone will dissect the missed fourth-down red zone conversion in the first quarter that resulted in no points.
However, Hayden Grove points out other interesting stats that should be analyzed.
They were on the goal line two times in 1st and 3rd down situations and only came out with 3 points.
Missed opportunities after putting together offensive drives that move down the field have been extremely painful.
The Browns had 3rd and 1 and 1st and 1 from the 1 and they scored 3 points.
That’s 11 points you missed out on.
It’s not about the 4th down. It’s just not.
— Hayden Grove (@H_Grove) October 2, 2022
Those issues are on the offensive side with Coach Stefanski calling the plays, but the defense has been laden with miscues too.
Super disappointed in the coaching staff. Both offensive play calling and inability of defensive staff to adjust to Falcons run game. Just brutal.
— PGH Browns Backers (@PGHBB) October 2, 2022
Some are blaming Joe Woods, and that spans back to the Jets’ loss.
After a third quarter interception by Marcus Mariota, #Falcons coach Arthur Smith had his offense run it 14(!) times in a row — including a TD drive. Message delivered.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 2, 2022
The fact that the Falcons were able to run the ball on the Browns repeatedly, 14 times in a row to be specific and some with RB2 and RB3 on their roster, and get a touchdown is troubling.
#Browns HC Kevin Stefanski on Falcons' run game taking over: "They did a nice job. They wore us down. We, obviously, have to find a way to get off the field."
— 92.3 The Fan (@923TheFan) October 2, 2022
Injuries aside, the Browns’ D should have been able to stop this.
Try to make it a Happy Monday Browns fans!
NEXT: Fans React To Browns Loss To Falcons
Maybe the Browns starters got worn down was because they spent little time on the field in the preseason, same reason their secondary can’t get things together in these games, wide open receivers with nobody anywhere near them is ridiculous, starters not participating in practice because they have an injury which as a matter of fact they seem to have a lot of them, i saw ward in the deep secondary and Johnson playing up and neither was covering anyone, it looks like none of them knows what they’re doing.