I'm not sure what in the world the Browns are doing out there, but right now they're down by a score of 10-6 to the Buffalo Bills.
Here's the deal - the Browns have done moderately-okay on defense, but have just gotten nothing going since they failed to score a touchdown on their first drive of the game. Congratulations must go out to Peyton Hillis for eclipsing the 1000 yard rushing mark on the year, but then he went right out and fumbled the ball away. You always think he's risking that ball when he leaps over defenders, and that time running the ball it looked like he was carrying a loaf of bread home from the store. Just not a good look at all. When you take a look at the numbers, they're not so bad at all as Jake Delhomme is 6/9 for 57 yards, and Hillis has 72 yards on 12 carries. The thing is, 0 touchdowns. We've had two drives end up in the red zone and we've gotten 6 points out of it. This game is not going to go the Browns way if they continue to fail to capitalize on their opportunities near the end zone.
Defensively, the Browns are not doing nearly as well as I thought they would. I'm not sure if I was underrating Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick or what, but I just did not expect him to come out and really play so well against our D. The Browns have got to start stopping the drives earlier, as Buffalo's last two drives have been 14 plays for 89 yards and a TD, and then 9 plays for 63 yards for a field goal. Yikes. Fitzpatrick is 8/13 for 98 yards and a touchdown, and he also has 43 yards rushing! A lot of that is because the Browns have failed to collapse the pocket around him, and have let him break their contain. Matt Roth has been the offender at least twice, and I hope he can make the adjustment for the second half.
If the Browns continue to play as they did in the first half, this game is obviously going to be an incredibly disappointing loss. I'm not trying to discredit anything the Bills did in the first two quarters, but the Browns are definitely the better team in this game. They just have got to start playing like it and soon. See you after,
~MAS
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