(Opening statement)- “Looking at the tape, there are some things that I saw, defensively, that I really liked. I thought that especially on third down, we did some really positive things against a group that’s been very effective throughout the course of the season on third down. I thought that the disguise for the most part was good, which is important, because as (Joe) Flacco has matured, I think he does a better and better job of getting them into the right plays based on the coverage. Really, outside of a couple plays, I thought overall the effort was sound. On special teams, it wasn’t our best game. I think that we could have done a lot more in the return game than we did. They have a pretty good unit as well, which we knew and which they had shown the first time we played them. Offensively, going to the no huddle I think helped us, especially in the first half, getting some of the penalties that we got, being able to get some of the matchups that we got. Even though there were some positive drives, we just really couldn’t sustain them. Coming out at halftime, I thought that we had a good approach moving forward. We talked about the importance of protecting the ball, especially early. We were blown coverage and then with the interception, the game turned pretty dramatically. That is kind of the recap after watching the tape.”
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Courtesy of the Browns Media Relations Dept…
With three sacks today, the Browns increased their season total to 19, surpassing last year’s total of 17. The Browns defense also limited Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco to 155 passing yards, his lowest total of the season.
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(Opening Statement)- “Sorry about the delay getting in here. I was just checking on Josh (Cribbs). He has feeling in all parts of his body. Really the reason we took him off on the board was more of a precautionary measure than anything else, from what I understand. He’ll get some tests now, but that’s the information that I just got.
“With the game, what we talked about at halftime, the points that we stressed at halftime, just came out in the third quarter and did the opposite. We had a blown coverage on one long pass play, followed up by two turnovers and a 0-0 game turns into a 16-0 game. I thought defensively, outside of that one series, I thought there were a lot of good things. I thought there was a lot of good things from an offense that’s difficult to play, difficult to adjust to and I thought overall the communication was good. If you have a breakdown in the secondary, usually those are going to lead to big plays. A point of emphasis is protecting the football, turn over the ball with the Ravens, give them good field position, it just makes it tough. I thought there were points offensively where we moved the ball. We couldn’t protect well enough, couldn’t sustain drives well enough. [We] just missed some opportunities and that’s disappointing.” (more…)
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QB Brady Quinn
(On the penalty chop block on Terrell Suggs) – “I was trying to go for the ball carrier. I was trying to make the tackle on (Chris) Carr. I would never wish that upon anyone. I was upset about it on the field. He was someone I worked out in Arizona with. I will be praying for him. Again, we are sorry about that. That was never the intent. Again, I am sorry to Terrell and the rest of their team.” (more…)
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Guess I was too superstitious to post this earlier, but over the past two weeks the thought came to mind distressingly often.
What else could go wrong?
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The following are inactive for the Ravens game: P Dave Zastudil, CB Coye Francies, LB Alex Hall, OL Billy Yates, TE Greg Estendia, TE Michael Gaines and WR Chansi Stuckey. Brett Ratliff is the third QB.
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The Browns injury report for Saturday looks fairly clean, with no players listed as “Out” or “Doubtful” for either team. Coleman, Gaines, Hadnot, Heiden, Lewis, Stuckey, Vickers, and Zastudil are listed as “Questionable” for the Browns, however.
Click the link below to view or download the full injury report.
Browns-Ravens injury report 11.12-14.09
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Further documenting the woeful whirlwind of Browns football over the last decade, I hereby challenge you with my third Browns-related quiz. Name the 19 men who have led our offensive, defensive, and special teams units since the franchise’s resurrection. Go ahead, you know you wanna feel like a winner, someway, somehow. You can do it faster than a Browns three-and-out.
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(On if he has seen a difference in Brady Quinn this week than at the beginning of the season)- “In terms of his preparation, Jeff (Schudel), he’s a pretty studious guy, hard worker. I don’t sense any difference in that. It’s been pretty consistent even when he wasn’t playing. He’s been running the offense the last few days of practice pretty well. [He has] been on time with his throws. His drops have been crisp. His accuracy has been good. He’s done a nice job these last few days. I think he’s excited to get going here.”
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(On if the team was playing better in Chicago than they had been)- “Yes, I think so. I think we had a pretty good aggressive plan. I thought our guys really did a nice job of communicating. We were playing hard really most of the game and that’s what I was trying to tell you before. We aren’t [going to] wait for the open week to play good football. I thought we were on our way to playing some pretty decent football. [There were] a couple things we could have cleaned up, but I know our guys were playing hard and that’s a step in the right direction.”
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