Dawgs By Nature
The Cleveland Browns are now entering the portion of the schedule that becomes a lot easier. The Browns could end up with eight or nine wins if they get their offense on track and go on a tear.
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It all started playing the Miami Dolphins. Both squads entered the game 1-5-0 and both are rumored that their head coach is on the hot seat. Which, for Cleveland, just may be true, having lost 14 games last year.
Cleveland has a terrific defense and is just starting to get their run game going. Could they against Miami?
In the end, the Browns dominated the Dolphins in every aspect of the game, winning 31-6. It was the first time all season that Cleveland scored more than 20 points in a single contest. The defense dominated Miami’s offensive attack, special teams did their job, and the Browns have finally found a running game despite the offensive line losing both tackles.
The Browns had four takeaways in a game for the first time in nearly two seasons. This just in: Cleveland fans have voted that they should play the Dolphins every week.
So who played well for the Browns? Who didn’t?
RB Quinshon Judkins – Good to see that the offense has finally found its groove running the ball. Good to find a back who can take this group to the promised land. Q is quick to decide his hole, then scoots through it effortlessly. He scored three rushing touchdowns on the day. When has that last happened? With 4:20 left in the first quarter, Q took the handoff and ran between C Ethan Pocic and RG Wyatt Teller, then hit another gear as he completely juked out S Jack Jones, which gained 17 yards to Miami’s 34-yard line. In Quarter 2, he again went through the hole provided by Pocic/Teller and found daylight, which resulted in a 46-yard score.
All he had to beat was S Ifeatu Melifonwu, and he provided a nifty shoulder fake that the safety bit on. Later in the same quarter, on his second play in the Wildcat, he found a hole right beside Pocic and scored standing up as three different defenders hit him before getting into the end zone. 25 carries is a huge workload in today’s NFL, so the Browns are feeding him. Game-high 84 yards with a 3.4 yards per carry average. Smell that? That is the flavor of the NFL Rookie Offensive Player of the Week award brewing; WR Emeka Ebuka might have the yearly award locked down.
CB Tyson Campbell – Glad to see the new guy get acclimated to his new team, and he did so in a huge way. The pick-six was a gift as he didn’t have to move to catch or run hard to score. But it was a thing of beauty, and took all the air out of the visitors so early in the second half. That play was...
