The Cleveland Browns’ defense remained incredible against the Packers, stringing together their third consecutive dominant week (yes, I’m even including the Ravens game, if you watched the effort they gave). The Packers were held to 230 yards of offense, and Josh Jacobs could not get going on the ground. The one criticism you could have is that the Packers did convert 10-of-18 (56%) of their third down opportunities. The fact that they had that many shows you how often Cleveland was getting them into third downs.
Below, we analyze the snap counts and stats on defense for the Cleveland Browns’ Week 3 game against the Green Bay Packers.
Defensive Line
- Before I forget, I want to say that on the play where Jordan Love threw the interception to Grant Delpit, I was surprised they did not go for the misdirection quarterback keeper there. They ran it twice in the game, and Isaiah McGuire was fooled on both of them. If they run it, it either works to perfection a third time, or they punt it away and continue to stop our offense.
- Myles Garrett was relentless again. There was a screen capture on social media that showed him being triple teamed at one point. I think we’re seeing a mix of teams sometimes double teaming him, and this year, our other linemen are skilled enough to make them pay. And on top of that, I swear that even at this later stage in his career, Garrett’s arsenal of moves looks vastly improved.
- In terms of snap count numbers, everything mostly remained the same. We did see Joe Tryon play a few more snaps, and he actually logged a statistic on 3 of those 7 snaps.
Linebacker
- Carson Schwesinger knows how to finish. I don’t know what the heck Jordan Love was doing on that final play of the third quarter, but he stood there as he rolled out and let Schwesinger finish him off for a sack. Earlier in the game, Schwesinger had a sack that was wiped away. We’ll see just how good the rookie can be, but just like Quinshon Judkins has that movement that is “different” (in a positive way) on offense compared to his peers, we’re seeing the same with Schwesinger on defense.
- Devin Bush appeared to have another solid game. He forced a fumble before the Packers’ missed field goal that was ultimately ruled in Green Bay’s favor, but is a heads up play.
Cornerback
- Denzel Ward made it through the whole game without cramps. He batted one pass away and also made a nice tackle on the run. He was beat a couple times on third down by Romeo Doubs, though.
- Myles Harden was flagged for pass interference on the Packers’ final drive, which could have made him a goat in this game. With that said, overall, I like some of the things I see from Haden, and I’m interested to see how he...
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