Week 15 NFL Gamethread

Mr. Wednesday

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I maintain they should have run a play action on 3rd down.
It feels like a bootleg would be a good call there. It works against the defense flowing hard to the ball, and gives the QB a fairly easy read (and options to run the ball / eat it if the defense has the play covered).
 

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Tough schedule for Browns rest of the way so this L probably just accelerated the inevitable.
 

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The Browns ran like 20 seconds by running it on 3rd down. It was absolutely the wrong call by any measure. Maybe if the 2 minute warning had already hit and they could bleed the clock to ~1:15 when punting, and then tack on another 8-10 seconds for the punt play. But 2 minutes needing only a field goal is forever in today’s NFL.
 

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The Browns ran like 20 seconds by running it on 3rd down. It was absolutely the wrong call by any measure. Maybe if the 2 minute warning had already hit and they could bleed the clock to ~1:15 when punting, and then tack on another 8-10 seconds for the punt play. But 2 minutes needing only a field goal is forever in today’s NFL.
I mean, it's insane they lost that game. They got the 14-play drive, the TD on a fourth down, and the big interception. The way they were running it in the second half, 10 yards should have been a given.
 

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I just don’t understand…guy literally has his hands on the ball, as the defender is a step away and making a play.

it’s just so dumb to me, if there isn’t some sort of head to head, or lowering the head.
 

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It’s insane to me that Fields only has 11 yards running.
It’s kind of shocking to me that his rushing ability isn’t a bigger part of his game at this early stage of his career.