Browns were beating the Titans D in any way they wanted very easily. Looked very good.
Can’t see the ravens’ game. Are they that good, or is Miami that bad?
The NFL told Tony Romo to dumb it down last year, didn’t they? I didn’t watch that many of his games, but I remember early on he was calling on very interesting football stuff - how formations were tipping off the play, tendencies and predictions that were pretty savvy, really good football talk. And then mid-season, he started being a much more generic commentator. He’s doing the Browns game today and he definitely feels pretty generic.
I think the NFL thought at some point that the quality of his commentary was making the rest of the broadcasters look bad and told him to dumb it down. Either that or somehow actual interesting football commentary was scary to people.
It’s a shame, since his style of actual knowledge was really interesting to listen to. The Browns used to bring in ex QB Bernie Kosar for preseason game commentary, and while he was not at all a broadcaster (slurred speech, general awkwardness) he actually gave a ton of insight about what was actually going on in the game. I really enjoyed it. Now they replaced him with a generic commentator and it’s just boring.
What a shit show. First, the Browns are undisciplined as fuck. Dirty play from a few players, and just generally sloppy and undisciplined. So I’m not saying they’re blameless. But holy shit the refs are calling some bullshit too. 4 or 5 significant game-changing bad calls.
What a weird game. It feels like the Browns could just easily beat the Titans if they just got their shit together and the weird ass calls stopped, but then it also feels like, given that those things happened, the Titans should be up 20, and not 6.
Not promising so far. The O-line play has been very poor, which is strange because the O-line play with mostly the same group became really improved when Kitchens took over as OC. And the general lack of team discipline and borderline dirty play reflects really badly on the coach, the Browns have never been like that.
Losing the LT doesn’t help the o-line. Especially if you then also lose his backup. QB holding on the the ball too long. But it’s the penalties - Cleveland finding a way to be Cleveland. And they’re pretty much all legit.
My local channel just changed my game from Chiefs/Jags (Gardner Minshew!!!) to the Browns/Titans. Just in time to see Titans score. Ouch
For those who may be unaware of Gardner Minshew II and his amazing pornstache:
My wife is a Coug so I saw lots of him and his mustache on TV last year. It should have had its own number.
Also interceptions. Like, a lot.
Are the Browns still Super Bowl favorites?
Lots of stupid penalties in lots of games.
Seahawks rookie Cody Barton runs into the punter in his first NFL game, turning a 4th and 5 into a first down and leading eventually to the only points so far (a Cincinnati FG). It wasn’t a stupid penalty because it was bad (it was clearly warranted), just a stupid rookie move. Week 1 tends to have stuff like that.
Just wait for the first week of games once they get rid of preseason. 
My big takeaway from the Dallas/Giants first half is that Pat Shurmer is a whiny little bitch.
Cowboys trashing NYG, as they should
This week is proof yet again that coaches dont know how to use the preseason to get their team ready.
Whether or not it was really a fumble, that call in Seattle is ALWAYS called an incomplete call. I’ll take the mascara call for not calling the roughing the kicker that would have ended the game.
The Seahawks/Bengals game is a crazy roller coaster of a game, and ends on a call that I personally think was called wrong even though it meant an automatic win for Seattle. To me Dalton threw that ball, it wasn’t a fumble.
And Baltimore sits atop the AFC North. This will require rectifying in the next few weeks
Like I said before, call that roughing the kicker correctly and the game is already over.